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Thanks mzbeca!

Via olesia, the six-song meme disease. I haven't had decent access to good new music lately due to the fact my computer is locked away in a very dusty place at the moment, but we did manage to score some gems on vinyl in Paris when we stumbled across a giant neighborhood yard sale in the 11th. So, my six favorite songs from six records we got for less ( Read more... )

Just for stutefish: Glenn Close, sitting in first class on the JFK-LAX flight, wearing dark sunglasses and fiddling with one of those trio things. She's short.

The nerdy Asian guy with an Accenture branded laptop bag and desktop pattern sitting next to me on the plane spent the entire time practicing card tricks with himself and making a rather detailed ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: If you love New York, don't read.

1. New York is just like Tokyo, only smaller and less weird.
   
2. Central Park smells like horse poop, except in the middle, where it smells more like people poop.
   
3. Like Austin, which is stranded in the middle of Texas, New York is this amazing cool place surrounded by a lot of places you would rather not ( Read more... )

Heather called. She said she's got her new flat all purchased and wouldn't we like to take advantage of her old flat since she's got it an extra month and all. I choked. I was online buying plane tickets within 10 minutes of hanging up the phone. Woulda been less but I was at work ( Read more... )

Sozan, a Chinese Zen master, was asked by a student: "What is the most valuable thing in the world?"

The master replied: "The head of a dead cat."

"Why is the head of a dead cat the most valuable thing in the world?" inquired the student.

Sozan replied: "Because no one can name its price."

The trailer for A Scanner Darkly is out.

I was just sitting here listening to the rain crashing down and heard an odd noise, sounded like a duck quacking.

I just opened the front door and saw a confused looking mallard paddling around at the bottom of my front steps.

Ok so mi amor and I went out for sushi tonight to celebrate my new job and to counteract the sting of the bestest bicycle in the universe being stolen last night off the back porch.

And the place was packed. We looked at each other totally confused for a moment, like why on earth is it so busy in here at 7pm on a Monday?

Ohhhhhh. Valentine'sWe ( Read more... )