I kinda like lyrics memes, and since I am (a) procrastinating and (b) answered entirely too many of jacquez's items, I'll play too:

1. Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truth
2. I take a breath and pull the air in 'til there's nothing left
   
   - The Postal Service, "Recycled Air" - cheerfulchaotic
3. Let me say this to you / I'll be steadfast and true
   - Nick Cave, "Rock of ( Read more... )

I have decided to evolve into a being of pure light, wisdom, and energy.

Surprisingly enough, the first step in that process appears to be switching to a personal weblog instead of using LiveJournal ( Read more... )

My ears are still ringing, but I'm okay with that.

Good lord was that a great show.

The opening act (the Stereophonics) was pretty good, and then Bowie played for two hours and change. He did a good mix of older and newer stuff, with the older stuff rearranged and updated a bit so it sounded fresh.

Cactus, Hallo Spaceboy, China Girl, Under ( Read more... )

FIFA Soccer 2004: Remarkably fun ( Read more... )

From Jack Chick's message about his freakish new tract:

So with hardly any opposition, the sodomites and their aggressive gay machine became a force to control politicians, judges, the media and finally our school systems.The man's a lunatic and all, but hot damn do I love saying "aggressive gay machine ( Read more... )

I've wanted a Maine Coon cat for a while, so today jacquez and I went out to the Humane Society of Westmoreland County in Greensburg because Petfinder showed a really cute grey Coon mix ( Read more... )

Right now I'm sitting on my front porch watching The Nightmare Before Christmas on Laura's laptop and handing out candy to the hordes of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood ( Read more... )

Tonight jacquez, basingstoke, and I went out to the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern to see Khafif. American tribal bellydance at a Polish bar named after a bridge. Couldn't really be all that more Pittsburgh-ish, I guess.

It was fun. Cheap beer, good music and dance, etc, etc. There was supposedly also a band, but when we left around midnight they weren't even done ( Read more... )

Wandered around Harvard Square some more, lunch at Pho Pasteur (good pho with beef and tripe, okay fresh rolls), spent the afternoon at the aquarium, dinner at Legal Sea Food (approximately a million people at the table, decent food, drinks), a side trip to a dive goth bar, and then back to the hotel ( Read more... )

Wandering around in Cambridge. Bought ~$200 of CDs in Newbury Comics. Wish there were more good CD stores back home. Weather's gorgeous. Heading out to a barbecue later. Still glad I'm not at work.