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*SKRONK* *SKRONK* *SKRONK*
Mrff. Hard forcing myself to engage online lately. Last week I can blame on project brain (two YouTube videos posted in less than a week, which never happens), but this week I can only chalk up to a combination of inertia and lack of an emotional gas pedal. I did get some good in-person interactions, heading to Boston to hang with felisdemens et al (man, I've ( Read more... ) -
A smattering of chattering
Random stuff, in the order that they occur to me:
1) The Rolling Stone 500 Albums listening project is off to a good start: Ask Rufus by Rufus with Chaka Khan, Los Angeles by X, Nevermind by Nirvana (the only one here I'd listened to in full before now), The Clash self-titled, Dónde Están los Ladrones by Shakira, and Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu, in ( Read more... ) -
My Ears Are Already Tired, And I Haven't Even Started
Entering this for the record:
The Project
Listen to every album in the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Ai yi yi.
The Background
I took a stab at this once before, years ago, when I was trapped in a cubicle, bored off my bustle, and desperate for distraction. That, sadly, was a half-assed stab at best, and the attempt beached itself ( Read more... ) -
I Came Here For The Peace And Quiet, For Frick's Sake
This past weekend marked the return of the big annual air show at the local executive airport (read: airport that the common unwashed rabble don't get to use), and I think I speak for the majority of us townies when I say I'd like to kick the organizers someplace sensitive. There's plenty of ground-level come-look-at-the-cool-planes that sounds ( Read more... ) -
I Don't Have Five Things, So Here, Have Four
1) Thing I didn't mention from the weekend is that I had my first ride in a Tesla, which...okay, look, I reeeeally wanted to hate it, to reassure myself with the meh of it all while thumbing my upturned nose at the Muskrat, but oh. my. god, is that a great car. It runs like silk on skin. It beeps at you when the light turns green. IT HAS A FRUNK. I ( Read more... ) -
Any weekend with random historic ruins is an automatic +3
This morning it's the good tired, the kind that results from entertaining out-of-state visitors for the weekend. Justin and Carly are online friends that hypnagogie made through her work with EFT couples therapy, and they stopped with us for a few days as the eastern terminus of a long road trip. Wonderful people, who we clicked with in that way you hope ( Read more... ) -
Murders Of The Retail Variety
Van Ryder Games: Hey!
Me: Hey yourself.
VRG: Lookee! Final Girl board game!
Me: Ugh, pass.
VRG: Solid horror themed content!
Me: Hard nope.
VRG: Designed specifically for solo play!
Me: [stops mid-syllable) ...I'm listening.
VRG: Infinitely replayable!
Me: I've heard that one before.
VRG: With expansion sets out the yin-yang!
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The Sun Still Rises, The Earth Still Turns, 5 Things Still Make A Post
1) Another rainy morning, another walk denied, boo and fie and a pox upon it all, even though the rain and the high temp in the mid-70s are both still nice.
2) No idea what I'm having for breakfast today. We're out of bagels, we're out of avocados for smushing on toast, and I've come to the conclusion that cereal is not actually a food because I ( Read more... ) -
Good morning!
So let me tell you about my morning.
I was up at the crack of dawn, very much nonconsensually. I work from home most days, a literal "roll out of bed, log on in my boxers" affair, but that usually gets scuttled by Marlowe the Buttface Cat, who's old and cranky and would be yelling at us kids to get off his lawn if he had one, and likes to inform us ( Read more... ) -
What You Listen To: Squinting at the Classics
Since I seem to be posting here again, I should take a moment to promote my new website: the What You Listen To project started three months ago as an outlet for my music writing, in which I perform deep-dives into the songs I love and pick apart the deliriously complicated reasons why. I'm proud of all of the pieces I've written so far, but here ( Read more... )