two quick hits today. the first: why isn't elbow bigger than they are? i don't understand why they're not huge. it might have to do with the fact they came from the circle of bands that were influenced by the radiohead sound and weren't taken seriously. i don't know. i find it weird that bands i listened to when i was 15 are now influencing other bands. could that be it? i don't know. but they are sweet. i love me some elbow. check out the seldom seen kid.
the second: i often can't get lines out of my head, whether they're lines i created or lines from songs. this morning, it's one i created: "maybe it's time you forgot yourself." i am temporarily paralyzed by school, but there's independence on the immediate horizon. there's a million easier ways to say that, but anyway.... the main point is that once i'm out of school and we settle down somewhere, that it's time i forgot myself. it's time i started to make a difference. to help people: kids, the elderly, the something. i don't know. i can't shake it. and it's getting more of my thoughts. it's time i forget myself.
the weather is great. enjoy this.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
quick roundup for the day
citi is handing out pink slips and raising your interest rate.
americans eat too much corn.
fidelity will cut 1,700 jobs.
i might be the only one, but i don't care about james bond. never did. never will.
100 greatest singers from rolling stone.
my top 3 greatest singers are:
1. brian wilson
2. harry nilsson
3. jeff buckley
americans eat too much corn.
fidelity will cut 1,700 jobs.
i might be the only one, but i don't care about james bond. never did. never will.
100 greatest singers from rolling stone.
my top 3 greatest singers are:
1. brian wilson
2. harry nilsson
3. jeff buckley
your car has been crushed into a cube
i just had a very simpsons moment. i ordered 3 cds off of the best buy website with a gift card i got for my birthday. here are the three email titles i received shortly after purchase:
1. welcome to bestbuy.com
2. thanks for ordering with best buy
3. your item is backordered
very nice. does anyone else have a hatred for best buy? i do. they come into town and run the local record shops off. but they focus more and more on big ticket items and start cutting back on the number of titles ordered in music. so they chase off the independent store with everything you could want and then stop ordering a diversified number of albums and order eight million copies of jessica simpson or incubus.
best buy and circuit city. hey, remember media play? or sam goody? i worked at sam goody for a while. they also had another big media store that i can't remember the title of right now that failed. they were green usually. or maybe i'm thinking of media play again.
who knows. all i know is you matter how you slice, the chicken is one tasty bird.
1. welcome to bestbuy.com
2. thanks for ordering with best buy
3. your item is backordered
very nice. does anyone else have a hatred for best buy? i do. they come into town and run the local record shops off. but they focus more and more on big ticket items and start cutting back on the number of titles ordered in music. so they chase off the independent store with everything you could want and then stop ordering a diversified number of albums and order eight million copies of jessica simpson or incubus.
best buy and circuit city. hey, remember media play? or sam goody? i worked at sam goody for a while. they also had another big media store that i can't remember the title of right now that failed. they were green usually. or maybe i'm thinking of media play again.
who knows. all i know is you matter how you slice, the chicken is one tasty bird.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
frankie lee and judas priest
i love when curse words are overdubbed for regular television. i can't remember what movie it was, it might have been "back to the future" when doc or marty said "jesus christ," the overdub could be heard saying, "judas priest." that was always one of my favorite overdub moments.
top 10 most accountable companies.
here's a quick recap of what is in store for the president elect.
year of flops. the phantom and the shadow.
does it make sense to save the auto industry? at least without some quid pro quo? the industry cannot rise to the challenge of increasing miles per gallon and lowering emissions. they do not have answer to the asian auto market. if they are given a bailout, they should be held accountable for performance standards, not only of their company, but of their product. by the end of the next decade, detroit should be able to roll out a new car that is efficient and cheap. and if they don't, payback is a bitch.
what do you think? or how about you?
top 10 most accountable companies.
here's a quick recap of what is in store for the president elect.
year of flops. the phantom and the shadow.
does it make sense to save the auto industry? at least without some quid pro quo? the industry cannot rise to the challenge of increasing miles per gallon and lowering emissions. they do not have answer to the asian auto market. if they are given a bailout, they should be held accountable for performance standards, not only of their company, but of their product. by the end of the next decade, detroit should be able to roll out a new car that is efficient and cheap. and if they don't, payback is a bitch.
what do you think? or how about you?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
they punctured my yolk
after yesterday's confessions of emotional comeuppance, it's now back to business. we're hitting the stretch run for the 4th quarter. it's not looking good out there. stand back, cover your eyes and get ready to fork over all the dismal christmas money you get this year, because soon after obama takes office, the market will turn bullish again. the end of december to mid-january should be the time to jump in.
this guy has advice. and so does this guy. but i don't care for his advice.
this was from yesterday. the fed loans out $2 trillion of the money outside of the congress approved TARP. so who is it going to? they won't tell you.
"a trillion here and a trillion there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money."
article is somewhat weak, but good breakdown of how your money is taxed as you invest and is distributed.
good entry in popless about wilco. right at the top.
this guy actually heard "the chinese democracy." i'm starting to think it's real.
this guy has advice. and so does this guy. but i don't care for his advice.
this was from yesterday. the fed loans out $2 trillion of the money outside of the congress approved TARP. so who is it going to? they won't tell you.
"a trillion here and a trillion there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money."
article is somewhat weak, but good breakdown of how your money is taxed as you invest and is distributed.
good entry in popless about wilco. right at the top.
this guy actually heard "the chinese democracy." i'm starting to think it's real.
Monday, November 10, 2008
carry that weight
this is the longest non-posting span i've had since i started. friday was my birthday. saturday was my birthday party and sunday was a day of sleep.
i don't have any links. today is a weird day for me. my birthday is over. the party is over and now it's back to work. back to getting my last month of school over with. i realized something on sunday, a few somethings. the first is that i want to change my behavior. this is something that's been on my mind for some time. i do not enjoy staying up late and drinking anymore. i do not enjoy the way my body feels afterwards and i do not enjoy the thoughts and emotions that i experience when i am in that way. it's not real emotion. it's enhanced and fabricated and it betrays me because it masquerades as real. i do not want to experience it anymore.
the other something was a feeling of extreme change. in the past year, i've been married and i will graduate this winter and i had rarely felt change like this spirit of change i felt on sunday. i hadn't because i initiated those changes, getting married, going to school, etc. i am amazed by them, but i made them happen and i was fully aware of most of the changes those decisions would bring. the change i am speaking of now came from visiting my best friend's grandmother house. it was the house i thought of as my own home. it was the house i spent a lot of time in from the age of 15 to 19. i felt so free at that house. it was right on the river and we would take the jet ski out and under the bridge, over to where to the nice water started. we would leave around midnight and go play pool under 2 in the morning. we would listen to new bands and get on the internet when it was new.
i saw that house this weekend and was shocked at how it looked. the upstairs is lonely and foul. the downstairs is lived in and mostly the way it was the last time i had been there. but there was an overall sense of decay with the house. i can't imagine being over 80 years old and having to clean that big house all my myself so i completely feel for the wonderful woman who lives there. it's just amazing how your mind carries on the image of something indefinitely. and it won't change until you confront your mind with reality. the reality was sad, which it often is. but as i sat and spoke with my friend about the house and all of time hanging out there, i began to think of the house as a huge safety net. it had caught various members of my friends family and it had even caught me. i'll cherish being in that house with my friend and his family because i always felt welcome and made to feel like a member of the family. i was lucky to have walked through its door.
i don't have any links. today is a weird day for me. my birthday is over. the party is over and now it's back to work. back to getting my last month of school over with. i realized something on sunday, a few somethings. the first is that i want to change my behavior. this is something that's been on my mind for some time. i do not enjoy staying up late and drinking anymore. i do not enjoy the way my body feels afterwards and i do not enjoy the thoughts and emotions that i experience when i am in that way. it's not real emotion. it's enhanced and fabricated and it betrays me because it masquerades as real. i do not want to experience it anymore.
the other something was a feeling of extreme change. in the past year, i've been married and i will graduate this winter and i had rarely felt change like this spirit of change i felt on sunday. i hadn't because i initiated those changes, getting married, going to school, etc. i am amazed by them, but i made them happen and i was fully aware of most of the changes those decisions would bring. the change i am speaking of now came from visiting my best friend's grandmother house. it was the house i thought of as my own home. it was the house i spent a lot of time in from the age of 15 to 19. i felt so free at that house. it was right on the river and we would take the jet ski out and under the bridge, over to where to the nice water started. we would leave around midnight and go play pool under 2 in the morning. we would listen to new bands and get on the internet when it was new.
i saw that house this weekend and was shocked at how it looked. the upstairs is lonely and foul. the downstairs is lived in and mostly the way it was the last time i had been there. but there was an overall sense of decay with the house. i can't imagine being over 80 years old and having to clean that big house all my myself so i completely feel for the wonderful woman who lives there. it's just amazing how your mind carries on the image of something indefinitely. and it won't change until you confront your mind with reality. the reality was sad, which it often is. but as i sat and spoke with my friend about the house and all of time hanging out there, i began to think of the house as a huge safety net. it had caught various members of my friends family and it had even caught me. i'll cherish being in that house with my friend and his family because i always felt welcome and made to feel like a member of the family. i was lucky to have walked through its door.
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