"Why do people insist on conversing with me when I'm obviously otherwise engaged? It's one thing when I'm at work, where I'm paid, in part, to deal with monkeys, morons, and all forms of half-wits. It's a completely different story when I'm sludging down the street in the rain, pants soaked, glasses fogged, music blaring, determined to get coffee ( Read more... )

Excitement of the day: We have a new and improved office-stalker! A suspicious fellow was spotted in our hallway early this morning, slinking around, trying to gain entrance to our suite. This appearance mysteriously coincides with a rash of ill tempered phone calls received by one of our employees from a disgruntled ex. So after a briefing this ( Read more... )

I spent just over two hours working on the pictures from my last outing to New World only to discover that post-edit they look dark, dirty, and more than a touch drab. I am thinking that my calibration is somehow sideways. I made a very valiant attempt at reading about color management and Photoshop CS profiles (jargon, jargon, jargon) to no avail ( Read more... )

So I'm somewhere in Tennessee, mountain dew in one hand, smoke in the other, coffee waiting patiently for me in the cup holder. Drinking and driving and trucking my way to Seattle when I get a call from the apartment manager of my soon-to-be home. We're going over the perfunctory details and finalizing my plans for arrival. "You're going to love it ( Read more... )

I got stood up last night (moi...!) How utterly boring. A nice contrived phone call or email with some hideously drawn out excuse would have been nice. At least it would have given me something to laugh at. Save a very small (read: I can count them on one hand) group of people, I am consistently meeting douchebags in this grand state. As an aside, ( Read more... )

There are some people who come into your life when you've lost sight of what's important. They pass through your days and nights, completely unaware of what they've stirred. Just being around him is relaxing and enriching in a way that I don't have words for. He takes the art of life seriously, and pays it no mind all at the same time. He's simply ( Read more... )

I watched Mysterious Skin in the throes of sickness over Christmas weekend and I was not impressed. I guess my expectations ruined it, but I adore Greg Araki and everything he has done to date. I suppose the movie would have sated me had I watched it without knowing of Araki’s involvement, but it left me wondering when he decided that mainstream ( Read more... )

I've returned from the dead, or something resembling it, though I'm not quite sure that all my parts and pieces got the notice. I haven't written in what seems like ages. I can't pinpoint the exact cause, but I'm more than mildly convinced that it has something to do with severe mental atrophy and my more recent refusal of actions even remotely ( Read more... )