So, here are some things I've done to prepare for Japan ( Read more... )

Hello Brandon! And everyone else too. Have you seen this?

http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/index.htm

Mr. Lee has a lot of cat friends.

Well, I'm going to Japan on July 28! I got a phone call from the JET program yesterday. I have to say my head's spinning a bit, since I was starting to lose hope I'd be upgraded from alternate status. Was starting to make other plans and etc. I don't know where I'll be in Japan, just that I'll be there ( Read more... )

From Salon.com ( Read more... )

I don't want to eat... I don't want to sleep... I can't even get up to pee... It's a beautiful day outside, but I don't care...

All I wanna do is watch YouTube footage of Radiohead performing their new songs! They're all stupendous. I can't decide which I like best!

Arpeggi

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This is the lush orchestral version. There's also a full band, rockin' ( Read more... )

Alanis Morrisette covers "My Humps ( Read more... )

Lots to tell! To some, it may seem that I've gone AWOL since last Thursday. I went to Las Vegas on business then stayed for pleasure, went back to work on Wednesday, then took another day off after that to sleep after a night of seeing world class Berlin DJ Ellen Allien do a set in Cleveland. It was a free show. Free! I got to talk to her briefly, ( Read more... )

Joke about an American president who died soon after having a snack of iced milk, cherries and pickled cucumber:

Don't forget the rhyme every college student knows!

Iced milk and cucumber before cherry: you're feeling merry;
Iced milk and cherry before cucumber: eternal slumber!

I used to joke that I catch on to cool new things at least seven years late, but I've discovered recently that it's still true. I went shopping for used cds this past weekend, and I realized that they were all released between 1996 and 1999-- the same period of time during which the vast majority of my most beloved music was released. These would ( Read more... )

I ride public transit almost every day, and over the years I've noticed a couple particular patterns of behavior that leave an impression on me-- one of which merely annoys me a little, the other of which disgusts me to no end. I'll start with the relatively minor offense ( Read more... )