Transportation takes up too much of my thinking. I nearly bought a new motorbike, but my horoscope was against it*. No lie. One week into 2006 and I haven't blown on my sax yet. I'm telling myself I'll do it once the new bed arrives and I can organize my rooms. I keep thinking someone or something will end up falling on it, as messy as things ( Read more... )

Corgan show tonight. The first opening band, Doris Henson, was a lot of fun, messing about, sounded good. I bought their cd. It's not as good as they were live, the guitar and bass don't cut through like they did at the show, and the vocals don't seem right. The second opening band, The Crimea, had a pretty great sound, but freaked out the same way ( Read more... )

I bought a bike from Yoshi today. Or rather, I put a deposit on it. I'm picking it up next Saturday. It is a 1981 Yamaha XS 850 Special. I think I'll buy a helmet and get my license tomorrow. It's about time I stopped putting that off.

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About 24 hours ago the Deep Impact probe smashed into Comet Tempel 1's nucleus at ten kilometers per second. My name was aboard that probe. It was probably decimated when it hit, but it's there anyways. Floating around in SPACE. I think I like that ( Read more... )

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I worked today. I haven't worked for almost a year. I haven't _really_ worked for a year, because over a year ago I started only going to Toys R Us about once a month. Today was okay. The people seem pretty decent. For the first time ever I know everyone's name after the first day. There are only four of us ( Read more... )

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Today I'm going to fight ignorance. But! I need your help. See, something that has really been getting my goat lately is people saying "Walla" when they obviously mean "Voilà". Well, not so much _saying_ as _spelling_. See, "voilà" is French, and it _has_a_meaning_. It's not just a sound that you can transliterate however you want. "Walla" has no ( Read more... )

Nick Cave's "Breathless" is the song of the moment, because it's exactly the kind of song he would NEVER, EVER write. It's so cheesy and pretty ( Read more... )

Heading off for a weekend of canoeing and whatnot at the Sechelt inlet. Should be good times ( Read more... )