so, it's official:
the Danger Board is opening for the New Model Army on September 27th at the Triple Rock. mark your calendars. i mean, i'll tell you again later but you should mark them now so you'll be sure not to schedule something else that night as well.

how are we going to play this? there are a few options... one has to do with making decisions and other to do with playing the hand that is dealt. the problem is sometimes in figuring out which is which but not so frequently as you'd imagine. to do what is right is the plan here. i don't feel like making bad decisions. on the plus side, i am, in a ( Read more... )

i guess i am step up from my dad but probably only one ( Read more... )

i love this comic. in addition to being kind of adorable, i think it is a decent summary of saussurean semiotics:

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day -4musical output is at a peak. i discovered that i am not nearly so incompetent a vocalist as was previously believed and was granted several peaceful hours to explore this. the house is only days away from being paint-ready (except for some bathroom work which we can hopefully have done cheaply) and is really looking quite good despite some ' ( Read more... )

by moving myself, i was able to see what decided to ride along with me. it was all the things i expected. let's not be too hasty in assuming that the cowboy is really in control, though. just because you are holding the reigns and wearing a hat doesn't mean you're the one making the decisions. how many drivers does a buggy have? maybe "how many ( Read more... )

what good the week has had to offer:

day -4
after a productive and encouraging rehearsal with the Danger Board, i changed for gothprom. the tuxedo still fit quite well and after some prepping, i went to pick up chris and
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again, let's grant that much of the real story is being left un-addressed here... and, to be honest, it isn't just story in the sense of narrative but much of the fundamental under-girding is being left out as well: this is a double-obfuscation. it is a doctored narrative that takes care to call attention to it's own inauthenticity but is less ( Read more... )

there is a saying about a gorilla. sometimes an elephant is substituted. either way, one is encouraged to mind the beast, either for fear of being viciously mutilated or buried in feces. these, i feel, are fair warnings but rather than getting wrapped up in whether the end will come with fury and blood or with a dispassionate build-up of methane ( ( Read more... )