1) This Charming Man - the Smiths
2) Grazed Knees - Snow Patrol
3) Swamp Thing - the Chameleons
4) Under the Milky Way - the Church
5) Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
6) Boston - Augustana
7) Day Late Friend - Anberlin
8) Car Underwater - Armor for Sleep
9) Don't Change - INXS
10) Doot Doot - Freur

Here are the first lines from 10 songs selected by setting my ipod to pull songs from those recently played, with preference toward higher rated songs. I skipped anything without lyrics or that was another song by an artist already included in the list ( Read more... )

Although it probably won't be counted official until the test result come back Monday, odds are that I have type 2 diabetes. it's official, diabetes sucks. I have a significant sweet tooth. Everything I really like is bad for my blood sugar. What a drag. So, here's to changing my diet. It looks like my boss is going to give me a mountain bike ( Read more... )

I had a great week off. It was so nice to get away from work and the project I am on ( Read more... )

Last Thursday night I got to see Brian Regan again. Funniest comedian out there! I went down to the show with Eiichi, ijason and mlelds3. We had seats in row J, lower orchestra. Nice and close so we could enjoy all of Brian's facial expressions. It was a good night ( Read more... )

Happy 17th Birthday. I know it isn't the 2nd here yet, but I hope you are having a good day today.

I O U one birthday present.

We'll figure that out when I sort out the car troubles.

Yep. My car is a goner. Repair to tire. $100 or so. Repair to front end $1800. Problems with my front end do not stem from the pothole but are cumulative and fairly long-standing. The car is becoming increasingly dangerous to drive. It is time to retire it ( Read more... )

Thursday night, driving back from ijason's place I hit a wicked pothole. It was raining and the pothole was disguised as a puddle. It was a nasty one though. Nasty enough to damage my rim and blow my tire. Right front. Faithful readers may recall that a couple month's back I had to get a new right rear tire... bleh. I pulled off to the side of ( Read more... )

here's my contribution to the 90's music meme. The Catherine Wheel's epic, beautiful, Black Metallic.

If your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want, good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.