Posting because I just really surprised myself here, and there are too many words to fit in a facebook update. Which is a shame because I have some arch-conservative Kansas folks on there who might provide interesting commentary ( Read more... )

* Millions of unopened bank statements and card offers ( Read more... )

Think along the lines of Sufjan's instrumentation plus the sugary pop harmonies of Mates of State, but with lyrics that don't make a person cringe. Really decent, and I keep playing it so I figure I probably better mention it on the internet, but my description sounds like something you will hate, you hella probably will. Otherwise, it's streaming ( Read more... )

I'm going to come off pretty uneducated here, because I am. Still, doing research from a nice baseline rather from scratch seems like a winner ( Read more... )

This radical idea has already occurred to others, but yeah, it totally seems like there are times when reality is trying to find new situations to put you in, so you can learn to handle situations you were not at all curious about in the first place. Doesn't it? Like, here, you thought you'd had a grasp on things, but let's see if you can deal with ( Read more... )

I.E. Dear Lazyweb ( Read more... )

One thing I always seem to forget between petty heartbreaks is that sort of sense of relief that comes along with them. Like, "Oh, right, I never have to think about this in any deep capacity ever again. That's a load off." Similar to turning in a term paper or something, maybe ( Read more... )

The probability of my being in these places at these times is above zero ;-)

Thursday, Sep 24:
* Sight Below / Tycho / Michna / Lusine - 6:30 to 10, Seattle Art Museum
* Echospace - 10:30 to 11:30, Neumos
* Mikael Stavöstrand / Derek Plaslaiko - 11 to 1:30, Sole Repair

Friday, Sep 25: * Noah Pred / Rob Hood / Alex Under / Wighnomy Brothers - 8 ( Read more... )

Apparently while I was on vacation half the damn world signed up for foursquare, a dodgeball-esque app from the creators of dodgeball. My understanding is somehow they use twitter to distribute checkins via SMS to avoid paying the SMS costs themselves. This is also the part I am unclear on, because it isn't explained anywhere on the site as far as ( Read more... )

I'm totally leaving the North American continent for the first time ever in a bit more than fifty hours. It's pretty exciting. That's all.