I know I've written before about music's ability to soundtrack a specific time in your life, but I was reminded of it again today. I was listening to Weezer's first album, and without even realizing it was happening, the WayBack Machine zapped me back to the summer of '95. My brother was helping me move out here, and the two of us and all my ( Read more... )

Kevin just walked out the door, and the race is on to see who can post first. Having home-field advantage such as I do, victory will be mine! It seems like it's been a quiet day for everyone; no new posts all day, my email has been silent (with the exception of students writing me with poetry analysis questions), and even the telemarketers haven' ( Read more... )

Running parallel with the sound of the brand-spankin'-new Coral CD (their third excellent disc in less than two years, and who besides the Beatles can claim that?) is the sound of Em vacuuming my apartment. She's on her semi-monthly whirlwind cleaning session, and as usual, this place is starting to look (and smell) a whole lot better. Every time ( Read more... )

I have nothing to say about today. Actually, I do, but it's not polite, and definitely not for sharing.

Two comments about my last post: I like how people so quickly incorporated MAB and SIB into their lingo. As far as acronyms go it's no WMD or TF (thank you, Grant Palmer), but it's temporarily made me feel like the Noam Chomsky of LiveJournal. Secondly, nearly everyone I've spoken to since today, either in person or in writing, seems convinced ( Read more... )

I'm kinda fascinated by the Livejournal subculture that's suddenly sprung up amongst my friends and acquaintances. Ultimate credit should go to the awesome Katie Reed, since she got me to start my blog and I've heard from reliable sources that my blog got some other people to start theirs (but not Kevin or Summer; they're sorta the Velvet ( Read more... )

There's something undeniably cool about hypnotic music. I appreciate articulate lyrics and a catchy chorus as much as the next guy (probably more so, if my CD collection is anything to go by), but I also like it when a band locks onto a groove and just rides it out. I'm currently at minute twelve of this song by the Warlocks called "Jam of the ( Read more... )

Just a teaser for now. I have my poetry group meeting in about an hour, and I have to shower and make myself beautiful before I leave ( Read more... )

Being sick sucks the big one. I had every intention of posting last night when I got back from dinner with the goils, but by then my throat was killing me and I just wanted to turn off the irritation for a few hours. So I popped a couple Tylenol PMs, put A Mighty Wind in the DVD player, and crashed. I can't decide if I'm feeling better this ( Read more... )

For as long as I can remember, I don't get sick. Maybe the sniffles, a cough or two, but no major colds or flu in my life. It's like someone decided that my having asthma and allergies was punishment enough and I shouldn't fall ill. Ever. Until this year. And now I haven't been 100% healthy since early December. Recurring visitors may ( Read more... )