I almost had a conniption fit earlier today when I found out that the Iron & Wine show in Asheville coincided with the Ibrahim / Shipping News show here in Knoxville ( Read more... )

I had a pretty crazy time the last 24 hours. I met random stangers on the street, danced half-naked to the Beastie Boys(Paul's Boutique), slept on silk sheets, ate rare salmon with hollandaise, threw up the same, suffered through the worst hangover/migrane combination I remember, and won money at a trivia quiz ( Read more... )

I turned on the TV a few minutes ago for the first time in about a month. I don't understand how random grisly murders of young white girls is somehow important to the majority of people watching a national news program. I mean, I turn on the news because I want to know what's going on in the world. I'm sure there's hundreds of murders across ( Read more... )

I went kind of overboard describing my disc exchange finds from yesterday in a comment response, so I figured I'd post them here for everyone's benefit. Or to everyone's annoyance, who knows?

here's what I said:

"so, here's the catch from yesterday (after sampling about 25 used CDs at the counter!):

Jess Klein - Draw Them Nearalt-country singer ( Read more... )

If you're in a place where some emotionally heavy things have been on your mind, and there are hurts and uncertanties you can't control, going to sleep while Iron and Wine is playing on your speakers is probably not the best idea in the world, unless you just enjoy involuntarily crying your eyes out.

qrissy sure knows how to pick a box of fortune cookies.

the latest gem, circa 2128 23 March 2005:

"A big fortune will descend upon you this year."

has anyone but me ever noticed that times are just way more interesting in 24-hour format than they are in regular old united-statesian 12-hour time? I just like the way numbers dance across clocks all day I suppose ( Read more... )

when life falls into its silly little ruts, people leading extraordinary lives usually have the experience of their carts getting shoved pretty hard in another direction ( Read more... )

I got the strangest thing from my cell phone earlier. I was driving back in from Wal-Mart, and it made the little chime it does when you have a text message or a voice mail. Since I had been desperately expecting a call, I picked it up and noticed it indeed said I had a new voicemail ( Read more... )

I just came in from saying a difficult and inspiring "goodbye" to someone on the phone, and I felt compelled to dip my hand again into the tub o' fortune cookies that sits prominently in my dining room ( Read more... )