the hardest thing about picking the best music of the year is having to leave off albums that might be better, but you havent had a chance to listen to them enough. as i made this list, there were a few things i wanted to add, but then i noticed that they came out in 2004. i never included them in my 2004 list because i hadnt heard enough of them ( Read more... )

bathroom reader. bean soups. blue cap. blue pillow. caribou dvd. cd opener. cd shelf. cinemark. four tet single. ghost gaffs. homer mug. johnny corino's. jumbo cards. laser tools. march of the penguins. minty mints. pf changs. puma romas. radioshack. rhinocassete. sympathy for lady vengeance. tea. too much chocolate. wind-up dinosaur. wooden puzzle

my family left me alone for Christmas. not really my whole family. just the family i live with. it's not the first time i've woken up Christmas day to a silent and empty house. and it's not like i still don't have my father's house to go to Christmas Eve and mother's house to go to Christmas Day. still, it always feels weird to be alone in the ( Read more... )

for anybody that missed solaris the first two times, this is your last chance. sunday night will be the last time fireland plays solaris live. at least in this town. i urge anyone who isnt watching the season finale of survivor to go. if not for us, then to see economy come all the way from austin to battle it out with rootbug and states. the ( Read more... )

today i made my final payment on my truck.
that means it's officially all mine.
i got the title and everything.
it feels good.

but what feels better is having an extra 200 bucks a month to put towards house payments next year.

today was a good day and i feel good about it. tonight is the unwed sailor show at the house of rock and roll. i feel good about that. we'll be performing solaris again. this'll be the next to the last time you'll ever get to see solaris live. so you should definately come. also, i've got a hug for you.

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there's almost always a guy at the video rental store who's on a cell phone. and he's almost always reading everything in the new release section into the phone so that the other person can choose something because they're too busy, lazy, sick, or pregnant to make it to the video rental store themselves ( Read more... )

today there was a huge tour bus at the hotel across the street. some important band i'm sure. (the bus was gigantic! how could they not be important?) i assumed it was some metal band because i could see some long haired fellows walking in and out all night. but they never left ( Read more... )

kiss: you're caller number 4. try again.
me: [trying again]
kiss: you're caller number 7. try again.
me: [trying again]
kiss: hello. kiss.
me: what caller am i?
kiss: you're caller number 10!
me: that's great!
kiss: what's your name?
me: diego.
kiss: i love your name.
me: you said that the last time i won.
kiss: i did?
me: yeah. now i know you were ( Read more... )