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mahler 6 (from the perspective of the light of january)
i know that i agreed to try and write something everyday. that resolution has now been broken. but maybe something deeper is coming from it. maybe ( Read more... ) -
classical music amazing dorkiness
The Pacifica String Quartet performs the dissonance, by mozart. i found the WGBH boston classical performance podcast. it's really amazing because it's an online repository of live recorded performances. it's all up and coming classical musicians, and listening to these fresh interpretations, free of charge, is really great ( Read more... ) -
i dislike being disrespected
i was on the phone today with a site contact (for my environmental job) and i felt disrespected ( Read more... ) -
various addictions, or, MHDEN AGAN
i have recently been trying to ween myself off the internet. i was good today, i only checked my e-mail twice today, once when i woke up and right now, before bed. same for facebook and lj ( Read more... ) -
the obligatory first post of 2007 (because there has to be a first one)
so i sort of dropped the ball on posting every day. writing every day is going to be a resolution for 2007. i want to have written at least a little something every day ( Read more... ) -
the past, the future
so i've been rather indulgent, reading through my old lj entries. i had no idea how prolific i was in 2004. where did i find the time to do all that writing and reflecting ( Read more... ) -
merry christmas to all!
'love actually' is emotional crack cocaine. and appropriately festive cocaine, at that. because it gives a portrait of an entire world, complete from top to bottom, through the different strata of society and reduces them all to the same emotional calculus. everything is love, actually ( Read more... ) -
anyone want to see movies the day after xmas?
dearest friends who are physically in the contra costa valley, would you like to see movies with me the day after xmas? i was thinking of seeing the new james bond movie, and volver, and the fountain. and DREAMGIRLS.
please let me know if any of those movies sound appealing to you. -
ragnarok
i just bought an ipod shuffle.
it is the beginning of the end. -
godzilla!! + action figures
i used to watch a lot of godzilla movies as a kid. here's a new one.