man...I just paid 10 bucks to download a Tesla record.

albeit the best Tesla record, but still.

Damn you for failing me bittorrent (props to you, iTunes)...

So it turns out that Rapidshare deletes files if they haven't been downloaded in awhile. Weird. Anyway, in case you care, here's a list of what they haven't deleted yet, sorted by the number of downloads:

Violent Femmes - Add It Up - 500
Coala Pascal - Lifting Cranes Have Already Heard That - 480
Kids soundtrack - 369
Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney - ( Read more... )

In case you hadn't seen them yet, I wanted to direct you to photographs from my wedding to Marina. The professional shots of our wedding day can be found here, taken by Moscow-based photographer Elena Artemova.

A second set of photos, found here contains photographs of our wedding day as taken by my sister Katie as well as Marina's aunt Galina. ( Read more... )

honeymoon/etc.

sorry for not having more photos where we're the center of attention, but that is what every other camera on earth is for.

I should mention that wedding photos have started to pop up online: my brother has posted some pictures in his vacation photos, and his girlfriend did the same. So feel free to check out Scott and Aubrey's vacation while you're really looking for me and Marina.

RIP John Hughes

Sorry to have posted this before wedding pictures, but I didn't take any...if you've got some, feel free to throw 'em up in the comments.

In the meantime, we're on honeymoon.

( View from the balcony behind the cut... )

Just broke out Blue Meanies' Kiss Your Ass Goodbye for the first time in what seems like a decade, but is more likely the first time in eight years. Close enough. Wanted to hear that "it'll all work out" song. That one and the other couple I remember liking are still pretty awesome, taking me back to high school when all you needed was some loud ( Read more... )

So, a company called Swisscom is the monopolist wifi operator at my hotel. I signed up, paid them 70GBP for a week of internet access, and they cut me off without warning, because I had "too many connections open ( Read more... )

Enjoying my typical London dinner for one (actually, post-actual dinner for one...a scumbag's dessert, or...?): a 255g bag of Tangy Cheese Doritos and a 4-pack of 440ml cans of beer, this time Carlsberg.

Lilfe is sweet.