emailing back and forth with my sister. found out that our mother hid in the basement doing "schoolwork" while my sister dropped off our brother's birthday gift. this kind of crap kills me ( Read more... )

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http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1699Read more... )

ok, last one.

i'm not a fan of Coldplay at all, but i find a few of their songs to be catchy enough. i don't know if it's the weird drum beat or what, but the song they're playing on the radio right now is stuck in my head, and it doesn't help that they're playing it on a World Cafe repeat right now.

ha, forgot to mention the real menial crap. i read today in the paper that apparently my block of houses has been deemed a "historic district" by the illustrious City of Pittsburgh. absofuckinglutely fabulous. i can understand doing this for the block across the Blvd of the Allies (much nicer, much better restored) but on my side? gimme a break ( Read more... )

i always find myself losing a day when i spend the night with the girl. time just...evaporates. although we seem to be back down to just one night a week now, it still saps all my energy and motivation for the next day ( Read more... )

not good: not paying your phone bill for six months. problem solved ( Read more... )

http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-06/07.shtmlRead more... )

life in flux. debating second job for the second time. this time much more serious. plus or minus a few dollars, the next paycheck won't even cover this month's rent. i'm willing to wait it out one more week, simply because i have a new schedule (Monday/Tuesday off rather than Tuesday/Wednesday) and it means that i'll be stuck closing no less ( Read more... )

so i've been wondering, the past week or so, how to approach this stuff, this life, and all i come away with is to just tell it. i've read a lot of non-fiction the past couple months and i suppose it's left me with a more concrete way of viewing the world and what surrounds me. it's always been black and white, with just a few shades of grey ( Read more... )