Mitt Romney, by far the richest presidential contender, with assets amounting to somewhere between $190 million and $250 gigajillion, has promised that if elected, he will give his entire salary away to cockney street urchins and folk-singing hobos ( Read more... )

Right now I'm listening to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Opus 11. He wrote this after reading an explanation of how a rivulet becomes a river. It's really a beautiful piece of music. It's so tender, so gentle, and yet so sad. You can feel the frustration, the sinister ambiguity. But, for each moment of sadness locked in this piece, there is a ( Read more... )

"Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope. Statement: This definition, I am told, is subject to interpretation. Obviously, love is a matter of odds. Not many meatbags could make such a shot, and fewer would derive love from it. Yet for me, love is knowing ( Read more... )

I always thought I would find nirvana on a mountain top. I guess it was in Santa Monica. Sweet.


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Tonight we ride in Elysium!


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I was worried that Radiohead wasn't focusing on their album enough. I dropped in on them, though...


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After writing something as good as my last entry, I haven't wanted to post anything, because I know that it wouldn't be as good. Then I realized how stupid and destructive this attitude is, and now I'm writing something. Oh, and I know it won't be as good, but that won't stop me!

I can't think of anything...

I saw Everything is Illuminated. Loved it.
Watched a Beautiful Mind again. Forgot that I loved that.
Started playing Doom 3. Love it, but it scares the crap out of me.
I'm playing bass in TWO rock bands. LOVE it.
Almost done with school. Super excited.
Almost leaving for Cali. Super-duper excited.
Using illegitimate words like 'super-duper.' Loving

The Stay On Targets


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I saw that someone named Dick Chaney did the wardrobe for the movie Plan 9 From Outer Space. Spelled differently, but still incredibly amusing.