I am excited when I discover new music, I never have the curious energy to go looking for it proactively. I like blip.fm because it essentially force feeds it unto me. I can leave a playlist dispensing new music to me while I'm doing other stuff on the Internet; feel like I'm branching out ( Read more... )

My girlfriend is an idiot. She thinks she can blow me off at the last second for a date night re-trial that she asked me to pencil in. Told me she wanted to go to a show with friends an hour and a half before I got off work, so I turned off my phone for roughly 24 hours ( Read more... )

Went to the gym yesterday before work to cancel my membership, and the associate successfully made me feel like a loser for doing so. First, after I said I wanted to cancel, there was a long stare at me without any expression. Then they asked why, and I lied and said, "I went back to school, and there's a gym for me to use there." Then he ( Read more... )

Mollie and I went on a DATE last night, a real date. It was a dismal failure. First, we went to a restaurant called Jorge's in a town center designed for douche bags; the 7-Eleven looked like it was from Robocop. We had to pay to park ourselves. A brand-new Lamborghini was being drooled over by a protective valet ( Read more... )

I was standing facing "the family" yesterday at the funeral. My dad kept looking over the casket at my brothers and I. Probably was thinking to himself, at least I got those guys.

Came home to find that I had again successfully pulled a 'Star Trek: First Contact' landing into the new pay period.


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My grandfather died last night. My dad was in Houston with his sisters and mother waiting for it to happen, but he missed it because he went to the grocery store. My mom says it's probably better he wasn't around when it happened. I texted dad, "Love you ( Read more... )

I've been spending a tremendous amount of my time and energy practicing piano in an uncreative way.

A little over a year ago, I saw a video of Randy Newman performing "Rednecks" by himself, commanding an audience, and I was captivated.

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I didn't want to rely on synthesizers and sequencers - a sort of gimmick - in order to perform my songs; I ( Read more... )

Desire is a consumptive force. When it grows intense, no everyday tasks can be performed. Desire can be for plans for the future, sex, food. When I'm at work, sometimes I will become overwhelmed with the urge to go to Manny's and listen to Tejano music while I enjoy their salsa; it has a hint of sweet and makes my tongue burn ( Read more... )

Out on the outskirts of our galaxy, a machine waits to be reckoned with. It is like a turbine, slowly spinning the fabric of the space-time continuum, the way the universe is perceived around its force is distorted. As the planets spin on their axis, going about their business, every time they turn a corner in the solar system and are near a ( Read more... )

The large, blue machine is an inner-working assembly of gears, bags, and brushes, all covered with several layers of ash-like dust. At the microscopic level, dust mites burrow in their soil. They enjoy this rich, dark habitat inside of the beast ( Read more... )