For tonight, I have a new pet: A baby duckling that was wandering near my house. It appears to be either hurt or ill, since it doesn't seem to have too much energy to walk. I'm going to see if its health improves by tomorrow and, if possible, return it to its momma--there's only duck with babies in the neighborhood, so I'm assuming it's her.

I'm back. Anyone miss me? Of course not, so let's get working!

I finally started reading The Virgin Suicides (spending my time with that instead of that John Irving shit), and it gives me an even greater reason to take that name. Everyone should read that book. Now ( Read more... )

If I could do this for a living, I probably would:


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Man, I just love Refused. If I could, I would start a Refused tribute band and play and listen to Refused for the rest of my life. Actually, no. But, either way, Refused are fucking awesome. Anyone who claims to like punk music but doesn't like Refused is clearly a fake and should be ignored and perhaps even disposed of. It just shows the Swedes ( Read more... )

Photoshop can be fun.


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How did I not find out Syd Barrett five days ago until today? It's a shame indeed. Goodbye, Mr. Barrett.

(Ironically, I was listening to Pink Floyd as I read the news.)

I've needed something to entertain myself with for the past days, so I decided to Deviate. There's only one piece up but feel free to lookI've been listening to Brazilian Girls lately. They rock, and it's not only because they have Brazil in their name ( Read more... )

You know, I used to not give enough credit to Sufjan Stevens. I thought that his whole 50 states albums thingy was just rubbish, and that he wasn't that great anyway. After listening to him more and more, however, I've come to the conclusion that I was possibly wrong. He seems to know what he's doing, not to mention that the music is great. I can ( Read more... )

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These past four days have a been a whirlwind of constant action and reaction, from watching Brazil beat Australia, to going to the airport multiple times, to sleeping through most of a 5-hour flight, to taking about 6 naps in only one day, to seeing the Miami Heat become NBA champions, to mastering flamenco guitar finger-picking. By all means, it ( Read more... )