For those of you in wild wild western Maryland, I will be returning home for Xmastime. I'll be home from late on Tuesday the 23rd until early on Monday the 29th. Hit me up if you want to hang out. You know you want to.

I found the following as a blog post on Friendly Fire, a mixed-opinion political blog based out of LA: http://www.insidesocal.com/friendlyfire/2008/11/mea-culpa-i-voted-yes-on-8.htmlRead more... )

The McCain/Palin campaign is so shambolic at this point that I wonder if they're trying to do Palin a favor by saying that she's gone rogue. One McCain campaign adviser said recently that if they keep talking about the economy, they'll lose. What that says to me is that they know they're outclassed at the top and bottom of the ticket. Obama and ( Read more... )

It's only been what, four months since I last updated? I'm actually kind of doing this at Audrey's request, but in all fairness, I should've posted like a month ago ( Read more... )

I seem to be just so extreme lately. Everything either is perfect, or everything is terrible. Today was a rollercoaster ride of emotions, yet was not a really big deal in the grand scheme of things ( Read more... )

So yesterday, my car was giving me some trouble. First, I'd drained the battery by accidentally leaving the lights on two days ago, so I waited until Derek and Nichja came home to give me a jump. Next, we went to the grocery store, bought groceries, and found that the battery was dead again. After getting a jump from a complete stranger (thanks ( Read more... )

Even at the glacial pace I've been working at lately, it was bound to happen: I finished a new song! "Two Bits From A Dollar" is the first product of my new Macbook Pro/Digital Performer/Konnekt 24D setup, and it's up on my MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/onacharmoffensive ( Read more... )

I'm watching Flashdance right now on VH1's Movies That Rock. Anyone see the incongruity ( Read more... )

Never before have I been so convinced that there is an order to the world and that everything happens for a reason ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of ballyhoo surrounding the Shins' latest record, Wincing the Night Away, what with it reaching number two on the Billboard album chart despite the fact that it's on Sub Pop. It's receiving a huge marketing push for such a record. Any time I see indie rock (essentially, both in style and record label) being advertised on ( Read more... )