Dan subtly expressed to me tonight his fascination with really, really depressing music. Now two songs which I think have to be as depressing as anything are ( Read more... )

I'm getting excited about my life for the first time in... my life.

This is the stupidest, funniest, most hilariously depressing song in the world. I love it.

( The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Believe in the Sun )

Holy crap!

Blind Melon - No Rain

I forgot the best pop song of all time.

The Cardigans - Lovefool

Inspired by four words of Robin Chavara sometime this past summer, I've been trying to assemble a list of what he referred to as "the perfect pop song." I have three songs that undoubtedly belong on this list, and a few that... might.

Definitely
Belle and Sebastian - Simple Things
The Clash - Train in Vain
Space - Female of the Species

Maybe ( ( Read more... )

Thanks to Mr. Daniel D'Amore, I now have a new movie to add to my list of favorites: Lost in Translation.

Mr. D'Amore brought to my attention that several people do not share my enthusiasm for this movie. If you are among them (IRENE!) (WEBBER!) let me know why.

Love,
Tom

I used the cursed "F word" for the first time in at least seven years last night. Obviously it wasn't a pleasant situation.

But this makes me laugh:

Sometimes I say things,
and I do not realize
that they are haiku.
-Doktomisho

I see this man quite frequently. He is a professor at my school. His name is Bruce Black, and his mustache brings joy to my heart.


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I have had such a good work ethic since last Thursday, it's amazing. I have almost all of the homework through Thursday done. That's never happened to me. I've never had things done ahead of time. I've kind of been wanting to write, and I don't really have to for any of my classes, so the most real writing I've done is on small pieces of paper ( Read more... )

I didn't just watch Memento, in fact it's been a long while since I did, but since that first night that I made an entry about explaining things with movies, the following thoughts have been bouncing around in my head. Not even now, but in the near future I'm going to reference this entry and have some completely different understanding about it ( Read more... )