today is 5-8. that is ostensibly my height. the universe throws coincidences like quarks.
poem [elephants never forget…]
poem
elephants never forget–it has something
to do with their ears, or trunks, or something–
and I suppose, I wish
–photographically–
I had some of the same grey stuff
reminding me of all the things I’ve already forgotten
before I forget them–
or write them into a poem.
can elephants even write poems?
the eloquent elephant
(on the pleasant pheasant’s day off)
jumped over the quick brown fox.
outside, a storm cloud brims
with memories of its own.
soon a cerebral dam will break
and the sky will forget
into the lightening rods of local churches,
tops of banks
and skyscrapers.
there are so many things slinging electrons around–
who is to say the sky doesn’t rain down thoughts
too dense and wet to understand?
OK, so I was listening
OK, so I was listening to Yami’s playlist from home yesterday, and fell in love with this song, “adding up numbers”, which is (I found out this morning) by Kompressor, this weird muppets-meets-industrial band.
So… at the bottom of their homepage, there’s a link to this article they were mentioned in from Spin magazine… I highly recommend reading it, it’s got a bunch of links, and is pretty awesome.
From there… I got to http://songfight.com/, which is this weird songwriting competition site. Some really good stuff on there. If I were a songwriter, I can’t imagine a better way to hone my skills. So now I’ve been listening to old songfight songs. Good stuff.
I wanna know who thought
I wanna know who thought of http://songfight.com/. It’s such an awesome idea.
I broke down over the
I broke down over the weekend, and bought a gamecube. Dropped $400 I don’t have on three (additional) controllers, a (required but not included) memory card, three games, and the system itself.
Super Smash Bros is AWESOME.
now I’m working at home because the network is screwed up at work, and DAMN if I don’t just want to be playing it.
Today I’m starting on yet
Today I’m starting on yet another project for Microsoft. I feel a bit like the son of Satan. I wish I could at least get x-box games for cheap. I have a friend whose brother apparently works for a company making ports of microsoft games, and he gets x-box games for $10. I might actually buy one if I had the hookup like that.
I have been very tempted by the modded panasonic gamecube that can be found at http://www.lik-sang.com/. They have all kinds of awesome products, actually. $500 is a bit pricey, but it’d be worth it if I were collecting DVDs or something.
Today I’ve got swat-team brain
Today I’ve got swat-team brain stem-cells.
Read a bit of the new Discover mag today. Did you know they think turtles may not age at all… ever? They die of accidents, viruses, and predators, but seemingly do not age. This explains why we still have teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles, as opposed to disgruntled 20-something-ninja-turtles working salaried day jobs and hating every minute of it.
I think it may be time for me to take a vacation. I need to talk with SOMEONE who knows how much vacation time I have, and when I get more… It used to be contingent on my anniversary with the company, which is actually coming up fairly soon here, and I’ve got a week to burn. On the other hand, maybe it’s not anymore, and I’ve got to figure that out.
Today is one of those
Today is one of those days that just rolls off you. I’ve already forgotten everything I’ve done today, and I feel very busy while having accomplished very little.
The impending house-purchase is going steadily. I’m excited about the prospect of living with Laura now. It’ll be fun to sleep in her bed all the time instead of mine… and yet the video games and computers that make me feel secure will still be there, just waiting for me to wake up, comforting me with their presence.
well, Laura’s car has a
well, Laura’s car has a flat, so I gave her a ride, and I’m into work at the unbelievably-early hour of 8AM. How do people fucking do this? There were three of us here when I first arrived, and now the population of the office has doubled. I feel like some kind of lab rat. Plus, I should be wearing a sweater, my office is FUCKING COLD.
Oh yeah, everyone wish Yami a happy birthday. w00t!
Friday I’m in love has
Friday I’m in love has to be one of the best songs known to man. It may even be my favorite cure song, although it’s got stiff competition, especially in that remix of close to me on the “mixed up” album.
I got up early for work today, so I can leave early and drive down to chicago for the Stevenson’s Toss Up juggling festival. I’m pretty excited, because I hear they have a great space, and there will be lots of people. Plus, I have this new weirdo haircut that I want to show off.
I have had many comments on the new haircut this morning… I’ve had two people say it looks like I’m wearing some kind of helmet, (including a very blurry-eyed Laura this morning), but my favorite was from Alex, (a designer here at work) who said it looks “evil”.