random thought May 15, 2008

i’m glad wide pant legs are in style. i mean, it’s not elephant bells or stovepipes, but it seems like trouser legs are a little roomier than they have been in the last decade or so. not that i’m a slave to fashion, mind you. i haven’t made that mistake since owning a pair of jeans in the late 80s (or was it early 90s…?) that were so narrow at the ankle, i almost needed a shoehorn to get my big heels through.

it’s just nice when my style and that of the world at large intersect.

until i get sick of everyone dressing like me.

ur a cuecat May 13, 2008

i bought a cuecat! it’s a nifty scanner thingie that i can use to scan all the books in our collection into our online library at librarything. i’m stoked!

granted, if you go there tonight, there won’t be any books there. and i can’t promise there’ll be too many more tomorrow…scanning book barcodes is, after all, something i do for a (part-time) living, so continuing the scanning at home is gonna take a while to catch on. but it’s cool, baby! keep checking back, maybe start a librarything of your own and dare to compare.

lawl biker trent May 12, 2008

i love his new album, ghosts i-iv. this song isn’t on that one, but it IS on the other new one, the slip, which you can download FOR FREE from his website.

trent rocks like that.

k.i.t. May 12, 2008

keep in touch.

i used to write that a lot in yearbooks, whether or not i necessarily wanted the person to keep in touch (and, let’s be honest…even if they didn’t, i would see them in the fall, so it wasn’t like the friendship was entirely dependent on my ability to k.i.t). then came senior year, and then real life, and then the army, and then college…

for the writers out there May 11, 2008

so i’ve been reading wil wheaton’s blog for a few years now. it’s actually a really good resource for tips on writing and self-publishing, but i thought this recent post, in particular, was awesome.

if’n any of you good folk are interested.

update: as i get to the end of the comments, i find this link, which is a free online list of fiction markets. \m/

all the kids are doing it May 8, 2008

ben’s been playing a lot of gta4 lately. to give you an idea of how this game is going so far, let me describe what just happened:

ben, incarnated as niko in the game, picked up his girlfriend for a date. he took her to a strip club, which didn’t seem to impress her (”get in the car, niko!”). they left the club to go to a bar, and ended up in a police chase, complete with bullets. two stolen cars later, with 2 stars on his police bar, chickie gets crazy pissed and says, “forget this bullshit, i’ll find my own way home.” niko will be sadly nookieless this evening.

but i think he’ll be aight. he’s just stolen a police car and is currently buying a hotdog.

what a country!

adventures in voting May 6, 2008

michelle will be very proud of us.

and now, on with the story…

contrary to popular opinion, ben and i didn’t do the early voting. what? mr. politics-before-breakfast didn’t go out and make an entirely-too-enthusiastic vote for obama at his earliest opportunity? no. but everything happens for a reason, and i think we were fated to go vote today…

sorrow April 30, 2008

not just my favorite bad religion song, but also an episode from flash gordon. i remember when the series started…i kinda chuckled at the thought of ming the merciless (or “benevolent father,” as he was known in the series) being a very white, very metrosexual guy, but hey, i have an open mind. he obviously wanted a new beginning, new image, right? that’s why he didn’t want anyone to call him ming the merciless anymore.

it’s oh so quiet… April 29, 2008

shhh, shhh…

bjork aside, i have been relatively inactive on here as of late. between working more, reading more, playing okami on the wii a LOT more…well, my writing, in all its capacities, has suffered. i should work on that.

but not today, not so much. we got folkses coming over this evening to ogle the ridiculously-comfy new couch, and i have a spot of tidying up to do, vacuuming and what not. i did, though, wanna share some stuff…firstly, this fabulous link that the lovely mrs. esmon posted. looks pretty spiffy, and i have been wanting to get some prints…we haven’t had any real photos since we got the digital camera, and our photo albums are suffering. i think i’ll sign up, but i was kind of amused by the site’s terms and conditions. and i quote:

Valid on orders placed and shipped within the globe only

extra-terrestrial photographers need not apply, apparently.

hey hey, my my April 24, 2008

nothing like some neil young to get me moving when it’s time to clean.