Archive for December, 2003

The Influenza Strikes Back (sick)

Friday, December 26th, 2003

Geddit, geddit? Yes, even in sickness my punniness endures — nay, thrives even!
So I thought I had seen the worst on Monday when I stayed home from work. Tuesday I seemed fine again, but Wednesday I started being all sniffly and wheezy and sneezy and just miserable in general. I didn’t get much of [...]

words: at once wholly inadequate and yet divine

Wednesday, December 10th, 2003

I rediscovered a song tonight that was first released earlier this summer in limited release. It’s a song by a group (really just one guy) known as VAST called Desert Garden.
It’s so simple and so stripped down. Just a detuned guitar and a voice tinged heavily with reverb. The words really do it for [...]

Snow Day

Friday, December 5th, 2003

So it’s the first snow day of the season and I’m home early as a result. I thought this storm was supposed to be a pushover, just enough to make the morning commute messy and get the car all dirty. I guess it’s a good thing I did my grocery shopping last night [...]