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June 30, 2005
Utah, Not Transylvania
June 27, 2005
This Is Your Brain On Drugs
Last week, Matt Lauer interviewed Tom Cruise on the Today Show. You can read the interview and watch the video here. I'm not going to weigh in on what I believe about Scientology or the overprescription of Ritalin. But I am going to say that when I hear Tom Cruise speak down to Matt Lauer calling him glib, he's got to be crazy. It's quite funny to just sit and watch how crazy he is. I know Tom has been a Scientologist for some time, which is fine, but it's only since he's become outspoken about it that the world is now able to see his delusion.
June 23, 2005
Flickr
After being jeered by Jill, I thought of a solution to my Photos section. You see, I've been "working" on it for the last year (not really). So, now my Photos section will send you to the Flickr site that I've had (and not been using) for the last few months.
So far, I've only uploaded some favorites from my trip to Philly last year. Check it out.
June 22, 2005
Walken Reading The Raven
As good as it gets.June 22, 2005
Pressure Drop
Living with Erik the last couple of months have been pretty rough. So rough, in fact, that I have almost asked him to move out a couple of times. Between putting up with the incessant drama caused by his girlfriend (that he's broken up with three times in the last six months), and his less than consistent cleaning practices, it has been almost too much for me.
But a funny thing happened on the couch yesterday. Nervously, he said he had something serious to talk about. I thought, "oh great, here we go. If this is just annoying enough, I'll be kicking him out today." But, it was he, in fact, that said he needed to move out, not I.
His reasoning is that he's about to quit his job and go into the real estate business full-time and wanted to move back in with his parents and live much cheaper, if not free. I was not upset, I told him, I had even been thinking about asking him to move out recently.
Isn't it funny how things work out? I have been fretting about how I could possibly talk to him about this. What happens? He brings it up to me, and I don't look like the bad guy. Beautiful.
June 22, 2005
Spam Whores
Sheesh! Last night I got raped by spam whores. I'm guessing they have some sort of bot or something that scanned my site because they even spammed some entries that are drafts and aren't even public. So, I just spent the last ten minutes deleting 19 offending comments, closing commenting on the entries, and republishing. It was pretty annoying. I know there's some great plug-ins like MT-Blacklist, but I think my MT installation is barely running as it is and I don't want to screw anything up.
June 20, 2005
Neal Stephenson on Star Wars
Have you read Neal yet? Get on it.June 15, 2005
Eye Color Calculator
This is awesome. Great use of flash on the web.June 15, 2005
The Future Is Boring
I bought some shirts during the big sale over at Theadless last month. I was somewhat nervous because I haven't had good experiences buying clothes online, but let me tell you, I don't think I've ever owned t-shirts that are as high quality as these ones are. If you are in the market for some high quality, original shirts, consider the ones at Threadless, they get the Agonotheta stamp of approval.
I bought three: Damn Scientists, A Day in the Life of a Decadent Designer, and the one above (which makes perfect sense, if you know me), Thank You.
June 14, 2005
Stripes
As you can tell, I'm playing with a new design. For some reason, though, the banner isn't displaying correctly. It has something to do with the padding I had to have on it before, but I don't know yet how I can fix it. Stay tuned and please bear with me.
UPDATE:
I got the banner fixed. All seems well with the style, however for some reason Moveable Type is having trouble rebuilding the site and only about half of the Archives are showing the correct style. Weird, huh? I'll work on it when I have time, but I'm not too worried about it.
June 13, 2005
I Work Hard For The Money
When I started my job two years, three months, and three days ago, I was working four ten-hour days so that I could have Fridays off to finish my degree. Needless to say, it was not that fun. But once I got used to waking up at five in the morning, it became very desirable. In fact, I liked it so much that once I graduated I asked my boss if I could continue it indefinitely. She said no, that I needed to be there 8-5 Monday through Friday.
But one good thing that happens every summer, is that the entire district goes on the 4 day-10 hour schedule. Today is the first day of FIVE weeks of this schedule, but with July 4th and 24th, I'll be working four days a week for the next SEVEN weeks. I'm excited. I've got several one-night camping trips planned and I'll most likely be leaving town a couple of times as well.
All I have to do is get through these next couple of days and it gets incredibly easier.
June 10, 2005
Hike Lake Blanche
Erik and I are going to hike this next weekend and camp overnight.June 09, 2005
My Problem?
Excerpt from a female friend's email:
Heya,
You know what, maybe its you who has the problem not the girls. You might just be freaking out that it will get serious and you'll get married and that'll be it, just one woman so you start finding problems with them. I know i used to do that, if i was going out with someone over a month I'd dump them for no reason, i was just afraid of commitment.
So, you think its my fault, huh? I just think I'm being picky. I don't want to settle. I want a girl who is perfect. Not necessarily perfect in general, just perfect for me.
There's a famous quote that says, "you come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
So far in my life and as far as I know, I haven't come across a woman who I think is perfect for me. The problem is not commitment. The problem is finding somebody worthy of committing to. Not that I can't find any decent women. I've found plenty, actually. Just that I can't find one that is decent and seems normal enough (read "my type") to commit to.
I'd really hate to find myself married to somebody who I don't have anything in common with or who isn't physically attractive to me. Its sort of funny, but lately, I've been trying to figure out if I'm too old (i.e. mature) to dump somebody because I'm not attracted to them physically, despite liking their personality. I think I'd have to break up with them because I know I wouldn't be in a relationship with somebody for very long if I wasn't attracted to them.
What do you think?
June 08, 2005
Trouble
Trouble...
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble
Trouble been doggin' my soul since the day I was born
Worry...
Worry, worry, worry, worry
Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone
We'll I've been...
saved by a woman
I've been...
saved by a woman
I've been...
saved by a woman
She won't let me go
She won't let me go now
She won't let me go
She won't let me go now
That's the way, Trouble, Ray LaMontagne's debut album starts. A new friend introduced Ray to me about a month ago. I have a feeling you haven't yet heard of Mr. LaMontagne, but here are what some others are saying about his music.
His music reminds me a lot of Damien Rice, Donovan Frankenreiter, and maybe a little Jack Johnson. It's been perfect music to listen to during this pain in the ass time in my life, especially with it raining like crazy outside.
Also, I just found out he'll be in Salt Lake July 12. Beauty.
June 07, 2005
Bend And Not Break
I catalog these steps now, decisive and intentioned, precise and patterned specifically to yours.
I'm talented at breathing, especially exhaling, so that my chest will rise and fall with yours.
I'm careful not to wake you, fearing conversation. It's better just to hold you and keep you pacified.
I'm talented with reason, I cover all the angles. I can fail before I ever try.
Try to understand, there is an old mistake that fools will make. And i'm the king of them, pushing everything that's good away. So won't you hold me now? I will not bend, I will not break. Won't, you hold me now? I will not bend, i will not break. Won't you hold me now? For you I rise for you I fall.
I am fairly agile. I can bend and not break. Or I can break and take it with a smile.
I am so resilient. I recover quickly. I'll convince you soon that i'm fine.
June 06, 2005
Short Essays on Favorite Songs
My favorite so far is The Flaming Lips one.June 06, 2005
Resilient
Has somebody ever said something that so invalidates your existence and your purpose that it hurts to even wake up the next morning? I know it's silly to let anybody affect you like that, but it's bound to from time to time. That happened to me this weekend. It's not really important what was said or by whom, but when you put a lot of energy and time and heart into something and have somebody you look up to disregard it or shoo it away like an annoying fly on a hot day, it can really take the wind out of your sails. That's how I feel today. Let down. Void of energy, motivation, and any sense of meaning.
June 03, 2005
My So-Called Life
This weekend I'll be attending my good friend Tyanna's wedding reception. It's at the Lion House and since I've never been there and her and her beau are LDS, it should be interesting (read boring).
Saturday night I'm going with a few friends to The Bayou, a great local watering-hole that boasts over 200 different kinds of beer. You know what this means ... Black Velvets (with cider)!
Also, Sunday afternoon there will be a local Subaru Meet. Should be fun as long as the po-po's stay out of our hair.
And finally, in between the merriment I will spend all my freetime finishing a Powerpoint presentation a real estate agent has hired me to do for him.
June 01, 2005
Scruffy
Wow, I really hate this time of year. I'm so busy being creative at work I hardly have time to be creative for fun. But one exciting thing I have to say is that Tuesday I finalized my plans to visit New York City (my first time!) in September. I'm so excited, you couldn't possibly understand.
I got a screaming deal on airfare and my friend's mom got us a great deal at a Brooklyn bed and breakfast because apparently she knows the owner. So, for travel and lodging for eight nights I'm only spending $350. I'm also budgeting $100 a day for spending money and food. I'm not sure if that'll be enough, but I have no doubt that my three friends and I will just eat bagels for breakfast and pizza for lunch and then go somewhere nice for dinner. Also, I'm sure that at least half of that budgeted alotment will go towards alcohol (if not more).
Oh yeah, one more thing. I haven't shaved since Sunday. Looking good.