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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
8:48 pm	Left 4 Dead Christmas cards http://store.valvesoftware.com/productshowcase/img.productshowcase/L4D-HolidayCards/Zoom_L4D_HolidayCards.jpg These are real, and for sale, and if I had thirty bucks to blow on something frivolous but hilarious, I would buy them. Not to send, but to keep. As well as their companion set for Left 4 Dead 2. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
7:02 pm	Music and job I really hope I get this second bookstore job. The catch-22 is that while Barnes and Noble gives me the perfect background experience, I also need to keep hours with them to keep my benefits. I can't bail entirely, even if I wanted to, which I don't. I'd really love to work at Phoenix and Dragon, and the manager did seem intrigued when I turned in my resume on Wednesday. But I haven't heard back, either. Might be the schedule conflict makes me not what they need. :/ On the other hand, I'm sitting here listening to Nick Cave's score for 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford', which is a seriously beautiful album. I've read the book, but I haven't even seen the film, yet I'm not a huge fan of Cave as a singer, but as a composer of scores, he's great. I've got to get the one for the Proposition, too, which is pretty much the bleakest Western ever. It makes Unforgiven look like Blazing Saddles. I'm not sure why I like the modern, sort of deconstructionst Western so much better than the original ones played straight. I've been very fond of the few that trickle out of the studios these days - Appaloosa, 3:10 to Yuma, Tombstone, Dead Man. There's a weird resonance there, partially to King's Dark Tower series, which I still enjoy, despite the way the ending falters. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
12:32 am	Home, full of fangirl squee I got to see Leonard Cohen play the Fox tonight. He is a tiny dancing gnome, or so he appeared from my nosebleed seats. A gnome that sounds suspiciously like Eeyore when he speaks - his voice is even more sepulchral live than the recordings would seem to indicate. An awesome show, even if I was so high up on the balcony I got altitude sickness. Current Mood: pleased Current Music: The Partisan - Leonard Cohen (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
12:53 am	Writer's Block: Concert mania What band are you dying to see live in concert that you've never seen before? Would you travel to a different city or state just to see them? View 2060 Answers Leonard Cohen. I would, if I had the money. Happily, I do not have to. I got the el cheapo seat in the back of the Fox, but two weeks from now, I am there. Current Music: Leonard Cohen - Thousand Kisses Deep (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
3:44 pm	Vegetarian cookbook I needs one. Or, more accurately, I need suggestions for one. I've no intention of becoming a true veggie, but for the sake of my health in general, I need more vegetable-based dishes. Also, I loathe handling raw meat, I really do. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 10th, 2009
2:20 am	Zora Neale Hurston I got the second Library of America volume of her collected works out of the library, and have been reading it. This volume is her nonfiction - old folktales and hoodoo (Mules and Men), voodoo in Jamaica and Haiti (Tell My Horse) and her memoirs and other essays. It's fascinating, and very good source material for what I'm trying to do with a friend, which is write collaborative fantasy set in the South. It'd be nice to have more actual Southern folk magic in there, as opposed to generic British isles mythical beasties and riffs off the usual ritual magic. I should save up for a copy of Cat Yronwode's book on the subject, since it seems to be out of print rare and used. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
5:37 pm	Things have been shitty lately. But, five good things. 1. Finally really getting in the habit of using my blender to make smoothies. More fruit in my diet, and more fiber. 2. I'm enjoying working in the kids' department. It's more actual work, in the sense of constantly moving and shelving and rearranging, but that is much more fun, to my mind, than hanging about the cash register trying to come up with busywork. 3. My furnace system is fixed, so I have AC again. 4. I've realized that while I still have a long way to go in terms of financial wisdom, I've also shed a lot of my former retardation when it comes to money. 5. Getting to see 'The Hurt Locker' with a friend of mine. It turned out to be a very, very good war movie, even if the cameos by the actors I like were relatively short. (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
1:13 am	More owls I went out last night in the wee, wee hours to get something out of my bar. Just in time to see a pair of owls sail over my head and into the trees across the street. I assume it was the barred owls, since that's where I generally hear them from, and they started right up again moments after they vanished into the dark. Yay, owls. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, July 10th, 2009
3:39 am	The owls are not what they seem... ...but they are in the neighborhood. One of the little compensations for insomnia is listenng to the local barred owl complain. And the other night while walking the dog, I heard a screech owl whistling in a stand of trees. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
2:15 am	Blade Runner in LOL Not mine, but funny nonetheless. http://www.ee0r.com/bloldrunner/index.html (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
12:54 am	Icehouse games I keep eyeing them on the Looney Labs page, after being utterly hooked on Fluxx. Anyone play them? I'm pondering buying a Treehouse set at the very least, but all the rest of it, the various pyramid goodies, tempt me terribly. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
9:28 pm	Writer's Block: AKA What's the story behind your username? View 503 Answers Discordianism, plain and simple. Hail, Eris. All hail Discordia. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
11:14 pm	keshwyn, e-mail me? I realize I don't have your e-mail addy, and we should discuss flight stuff. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
12:23 am	For all of my perfume whore friends.... http://theperfumedcourt.com/ (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
12:44 am	Strange local sodas The local Kroger finally has Cheerwine in stock. And that's made me think of how neat some of the obscure local drinks can be. I miss the stuff from Polar up in New England - cranberry soda, cherry lime rickey, all that. And even, sometimes, the eldritch horror that is Moxie. What about you? Got any bizarre favorites? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 11th, 2009
1:23 am	Tigger, I have a mission for you. If there are any Food Lion stores around where you live, look and see if any of them carry Cheerwine ice cream products? They apparently make a sherbet and some sort of bar. :D (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
2:19 pm	More of the books vs movies ( Read more... ) Current Mood: complacent (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 1st, 2009
6:11 am	The Amazing Screw-On Head Just because this cartoon never fails to crack me up. It's completely surreal, and a must-see if you like steampunk at all. (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
1:13 am	So. A buddy of mine who is a submariner to be mentioned that he has his assignment to his first boat. My immediate geek response was to bring this up on iTunes. Current Music: Das Boot - Tunnel Allstars (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
11:19 pm	I'm a pretty reclusive person. I don't have a great many friends. But the ones that I have never fail to amaze me. :D Also, second sleep test done. Fitted with a face mask. My transformation into a Sith Lord proceeds apace. Current Mood: touched (Comment on this)