On Friday night, Jeannie and I went to dinner to celebrate the fact that we got our driveway permit. We went to a Thai restaurant, and it was OK. We had a nice time. Then after dinner, we went to Trader Joe's to pick up a few things, and I had to go to the bathroom (the Trader Joe's next to my work is #1 on my list of Best Public Restroom in America, beating out a gas station in Bowling Green, MO that used to have the #1 spot), so I went in the bathroom and cut a fart that lasted 20 seconds. Seriously. Close your eyes and count to 20. It's a long time. And I thought that after cutting the 20 second fart that I was done, that any gastro-intestinal duress had been resolved, so I went out and met Jeannie in the vitamins aisle, but she told me to go back in there and give it the ol' college try. And I'm glad I listened to her, because it turns out that I needed to do things that probably wouldn't have waited for us to make the drive home.
This week's gonna be super busy and probably pretty stressful. Wish us luck.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Not so Fresh Air Feeling
Had an inventory at work tonight and it went very well. One of the easiest that I've worked. Then headed to the Kent House (formerly the Kent Lounge) with Nikki and Abbey and Johnny. A good time.
Jeannie wrote in her blog that the dude downstairs hasn't been smoking a lot, but at the moment, he is smoking and it stinks in our place. At least it does in the living room. Hopefully she's asleep there in the bedroom and not getting any of the stink that is coming up from down below.
Tomorrow I'm off work and planning a lot of set building. Then for he show tomorrow night, there is a bigwig from the Globe Theatre (in England!) who is coming to speak, so I'll probably be around for that. Then we're all hitting the pub afterwards.
Have I mentioned that I'll be glad when October/November is over? Cuz I will.
Jeannie wrote in her blog that the dude downstairs hasn't been smoking a lot, but at the moment, he is smoking and it stinks in our place. At least it does in the living room. Hopefully she's asleep there in the bedroom and not getting any of the stink that is coming up from down below.
Tomorrow I'm off work and planning a lot of set building. Then for he show tomorrow night, there is a bigwig from the Globe Theatre (in England!) who is coming to speak, so I'll probably be around for that. Then we're all hitting the pub afterwards.
Have I mentioned that I'll be glad when October/November is over? Cuz I will.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Glass Half Full
Today I got rid of my shift at work because I had signed up for a Stanislavski workshop and I had totally forgotten about it. The workshop was informative but ultimately pointless. But it was not unenjoyable and it was good to see the other folks there, but it just kinda felt like a waste of a day and I wish I hadn't had to use personal time at work in order to go to it.
I made myself some G&T's tonight that were just about 1/2 G. Yowza!
Last night I had a dream that we ripped out the carpet at the potential house and the hardwood floors underneath were gorgeous. I hope that this dream comes true.
We have had 3 days of non-stop rain. It's looking like the entire weekend of Julius Caesar is going to get rained out. Also, the rain is screwing with my set-building plans. Hopefully it will be a dry week and I will be able to get caught up. I am beginning to get stressed by the set building and the 3 lighting designs that I have to do. It's been far too long since I've had to do a real lighting design. Even when I was auditorium manager back at Truman, I always tried to pawn off the lighting designs onto an intern (thank you, Jeremy B) because I didn't feel very comfortable doing them. Oh well. I am looking forward to October and November being over. It's very strange, but at times like these when life gets stressful, I really love my job because, if necessary, I can devote exactly 0% of my brain to it, and it still gets done just as well as when I'm devoting 80% of my brain to it.
I made myself some G&T's tonight that were just about 1/2 G. Yowza!
Last night I had a dream that we ripped out the carpet at the potential house and the hardwood floors underneath were gorgeous. I hope that this dream comes true.
We have had 3 days of non-stop rain. It's looking like the entire weekend of Julius Caesar is going to get rained out. Also, the rain is screwing with my set-building plans. Hopefully it will be a dry week and I will be able to get caught up. I am beginning to get stressed by the set building and the 3 lighting designs that I have to do. It's been far too long since I've had to do a real lighting design. Even when I was auditorium manager back at Truman, I always tried to pawn off the lighting designs onto an intern (thank you, Jeremy B) because I didn't feel very comfortable doing them. Oh well. I am looking forward to October and November being over. It's very strange, but at times like these when life gets stressful, I really love my job because, if necessary, I can devote exactly 0% of my brain to it, and it still gets done just as well as when I'm devoting 80% of my brain to it.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Slow Night
When the Jeanners got home from work this evening, she was stressed and didn't feel like cooking, so we went to our favorite little neighborhood restaurant, The Parkside, for dinner. I feel bad because the place always seems pretty empty when we go there. I don't know that it can survive much longer. On their calendar, they had advertised karaoke this evening, but when we got there it became fairly clear that no karaoke was going to take place. When we left (about 9:30), we were the only folks there. Sad. It's a cute place, and the people that run it are nice.
I had planned on spending the day working on the set, but it has been raining and cold all day so I was only able to buy lumber. I am also still procrastinating on this thing because I don't really feel like doing it. Hopefully I will not procrastinate too much.
Because of the rain, I spent the day around our apartment, and with all of our books and cd's and stuff packed away in storage, there really isn't that much to do. I made some eggs, took a nap, and farted around on the internet for a long time. Looking forward to the day when we can unpack the books and music equipment.
I had planned on spending the day working on the set, but it has been raining and cold all day so I was only able to buy lumber. I am also still procrastinating on this thing because I don't really feel like doing it. Hopefully I will not procrastinate too much.
Because of the rain, I spent the day around our apartment, and with all of our books and cd's and stuff packed away in storage, there really isn't that much to do. I made some eggs, took a nap, and farted around on the internet for a long time. Looking forward to the day when we can unpack the books and music equipment.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Gaytorade
Today I was off work, and I dropped some paperwork off down at the City Office of Homeownership, and then spent the afternoon building the indoor set for Julius Caesar. I've really been abusing my body throughout this whole process. My back is now in a pretty much constant state of pain. It's probably from lugging a bunch of damned platforms around by myself. Seriously, I'm going to be one of those 80-year-olds who is about 4 feet tall and walks around staring directly at the ground.
The Jeanners just got home!
Stan Getz is one smooth mofo.
The Jeanners just got home!
Stan Getz is one smooth mofo.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
I finished off the last post with a bit of a cliffhanger, and I know you've all been dying to find out the outcome, and the answer is yes, I was getting sick.
Today is the first day in a long time that I've gotten off work and don't have anyplace that I have to be. It's pretty awesome. So the show opened this past weekend, and it's up and running, and now I don't have to go every night and make sure it's running ok. Now my job turns into set and lighting designer for when the show moves indoors in about a month. Which will be a different kind of stressful, but at least I won't have to be somewhere every night.
On Saturday I got to spend the day with the Jeanners (we did a lot of sleeping), and it was awesome. It's pretty amazing how much of the general suckiness of late can be directly attributed to not spending enough time with the Jeanners. The remaining 30% of the general suckiness can be attributed to:
1. trying to buy a house.
2. the persistent smell of cigarette smoke.
3. crappy water pressure.
Saturday night we went to see Ira "Schmira" Glass at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He gave a talk and it was pretty cool.
When I was in eighth grade, my Spanish teacher used to make us watch this show called Que Pasa, U.S.A.?. Every now and again the theme song gets stuck in my head like a mothafu@#a. Enjoy.
I realize that I've been doing a shitty job of documenting this portion of the life of D-Bone and J-Dog. In order to remedy that, I shall post some pics of Where We Live Now.
Today is the first day in a long time that I've gotten off work and don't have anyplace that I have to be. It's pretty awesome. So the show opened this past weekend, and it's up and running, and now I don't have to go every night and make sure it's running ok. Now my job turns into set and lighting designer for when the show moves indoors in about a month. Which will be a different kind of stressful, but at least I won't have to be somewhere every night.
On Saturday I got to spend the day with the Jeanners (we did a lot of sleeping), and it was awesome. It's pretty amazing how much of the general suckiness of late can be directly attributed to not spending enough time with the Jeanners. The remaining 30% of the general suckiness can be attributed to:
1. trying to buy a house.
2. the persistent smell of cigarette smoke.
3. crappy water pressure.
Saturday night we went to see Ira "Schmira" Glass at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He gave a talk and it was pretty cool.
When I was in eighth grade, my Spanish teacher used to make us watch this show called Que Pasa, U.S.A.?. Every now and again the theme song gets stuck in my head like a mothafu@#a. Enjoy.
I realize that I've been doing a shitty job of documenting this portion of the life of D-Bone and J-Dog. In order to remedy that, I shall post some pics of Where We Live Now.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Jesus Mary Joseph
It is a sunny, windy day today.
It is my day off, and it has been busy. It feels really good to have a day off, even though I've spent it doing a bunch of shit that I'd rather not be doing.
Life at the moment seems to be a wildly running horse, and the J-dog and I are blindfolded and hanging on tight and hoping it's going in the right direction. I guess we'll know at some point whether we're doing OK or whether we're getting trampled and shit on.
Ok, I've been having a persistent grammar and punctuation question: does the apostrophe get used when "it's" is being used as a contraction, or when it is being used as a possesive? Or neither? Or both? Please advise.
Highlight of the week: Jeanners made me mashers the other night.
Lowlight of the week: Jeanners seems to be having a tough time dealing with the City O' Baltimore ('Keep Moving') with regards to the driveway situation at the potential house.
Am I getting sick?
It is my day off, and it has been busy. It feels really good to have a day off, even though I've spent it doing a bunch of shit that I'd rather not be doing.
Life at the moment seems to be a wildly running horse, and the J-dog and I are blindfolded and hanging on tight and hoping it's going in the right direction. I guess we'll know at some point whether we're doing OK or whether we're getting trampled and shit on.
Ok, I've been having a persistent grammar and punctuation question: does the apostrophe get used when "it's" is being used as a contraction, or when it is being used as a possesive? Or neither? Or both? Please advise.
Highlight of the week: Jeanners made me mashers the other night.
Lowlight of the week: Jeanners seems to be having a tough time dealing with the City O' Baltimore ('Keep Moving') with regards to the driveway situation at the potential house.
Am I getting sick?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
No Sitting Down or Urinating on the Horizon
U2 concert yesterday/last night. I got down to FedEx field at around noon and got in the general admission line. I was person number 296 in the line. So I'm a geek, but there are at least 295 people in the Pennsylvania/Maryland/DC/Virginia area geekier than me. Although some of the people in line were foreign, for whatever that's worth.
Anyway, got in line and talked a little bit with the folks in line behind me. Right behind me was a guy named Matt and his wife/girlfriend Kelly. Both very nice, moderate U2 fans. Then behind them was a group of 4 women from the DC area who are teachers. They were also very nice and they brought cards, so they invited me to play cards. So we played a couple hands of Bullshit (both of which I won), and a couple hands of rummy. Helped to pass the time tremendously. Also, before they knew my name, they called me "Baltimore," which I thought was pretty cool, especially when we were playing cards. So anyway, we spent the next five hours waiting in line. Luckily, once you get to know the people around you in line, that means you can get up and go use the porta-potties if you need to. So that part of the waiting wasn't too bad. Plus, I had water and Clif bars so I was set.
Once the doors opened at 5pm, then we all raced inside and got a good spot right down in front, right on the walkway that goes out into the audience around the stage. Unfortunately, after that point it was too crowded to sit down, and it was too difficult to leave the area without losing your spot, so you basically just had to stand for the rest of the night. So there was a good 6 hours of standing and not peeing, which was not pleasant. And I was cold because I decided when I got there to leave my jacket in the car.
The show was decent. Unfortunately not life-changing (I guess my days of seeing life-changing concerts are probably over) [except for the up-coming Quants reunion, of course] but not bad. It was pretty cool being up close, although the band did not use the walkways as much as I would've hoped. The sound wasn't that great, either. Nonetheless, they played a few songs that I've always wanted to hear live but never have, so that's pretty cool.
The highlight of the day was definitely meeting and hanging out with the other people in line, which was kind of surprising, but nice.
Oh, plus, I got a guitar pick when Edge's guitar technician was walking around the walkways testing the wireless system. That was pretty cool. I think my guitar playing is sounding better already.
Here are some pics from the show:
Anyway, got in line and talked a little bit with the folks in line behind me. Right behind me was a guy named Matt and his wife/girlfriend Kelly. Both very nice, moderate U2 fans. Then behind them was a group of 4 women from the DC area who are teachers. They were also very nice and they brought cards, so they invited me to play cards. So we played a couple hands of Bullshit (both of which I won), and a couple hands of rummy. Helped to pass the time tremendously. Also, before they knew my name, they called me "Baltimore," which I thought was pretty cool, especially when we were playing cards. So anyway, we spent the next five hours waiting in line. Luckily, once you get to know the people around you in line, that means you can get up and go use the porta-potties if you need to. So that part of the waiting wasn't too bad. Plus, I had water and Clif bars so I was set.
Once the doors opened at 5pm, then we all raced inside and got a good spot right down in front, right on the walkway that goes out into the audience around the stage. Unfortunately, after that point it was too crowded to sit down, and it was too difficult to leave the area without losing your spot, so you basically just had to stand for the rest of the night. So there was a good 6 hours of standing and not peeing, which was not pleasant. And I was cold because I decided when I got there to leave my jacket in the car.
The show was decent. Unfortunately not life-changing (I guess my days of seeing life-changing concerts are probably over) [except for the up-coming Quants reunion, of course] but not bad. It was pretty cool being up close, although the band did not use the walkways as much as I would've hoped. The sound wasn't that great, either. Nonetheless, they played a few songs that I've always wanted to hear live but never have, so that's pretty cool.
The highlight of the day was definitely meeting and hanging out with the other people in line, which was kind of surprising, but nice.
Oh, plus, I got a guitar pick when Edge's guitar technician was walking around the walkways testing the wireless system. That was pretty cool. I think my guitar playing is sounding better already.
Here are some pics from the show:
Friday, September 25, 2009
Progress?
Alright, so we've applied for a loan, set up inspections, and started work on finding out if we can add a driveway. The ball is rolling, and though it feels like it's rolling a little bit out of control, it's nice to be moving forward.
Still going to work during the day and rehearsals at night. So far this show has been a lot more work than I anticipated. I still have to come up for a set design for when it moves indoors. And then build the set. Not looking forward to that. I've got about a month.
U2 concert coming up on Tuesday. Strange, but I haven't really been thinking about it. I just want a day off so bad that I don't even think I'm going to stand outside all day in the hopes of meeting the band or getting a really great spot on the floor. Operation: Meet U2 2009 -- ABORTED.
The J-Dog has a cold. Terrible time to be sick cause she's so damn busy. I feel bad for her. I mean, I would feel bad for her if I ever saw her.
M. Flanagan, who directed the movie that I worked on shortly after I moved to Baltimore, lives in L.A. and is working on a new documentary. He sent me a message asking if I had any songs he could use, so I sent him some songs and he wants to use them. Pretty cool. Check out the trailer here.
Hmmm, that's about it for now. On tap for today: breakfast, call the lenders that we ended up not choosing, head over to the theatre's storage unit and take a drop over to one of the indoor theatres to see what it looks like, maybe investigate homeowner's insurance, and if the J-Dog is feeling better then head down to PKP's for some babysitting. Based on how the J-Dog was feeling last night, though, I doubt we will be doing that. Sorry, PKP and T-Pain.
Still going to work during the day and rehearsals at night. So far this show has been a lot more work than I anticipated. I still have to come up for a set design for when it moves indoors. And then build the set. Not looking forward to that. I've got about a month.
U2 concert coming up on Tuesday. Strange, but I haven't really been thinking about it. I just want a day off so bad that I don't even think I'm going to stand outside all day in the hopes of meeting the band or getting a really great spot on the floor. Operation: Meet U2 2009 -- ABORTED.
The J-Dog has a cold. Terrible time to be sick cause she's so damn busy. I feel bad for her. I mean, I would feel bad for her if I ever saw her.
M. Flanagan, who directed the movie that I worked on shortly after I moved to Baltimore, lives in L.A. and is working on a new documentary. He sent me a message asking if I had any songs he could use, so I sent him some songs and he wants to use them. Pretty cool. Check out the trailer here.
Hmmm, that's about it for now. On tap for today: breakfast, call the lenders that we ended up not choosing, head over to the theatre's storage unit and take a drop over to one of the indoor theatres to see what it looks like, maybe investigate homeowner's insurance, and if the J-Dog is feeling better then head down to PKP's for some babysitting. Based on how the J-Dog was feeling last night, though, I doubt we will be doing that. Sorry, PKP and T-Pain.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
VAG
Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker that said, "I LOVE VAG." Classy.
Been busy as hell. Work, then rehearsals. Monday through Thursday. It's kept me busy, but it's been fun. A lovely time of year to be having outdoor rehearsals, and the place where rehearsals (and the show) are taking place is a lovely spot. There's lots of deer and other animals that hang out there, so I usually just sit in the car for a few minutes when I get there and watch them munching on grass.
The J-Dog is heading to the Lou this weekend for a quick trip to go to her cousin's wedding. Wish I could join her, but I'm going to be taking a lot of upcoming weekends off and I feel like it really doesn't make sense for me to head home right now.
Still waiting for the owners of the house to sign the f@#$'in contract.
Many errands to run today. Poop first.
Been busy as hell. Work, then rehearsals. Monday through Thursday. It's kept me busy, but it's been fun. A lovely time of year to be having outdoor rehearsals, and the place where rehearsals (and the show) are taking place is a lovely spot. There's lots of deer and other animals that hang out there, so I usually just sit in the car for a few minutes when I get there and watch them munching on grass.
The J-Dog is heading to the Lou this weekend for a quick trip to go to her cousin's wedding. Wish I could join her, but I'm going to be taking a lot of upcoming weekends off and I feel like it really doesn't make sense for me to head home right now.
Still waiting for the owners of the house to sign the f@#$'in contract.
Many errands to run today. Poop first.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sept 12
One year since the death of DFW. Hmm. Still sad. Still hurts. Oh well.
Today Jeannie and I went on a home tour of Baltimore in the hopes that it will get us $3000.
It's been posted on Facebook, so it's official:
The Reunion Show of the Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers will be taking place on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at the Skatium in St. Louis. 7pm-ish. Be there or regret it forever. Plus, you can roller skate while taking a stroll through the music of 1996.
A few weeks ago, Jeannie and BJ and Aimee and I decided that Baltimore's next slogan (current slogan: Baltimore - Get In On It!) should be Baltimore - Keep Moving.
If you haven't started watching Mad Men yet, you should. It's good.
Over there at Knese's Emergency Pudding, Jeffy has posted a picture of himself with an Amish beard. I have never seen him look uglier. Maybe it's the Amish beard/wife beater combo, but god damn.
Today Jeannie and I went on a home tour of Baltimore in the hopes that it will get us $3000.
It's been posted on Facebook, so it's official:
The Reunion Show of the Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers will be taking place on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at the Skatium in St. Louis. 7pm-ish. Be there or regret it forever. Plus, you can roller skate while taking a stroll through the music of 1996.
A few weeks ago, Jeannie and BJ and Aimee and I decided that Baltimore's next slogan (current slogan: Baltimore - Get In On It!) should be Baltimore - Keep Moving.
If you haven't started watching Mad Men yet, you should. It's good.
Over there at Knese's Emergency Pudding, Jeffy has posted a picture of himself with an Amish beard. I have never seen him look uglier. Maybe it's the Amish beard/wife beater combo, but god damn.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Rewired
Aw, shit, beyotches. I is back on d'net.
Verizon sent a very nice technician to come look at our phone line today (luckily I had the day off work so I was able to be home during their 9am to 7pm window) and it took him like 2 minutes to go down into the basement and hook our apartment back up to the phone box. Problem solved.
Our new apartment is OK, but it smells like smoke a lot because the guy downstairs is always home and apparently doesn't do anything but sit and smoke. I would be angry, but I'm too jealous.
We are one step closer to buying the damned house. We have agreed on money shit and now we just have to go to this home tour thing on Saturday (in an attempt to get free money from the city of Baltimore) and then we will send them a phat contract to sign on Monday. And then we start scrambling in an attempt to get an inspection, a zoning variance, and a loan. Anyway, house talk is boring.
Been going to rehearsals for Julius Caesar. It's gonna be a pain in the butt to light this thing. Lots of extension cords put up and taken down every night. Bleagh.
Progress is also being made in the direction of a Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers reunion. No formal announcements have been made, but let me just say that if you are in the St. Louis area, keep the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving free. You won't regret it. Especially if you like the Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers.
For the last few days, I have had some Stevie Earl Jacobs lyrics in my head, so I'll close with those:
Verizon sent a very nice technician to come look at our phone line today (luckily I had the day off work so I was able to be home during their 9am to 7pm window) and it took him like 2 minutes to go down into the basement and hook our apartment back up to the phone box. Problem solved.
Our new apartment is OK, but it smells like smoke a lot because the guy downstairs is always home and apparently doesn't do anything but sit and smoke. I would be angry, but I'm too jealous.
We are one step closer to buying the damned house. We have agreed on money shit and now we just have to go to this home tour thing on Saturday (in an attempt to get free money from the city of Baltimore) and then we will send them a phat contract to sign on Monday. And then we start scrambling in an attempt to get an inspection, a zoning variance, and a loan. Anyway, house talk is boring.
Been going to rehearsals for Julius Caesar. It's gonna be a pain in the butt to light this thing. Lots of extension cords put up and taken down every night. Bleagh.
Progress is also being made in the direction of a Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers reunion. No formal announcements have been made, but let me just say that if you are in the St. Louis area, keep the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving free. You won't regret it. Especially if you like the Quintessential Pine Tree Brothers.
For the last few days, I have had some Stevie Earl Jacobs lyrics in my head, so I'll close with those:
I got a bike lock
as thick as my cock
Monday, September 07, 2009
Hug Rainstorm
I miss the internet less than I did a few days ago. Not having a real phone still sucks, though.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Early September
September 1, 2009
We are currently living in a telephone-less, internet-less hell. Damn you, phone company. Apparently they won’t even be out to see what’s wrong with our line until a week from tomorrow. Damn you, phone company.
So anyway, we’re moved. Big shout out of thanks to the A-Train for coming to help us out on Saturday. All in all, it wasn’t too bad; we’d gotten all the big stuff moved and unloaded by 12:15pm, and after a tasty pizza lunch the Jeanners and I spent the rest of the day cleaning our old Charles Village place. Which took awhile. We’re not tidy people.
Then when we were all done we decided to go out for dinner in Hamilton (our new neighborhood) and we walked to the Hamilton Tavern, which isn’t too far from our new place. We had a damn tasty meal, and then got caught in a hug rainstorm on the walk home. Got tremendously soaked. The rest of the night was uneventful until we were awoken at 1am by two ladies arguing out in the street in front of our house. Damn you, phone company.
Sunday we went to a CSC gathering down at Ian’s house, which was pretty great. A perfect day to spend outside, lots of cute babies, and I didn’t get painfully and obnoxiously drunk.
Had a production meeting tonight for Julius Caesar. Work on the show seriously begins next week.
Still no word on the house.
Here are some interesting things:
1. At two separate times today, I seriously thought I might have shat in my pants. Once this morning as I was leaving for work, and once this afternoon while I was preparing to leave work. Both false alarms.
2. The other day I saw a guy with copious amounts of ear hair. Veritable tufts. It looked less like hair growing out of his ears and more like he had stuffed wads of hair into his ears for hearing protection.
3. This afternoon I drove to the Julius Caesar meeting on the highway, with the windows down, blaring first Phoenix’ “Rome,” and then Phillip Bailey/Phil Collins’ “Easy Lover.” Both were awesome in their own way.
We are currently living in a telephone-less, internet-less hell. Damn you, phone company. Apparently they won’t even be out to see what’s wrong with our line until a week from tomorrow. Damn you, phone company.
So anyway, we’re moved. Big shout out of thanks to the A-Train for coming to help us out on Saturday. All in all, it wasn’t too bad; we’d gotten all the big stuff moved and unloaded by 12:15pm, and after a tasty pizza lunch the Jeanners and I spent the rest of the day cleaning our old Charles Village place. Which took awhile. We’re not tidy people.
Then when we were all done we decided to go out for dinner in Hamilton (our new neighborhood) and we walked to the Hamilton Tavern, which isn’t too far from our new place. We had a damn tasty meal, and then got caught in a hug rainstorm on the walk home. Got tremendously soaked. The rest of the night was uneventful until we were awoken at 1am by two ladies arguing out in the street in front of our house. Damn you, phone company.
Sunday we went to a CSC gathering down at Ian’s house, which was pretty great. A perfect day to spend outside, lots of cute babies, and I didn’t get painfully and obnoxiously drunk.
Had a production meeting tonight for Julius Caesar. Work on the show seriously begins next week.
Still no word on the house.
Here are some interesting things:
1. At two separate times today, I seriously thought I might have shat in my pants. Once this morning as I was leaving for work, and once this afternoon while I was preparing to leave work. Both false alarms.
2. The other day I saw a guy with copious amounts of ear hair. Veritable tufts. It looked less like hair growing out of his ears and more like he had stuffed wads of hair into his ears for hearing protection.
3. This afternoon I drove to the Julius Caesar meeting on the highway, with the windows down, blaring first Phoenix’ “Rome,” and then Phillip Bailey/Phil Collins’ “Easy Lover.” Both were awesome in their own way.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
My Necklaces
Jeez, moving sucks. But we're almost done. Just a few more days.
I feel like the next couple of months are going to lick balls. Too much going on. Moving, Julius Casar, attempted house purchase, weddings, possible Quants reunion. Too much.
Tonight as we were packing up more shit, I found some necklaces that I used to wear in college, including one that I made at the Kirksville make-your-own-jewelry store, and one that has a little amulet for "protection" that Jeannie gave to me. Dudes wearing necklaces is very underrated. Except by Italians, in which case it is overrated. That being said, I did feel a little stupid when I met one of our new neighbors and I was wearing my necklaces. Oh well.
I'm really ready for all of this shit to be over with. I'm also ready for our goddamned wireless internet connection to stop being such a pussy.
Sorry for my potty mouth this evening.
I feel like the next couple of months are going to lick balls. Too much going on. Moving, Julius Casar, attempted house purchase, weddings, possible Quants reunion. Too much.
Tonight as we were packing up more shit, I found some necklaces that I used to wear in college, including one that I made at the Kirksville make-your-own-jewelry store, and one that has a little amulet for "protection" that Jeannie gave to me. Dudes wearing necklaces is very underrated. Except by Italians, in which case it is overrated. That being said, I did feel a little stupid when I met one of our new neighbors and I was wearing my necklaces. Oh well.
I'm really ready for all of this shit to be over with. I'm also ready for our goddamned wireless internet connection to stop being such a pussy.
Sorry for my potty mouth this evening.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Moving to the Country, Gonna Eat a Normal Amount of Peaches. Perhaps Slightly Less Than a Normal Amount.
I had forgotten how much moving sucks. We haven't really acquired that much more shit since the last time we moved 3 years ago, but it sure seems like we have, for some reason. Maybe Jeannie did most of the packing last time. Anyway, packing sucks.
Last night the Jeanners and I were going through old photos and letters and stuff like that. Always the best part of packing. Especially reading letters from 10 years ago (almost to the day) that talked about looking back in ten years at the events that were happening at the time and how we would feel about them.
It's strange how much this place we're leaving feels like home. It's kinda the first place that we've made our own a little bit. Neither of us has entirely wrapped our mind around the idea of leaving and moving into some unknown little crappy apartment. Feels strange. Wish we were moving right into a house, I think it would be much easier.
On that note, no news on the house front. We're waiting for a reply on our offer of last week. (the dude selling the house has been in Costa Rica. Or as our agent writes in her e-mails, "Costa Rico.")
Today I get a key to the new apartment and will begin moving our packed up shit over there. We don't officially move (with a moving truck and all) until August 29. Everyone is invited to come help.
Well, fuck a duck, what a boring post. I wish the Beej was still in town. I wish it wasn't so damned humid. Not necessarily in that order.
I'm gonna brush my teeth and go for a run.
Last night the Jeanners and I were going through old photos and letters and stuff like that. Always the best part of packing. Especially reading letters from 10 years ago (almost to the day) that talked about looking back in ten years at the events that were happening at the time and how we would feel about them.
It's strange how much this place we're leaving feels like home. It's kinda the first place that we've made our own a little bit. Neither of us has entirely wrapped our mind around the idea of leaving and moving into some unknown little crappy apartment. Feels strange. Wish we were moving right into a house, I think it would be much easier.
On that note, no news on the house front. We're waiting for a reply on our offer of last week. (the dude selling the house has been in Costa Rica. Or as our agent writes in her e-mails, "Costa Rico.")
Today I get a key to the new apartment and will begin moving our packed up shit over there. We don't officially move (with a moving truck and all) until August 29. Everyone is invited to come help.
Well, fuck a duck, what a boring post. I wish the Beej was still in town. I wish it wasn't so damned humid. Not necessarily in that order.
I'm gonna brush my teeth and go for a run.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
In-Law Suite
We are now on day 7 with no kitchen sink. I think we've had either 3 or 4 plumbers out. All of them seem to diagnose the problem, propose a solution, and then disappear. Then the next day there's a different plumber and he does the same thing.
My birthday was last Thursday. It was pretty low key. The J-Dog and I both worked, and she got me a copy of Gena's photography book, which is awesome, and it was a perfect gift because I had been planning on buying it anyway. She also got me a copy of Pillars of the Earth, which I have been wanting to read for awhile. In the the spirit of full disclosure, I will reveal that my mom owned that book when I was little and I used to read the dirty parts. There weren't that many, but they were hot stuff. At least to an 8-11 year old.
Jeannie's parents came into town on Friday and stayed with us until Sunday. It was a good time, but it would have been better if:
1. Our kitchen sink worked
2. We lived in a house.
3. The house that we lived in had air conditioning.
Nonetheless, it was good to see them, and we cooked a nice dinner last night and supplemented it with some market-bought crabcakes, and it was all real tasty. And I managed to change a headlight on our car under the watchful eye of Jeannie's dad (who is a tremendous [and I mean TREMENDOUS] car buff) and not make a fool out of myself. Changing a headlight is pretty easy, and I wasn't planning on making a fool of myself, but I can pretty much fuck up anything if somebody else is watching.
I used Jeannie's deodorant this morning because her parents were asleep in our room (where my deodorant is) when I left for work. It was not strong enough for a man.
We started watching season 1 of Mad Men last week. It's good.
The album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, by Phoenix, is my favorite album of the year so far.
I worked a 13 hour day today and it wasn't that bad.
This week: pack up the apartment and start work on Julius Caesar.
My birthday was last Thursday. It was pretty low key. The J-Dog and I both worked, and she got me a copy of Gena's photography book, which is awesome, and it was a perfect gift because I had been planning on buying it anyway. She also got me a copy of Pillars of the Earth, which I have been wanting to read for awhile. In the the spirit of full disclosure, I will reveal that my mom owned that book when I was little and I used to read the dirty parts. There weren't that many, but they were hot stuff. At least to an 8-11 year old.
Jeannie's parents came into town on Friday and stayed with us until Sunday. It was a good time, but it would have been better if:
1. Our kitchen sink worked
2. We lived in a house.
3. The house that we lived in had air conditioning.
Nonetheless, it was good to see them, and we cooked a nice dinner last night and supplemented it with some market-bought crabcakes, and it was all real tasty. And I managed to change a headlight on our car under the watchful eye of Jeannie's dad (who is a tremendous [and I mean TREMENDOUS] car buff) and not make a fool out of myself. Changing a headlight is pretty easy, and I wasn't planning on making a fool of myself, but I can pretty much fuck up anything if somebody else is watching.
I used Jeannie's deodorant this morning because her parents were asleep in our room (where my deodorant is) when I left for work. It was not strong enough for a man.
We started watching season 1 of Mad Men last week. It's good.
The album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, by Phoenix, is my favorite album of the year so far.
I worked a 13 hour day today and it wasn't that bad.
This week: pack up the apartment and start work on Julius Caesar.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Offer #2
Let's work backwards:
- this morning I went for a run and then did our dishes in the bathtub. Tonight: hanging out with the Beej and the A-Train. Dinner somewhere fun. Games, perhaps?
- last night the Jeanners and I made an offer on the place we've been looking at. The offer was pretty low, so we'll see what happens.
- Sunday after work our kitchen sink was clogged up pretty bad, which sucks because we had a lot of dishes to do, so we called our apartment people to let them know about it. They must've called a plumbing company and told them it was an emergency, because they sent a plumber out at about 9pm and he was surly about having to come out at 9pm on a Sunday. Apparently the clog was over 25 feet away from our sink, so his snake wouldn't work and he was unable to fix the problem.
- Saturday Pat and Teresa had a party for the Beej with some CSC folks down at their house. Really good food, beers, fun folks, cute babies. A good time.
- On Friday the Beej and I headed down to P & T's for our sleepover and geek games. Had a good time playing geek games, although it felt strange being out of my entrenched routine, and I missed the Jeanners somethin' terrible. Had a vodka tonic for the first time in a very long time.
It sure has been good gettin' to see BJ. Hope that when he's done with his PhD in a few years he ends up close by.
- this morning I went for a run and then did our dishes in the bathtub. Tonight: hanging out with the Beej and the A-Train. Dinner somewhere fun. Games, perhaps?
- last night the Jeanners and I made an offer on the place we've been looking at. The offer was pretty low, so we'll see what happens.
- Sunday after work our kitchen sink was clogged up pretty bad, which sucks because we had a lot of dishes to do, so we called our apartment people to let them know about it. They must've called a plumbing company and told them it was an emergency, because they sent a plumber out at about 9pm and he was surly about having to come out at 9pm on a Sunday. Apparently the clog was over 25 feet away from our sink, so his snake wouldn't work and he was unable to fix the problem.
- Saturday Pat and Teresa had a party for the Beej with some CSC folks down at their house. Really good food, beers, fun folks, cute babies. A good time.
- On Friday the Beej and I headed down to P & T's for our sleepover and geek games. Had a good time playing geek games, although it felt strange being out of my entrenched routine, and I missed the Jeanners somethin' terrible. Had a vodka tonic for the first time in a very long time.
It sure has been good gettin' to see BJ. Hope that when he's done with his PhD in a few years he ends up close by.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
A Hot Date
A good today. Went for a run shortly after I woke up, did some dishes, did some laundry, and then got to meet up with the Beej! He got into town last night, and is staying down at P & T's, and he came up to Baltimore for a hot date this evening. So this afternoon he came over and then we went up to the Rec Room for some delicious cheap burgers and conversation. A good time. Hanging out with the Beej at the Rec Room is sriously one of my favorite things to do. He will be in town for awhile, and tomorrow there is going to be a boys' sleepover down at Pat's where we play lots of geek games and talk about hairy butts.
Last night the Jeanners and I went to a neighborhood meeting for the neighborhood that we are potentially moving to. We heard a lot about crime, which was a little scary (but not too scary), and met some interesting folks. We were attempting to perhaps meet some folks who could assist us in our quest for a zoning variance for our proposed driveway. And maybe we did. It was a pretty interesting night.
What else? Still reading and enjoying The Time Travelers Wife, although it feels like its getting to be too long. That, by the way, is what SHE said.
Feels good to be running regularly again. Must remember to try and stay in the habit instead of being sporadic.
Last night the Jeanners and I went to a neighborhood meeting for the neighborhood that we are potentially moving to. We heard a lot about crime, which was a little scary (but not too scary), and met some interesting folks. We were attempting to perhaps meet some folks who could assist us in our quest for a zoning variance for our proposed driveway. And maybe we did. It was a pretty interesting night.
What else? Still reading and enjoying The Time Travelers Wife, although it feels like its getting to be too long. That, by the way, is what SHE said.
Feels good to be running regularly again. Must remember to try and stay in the habit instead of being sporadic.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Respect My Wishes...
Last night I said the sentence, "Respect my wishes, bitches, which is: no kisses." and it felt like I was break dancing with my mouth.
I think that walks at night are the best.
I also enjoy reading in small pools of light in otherwise dark rooms.
I had several whack-ass dreams last night about Jeannie's brother, Seth.
I got new sneakers. For the first time in a long time, my sneakers cost more than $15.
Only two more days of work this week.
The thought of having a hearing before a zoning committee and contacting our potential future city representative and getting a petition signed by our potential future neighbors puts a little ball of dread in my tummy, but knowing that I would be doing all those things with the Jeanners makes it not-so-bad.
I am getting hooked on Trader Joe's mini pizzas for lunch because they taste like grade school cafeteria pizza. The rectangular kind.
I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Yes, I do feel a little bit embarrassed about it, but dammit, I don't care. It's pretty good. I watched a trailer for the upcoming movie and it looks d r e a d f u l.
We put clean sheets on our bed last night and they stank.
I am enjoying CD's by Richard Hawley lately. He's definitely worth checking out. This is the first song I ever liked by him:
I think that walks at night are the best.
I also enjoy reading in small pools of light in otherwise dark rooms.
I had several whack-ass dreams last night about Jeannie's brother, Seth.
I got new sneakers. For the first time in a long time, my sneakers cost more than $15.
Only two more days of work this week.
The thought of having a hearing before a zoning committee and contacting our potential future city representative and getting a petition signed by our potential future neighbors puts a little ball of dread in my tummy, but knowing that I would be doing all those things with the Jeanners makes it not-so-bad.
I am getting hooked on Trader Joe's mini pizzas for lunch because they taste like grade school cafeteria pizza. The rectangular kind.
I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Yes, I do feel a little bit embarrassed about it, but dammit, I don't care. It's pretty good. I watched a trailer for the upcoming movie and it looks d r e a d f u l.
We put clean sheets on our bed last night and they stank.
I am enjoying CD's by Richard Hawley lately. He's definitely worth checking out. This is the first song I ever liked by him:
Friday, July 31, 2009
Pong!
Last night Jeannie and I headed over to the neighborhood where we're looking at houses (and where our new apartment will be) to walk around and see what was going on. We walked around a bit and then headed into a restaurant/bar called the Parkside that we've been to a couple of times before. I like the place - it's relatively new, pretty spacious, well decorated with genuine old stuff, usually not very crowded, and nice folks working there. The menu could be a little better, but they usually have good beer. Well, last night we stopped in to have some beers, and noticed that they've set up a ping-pong table, foosball table, and air hockey table in the back. The bartender said that folks are encouraged to just go and play if they feel like it. So we did and had quite a good time. Free ping-pong is a good draw, I think. For me, anyway. I'll spend my beer money there in the future.
Today the Jeanners and I both had the day off, and this morning we met with a plumber and a general contractor at the house we're looking at. We outlined some of the changes we're interested in making, and they looked around and said they'll come up with estimates on how much those changes would cost. So we should find out some stuff by the middle of next week. We spent the rest of the afternoon down at the City Municipal building, getting city drawings of the lot and trying to find out if zoning laws would allow us to add a driveway to the lot. Basically, the laws don't really allow us to do exactly what we want, but because it's a corner lot we might still be able to do it. It's all a little confusing and overwhelming, but I think it would be less overwhelming if we actually owned the property.
Who knows what we'll do tonight? Maybe more ping-pong...maybe not.
Today the Jeanners and I both had the day off, and this morning we met with a plumber and a general contractor at the house we're looking at. We outlined some of the changes we're interested in making, and they looked around and said they'll come up with estimates on how much those changes would cost. So we should find out some stuff by the middle of next week. We spent the rest of the afternoon down at the City Municipal building, getting city drawings of the lot and trying to find out if zoning laws would allow us to add a driveway to the lot. Basically, the laws don't really allow us to do exactly what we want, but because it's a corner lot we might still be able to do it. It's all a little confusing and overwhelming, but I think it would be less overwhelming if we actually owned the property.
Who knows what we'll do tonight? Maybe more ping-pong...maybe not.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
False Start
I thought I had to go to work today, so I woke up early and got to work at 7, as usual, only to find that it was actually my day off. So i got to come home and run a lot of errands instead. It was a decent day, got a lot done. It's starting to get hot.
Today I saw a woman in roller blades wearing shorts that did not cover her ass.
I went to the library today, and they found a CD that they said I hadn't turned in but that I really had.
The Jeanners made appointments today with a contractor and a plumber, we're going to look at the house on Friday and get estimates for the changes we'd like to make. Also, over the weekend we put a deposit down on an apartment (we'll be living in the apartment between the end of August [when our current lease is up] and when we find a house and finish making the major immediate improvements that would need to be made). We're glad to have found a place, but it's smaller than our current place, so we're gonna have to figure out how to make it work. Hopefully it'll be very temporary.
I feel like over the past few days I've had interesting things to write about but they have all escaped my brain.
The Beej is coming for a visit!
The Jeanners' parents are also coming for a visit!
I think August and September are going to be busy months.
Our friend Gena is an awesome photographer. She has a new book. At this site, you can see a preview of the book, and order it if you so desire, and vote for it in their readers' poll. Her stuff is seriously really good. I don't normally think people should make their living doing artsy things, but I think she should.
Today I saw a woman in roller blades wearing shorts that did not cover her ass.
I went to the library today, and they found a CD that they said I hadn't turned in but that I really had.
The Jeanners made appointments today with a contractor and a plumber, we're going to look at the house on Friday and get estimates for the changes we'd like to make. Also, over the weekend we put a deposit down on an apartment (we'll be living in the apartment between the end of August [when our current lease is up] and when we find a house and finish making the major immediate improvements that would need to be made). We're glad to have found a place, but it's smaller than our current place, so we're gonna have to figure out how to make it work. Hopefully it'll be very temporary.
I feel like over the past few days I've had interesting things to write about but they have all escaped my brain.
The Beej is coming for a visit!
The Jeanners' parents are also coming for a visit!
I think August and September are going to be busy months.
Our friend Gena is an awesome photographer. She has a new book. At this site, you can see a preview of the book, and order it if you so desire, and vote for it in their readers' poll. Her stuff is seriously really good. I don't normally think people should make their living doing artsy things, but I think she should.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
No Jack & Diane. Idiot.
Went to the conert tonight. Got to Ripken stadium at 4pm (doors opened at 5) and there was already a bit of a line to get in, but luckily there were a lot of older people in the crowd who wanted seats, so I was able to get down pretty close to the front for Willie's set. This is what it looked like when I got there:
There was a forgettable opening act, and then Willie came on and started his set. He was awesome, pointing and waving and smiling, playing some wicked lead guitar on that beat up old guitar of his.
Unfortunately, during his set, a big storm rolled in with some nasty looking lightning, so he had to cut his set short and they made everybody clear the field. Sucky.
After awhile the rain stopped and the Coug came on. When they let people back on to the field, I was able to get right down in the center in the front row. It was a nice spot to be. The Coug did not play Jack & Diane, which I find nearly unbelievable. It was impossible, however, to not sing along during "Hurt So Good". At one point I noticed that the Coug was sporting a little bit of camel toe, although I think it was just because he was dressing a little bit to the side.
After the Coug finished up, Bob Dylan came on, and although I have heard bad things about his live shows, I thought it was pretty good. I was glad that I was up close because he doesn't do much physically but he does a whole hell of a lot with his face. Weird smiles and looks and poses. It was also really strange to see the relationship he had with his band. They kinda seemed to love him, respect him, hate him, and fear him all at the same time. And every member of the band watched him like a hawk. For the whole set. "Like a Rolling Stone" was definitely the highlight of the show for me. By the way, Bob Dylan's drummer was pretty awesome and looked a little bit like Jeff Tweedy.
Some fun facts about the shows:
1. I'm sure that Willie pointed at me and smiled.
2. The Coug plays a "G" chord differently than anybody I've ever seen.
3. The Coug's drummer looked like a cross between me and Richard Dean Anderson.
4. The Coug had a totally badass anorexic fiddle player. She was awesome.
5. Number of non-white people seen at today's event: exactly 3. One of them was
the Coug's bass player.
6. I ate a lot of food today for breakfast and lunch, and by the middle of the
Coug's set, the bowel-rattling bass guitar and kick drum nearly worked it all
out right onto the field. Luckily the sewage-stench of my farts in the crowd
was masked by all the pot smoke.
7. Bob Dylan is either very strange or very smart or both.
There was a forgettable opening act, and then Willie came on and started his set. He was awesome, pointing and waving and smiling, playing some wicked lead guitar on that beat up old guitar of his.
Unfortunately, during his set, a big storm rolled in with some nasty looking lightning, so he had to cut his set short and they made everybody clear the field. Sucky.
After awhile the rain stopped and the Coug came on. When they let people back on to the field, I was able to get right down in the center in the front row. It was a nice spot to be. The Coug did not play Jack & Diane, which I find nearly unbelievable. It was impossible, however, to not sing along during "Hurt So Good". At one point I noticed that the Coug was sporting a little bit of camel toe, although I think it was just because he was dressing a little bit to the side.
After the Coug finished up, Bob Dylan came on, and although I have heard bad things about his live shows, I thought it was pretty good. I was glad that I was up close because he doesn't do much physically but he does a whole hell of a lot with his face. Weird smiles and looks and poses. It was also really strange to see the relationship he had with his band. They kinda seemed to love him, respect him, hate him, and fear him all at the same time. And every member of the band watched him like a hawk. For the whole set. "Like a Rolling Stone" was definitely the highlight of the show for me. By the way, Bob Dylan's drummer was pretty awesome and looked a little bit like Jeff Tweedy.
Some fun facts about the shows:
1. I'm sure that Willie pointed at me and smiled.
2. The Coug plays a "G" chord differently than anybody I've ever seen.
3. The Coug's drummer looked like a cross between me and Richard Dean Anderson.
4. The Coug had a totally badass anorexic fiddle player. She was awesome.
5. Number of non-white people seen at today's event: exactly 3. One of them was
the Coug's bass player.
6. I ate a lot of food today for breakfast and lunch, and by the middle of the
Coug's set, the bowel-rattling bass guitar and kick drum nearly worked it all
out right onto the field. Luckily the sewage-stench of my farts in the crowd
was masked by all the pot smoke.
7. Bob Dylan is either very strange or very smart or both.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Freewheelin' Applebee's
Tomorrow I am going to go see Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan and John 'Cougar' Mellencamp in concert. The show starts at 5:30pm, and is at Ripken minor league ballpark. But first, in the afternoon, I am gonna go to motherfuckin' Applebee's. Because I have a gift card and I want a steak. And I'm gonna have a salad, too, and a baked potato with butter and sour cream. Aw shit. I am expecting nothing less than the best day of my life.
The Jeanners and I went to look at the house again. We are both leaning towards making an offer, I believe. The guy who used to live in the house was named Lino, and he used to write little notes on everything, like when the washer and dryer was installed, and who installed it, and how much it cost, and when they died. He also had notes where he would write down his name and address, and notes about the weather, and notes about his mood. He was a photographer and had a lot of his photos hanging in the house, some with little notes. I don't know. The house would need a lot of cleaning up and work, but it's in pretty good shape. And it seems to be the right size.
Earlier this week, I tried to give Jeannie the nickname "Stinko," but she got upset so I can't call her that.
I called in sick to work on Tuesday. Then I was off on Wednesday. And now I'm gonna be off tomorrow. It's been a nice week.
Still doing a lot of recording. Trying to do a little bit every day. Most of it sucks and just goes in the trash, but they're nice little lessons.
The Jeanners and I went to look at the house again. We are both leaning towards making an offer, I believe. The guy who used to live in the house was named Lino, and he used to write little notes on everything, like when the washer and dryer was installed, and who installed it, and how much it cost, and when they died. He also had notes where he would write down his name and address, and notes about the weather, and notes about his mood. He was a photographer and had a lot of his photos hanging in the house, some with little notes. I don't know. The house would need a lot of cleaning up and work, but it's in pretty good shape. And it seems to be the right size.
Earlier this week, I tried to give Jeannie the nickname "Stinko," but she got upset so I can't call her that.
I called in sick to work on Tuesday. Then I was off on Wednesday. And now I'm gonna be off tomorrow. It's been a nice week.
Still doing a lot of recording. Trying to do a little bit every day. Most of it sucks and just goes in the trash, but they're nice little lessons.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Strike That
I went to the strike for the Twelfth Night set tonight, and goddamn it if I didn't have a good time. Lots of people turned out to help, and although I'd much rather have a few competent people than a lot of incompetent ones, having lots of people around made it seem like a much more social event. Plus, I got to karate chop and kick boards and it felt good. Although I did get some rusty screws in the back of the leg. Jaw...locking...up......blargh.
The Jeanners has been playing around with the floorplan of the house with which we've had an on again/off again relationship, and come up with an idea that we both like, and one that requires a relatively small amount of work. Our realtor is currently on vacation, but maybe when she comes back we'll make an offer. In the meantime, we went and looked at some apartments, and we've got an appointment this week to look at another. It will suck to move twice, but it will feel good to have some temporary housing lined up.
Life feels alright right now.
I'm not a Pete Yorn fan, but there's a couple of songs on his new CD that I'm enjoying. There's one in particular that I really like, and there's two lines that stand out: The first is, "you kissed the best and had enormous breasts," and the second is, "I googled you in quotes - got no results." The second line in particular I'm interested in, because it seems really shallow and like a smug pop-reference, but there's also a very specific emotion and loneliness that runs underneath it. I'm impressed by lines that can have a completely unpoetic word like 'googled' in it but still conjure a very specific, sharp, and common emotion. I don't know, I'll just link to the song over in the playlist and you can listen for yourself. It's called "Social Development Dance."
That's all I got right now. Don't feel like getting up for work in 5.75 hours.
The Jeanners has been playing around with the floorplan of the house with which we've had an on again/off again relationship, and come up with an idea that we both like, and one that requires a relatively small amount of work. Our realtor is currently on vacation, but maybe when she comes back we'll make an offer. In the meantime, we went and looked at some apartments, and we've got an appointment this week to look at another. It will suck to move twice, but it will feel good to have some temporary housing lined up.
Life feels alright right now.
I'm not a Pete Yorn fan, but there's a couple of songs on his new CD that I'm enjoying. There's one in particular that I really like, and there's two lines that stand out: The first is, "you kissed the best and had enormous breasts," and the second is, "I googled you in quotes - got no results." The second line in particular I'm interested in, because it seems really shallow and like a smug pop-reference, but there's also a very specific emotion and loneliness that runs underneath it. I'm impressed by lines that can have a completely unpoetic word like 'googled' in it but still conjure a very specific, sharp, and common emotion. I don't know, I'll just link to the song over in the playlist and you can listen for yourself. It's called "Social Development Dance."
That's all I got right now. Don't feel like getting up for work in 5.75 hours.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Hog Butcher to the World
The other day at work my back went all funny and I was seized up in pain for a few minutes. Then it would do that randomly every now and again for the rest of the day. But I went home and laid on the floor and iced my back and now it's been fine. Huh.
The house that we liked last week, we like less, although we still like it. It's very close to being the "right" house, although we're not sure that it's gone ahead and crossed the "right house" line yet. We'll watch and see if the price goes down. So tomorrow we're probably gonna go look at some apartments since our lease is up at the end of August.
Been doing a lot of recording. I think I've done more productive recording in the last few weeks (since getting The Boss) than I've done in the last 6 months. Feels good.
Some phrases that have made their way into the D and J vernacular:
"Dropping an L.G." - means taking a stinky shit at someplace other than your home bathroom.
"Taking a Harry Truman" - means taking a nap where you strip down to your underwear, but the nap is no longer than 20 minutes.
Finished A Brief History of Time. I was in over my head for most of the book, but I still enjoyed the read. Pretty interesting, and it made me think about stuff that I haven't thought about for a long time. Like astrophysics. I'm now currently reading Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which so far seems to be entirely about coming up with different ways to describe things as gray, dead, and ash-covered. But I'm liking it.
The house that we liked last week, we like less, although we still like it. It's very close to being the "right" house, although we're not sure that it's gone ahead and crossed the "right house" line yet. We'll watch and see if the price goes down. So tomorrow we're probably gonna go look at some apartments since our lease is up at the end of August.
Been doing a lot of recording. I think I've done more productive recording in the last few weeks (since getting The Boss) than I've done in the last 6 months. Feels good.
Some phrases that have made their way into the D and J vernacular:
"Dropping an L.G." - means taking a stinky shit at someplace other than your home bathroom.
"Taking a Harry Truman" - means taking a nap where you strip down to your underwear, but the nap is no longer than 20 minutes.
Finished A Brief History of Time. I was in over my head for most of the book, but I still enjoyed the read. Pretty interesting, and it made me think about stuff that I haven't thought about for a long time. Like astrophysics. I'm now currently reading Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which so far seems to be entirely about coming up with different ways to describe things as gray, dead, and ash-covered. But I'm liking it.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
A New Place
Well, there's another house that the Jeanners and I are considering making an offer on. We went and looked at it yesterday, and were expecting not to like it, but we both liked it. We were expecting not to like it because it only has two bedrooms and it is only one story and it is made out of cinder blocks. But we liked it anyway. I'm making it sound uglier than it is. It's actually pretty cute, and on a quiet corner lot. There's 17 trees on the lot. I know because went went back there this evening and counted the trees. We also got a chance to talk to 2 of the neighbors, Donna and Jackie. We also sat on the front porch to see how it felt. Felt pretty good. It also has a cool front door.
I had a good day today. Work was pretty decent, I think because I started my day by having a chat with Bobo Jubilee on my way inside from the parking lot at work. Bobo Jubilee is a guy who is a bouncer and multi-purpose man who works at the bar/restaurant near the B&N, and he deserves a blog post all to himself. Needless to say, he has the greatest name in America. He's also quite a character, and he comes into the B&N and orders wrestling DVD's with some frequency. Anyway, it's good to start the day with a chat with Bobo because he's a sweetheart. And he has a potty mouth.
For the past few weeks I have experienced the longest stretch of wonderful weather that I've ever experienced. It's been wonderful. A wonderful experience.
I had a good day today. Work was pretty decent, I think because I started my day by having a chat with Bobo Jubilee on my way inside from the parking lot at work. Bobo Jubilee is a guy who is a bouncer and multi-purpose man who works at the bar/restaurant near the B&N, and he deserves a blog post all to himself. Needless to say, he has the greatest name in America. He's also quite a character, and he comes into the B&N and orders wrestling DVD's with some frequency. Anyway, it's good to start the day with a chat with Bobo because he's a sweetheart. And he has a potty mouth.
For the past few weeks I have experienced the longest stretch of wonderful weather that I've ever experienced. It's been wonderful. A wonderful experience.
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