a change in tempo can change the meaning

i promised myself that this blog wouldn't get too introspective so as to not become another xanga or live journal account, but alas my thoughts are my thoughts and so this is what is on my mind:

there's a point in a storm where the rain ceases to fall and whether you are driving or standing still it is rarely something you can pinpoint or really take notice of.  when you finally do you may try to recall how long it has been since it has stopped.  this change can be more drastic when driving - suddenly your snapped into reality as your windshield wipers are squeaking across dry glass.  i think in some ways this can be likened to that of ones own childhood.  all of a sudden you are mid teens, entering high school, graduating college and you try to trace back where the final moments of your childhood occurred and how you missed it ending.  no matter how hard you may try you are an adult now and you cant even try to think, interpret or view things as you once did.  

in a way the movie baby geniuses had something in their whole "moment of crossing over" where the kids became parts of society - the walking, talking people of the world who forget what those early experiences really were and can never regain.

sorry for the nostalgia - i'll try to keep it to a minimum on here.  

'can you tell me how to get, how to get to sesame street'

good night all.

still registering for classes

not gonna dwell on the title - just couldnt think of one, and thats one thing thats currently going on with me.  i want to make a legit post soon, but right now i just wanted to get this online - reading through one of the many blogs i read  i came across a youtube video of a young seth rogen doing stand up - so if you have 10 minutes to kill - heres a link to a stand up comedy bit seth did when he was 13 in canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-aZogWeiyU&feature=player_embedded

enjoy

dan

things break. most can be fixed.

so the title kinda represents my current state of mind.  yesterday was a pessimistic outing - but today...well im just keeping an open mind.  im not gonna list out the things that have seemed to backfire - suffice it to say there's been several.  even still - most of them can be resolved in some way or another.  but let's move on.

the end of the year is very rapidly approaching.  this confuses me.  mostly in the weather.  i feel like there was more than one week of classes where there was beautiful weather and people hanging out on eddies and frisbee at night.  this time around - well we have less than two weeks until the last day of classes and tomorrow it looks to finally hit 70 degrees.  it seems later than usual but maybe im wrong.

one week until spring weekend.  i need to dust off my plaid shorts and invest in some aviators, maybe even a visor or trucker hat (are they still cool) to prepare for an afternoon with guster.  this will be my first spring weekend concert - missed the past two years.  i think it could be a lot of fun, though.  

of those 25 new albums i have started listening to each individually after getting a taste of each by a giant 320 song shuffle.  i really like the Miniature Tigers album.  Mono goes back and forth from explosions in the sky to a movie score, if you like that sort of thing.  Great Lake Swimmers is nice and somber.  No real disappointments, but i find myself continually going back to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album - It's Blitz.  

Ok - this thing is getting long - who knows if you are still reading  - if you are..wish me luck today...hoping the cost of repairs on my PA does not exceed two digits - if so..i might be officially broke.

awaiting the downpour

so i had to cut the lawn yesterday - not that i had anything else important to do - but it was requested in a way that made it sound like this was the last chance to get out there before it was too late.  today it was supposed to downpour, which would make the lawn too wet to cut tomorrow, then sunday is easter, and after that its just too late - itll be too long to even attempt

so im currently waiting for that dreaded storm.

got a slew of new music yesterday - 25 albums to be exact.  figured the easiest way to get a taste of each artist is to make a playlist and put it on shuffle - so far not a whole lot of stand outs..but at the same time - i have not disliked anything.  lots of new bands - which is exactly what i was looking for. 

recommendations - new felice brothers album is great and so relaxing

-in the same vein - great lake swimmers, and eulogies

- mono - if you are looking for some great ambient/score style instrumental  then mono is your band...more later

"I've been making a list in my head of things i'd rather be doing than working on this project:

gouging my eyes out with a hot poker

licking the toilet seats in the fordham road white castle

jogging through central park naked."

Ellen Kelly. April 10, 2009 Via Instant Messenger.

good morning

i've been contemplating this awhile - the whole blog thing.  i ultimately decided even though i do love twitter - sometimes i have more to say that the 140 characters it allows me.  even though that limit is probably for the sake of those who care to read what i say and get sick of it by then.

im not sure exactly what the purpose of this will be - logging the daily activities, or recording some thoughts, movie reviews, etc ...

i told chris mulgannon i should start one just to make note of some of the things people say that i find amusing or should at least be documented.  so whatever the purpose of this blogging site is - i will also try to add in a quote of some sort with each post.  as for now - its 2:30 am and im so slouched over im almost laying down.

"in my opinion a sweet rack = sweet con artist skills"

Chris Mulgannon.  March 17, 2009 via Instant Messenger.