8.31.2004
addresses
i apologize to those who gave me their addresses so that i would mail them my cd. i guess i subconsciously concluded a few weeks ago that the cd was not worth your time.
aside from the wide roads, narrow supermarket aisles, viscious overcrowding, and water that makes my fingernails grow faster than i'm comfortable with, lynbrook is like any other town i've known. i guess i expected far more excitement out of this relocation.
sigh.
i apologize to those who gave me their addresses so that i would mail them my cd. i guess i subconsciously concluded a few weeks ago that the cd was not worth your time.
aside from the wide roads, narrow supermarket aisles, viscious overcrowding, and water that makes my fingernails grow faster than i'm comfortable with, lynbrook is like any other town i've known. i guess i expected far more excitement out of this relocation.
sigh.
8.11.2004
on adam and pictures and cd's
i wanted to attend adam's send-off party this weekend at markto's, but i got up too late on saturday. i hope everyone had a good time and that i'll get to see a lot of you in october.
adam, i wish you the best of luck in your new endeavour. i know you are up to the challenge and i look forward to hearing all about your experiences. if you ever get too stressed, remember to crawl under your nearest table and let out a few barks.
although i missed the party, i still managed to have a pretty awesome weekend. saturday night, kim, gina, and i had dinner at chili's. i don't know what it is, but i've been to this chili's three times now and it's gotta be the most amazing chili's ever (which might help to explain why there's a wait no matter what time you arrive). the food is just...wow. kim's friend jackie was the manager saturday night so she chopped our bill down a 3rd. extra yummy.
prior to chili's on saturday night, i bought a camera while kim and gina were doing some border's book shopping. big news, right? i know i'm like 8 years behind, but, man, digital photography is so much fun. i can't stop taking pictures.
sunday gina and i took a trip into the city. i brought the camera with me and got some pretty good pictures. we went to othermusic, which is this small little store that has an amazing selection. they have cd's that even newbury comics doesn't have and since i am reduced to shopping at best buy now... i picked up the following 4 discs:
devendra banhart: rejoicing in the hands
joanna newsom: the milk-eyed mender
junior boys: last exit
viktor vaughn: venomous villain
the junior boys still needs to grow on me some, but the other 3 are fantastic.
on the walk home from parking my car last night, i was standing, camera out, in front of an "elks lodge parking" sign when a man approached me. he asked me if i had gotten a parking ticket. sure didn't help me to feel any less weird about walking around at night taking pictures. but still, it's too much fun to really care.
my boss has the first cd player (johnnie and) i ever got (thanks frank) in her office. definitely did a touble take when i saw that.
keep it real, stachelek.
i wanted to attend adam's send-off party this weekend at markto's, but i got up too late on saturday. i hope everyone had a good time and that i'll get to see a lot of you in october.
adam, i wish you the best of luck in your new endeavour. i know you are up to the challenge and i look forward to hearing all about your experiences. if you ever get too stressed, remember to crawl under your nearest table and let out a few barks.
although i missed the party, i still managed to have a pretty awesome weekend. saturday night, kim, gina, and i had dinner at chili's. i don't know what it is, but i've been to this chili's three times now and it's gotta be the most amazing chili's ever (which might help to explain why there's a wait no matter what time you arrive). the food is just...wow. kim's friend jackie was the manager saturday night so she chopped our bill down a 3rd. extra yummy.
prior to chili's on saturday night, i bought a camera while kim and gina were doing some border's book shopping. big news, right? i know i'm like 8 years behind, but, man, digital photography is so much fun. i can't stop taking pictures.
sunday gina and i took a trip into the city. i brought the camera with me and got some pretty good pictures. we went to othermusic, which is this small little store that has an amazing selection. they have cd's that even newbury comics doesn't have and since i am reduced to shopping at best buy now... i picked up the following 4 discs:
devendra banhart: rejoicing in the hands
joanna newsom: the milk-eyed mender
junior boys: last exit
viktor vaughn: venomous villain
the junior boys still needs to grow on me some, but the other 3 are fantastic.
on the walk home from parking my car last night, i was standing, camera out, in front of an "elks lodge parking" sign when a man approached me. he asked me if i had gotten a parking ticket. sure didn't help me to feel any less weird about walking around at night taking pictures. but still, it's too much fun to really care.
my boss has the first cd player (johnnie and) i ever got (thanks frank) in her office. definitely did a touble take when i saw that.
keep it real, stachelek.
8.06.2004
gulp
mom and christine took a detour from their nyc vacation this week and visited me tuesday night. it was nice to have visitors for the first time since i moved down here and it was great to see them. they liked the apartment. i think it was good for them to see that i'm as settled down here as i can physically be.
sadness stands out to me more now that i'm on medication. i think it means that i'm experiencing a wider range of emotions, which is good. the sadnesses feel a bit more jarring, however, due to the spaces in between them. i do feel more stable, though, than i did 9 months ago and can therefore handle them better as a result.
speaking (uhh, writing) of sadness, the beta band is calling it quits. so many good memories tied to those dudes.
now that i have a job, i think it's time to get a new cell phone. i've had the same phone for over 4 years. plus, i need to change my number seeing as how i'm a *gulp* new yorker. i wanna get a camera phone. i think. well, i definitely wanna get a digital camera too. i'm just not sure if it makes sense to get both a phone and a camera in one neat little electronic package of goodness. camera phones lack serious features and the picture quality isn't very high. but it might be fun to have one. hmmmm.
i feel so uncreative lately. i made a conscious effort to deblank the pages of my notebook this week with little to no results. ugh.
casey, thanks for sending mixtape one. it's great. who does the version of "shook ones" that you put on there? i was so confused.
mom and christine took a detour from their nyc vacation this week and visited me tuesday night. it was nice to have visitors for the first time since i moved down here and it was great to see them. they liked the apartment. i think it was good for them to see that i'm as settled down here as i can physically be.
sadness stands out to me more now that i'm on medication. i think it means that i'm experiencing a wider range of emotions, which is good. the sadnesses feel a bit more jarring, however, due to the spaces in between them. i do feel more stable, though, than i did 9 months ago and can therefore handle them better as a result.
speaking (uhh, writing) of sadness, the beta band is calling it quits. so many good memories tied to those dudes.
now that i have a job, i think it's time to get a new cell phone. i've had the same phone for over 4 years. plus, i need to change my number seeing as how i'm a *gulp* new yorker. i wanna get a camera phone. i think. well, i definitely wanna get a digital camera too. i'm just not sure if it makes sense to get both a phone and a camera in one neat little electronic package of goodness. camera phones lack serious features and the picture quality isn't very high. but it might be fun to have one. hmmmm.
i feel so uncreative lately. i made a conscious effort to deblank the pages of my notebook this week with little to no results. ugh.
casey, thanks for sending mixtape one. it's great. who does the version of "shook ones" that you put on there? i was so confused.
