Thursday, April 28, 2005

Oh Jenny.



Originally uploaded by smelly_.
So I got this live ep of Rilo Kiley's (after wearing holes in More Adventurous), and there is a song on it called Somebody Else's Clothes. And from that song, these lyrics have been in my brain ALL EFFING DAY.

Just fucking love me
I'm tired of leaving
and waking up
in somebody else's clothes

Indeed.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN!



Originally uploaded by smelly_.
I'm tired. You're tired. Jesus, even this leopard is tired. I've had two late nights in a row. Not dealing well. Brain needs sleeeeeeeeeep!

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!

Kat and I are going to see this band tonight. They have an interesting website, kinda slow to load tho. We're going to rock out with the kids tonight. But we are getting drunk first.

Monday, April 25, 2005

miscellaneous musings

God I love David Rees. I want to have his hilarious baby.

On a psuedo-related tangent, I just got some good news. My latest test from the doc came back NORMAL. Which means all cell action is pretty healthy in my cervix. Which means they don't have to do another emotionally and physically-draining biopsy. Which means I don't have to wait on pins and needles for three weeks for results. Which means I don't have to needlessly worry about if I am dying or sterile or effed up in some sort of other way.

So that's good.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Oldies but goodies

There's a lot of good new music out there. To wit, I recently posted about Rilo Kiley, and I have been getting into Interpol and Iron&Wine and whatnot. And it's good shit. But nothing, NOTHING compares to the classics. Woxy.com just played The La's "There She Goes." And my brain went from vaguely-tired-eh-mid-to-late-afternoon-bleh to YAY-SLAPPED-AWAKE-AND-FEELING-FINE!!!!

God bless The La's!

eff you.

God I wish K would stop opposite-copying me. I have a bad day yesterday, she has a GREAT DAY FULL OF LOVE. Pleeeeease.

Just to show her, I am having an amazing day today. Well, a good one, anyway. At the very least it is FLYYYYYING by. . . and now that I've said that, I'm sure it is going to crawl by for the remainder of the afternoon. I'm jinxed. And it's all HER fault.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Dammit I've got the blues


Dammit I've got the blues
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Feeling sad today. I'm tired and my body hurts. Low energy and low mind.

I've got the blues.

Where's my harmonica?

Monday, April 18, 2005

goo goo gee ga


Baby Octopus
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
On another note, this is a leeetle tiny baby octopus!!! Amazing!!!

Well that's just great


El and K
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Had a great birthday weekend, replete with friends, a cook-out and outdoor film viewing. To cap it all off, Karen and I take a photo where I do not look completely hideous. Except that my breasts are completely hanging out.

So it's a girl gone wild, really.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Gah!

Blogga wouldn't let me in all day until now. . . and now I've forgotten what I was going to post about. Damn you, free service that I take for granted, DAMN YOOOOOOU!!

On a band-y note, I got tickets for Rilo Kiley's next show in the ATL (June 6 @ Variety, for those interested parties), AND tickets for a show in Chicago when I am visiting Claire over the Mem Day hol weekend. They are called Saturday Looks Good To Me and it should be a good show. As opposed to all the shitty, horrible shows I pay money to see.

Ah, now I'm remembering. Last night I got home approx 7pm to discover that my marvelous, wonderful, well-behaved pup Tallulah had EATEN MY BEDROOM DOOR. Let me back up. This dog is absolutely PETRIFIED of rain, thunder, lightning, things overhead, things moving too fast, unknown environments, grass twitching, light breezes, etc. I exaggerate un petit peu, but--seriously--she FLIPS OUT during thunderstorms. Come to think of it, I believe I have mentioned something like this before on this blog. So I don't need to go into all of it all over again.

Anyway, I come home. Everything seems fine, she's acting a little weird, but not I-just-destroyed-something-pretty-major-weird. I turn off the alarm, give her a biscuit, go get the mail, leaf through and drop it on the table, turn to go down the hall, turn on the light, and freeze, looking at approximately 9 pounds of shredded wood littering the hallway. While I still standing there, I hear Tallulah veeeeery quietly creep away back into the living room to hide underneath the Chinese table. When I am able to move again, it's my turn to FLIP THE FUCK OUT. The front panel on the door from waist-down is GONE. Ribbons of plywood are peeling up, and the frame slats inside the door are bared. In other words, it is totally effed. I draaaaaag Tallulah to the mess, shout a lot, draaaaag her all the way downstairs and boot her outside. I go over to pop her on the bootie and she howls, "Ahh-ooooooooooooo" all piteously. Pussy. I didn't even touch her. I was going to, but then I spied the kids next door playing in their back yard and I didn't want any witnesses. So I just shook my finger vigorously and let her know that she was a very BAD GIRL! (meaning that she heard MWAK MWAK!) and left her outside for two hours before I caved and let her back in, but only into the basement. Then upstairs, but only into the living room. Then I just completely backed down and let her sleep with me that night. I'm a great dog owner!

On another note, I got asked out on a date tonight. I'm very pleased. We're going to go see a play.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

oh god so bad


roll
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
And THIS was my dessert! Split it with Linda (boss), though, so not as bad as it could have been. But it was bad. So bad. So bad it was fantastic.

scrummy crepe


crepe
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Stopped in at a little cafe for takeaway lunch. Very pleased with my chicken crepe (at right). More delicious than my little camera can convey.

car cameraman


wisteria
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Here's a shot I took hanging out the passenger side of my car at a stop light. This is the most beautiful time of year in the ATL, almost everything is in bloom, from the wisteria to the azealas to the yoshinos to the bradford pears to the tulip trees. And it's just beautiful.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

And I call you and say C'MERE!



Originally uploaded by smelly_.
I highly recommend this record. Just in case you needed a musical recommendation.

'Til Tuesday

Had an uncomfortable dream last night. At first it started out really good, Claire and I were on the floor of some building and we were going through all these clothes that were being thrown out and we were finding some really cool stuff. I was all excited about these new clothes, and we packed them into carrier bags and were walking out. When we got outside, I realised I didn't have my bag, so I went back inside and my clothes were all strewn about on the landing of the second floor. And I knew that this girl had done this somehow and I was very angry and yelling at her. She got really upset and started crying and I felt bad so I gave her a hug and was like just get some help. And then she made a pass at me and I was like ew don't touch me and I pushed her away and ran away.

I'm not sure why I am having dreams with lesbian overtones. I think it's because I talked to the woman who cuts my lawn yesterday who I am fairly sure is gay and she seems to have a crush on me.

Monday, April 11, 2005

These people rock.


These people rock.
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Shake It Records is a, uh, record store in Cincinnati, Ohio. They advertise on woxy.com, the BEST ONLINE RADIO STATION IN THE UNIVERSE, and today I ordered special EPs from Rilo Kiley, Iron and Wine, and Interpol for a mere $15. On top of that, shipping was only $2. Two dollars! Very cool. Highly recommended.

www.shakeitrecords.com

I can hear you, asshole!!!


Fucking IM guy
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Because my company is effing retarded and uber-hyper about security, they have a totalitarian policy whereby you are prohibited from downloading anything on your computer EVER. This sucks for business purposes (survey data software, for example), but mostly for my personal needs (instant messager, for example). Consequently, my only option is to access the web-only version of IM, which used to be okay. But lately, it boots me off indiscriminately approximately 900 times per day. It doesn't even tell me when it does it, which would be helpful, since I have wasted a skillion minutes a) composing witty bits of hilarity to my friends only to find out that I'm not online, and b) thinking my friends hate me and are not IM'ing back.

Obviously, the company should just let me download the app so we could avoid these problems all together.

Friday, April 08, 2005

Haiku Review: Sin City


Haiku Review: Sin City
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
Very violent
Amazing special effects
I'd see it again

Thursday, April 07, 2005

FAME AND FORTUNE!

Hmmph! Very pleased with myself--I sent my version of a My Fighting Technique is Unstoppable (see 30 Mar post) comic to the creator, David Rees, and below is his reply!

Ha! Thanks for sending this.
Best wishes,
David Rees

So not exactly OVERFLOWING with emotion, but still it was nice of him to reply.

As you can see, I'm practically a celebrity now.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

jerry and sam


jerry and sam
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
My friend Andy sent this to me. Apparently it's been making the rounds at his office.

You can almost hear Jerry's soulful rendition of "Sloop John B" as Sam peacefully stargazes.

Breathtaking.

RIP, Pope. 1920-2005


RIP, Pope. 1920-2005
Originally uploaded by smelly_.
His passing has made me incredibly sad. It feels like a distant relative that I really liked but never got to know well died. I admired his steadfastness on issues even when I didn't agree with his positions. His enthusiasm for life and people was obviously passionate, from his goofy smiles and faces at babies to his cheering for breakdancers and musicians. He was a man who didn't seem like just a man despite his humble nature. He was a good pope. He was my pope.