finally we are one day away from being rid of tan carpeting and eggshell walls forever. yesterday afternoon, we picked up the truck and the temporary fence. now all we have to do is wait for the hours to pass. the sun is shining today and we are hopeful that the weather will hold out [...]
time again for me to change up the canned color scheme of this site. plowing through a book on PHP, Apache and MySQL that i am really enjoying. once we are settled in at the house, i am going to be trying my hand at a little PHP.
and speaking of change, on a more girly [...]
i’m not feeling well today and don’t really have anything to say. but, i love an excuse to use a skull and crossbones.
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we’re taking a break from packing today to be able to attend to the other tasks that must be taken care of, which is nice. i just bought two new books today (thank you job-related educational subsidy) and that always improves my day. one of them is specifically on Photoshop CS and the other is [...]
last Thursday night we headed out for the opening gala of the 30th Seattle International Film Festival to see a screening of The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes (son of guess who?). The movie is adapted from a bestselling novel i hadn’t read (or heard of for that matter) and was described as a “sweeping [...]
last night we spent a very pleasant evening with our friends from KEXP at Campagne, an upscale French restaurant located in Post Alley (of Pike Place Market). the conversation was really fun and the atmosphere was very relaxing. thanks to Josh’s recommendation, we shared a bottle of 2001 Pinot Blanc Auxerrois Domaine Shoffit which was [...]
i’m in love with the poetry of Raymond Carver. it used to be lust but it’s blossomed into a full fledged long term relationship (unlike Charles Simic who i broke up with immediately after reading). my favorite poem appears in A New Path To The Waterfall, a collection of poems written shortly before his death.
Late [...]
} recently Blogger released a new set of 26 templates available to all of it’s users. i was a bit intrigued, so i requested my password to the long dormant account and checked them out. all in all, they are really nice. they are clean and simply laid out so that it would seem they [...]
Sunday mornings spent sitting in a cafe with the bonus of wi-fi and Mark across from me writing is the way i want to spend every Sunday. i woke late this morning to Primo standing over me, licking my arm.
i could not sleep last night, no matter how i tried. i burned through the last [...]
my next goals are to purchase a new computer (not for myself, but for Mark) and to buy the Adobe Creative Suite for my laptop. i just installed it today at work and so far it works like a dream (well Illustrator CS at least). i’m looking forward to trying out InDesign as a replacement [...]
About Page, that’s the first link i look for on any site i visit. i often find it to be the most interesting. although the web affords unparalleled anonymity and a fictional world to re-create yourself in, i do like to read about people’s views of the themselves. i finally decided it was time to [...]
i am jealous of Los Angeles for one reason. they have The Drawing Club. what a fantastic idea!
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shoegazer bands are near and dear to my heart. one of the bands at the top of the heap for me is Slowdive. although long broken up, its members have gone on to other endeavors. Neil Halstead has a successful solo career. successful maybe not in mainstream popularity, but he definitely succeeds in making music [...]
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea had its moments for me but overall i was not all that interested in it. had it been from a brand new artist, i probably would have thought it was amazing. but alas, i have been spoiled with her brand of torrid and often raw delivery. i [...]
no, this is not about the last episode of the show. i’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about the relationships we have with our friends. i had always had this visual idea of different categories friends fall in to, in my search to understand some sort of logic behind it. there are so [...]
so here i am, just innocently visiting a few of my regular reads. i hit the Impersonals and voila! there is Ms. Receptionista right on the front page as the Featured Profile. her profile is indicative of her smart wit so be sure to check her out. and while you’re there if you feel like [...]
who hasn’t heard me whine about missing out on Coachella this year due to low funds? well, at least Heather went with her fancy backstage passes and whatnot. so for once, i am posting specifically so she can comment and provide us with her report of the festivities. note: Heather isn’t really green.
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because Heather’s comment [...]
i usually try to keep my rants to myself, but every now and then i can’t help it. if i have to hear another whining record exec go on about how downloading music from the internet is not only hurting the artists but is the main reason CD sales are so slow i just might [...]
are you familiar with Barsuk Records? they are the Seattle based record label with a formidable list of artists like Death Cab For Cutie, The Long Winters, Rilo Kiley, Nada Surf and many more. the driving force behind this fantastic label was Barsuk himself. and sadly on April 10, 2004 he died from complications due [...]
New Hampshire Gazette lists a Chickenhawk database to be reckoned with. Vote for your Chickenhawk today. i just like saying the word Chickenhawk.
Chickenhawk.
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