One week, baby! Yes, coming soon… vacation time! (Oh, you thought I meant P&J’s wedding?)

I’m so stoked! I even got a haircut for the occasion. As much as I like the emo mophead look, I don’t want to subject the photographer to that.

Speaking of emo, have you seen the new Spiderman? Saw it tonight, and it’s worth the time and money.

I’m psyched ’cause I got all sorts of stuff done today. I leveled up on WoW, hung my recently-framed MegaTokyo poster on the wall in my room, decked out my room with other posters, ate a gigantic Chipotle burrito (stupidly I sold the stock though so no profit in it for me!), listened to Matchbook Romance, played basketball, and licked my desk.

If you’re still reading and wondering why I licked the desk, it was to add flavor to the post. As if it needed any. Now the question is: do you believe me? Also: Why is The Author in such a good mood tonight? It has nothing to do with the dating scene. Mostly, I’m just glad I had a non-awful day yesterday (only had to take about seven phone calls) followed by a fun and productive one.

Categories: Life
Tags: Chipotle, Comics, MegaTokyo, Spider-man, vacation

Seinfeld-esque question for ye all. Imagine it in Elaine’s voice if you will. Only because she’s the one with half a conscience. “You told her you ‘saw no future’ after only one date… and you told her over the internet? How is that even fair?”

Categories: Life
Tags: coffee, dating

I only recently have heard of music critic Bob Lefsetz. I’ve taken to reading his blog on occasion. His most recent post “Live With Lonesome” says perfectly something I’ve been feeling lately.

I’ve decided the best album of the year is the one I played the most. It’s a personal best. I may not have heard so much of what you’re into. But of the stuff I played, what I played most was Little Big Town’s “The Road To Here”.

I didn’t know I’d love it. But one song infatuated me to such a degree that I downloaded the rest. I was experimenting. If this experimentation wasn’t free I wouldn’t have taken the leap. Thank god it is and I did.

First and foremost, an album is a collection of great songs. It’s when this ceased to be that we gave up and only wanted the single. Doesn’t matter if there’s thirty minutes of music or ninety, it’s all got to be consistently great. And “The Road To Here” is. There’s a panoply of emotions. Different tracks register on different days. My favorite constantly changes. And I was convinced that the final winner was “A Little More You” until just now, when it was eclipsed by “Live With Lonesome”.

What could be worse? Oh, the single say they’re happy, that they’ve got options. But if you’ve got no one to bounce off of, no one to share your story with, the silence is deafening. You try to fill it. With television, newspapers and books. But none are adequate substitutes for human companionship.

You want to express your anxieties, your fears, as well as share your victories. But only to someone you trust. You don’t trust a one night stand. That’s a conquest, not a relationship. It’s a notch on your belt, but that notch won’t do much for you when you’re home alone, lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. You look for the light in their eyes, the understanding. And then displaying your warts, you attempt to merge. Pick well and your plug fits their socket. But sometimes the wire frays, there’s a short, and the connection burns out. And just that fast you’re thrown back into the pool, treading water, just waiting for another attempt at the high dive, for that exhilaration, that thrill.

If you like this post so far, I beg you to continue reading the rest of it over at Lefsetz’s site.

That’s what music is, a friend. It gets you through the loneliness.

We’re all just looking for something to get us through the loneliness.

Categories: Music
Tags: albums, Bob Lefsetz

CompUSA has presented me with some excellent discounts on hardware and software lately. Today, I got 60% on Windows Vista Home Premium (~$64 total after discount). I’m in the middle of installing it right now.

You might ask, “Is it wise to blog while upgrading your OS?” To which I would answer, “Probably not.”

“Is it wise to install Vista at all?” … “Probably not.”

But hey, it’s got eye candy! And it was on sale. I’ll keep repeating the mantra when it crashes or doesn’t work. I mean, really, who would exp

Categories: Tech
Tags: software, Windows Vista