December 28th, 2006

Time: 12:39 am

2006 is almost over. fuck this year, seriously. top albums, in no particular order (every year i start a big elaborate post about this, and get almost done and give up): hot chip's the warning, css, junior boys' so this is goodbye, ghostface killah's fishscale, ratatat's classics, clipse's hell hath no fury, lindstrom's it's a feedelity affair, josef k's entomology (cheating? not really?) and, surprisingly, that emily haines album which is sort of exactly what i usually hate but is gorgeous. ok, maybe that's an honorable mention. almost there: guillemots' through the windowpane, after only one full listen. on a related note, favorite song of the year: "trains to brazil". still swooning. don't really get it, still: joanna newsom, beirut. charming: john legend. p.s. it's looking more and more like chicago again. wah-wahh.

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November 30th, 2005

Subject: attention, everyone, especially those of you who do not know mr. david murray!: Time: 09:49 pm

my roommate and esteemed colleague david (play_ball) has started up this website, where he plans to sell lots of great shirts that he designed and printed himself (many with a bit of help from yours truly). you should look around, buy some holiday gifts, or just be greedy. whatev. keep in mind, we're currently working on even more designs, and are (to an extent) open to suggestions. go. dooooo itttttt.

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June 29th, 2005

Subject: yep, that's right Time: 04:51 pm

i went through old pictures today and finally got new ones for here and (ugh, i know) facebook. that one's more recent, though. the icon's from halloween 2003. trust me, the zombie makeup started out looking decent. and seeing this makes me almost miss my brown hair--not that i'll have that again for a very, very long time.

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February 25th, 2005

Subject: i'm feeling rather mohnson today Time: 05:49 pm Current Mood: happy

this afternoon after class i had an unexpected chat with mr. ken about optic nerve and all sorts of neat things. he seemed rather surprised that one of his students knew what he was talking about when he mentioned adrian tomine (most of the people who are into comics in class (and they're few in number) are like, spiderman nerds). this makes me feel sort of awesome; i'm not usually, you know, respected by my teachers anymore. or recognized by them, but whatever. i pretty much finished my layouts today; my pages are quite nice, if i may say so. (and thank you, vicky, for your vision--the review sections are looking super-sweet.) i don't know what's up this weekend, exactly. team america, definitely (tonight? tomorrow?). probably freestyle at the jefferson tomorrow afternoon. seems like there's a party or something at some point, too. hm. wonder when sarah's arriving. that could shake up my plans a bit. !!!

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February 8th, 2005

Subject: don't you know that i would die for something new? Time: 11:11 am

finally, there are poems (yes, with an s!) starting to come together in my head; i hope i have the balls to write them.

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January 20th, 2005

Time: 10:42 am

my wallet is gone. nowhere to be found. fuck.

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December 14th, 2004

Current Music: n.e.r.d. - things are getting better Subject: current stats Time: 09:04 am Current Mood: huh

final exams to go: 3 final exams completed, as of ten minutes ago: 1 hours of sleep last night: 0 adrenaline: blaDOW! confidence in my performance on previously mentioned exam: moderate to high (...'cause i'm the shit?) lookin' cute, feelin' cute?: not really fucking me in the ass, approximately 24 hours from now: arth 280 and about 3 days after that?: ccfa 200 wait, i'm worried about a 200-level elective?: yes, unfortunately ...but hey, won't the answer always be "pollock"?: if only

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October 18th, 2004

Subject: calls calls calls, calls from the public Time: 07:14 pm

well. i'm not really any closer to having all my work done than i was, but now i have more time in which to do it and am strangely zen about the whole thing. god bless tony spearing for giving me that last-minute extension on the paper that was due today; i was afraid he wouldn't accept it late at all. so yeah, it sucks that i still have it looming on the horizon, but hopefully i won't have another night like i did last night. jesus. i've gotten distracted while trying to write papers before, but not to the point where my brain just completely shut down. the worst part was, i couldn't even really sleep once i threw in the towel; i was up until about 7 this morning talking to wes and being numb. i feel like these past few days have been the pinnacle of insanity; i hope to god i'm right. i don't know how much more chaos my wee little heart and brain can handle. but! on a brighter note. two of my favorite people in the world called me today. unfortunately, the calls were simultaneous, so i only got to hear jeff's lovely eurotrashy voice on my machine. it seems weird, too, that just as the red light started blinking, telling me he was leaving a message, david was in a bookstore in boston, telling me he was holding a copy of joe pernice's book and wanting to know if he should bring it back for me. huh. in any case, that almost made up for the lack of returned calls from one mr. persinger, who's complained for ages that i don't keep in touch with him. michael, where the fuck are you?!

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October 1st, 2004

Subject: why did i not buy a roots ticket in time?, and other disappointments Time: 04:21 pm

i was up until about 6 this morning. i don't know why; i got home at 2:30 or so, exhausted, and yet i couldn't get to sleep. so i shifted and rolled around and tried to read and stared at my ceiling in a panic and finally dozed off, listening to broken social scene and wondering why our country's run by idiots and how i've managed to run so many people off lately. forced myself out of bed around noon; showered, grabbed some lunch in a daze, got a call from ashley. fell asleep again; woke up about half an hour ago when mom called to guilt-trip me. realized during said phone call that i needed to take care of my mountain of laundry. threw stuff in; started this entry, am now remembering as i type this that i was supposed to meet mary a long time ago to help with virago setup but do not want to abandon my laundry and be that guy. fuck. fuuuuuck. apologies to everyone i've let down or driven away in the past week or two; i didn't mean it. i just need to learn how to shut my damn mouth.

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September 28th, 2004

Subject: dot dot dot Time: 11:38 am Current Mood: blank

have forgotten almost everything i absorbed last night in my studying for art history. am consequently dreading quiz. met kaiser wilma--delightful. ate nuclear sub--also delightful. need to write calendar entries. would like to eat lunch. have probably crossed over into pathetic country. am not totally sure, but mostly so. should call michael at some point. should be writing at some point. should use subjects at some point, but not right now. should go.

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September 26th, 2004

Current Music: ben folds five - jackson cannery Subject: emo sucks. emo SUCKS! Time: 02:49 pm Current Mood: happy

holy shit. last night was amazing, and completely made up for the horror that was post-friday-pirate-party. first, went with emily, chris, seth and billy to see shaun of the dead. fucking incredible. (on the way there, we got heckled by some old local punk types who apparently did not approve of emo. and a monkey tipped her hat to billy--adorable.) but yeah, it was one of the most awesome movies i've seen in a while--gratuitous gore, romance, endless zombies, and some seriously heart-breaking scenes, all with this very british, absurd flavor. ("i love your mom, she's like buttaaaaaaahhh!") we laughed until we hurt. in short, go see it. all of you. run. NOW. david and phil's party had the most random assortment of people ever--dec kids, random brownies, rugby players, glee-clubbers, richmonders, etc. things to remember: drawing cocks all over david's wall with chris; smoking cloves out on the sidewalk with the kids (and maybe getting hit on by that sketchy duder? still not sure); getting down with em and billy and rachel to the gayest playlist ever (and i mean that in the best way, of course); fuckin' ANDY "AWESOME" JOHNSON; managing to avoid having a drunken conversation with dexter (not that i don't love dexter, but you know); meeting all of david's friends i keep hearing about; getting home and straightening out some things that needed straightening out...it was certainly an evening. and it reaffirmed how awesome everyone is. FUCK, i have an article to finish. (i say "finish" because that makes it sound like i've written a lot.)

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September 17th, 2004

Subject: served. served. SERVED. SERVED. SERVED! SERVED! SERVED! Time: 04:27 pm Current Mood: anxious

luke and i went to the abc this afternoon. the old guy behind the counter glanced at my ids and offered a rather snide "congratulations". i was annoyed for about a second, then looked at all the wonderful purchases we were making and suddenly felt a lot better. i'm counting on my crew, and my own stupidity, to make this an evening to remember. unfortunately, i'll probably forget most of it.

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September 15th, 2004

Subject: i am entering a world of pain Time: 04:59 pm Current Mood: indescribable

yep, you heard it. i have been reading for hours about planarity and musicology and the combinatorial formation of phrasing. no, i cannot tell you what the hell that means (at least for the most part). yes, this class is an elective. probably, i am retarded. jesus. i think felski could probably explain this shit to us better than the professors for the class do. in other news, i am a bit worried about the way other things seem to be going, but, as always, am letting myself get swept up in it all. that's right, i am losing all rational control of my life. and sometimes i look around and think that's a good thing. after all, what good is life if you always have to do the right thing, the smart thing, the safe thing? this is probably my last great chance to be stupid, and maybe i should embrace that. or, you know, maybe i should get my shit together for once and do something really significant. ...time to go bomb this quiz along with everyone else in section.

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September 3rd, 2004

Current Music: starlight mints - buena vista Subject: doin' it big Time: 04:30 pm

( from a friend's profile; not (totally) true, but amusing nonetheless: ) today i learned about falling balls. perhaps i should let myself get dragged to random classes more often. so this weekend should be interesting. i anticipate booze coming into the equation, which means that weird shit will probably happen, and maybe i won't kill ben. those forties the other night did make him a lot more tolerable. hah. not sure about the ministry party; they are a lot of fun, but i suck balls at costumes. maybe the glee club house with david and (maybe) phil instead? will there still be service as mentioned several days ago? hrm. OR MAYBE I SHOULD GO TO ATO! ANDY JOHNSON IS AWESOME!!!1 (hahaha.) so yeah, waaay too much shit going on tonight. i can't even remember what's tomorrow, well, except for the ae dinner at frank's. god. and i thought i was losing my zest for the dec last semester. jesus. i'm losing my zest for everything already. i think i know what time it is. ohhhhhhhh girl. EDIT: HAAAAAAAAA. oh man, i just realized this was posted at 4:30. the previous comment had nothing to do with that. hilarity.

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September 2nd, 2004

Time: 03:08 am

jesus, going to david's tonight was a terrible idea. i mean, it was great to see him again, but....bad idea. but, much more importantly: admiral glick turns 20 today. you can't use him to buy you booze or, you know, fetch you a newspaper or a sandwich because he's a gimp, but tell him happy birthday and that you love him anyway. it's never too early to get on someone's good side. <3.

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September 1st, 2004

Current Music: badly drawn boy - another pearl Subject: oh, drama--back so soon? Time: 10:46 am

here's to another goddamn new year.

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August 28th, 2004

Subject: and while i'm at it, one of my favorite quotes: Time: 02:14 am

"clearly you have inner beauty, jerri. if you could take that beauty, and wrap it around your face like bacon around a filet, you'd have something." - principal blackman, strangers with candy

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Current Music: the dirtbombs - f.i.d.o. (inspired by the admiral's post) Subject: things i still have yet to find in PACKSTRAVAGANZA 2004!!!1: Time: 01:58 am Current Mood: burnt, or dead

--battery charger for my dig (pronounced "didge", as in, my camera) --my beloved elf power t-shirt [tear] --matches to several socks --dry-erase pens for my board --an excuse to take killer red dress from senior prom that, though three-plus years old, i would looooove to wear again --the 30 bucks in cash that i lost two weeks ago --the liam lynch dvd that i somehow have yet to watch --sleep

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August 19th, 2004

Current Music: dismemberment plan - sentimental man Subject: i hadn't planned on making this a gimmick or anything.... Time: 04:10 pm Current Mood: i'm naaauuuseous

( but it seems like the easiest way to try and recapture an entire week: ) i won't do it again, i swears.

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August 11th, 2004

Subject: and since i'm not sleeping even though it's t-6 hours until go time: Time: 11:26 pm Current Mood: wired

i'm going to post. currently, i am awake because of a bout with codeine this afternoon, which knocked me the fuck out like it was its job. but it did help that sore throat that's been nagging me for days. ( finally, without further ado, weeks 3 and 4 ) looks like there are only four of us going tomorrow, which is better anyway; it'll be less cramped and more...normal, i guess. not that i have a problem with new people being thrown into the mix, but you know. soooo. excitedddddd. fuck. sleep.

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