O-jay biz-Nachez, I’ve finally posted a few photos of house stuff, like I said I would. Though I only posted three…why? Because that’s enough to get the point.
Love it. Deal with it. Go to my Flickr page.
Archive for May, 2006
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Shop Girl
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Yeah yeah yeah, no pictures yet, blah blah.
But I did see a movie last night.
Dave and I watched Shop Girl – my latest selection of the ole’ Netflix queue. This morning I gave it a 3 out of 5, which was a little generous; I was feeling more 2.5, but to my knowledge , Netflix doesn’t allow half stars.
Steve Martin’s novella-turned-film starred Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin himself. The acting was generally decent, but acting alone couldn’t save what appeared to be amateur screen-writing. The story felt disjointed all the way through, and every time the movie took a turn for poignancy, Steve Martin’s voice kicked in – not as his on-screen character, but rather as an omniscient narrator. Martin’s bland narration further interrupted the flow of the story, as well as what could have been a few moving portions of the film.
I agree with Dave, who felt that this movie could have been truly good had it been about thirty minutes long and without dialogue.
Oof…
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006Okay, so it’s been a while since I’ve written anything, but hey – it’s been a busy long weekend.
Hopefully tonight, I should be posting the pics of the refinished hardwood floors on Flickr, along with some snaps courtesy of Dave from James’ bachelor shindig.
Peace, doge.
Data Boy
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006I may have my first bit o’ freelance work coming up shortly…
My buddy Patrick may have a site to design in the near future which requires some database storage and retrieval. Since I’m the main database dude that Patrick knows (I think), he’s asked me if I want to help him with it should this pan out. So I said yes.
We’ll see! Could be a nice small-scale start into my own side projects!
Floor fool me
Monday, May 22nd, 2006This past weekend I had the floors refinished in the entire house! The final coat of polyurethane should be cured and dry by tomorrow, so I really can’t wait to see the final results around the place.
I already saw some of the floors and the difference is remarkable. It looks like I have brand new floors in the house. I’ll post some photos on Flickr after I take them tomorrow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we playin’ basketball.
Thursday, May 18th, 2006For you B-Bawlas out there, I just read an excellent, exciting post on Kottke.org about the 2006 NBA Playoffs.
Me? I’m just a lawn mower. You can tell me by the way I walk.
Thursday, May 18th, 2006I’ve discovered that while I still don’t particularly enjoy mowing the lawn, it feels a lot less crappy when it’s your lawn. There’s something quite satisfying about making your property look nice.
So change has begun at the homestead…Val and I ripped up some carpet in a room with the aid of her sister, Elizabeth. On Saturday, the hardwood floors will be refinished. I even replaced the light bulbs on the front porch (It looks so much more inviting!). Finally, we’re having a roofing estimate early next week to compare with one we already have. The re-roofing of our house should happen some time in the next few weeks.
I still have to figure out about getting some stuff painted, and I need to buy a weed-eater. I also need to figure out if I should call a moving company in advance of the July 1st moving date…
So much to do, yet so exciting!
I write these stupid words.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006You know, I told Mugs that since I bought the special version of Weezer’s Blue Album, it’s like I’ve found an old friend.
That sounds really cheesy, yes, but I mean it. I have so many good memories associated with that album, and I just plain love the tunes.
This past week I’ve found myself driving with the windows down and the stereo BLASTING. I still know all the words, and I can even hum along with every guitar solo. This album represents so much of what was good about Weezer before they pooped out the Green Album. There’s some pop sensibility without sacrificing all of their musicianship. Are they virtuosic? Certainly not, but you can actually hear some attention to musical detail on this album and Pinkerton. The lyrics, though not often serious, at least appear to be more carefully written. Not like the last three albums these blokes put out…
Listening to the Blue Album again has made me want Pinkerton even more. I still don’t know how I lost the discs so many years ago, yet managed to keep the cases.
More than a stronger desire to have Pinkerton back in my collection, hearing the Blue Album after so long an absence has made me even more dissappointed in Weezer’s decline. Their sacrifice of quality in an effort to attain and maintain commercial success is obvious. This isn’t a simple matter of calling them “sell-outs” because they’ve acheived popularity. There’s a palpable difference between the quality of the first two albums and everything else they’ve released since Rivers’ public statement about seeking fame and fortune.
Oh well…I can’t have everything I want…I can only hope that Ozma won’t make the same mistake now that they’re back together.
Baby one more time…
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006Okay, so Mugs FINALLY decided to ditch Blog.com and hit up some mad-hot WordPress action. His blog has moved – again – and I’ve changed the link on the side bar accordingly.
Today is the greatest…
Monday, May 15th, 2006So, I was reading the Weezer webiste to see if they were planning to release a 10th anniversary edition of Pinkerton, just like they did for The Blue Album. I noticed, however, a much sweeter announcement:
The first US Rentals show in many years is happening in Los Angeles on July 7th at The Henry Fonda Theater (with the legendary Ozma supporting) and the tix are on sale now.
Wow. The Rentals reuniting is cool, and all…but OZMA!!!??!??!? HELL YES!!!!!
The return of one of my favorite bands of all time…a band, whose initial break-up literally saddened me for an entire day.
I read this announcement as I was listening to “Say it Ain’t So” off of the Blue Album, incidentally. My trademark Weezer song. And now I’m listening to “In the Garage.”
I’m so happy my spleen could burst!