Tides came and went as

Tides came and went as she got dressed and put on makeup. Once the metamorphosis was complete she emerged. The thought “You look like whore” came out of my mouth “You have on a lot of makeup…You look good. Sexy.” The conventional wisdom goes girls dress to impress other girls. I think tonight’s an unconventional evening.

Me want bluetooth...Booga Booga

I bet if I lived in San Francisco I could find a store that carried the bluetooth adapter (PN: DBA-10) for the Sony Ericcson T61d phone I have. What kind of freaking primitive cavemen live in DFW? I think the jump to horseless carriages came just a few years before I moved here.

Dear Fedex, I recently went

Dear Fedex,

I recently went to a Kinkos and used your priority overnight service to ship two CDs to a friend in Vancouver, WA. (You know, where all the Portland wannabes live) I dropped the package off at 6:42pm. By 5:31am it had arrived in Portland after traveling through Memphis. I know air travel is not that efficient. Clearly, you have some sort of teleportation technology. Why haven’t you made it available to the public? Can you imagine how the world would change if we had your teleportation technology? Please Fedex, think of the children.

If I can't get mp3s at will the terrorists have already won

Michael Nyman’s soundtrack to Wonderland (1999) is so warm, and passionate. Must have mp3s of it NOW!

Most underrated film of the 90s?

I don’t get it. I seem to be way off in left field in my high opinion of Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995). I think it’s easily in the 8.0 range. I don’t think I’ve ever been so far off popular and critical consensus.

I like the first person and third person omniscient narration devices in the Afterlife tapes and the Jack Warden character, Joe Heff. I think the dialogue “Boat Drinks, “Give it a name”, “Fishing for saplings”, “It’s an action, not a piece of work”, “Buckwheats” and so forth is tight, snappy and original. I think the lighting and camera angles are pretty good. Easily the best performances Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Walken (including his performance the year before in Pulp Fiction) and Treat Williams have given in recent years. Maybe the story does stretch the credibility a bit thin, and maybe the Gabrielle Anwar relationship could be edited out. However, you are left with a really great story about a group of gangsters preparing for the end of their lives after they botch a job. It’s compelling and told in an unusual way.

I am Iron Man!

Aside from a little cholecystectomy this year I haven’t been sick. That is despite the best efforts of my roommates and co-worker. My roommates in particular seem to regularly be fighting off some sort of sickness.

I wonder if its coincidence that I have good medical insurance? You ever wonder if the health insurance companies make non-policy holders sick to promote their product?

Glad I’m going to be in Austin till Friday.

Let he who is Dismemberment Plan cast the first rock 'n' roll

As the great philosopher Kant once said: “Your life will be impoverished if you never see Dismemberment Plan perform live.”

Holy shit Dismemberment Plan did it again. They made me have a damned good time. They are definitely among the upper echelon of performing artists. They play audience requests, they invite the audience to dance on stage with them during certain songs, they have a light-hearted but quick wit. That would be enough, but to top it off they play some bad ass songs.

To my DFW peeps

You know this rain DFW has had, yeah you know what I’m talking about. The rain that has been going on for, oh, about a month. It’s my fault. I washed my car in early October.

Just wanted to purge the guilt.

I've now lived in Dallas

I’ve now lived in Dallas longer than any other place besides where I grew up. The familiarity is suffocating.

Why do I feel like

Why do I feel like Holden Caulfield? I barricade myself from people I once called my friends because they all seem so phony now. What’s wrong with me?