a dizzying array of textures and moments

but there's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations.

“You ripped off a Ziggy?”

I recall that I used to write, man that was a long time ago now. Thinking of picking that back up when I retire. The world is better off without it.

The new Cheap Girls album “Giant Orange” is the best album of the year and it’s only February. It will still be that in December.

The new Cheap Girls album “Giant Orange” is the best album of the year and it’s only February. It will still be that in December.

Grandpa’s Pine Tar Soap. (will be getting some of this stuff soon.)

Grandpa’s Pine Tar Soap. (will be getting some of this stuff soon.)

“If I don’t have a good shower, I am not myself. I feel weak and ineffectual.”

Spent a week in the northeast…here are some thoughts:

-cold weather is for suckers

-back roads are not nearly as glamorous as my memory made them out to be

-small towns feel like they are always dying

-AN was worth every penny

-all those old towns suck without my friends living in them

-trains are still the best mode of transport to sit reflectively and listen to music

“Those aren’t for New Year’s. Those are my everyday balloons.”

“Those aren’t for New Year’s. Those are my everyday balloons.”

The Dewey Decimal System, what a scam that was.

Here are some things that ruled about 2011:

-Midnight in Paris

-Surfer Blood - “Tarot Classics”

-Spotify Premium

-Fun Fun Fun Fest with Paul

-SXSW with Sunny

-Levi’s 513s

-Woody Allen documentary on PBS

-Texans making the playoffs

-Los Campesinos! - “Hello Sadness”

-Frank’s Hot Dogs

-Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations

-Morrissey

-Colorado

It’s Festivus Eve. Start airing your grievances.

It’s Festivus Eve. Start airing your grievances.

Need this sweater for fall/winter. This sweater is like wearing hot chocolate and it probably smells like smoldering wood. 

Need this sweater for fall/winter. This sweater is like wearing hot chocolate and it probably smells like smoldering wood.