May 2003

Splinters

30 May 2003

I seem to have pieces of dreams broken off in my mind. They are beautiful—jagged chunks of obsidian, thin crystals of amethyst and emerald, unpolished lumps of opal and sapphire—but painful. I find myself reaching up and gingerly touching the side of my head, half-expecting to find a gleaming shard protruding from my temple. It’s [...]

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The best part of waking up

28 May 2003

…is when you hear the echoes of the screams of the world reverberating through your mind. I don’t know what that dream was about, and I think I’m glad of that. Work remains a relentless nightmare. It’s gotten bad enough that when I’m trying to do anything else, anything to try to relax, my mind [...]

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TV blues

26 May 2003

Okay, some of you kids are pretty knowledgeable about this stuff, so I’m looking for some suggestions. I want to build a better home theater than the piss-poor set-up I have right now, and I think I want to start with a real TV. I don’t have cable, and I watch very little broadcast; most [...]

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Broved

26 May 2003

There is nothing quite as embarrassing to me as looking through my archives for a particular post, finding it, and realizing that it has a huge typo right in the first sentence. You know, reading my old entries is painful enough without the indignity of discovering that my fly has been down for months. Share/Bookmark

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one word order

23 May 2003

This is a wonderful idea. One word, sixty seconds to write about it. Share/Bookmark

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May Babies

22 May 2003

Back a few years ago three good friends of mine would celebrate their May birthdays together, calling themselves the May Babies. I’ve pretty much lost touch with two of them, sadly, but it’s interesting to see that there’s another cluster among my friends. Kaydee celebrated his birthday Thursday, undoubtedly in much the fashion depicted above. [...]

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More Matrix Reloaded chatter

21 May 2003

Since so many visitors here are interested in the philosophy of (and speculation about) the new Matrix film, check out the highly-intelligent ongoing discussion at Revland. (Beware of spoilers, although I imagine the point’s moot by now.) Share/Bookmark

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The Matrix Regurgitated

19 May 2003

I was going to write a three-tiered review of this film, with increasing levels of spoilers on separate pages, to avoid spoiling anyone’s fun. However, I’ve decided that it is too much work for this particular film. So I’ll keep the review simple and moderately spoiler-free. The film was okay. (I saw it opening day [...]

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Three Blind Mice

17 May 2003

In shuffling through some of my papers I came across an old music composition assignment, from the days when I was studying to be a composer. My jazz arrangement instructor gave us the assignment to write own changes to a nursery rhyme. I would play and record it myself for your amusement, but I still [...]

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Status report

13 May 2003

I’m still alive. I’m overwhelmed by work. I won’t get to experience Mr. Stinky‘s fragrance. He’s bloomed already. I’m very unhappy. But only about work. Don’t worry. Things will get better. Here’s a picture of a sunset at a Miami bar. Water is good. Sunsets are good. Bars are good. All three combined is very [...]

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