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12.29.05/21:22 year-in-review
In a strange twist of fate, one of them was my mom's ex who we saw while we were driving in Sewickley. I always forget what you're supposed to do at stop signs, so I kind of didn't. Sorry! We were on our way to the hospital see Steph's baby. Congratulations, Mama and Papa Floogle! and baby Floogle!
[jason barker - allegro] .mp3 file
Also I have swords. Two new ones to be exact. They're more for display than for killing, but I think they look sweet as hell. Definitely more useful than a car.
Jason's been visiting since Tuesday. He's been recording fat tracks all week, and so that's what the link above is for. It's a rendition of a romantic song (the time period, not a reference to the song's sensuality) by Barrios, a man I'm sure you're all familiar with. Sometime early next week I will put up the rest of the songs he tracked during his visit.
Yesterday we went to the Oakland to have a few beers with April. She's looking good as ever. She insists that we made out at some point during Freshman year, but I don't believe her. I would definitely remember if that were true. I remember everything, and that's how I know I've kissed 2x as many girls as I've made out with, done that with 2x as many girls as I've fooled around with, and done that with 2x as many girls as I've done the nasty with. For that to make any sense, you'd need a base number to start dividing by 2. Let's say 40. I have to stay loyal, if only so the math works out. 12.24.05/23:46 meri kurisumasu
[nara sensei quotes] (new!)
After taking another one of his classes, here's a list of the nuggets of wisdom I managed to jot down during the recent semester. And in the spirit of scholasticism, I'll also post my grades for Fall Term. Not the perfect 4.0 that I wanted, but I'm incredibly happy to not have to take Stat again in the Spring. Still have to take 18 credits again, though...
So check out these pictures. Jeremy stopped by the 'burgh for a few days on his way back to ATL, so we did some touristy Pittsburgh stuff. The top one is the Japanese Nationality classroom at Pitt Cathedral, a room I've walked by about 1000 times but never actually gone into or had a class in. Taking this picture was the first time I've been in it. No tatami, though. There needs to be some.
And also we went to Kiku in Station Square and made a pilgrimage to Columbiana and drank sake. Good times. Mad thanks to the Jezza for stopping by. Feel free to come back whenever you want. Other people with open invitations include Eric, Quinn, Jesse, and all Asian girls.
One more thing we do around here that hasn't been done yet is to link the posts of the previous month (November) in the archives (the archives). There are only 6 days left, so that might seem like kind of a waste, but that can't be helped at this point. Merry Drunkmas to all, and to all a good night. 12.21.05/04:46 bound by fate
And as you can see by the picture on the left, my faith in my fellow humans drops a notch. The obviousness of this situation makes me sad enough to hope nuclear winter comes quickly, for the sake of the roaches. 12.14.05/21:52 no joy in mudville
I'd be lying if I said stress about finals is what's been keeping me away from doing updates for the last two weeks. What it's really been is a quest, a Dragon Quest. That game is freaking fantastic. And the FF12 demo is pretty sweet, too. I think everyone will really like it. And DQ is just like the very first Dragon Warrior, except it's 3-D.
[phoenix desktop] .jpeg image
There's a version of the pic above you can use as a desktop. Now that it's awful outside, it cheers me up. Now that tests are over, I can finally have a little time to do some site stuff and track some songs and work on the demo. I want to do a few new covers, good ones, and get rid of the low-fi covers I've got up now. The idea is to make a demo CD to take to bars. Just another step in my plan for world domination, you know. I think we're on step 12 out of 36. 24 to go.
In other news, Punching Waves got me an A, my car is still shinisou and immobile, and here is what my break schedule will be: next week = Jezza might stop by on his way home to Boston. The week after that is free. I work every weekend, as usual, including Christmas Eve night and New Year's Eve night. As you can tell, I didn't end up going to Mexico for Del's wedding, as plane tickets are expensive. I wanted to drive to MN to see Eric-sama too, but I'd need a car for that. 12.3.05/21:12 short-hand clockspins
One thing you should take note of is the sweet reflection in the television in this image. Sweet.
There are at least two songs that never got posted when they were recorded, I was saving them for the grand release of the album. They are [lightning man] and [double-jointed.] I'd recommend going to listen to them right now. Lightning man is a song all about the Nikolaest of Teslas, Nikola Tesla. He's Serbian, proving once again that Serbians are the maxfantastic when it comes to inventing and being smrt.
[short-hand clockspins] new full-length album!
Some of you have already told me you want copies of the CD, and I've told you how to go about doing that. For the rest of you, you can send me an IM on instant messenger. My sn is DamienDiablos. You'll have to mail/paypal me 10 dollars, but that does include shipping and handling. Conversely, if you wait a few days I'm going to make a page showing you how to make your own CD and booklet for free, in the comfort of your own home. The only real benefit of ordering one from me is that it comes with my signature. |
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This will probably
be my last post for the year. We had some good times this year, to
be sure, and also some bad ones. It's been exactly 392 days since
the last time I had sex, so I'm a little edgy. In fact, I almost
killed two people while I was driving yesterday. It wasn't a
red-letter day for displays of my driving prowess, not as much as usual,
anyway.
Yeah.
It's that time again, time for family gatherings and drinking into
oblivion while Jesus watches. I'll start by saying that my family is
fantastic. That's all I'll say about that. A lot has gone down
in the past few days, forcing me to do an update. The first order of
business is your Christmas present: new Nara-sensei quotes.
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I feel a lot better about it
now that the feeling is back in my hands and the imprints are gone.
Next time I want to go longer, but my weak circulatory system held me back
a bit. Still, overall, it was a good time. The practice even
has a Japanese name, so that goes hand-in-hand with my interest in
Japanese culture. It's called karada. I'm sure you can
find pictures if you're interested.
That
Stat final was such a whore, she f*ked everyone in that classroom.
The only way I will pass that class is if she f*ked them harder than she
did me and the curve saves me. If not, I will be doomed to repeat
stat next semester and violate my perfect and almost-decided spring
schedule. Like Mighty Casey, I think I struck out. All my
overconfidence and lack of study initiative were the first 2 strikes.
The test was the third.
