2002.07.25 it's a lonely life i lead, i'll take my chances:

so, yes, this past week has been anti-social matt week. beginning with last Friday and the weekend i was lamenting in the last post.

as it turns out (i think i can finally write a little something about this), two *more* of my co-workers were laid off last Friday. this seriously threw me for a loop, considering that a month ago, when my boss (and two others) were laid off, we were told "well, that's the last of them for a while. don't worry about your jobs, we won't need to take such drastic measures again."

obviously, that wasn't quite right. so Friday was at least partly a result of that little tailspin i was in. and this week, the one guy in my "department" (such as it is) is on vacation. so, in a little cube world that once was home to five people, it's now been just me all week. sitting at my little desk, doing the work of 1.5 men (since i couldn't possibly pick up Geoff's full workload in addition to my own). it's been lonely. i've gone out to eat more than usual, just to have an excuse for some human interaction. unfortunately, i'm not the world's most entertaining conversationalist. i function, but only just.

next week, me and my remaining buddy move our stuff into an honest-to-god office, with windows (which our present space doesn't have). this is assuming he shows up on monday. i have no reason to think he won't, but i won't be surprised.

anyway enough of that depressing shit.

at some point this week, i was discussing music with nate, and he was, once again, trying to sell me on the whole ska thing. called it his "number two" favorite musical genre… after big band jazz. somewhere in there, we hit upon the idea that he should write up a list of albums he thinks i should check out, new artists i haven't given a fair shake to, or who i may have heard but don't own.

i have always freely admitted that my musical knowledge is not what i'd like it to be. there is so much out there, that i've pretty much just stuck with what i know. everyonce in a while, someone would introduce me to a new band, or i'd hear them listening to it enough that i'd get hooked. so now, i've got this list, and i've decided to make it a project. yet another of my infamous projects.

my plan, such as it is, is to buy an album from each of nate's recommended artists, live with it for a few days, then write up a review. i'm also planning to document this somewhere here on bipolar, and i'll probably use the reviews to up my monthly posting stats.

I managed to get out to Ear-X tuesday and picked up Al Greens' "Let's Stay Together," and Big Black's "The Hammer Party." i thought they were appropriately dissimilar selections.

I'm going to work on the master list page tonight, after (AFTER, damnit) i finally get off my ass and finish my passport paperwork. if i don't get my passport soon, i won't be able to make it to my sis's wedding in September. those of you who know about passports are probably already laughing. yeah, yeah. keep it up.

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categories ::  Family - Friends - Music - Personal Projects - Upset/Dislike - Work

8 Responses to “it's a lonely life i lead, i'll take my chances:”

m@ said:

there nate, i didn't forget your precious link this time.

and i also posted the first comment to my own post. how weird is that?

# July 25, 2002,

brian. said:

the hammer party is a really good album, but i think you should have picked up songs about fucking. just making a point.

in that spirit, i think we should change the site to SEX:13 design. word.

# July 26, 2002,

m@ said:

if ear-x had *had* "songs about fucking" i probably would have. as it was, i had to take what i could get. and brax was there to recommend "the hammer party" as a consolation prize.

# July 26, 2002,

Nate said:

Just as a qualifier, I suggested either Songs About Fucking or Atomizer for Big Black albums specifically. Good for you, Matt. Al and Albini. yay.

# July 26, 2002,

m@ said:

so yes, if Ear-X had had *either* "songs about fucking," or "atomizer," i would have gotten them. since they did not, i was forced to step outside of nate's recommendations and go with something completely different.

# July 26, 2002,

brian. said:

way to fuck it all up, matt…

# July 26, 2002,

m@ said:

you know you can always count on me.

# July 27, 2002,

Nate said:

It takes all kinds.

# July 27, 2002,

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