rather uneventful weekend. i didn't go to st. louis with paul and matt, so i ended up sitting at home, doing a bunch of nothing. it seems like we've been having troubles with blogger (which seem to be ironed out) and our webserver (ditto, or you wouldn't be reading this), so we haven't really been able to keep you updated on the scintillating mundanity of our everyday lives. be prepared…it's so normal…
i spent most of sunday sitting at work wanting to kill people. i slacked off in a casual way, trying not to bring focus upon myself. i ended up taking an extended lunch to head out to the record store to drop off a cd. i chatted with a few people for a bit and then headed back to work. when i got back, it was nice and quiet. not busy, everything was peaceful. this stretched on to close to the end of my shift when the 'net connection died. how ironic is it to work for an internet company and have your connection bomb? i laughed… anyway…i took this as my sign to duck out of work early and go get that alkaline trio cd that just came out. yes this has everything to do with being forced to listen to it. it's damn good, what can i say?
not much, apparently. i'm out to lunch…
sitting at work on a sunny sunday afternoon. how bad does that suck? i just polished off my lunch and now i'm sitting in the afterglow of some chicken lo mein…
with everyone gone for the weekend, it's been pretty uneventful. guy and i decided to head out to kart kountry to ride around a go-kart track with a bunch of dirty rednecks. of course, we didn't know the temperature was going to drop, so we had some serious wind chill going on with the hands. so after a couple brisk trips around the track, we decided to call it a night. we headed to the record store, where i was forced to listen to the alkaline trio because i asked if they were any good. i ended up talking to lindsey (paul's sometime obsession) about an ex-girlfriend of mine for a while, assuring her that i don't hate her because she never did anything wrong to me. i end up getting this a lot (maybe it's my constant scowl), but once you get to know me, i think i'm an alright guy. who knows?
matt and paul will probably be home sometime tonight. i look forward to hearing all about their trip into the heart of geek madness. i hope they had some fun.
it sounds like kenoki was tricked into being a part of bob's new project, as well. i'm looking forward to seeing the results when he gets home from tour.
you really shouldn't be reading this thing on your day off…
i figured since i sorta posted twice the other day, i could take a day off. right? guess not…
i'm sitting around on a friday night, staring at my computer as it slowly makes me go blind. i guess i'm looking forward to blindness…at least it's a change. my life is seeming pretty stagnant and changeless, lately. i've been ludicrously happy over the past few days…i guess i should try to maintain that, because if i look under the shiny veneer, i'm sure i'll discover that the framework hasn't changed a damn bit. i guess that's just the way things go, huh?
i hung out with guy for a little while last night. we printed out an important document i needed for today, noodled with a guitar riff or two, and sat around and talked about our girl situations. or honestly…our lack of girl situations. guy is currently stressing a girl he likes a lot, but he doesn't want to ruin their friendship. knowing exactly how he feels (reference the entire jessica situation), i told him to just try to be up front about it. myself, i'm currently in a situation where i'm waiting for someone to "think about things." i'm usually extremely negative about situations like this, but i'm trying to maintain some kind of cool. or something. i'm sure i'll live. i always do.
matt and paul are going out of town tomorrow. to celebrate the occasion, i'm going to do some laundry. maybe sit around. maybe i'll even play some playstation.
an update on the ongoing isgay.com saga: it appears that the site was barely down for a full day. apparently the webmaster of the site has decided to not take it down. praise be to internet freedom to call your friends gay. [thanks matt]
it was also brought to my attention last night that i am starting to develop what appears to be a "gut". this is quite unsettling, considering i'm quite the skinny guy. i will now endeavor to drink less beer and go skateboarding more often. i must maintain my svelte physique…
this has to be a new record…this is the third day in a row where i've been in a really good mood. things have been going much better the past few days, and i keep looking over my shoulder waiting for something bad to happen. but i guess looking over my shoulder isn't going to help if someone drops a safe on my head…
for paul: yet more proof that there are cute girls with webpages.
about a week ago i put new speakers in my car. these weren't really "new" speakers…they were just the nice speakers from my old car. they were much better than the ones that were in there, so i decided to finally go ahead and do some installin'. well about 3 or 4 days after i had my new "bumpin' system", one of the speakers developed a nasty rattle. it was seriously driving me apeshit. how can i drive if i can't enjoy music? ride around in silence? i think not… regarless, i ended up getting fed up to the point of heading out to the store and getting yet another set of speakers (my car must be totally fucking confused by this point), and i even got a set for the front of the car. new speakers all around! i sat out back installing speakers for about an hour and a half, and now…now…i have aural happiness. yes indeed.
side note: after taking the old speakers out, i discovered that i blew out the mid-range on one of them. oops. that's where that nasty rattle was coming from…
after posting my link to isgay.com the other day, i soon found out that the webmaster has taken the site down. that's a shame, because the site has given me hours of worthless enjoyment… a moment of silence, if you please.
thanks to brad, i may be considering a trip to memphis this may. it certainly sounds like a good idea to finally see sonic youth. now i just have to convince matt and paul…
here i am, in the twilight of my day, trying to figure out what to write in this here space. i haven't really done squat all day, considering i'm at work.
i had lunch with one of my ex-girlfriends today. she happens to work where i work, and we're actually pretty good friends now. we talked about the odds and ends (kinda like we do all day at work, except food was present), with the conversation steering over to my current "relationship". i spilled everything that has been on my mind lately, the good, the bad, and the retarded. it felt good to get it off of my chest, and to tell the truth…i've been more positive about things all day. even prior to the conversation. but whatever…that's beside the point. i don't really know what the point is anymore. thanks a lot.
today's constant source of amusement: www.isgay.com. i'm not going to explain it to you, but it makes me laugh endlessly…
god damn my life is boring…
i'm sitting at work on a sunny yet cold sunday morning, sipping on my beloved mocha and nursing a nasty cough. i'm feeling a little rough this morning, but i'm sure i'll pull through alright.
i've been having a rash of bad dreams lately. the kind where you wake up and you just swear it was real. this isn't really sitting well with me because i'm already having lots of fears about the things that are coming true in my dreams. last night i woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep for at least an hour. the same thing happened a few days ago. i just wish i could have these dreams on my day off, that way i don't roll into work feeling like i've just been run over by a truck. i'm fairly certain that it's gonna turn out to be a long day.
we owe it all to kerry: matt, paul, and i are hopelessly addicted to bejeweled. to sum it all up, i actually heard paul mutter "can i please have my soul back?"
i think i may be waffling on whether or not to go see j. mascis tonight at a local bar-type place. a couple of reasons spring to mind…
reason 1: it's j. mascis. not dinosaur jr. i can look forward to hearing songs from the new album, but not classic songs that i'm yearning to hear live. as good as the new album is…i want to hear the old stuff.
reason 2: it costs a whopping $14 at the door. this is, once again, to see j. mascis play what i consider "alright" songs. not exactly worth $14 (actually $28, because i'll have to pay a friend's way in, as well…).
reason 3: it's at phoenix hill tavern, which is one of the lamest redneck, "big bar" type places we have in this city. drive needles into my eyes, please.
in other news, kerry keeps doing little redesign tweaks, now hat her site is back up. it's starting to look like the oldest design i can remember her having, as a matter of fact. we discussed this and she mentioned how much she liked the old design, which i had to agree. so give it a whirl and see what you think.
we finally got confirmation on why kenoki was down, and all i have to say is: someone who is getting laid that much needs to stop complaining. on the flip side, i honestly respect her need to be with someone in their heart, as well as their pants. or something like that.
god that was incredibly lame.
update: it looks like a certain mr. nord's email address is non-functional. guess that's what he gets for using aol and not knowing jack crap about the real web, let alone weblogs. can you sense my anger? my hostility? can you feel my pain, people? well in lieu of emailing the author, let the editor know how you think we should have at least been mentioned in the article. i'm not asking for a feature here, kids…i'm asking for some fucking respect. is that too much?
that is all.
take action!: after reading the article about weblogs that matt linked to the other day (before blogger jumped on the bandwagon), i noticed that an article written for our fair city's newspaper about websites like bipolar…failed to mention bipolar. how fitting. we're probably one of the first few blogs that have sprung out of this damn burg (no slight to paul), yet we get no respect. well…maybe that'll change. i decided to email the author of said article and berate him for deciding to point his focus on some hoosiers with blogs no one has ever heard of. so keeping with matt's theme of taking action, i urge you all to let your voices be heard. email the author of that article and give him a piece of your mind! tell him how much bipolar has changed your lives! tell him how we're the first stop on your links list (unless you have it in alphabetical order, but we're still damn near the top) every morning. tell him how you laugh when we're happy and cry when we're sad. just don't tell him about all that money we owe you people. god damn.
sleep well, my flock.
