currently reading:
my life - volume 2: the presidential years by bill clinton

my favorite new music:
elkland
flunk
the epoxies
new order

favorite tv (i watch a lot of tv...)
discovery science channel tuesday night lineup
west wing
law & order
will & grace
south park
daily show with jon stewart
law & order - criminal intent
cold case
crossing jordan
attack of the show (on the g4 network)
+ i also like catching cool stuff on discovery health channel, history channel, national geographic channel, cnn, sunday morning political talk shows, various stand-up on comedy central, music videos on subterranian (mtv), and the occaissional classic seinfeld episode.

magazines i read
discover
scientific american
and sometimes: bpm, high times, spin, rolling stone, and billboard.

the past...
july 2005
june 2005
may 2005

august 6, 2005 got up today feeling truly rested for the first time in i don't know how long. i think it's been at least 2 years since i felt so rested. i have really needed these vacation days. i woke today about 8:30am feelin good. i layed around watchiing news and political talk shows for a while. i got up, made some coffee, and checked my email. at about 10:15 carrie called me from the store. she had about 30 people right at opening there to buy wrestling tickets. she was having trouble logging into the ticket program for the utc box office. it sux she had to deal with that mess, but i'm proud of her for keeping her calm. i'm sure it was a stressful way to start the day. after getting off the phone with carrie i opened all the blinds and curtains to let sunshine into the apt. i dug into some housework. i finally arranged all my cd's getting the various artist cd's out of the chair where they had been since i moved in months ago. after doing that i decided to get the rest of the living room and computer area set up for the first time since moving in. i'm proud of how it came together. i just haven't had the combination of time and energy to fool with it since moving in. the living room and computer area now feel much more open and clean. certainly a lot less cluttered, and no longer the need to step over wires leaving the living room for other parts of the apartment. i still haven't organized my cd singles. who knows when i'll ever get around to that. i went and did some laundry. i stopped putting it away to do this. i'll resume after i'm done here. i'm sitting here as i often am while updating this thing enjoying an adult beverage, and listening to my mp3 library on random play. it's 6:30pm. at midnight it will be my b-day. i may get out somewhere downtown after dark, unless someone else gets with me with a better idea. i'd like to have guests hang with me here tonight, but i don't think anyone can make it tonight. todd said he can come up tomorrow night.
i have dishes soaking. along with putting up my laundry i still need to wash dishes, clean the kitchen, and take out the trash. i cleaned the bathroom earlier. the bedroom will have to wait for some day long from now. i sleep in the living room. the bedroom is primarily used for storage. there's stacks of boxes (some opened), and piles of papers and change from times i've emptied my pockets in there. i am also setting up a workstation in there to work out song ideas. i should be set to go with that in a few days. i ordered a personal monitor from musician's friend that will enable me to hear what i'm doing through headphones while i'm back there tinkering around. i look forward to getting that all set up. i really want to start making music again.