i haven’t posted regularly in a long time.

i took out the garbage on friday morning, before chris was set to visit the apartment. i ran out of garbage bags last week and decided, being the earth-conscious person i am, to use the biodegradable corn-based bags we use in the bedroom trashcan.

here is a hint:
when you place food, dead flowers and other compostable elements into a biodegradable bag for a couple of weeks, it will more than likely biodegrade.

i lifted the bag out of the trashcan and the bottom fell off the bag. the trash went with it.

it was in the kitchen and not a huge pain to clean up (another biodegradable bag and a quick pass with the dirt devil).

chrispy was here for the weekend, which was fun but low-key. i felt guilty we didn’t do more, though there seemed to be a lot of hanging out, watching tv and drinking. these aren’t bad things, just a little less ‘doing’ than i seem used to these days.

the herve – ghetto bass mix cd is amazing. if you like herve’s sound, this is primo. and the rest of you, the ones wondering what i’m talking about: itunes link. (it’s cheap but it’s the clean version. use your own discretion, as amazon doesn’t seem to carry the domestic version.) i ‘m not even sure what genre this stuff falls into — it’s not breaks, not house, it’s almost the successor to big beat…it’s this whole chunky beat, throw-back to 90s rave but better.

if i can’t make you buy it, at least check out the two essential mixes (1 and 2) that he has done. those are free, yo.

and then buy the buraka som sistema – black diamond album. itunes has it, amazon only has the physical cd. (this one comes thanks to chrispy. well worth a listen and totally unlike anything you’ve heard.)

it got cold again, which is a bummer. i actually checked the weather this morning.

i had a dream last night about lifecasting. steve mann was in it; i was at a conference. unsurprisingly, but perhaps ironically, the conversation was about using life-casting to be accepted by others. which, really, if you’re going to wander around with a camera on your head, you have a hurdle to overcome from the get-go.

hey, it beats the dreams i was having a month ago.

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that’s a song i only know from rockband, by the way. and i will probably buy it from iTunes, being a one person example of how smart that game is from about 101 different angles. never really anticipated my musical choices being influenced by songs i have been exposed to only through playing a video game. although, of course, i do love the super mario brothers theme. but maybe not so much that i’d download it for my ipod.

despite the sadness and loneliness and fear and anger and self-loathing that may permeate my being at various times in the midst of this break up, and i am starting to – and i have to – recognizing the good things. like waking up at 4.30 in the morning and having the prerogative to grab my laptop and type without bothering anyone. so that is another change a-comin’ down the pike.

we’re breaking up but still in the house together, at least for the next little while. it’s not unlike just having a roommate, which is peculiar and comforting at the same time. i’ve been wondering that i slid into that role more easily because less of the romantic feeling has been there between us for the last little while…maybe we were really destined to be buddies and not … lovers. (did you throw up a little? i did. i hate that word.)

my resolution to post more is incredibly strong. i see the list of posts – so strong at 1,121 – dwindle over the last year and it hurts my heart to think writing has somehow gotten the shaft and isn’t seemingly high on my list of priorities.

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april: and I’m burnt out on everything today – I need a vacation in a frozen tank a la mel gibson circa forever young

me: never saw it

april: well all you need to know is that he froze himself for ten years
and then had sex with jamie lee curtis
the end

me: sounds like what i want from life

april: Jamie Lee Curtis circa Halloween or now in the Activia commercials?

me: which halloween?  the original or h20?

april: she can’t poop
um… how about original

me: then sure
even h20, sure thing
now, not as much

april: maybe even the Freaky Friday remake

me: indeed

april: I love that movie

me: i never saw it

april: Oh god, get it quick

me: but id bone them both

april: it’ll change your life

me: and it would be the mother daughter switch
so that would be triply rad

april: I think it would be weird to have a young girl in an old woman’s body though
the flip side would be much hotter

me: pre switch then
true
so maybe never ll’s brain
nail jlc in her body pre-switch

april: exactly I mean it’s like swiss cheese anyway

me: then her in ll’s body post-switch
i now have a plot
this is seriously why i love you

april: leaky friday
tweaky friday
squeaky friday

me: and if you think im not posting this, you’re wrong

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it isn’t every day that the image of a certain ex-gf appears in my feed reader. but I was just flipping through articles and mashable has a story about preparing for the sat without cracking a book. and low and behold, linda’s mug is right there. it’s the first screen of the video after the intro. and it came up by default when i hit the post.

i’m still a little freaked out; so utterly random and yet unsurprising that brightstorm would get coverage. nonetheless, i didn’t expect linda to get such a large billing in such a post.

congrats! you’re pretend internet famous, ms linda. me? i’m still a little freaked out.

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had to give sara her own post as i have not shared her most recent rad gig – writing on the best week ever blog.  please click and enjoy the wonder that is sara.

in particular i recommend today’s collection of the 30 most adorable album covers.  the post with our picture from the mother’s day breast cancer walk is also a favorite, primarily because i have delusions of grandeur / i like attention.

that’s a lotta links, but she’s that damn good.

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behold the fabulosity that is matt and jill’s save the date card:

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a bad way to start the week.

for the moment, an unsubstantiated rumor:

cris bruce died from heart failure sometime on saturday.

again: i do not know for certain this is true — it came to me from a phone call from ben who had gotten a text message from his sister. this could be a complete fabrication. i don’t want to spread rumors, but i also believe this is legit, even for the shady friend-of-a-friend thing going on.

i’m not ready to talk about cris more than this, i’ll leave it at this:
we went to high school together and, like everyone that i knew who knew him, my relationship seemed more complicated under the surface than the interactions we had over the years. i haven’t heard from him in at least a year now, maybe longer.

i sincerely hope this rumor is untrue. he is young; im not sure he has hit 30 yet. if it is true, my heart goes out to his family.

if you have any news, one way or another about this, please let me know.

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