Archive for June, 2006

A Strange Ostinato

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

In the middle of a bizarre allergic reaction to (apparently) air, that remains unfazed by—indeed, laughs at—my puny earth “antihistamines,” I have been unable to do much so far this weekend. Apparently, though, I found it within myself to finish off the latest ditty, number, song, what-have-you.

It is called A Strange Ostinato Echoes Across the Tharsis Bulge and Through Valles Marineris.

And to preemptively answer a question: Yes, the hand-claps were a great deal of fun to record.

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An Alacrity borne of Necessity

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Or, “The Best Shitty Job I Have Ever Had”

Thanks to Herself’s heroic efforts in the area of gainful employment and the mercifully lower rent of our awesome new apartment, I have been able to select summer employment based on the following rigorous criteria:

  1. What I want to do
  2. How much I want to do it

disregarding insignificant factors like

  1. How much it pays

… I considered a wide variety of employment options, ranging from “working at a bike store” to “working as a bike messenger1.” The latter eventually won. As of about two weeks ago, I am an honest-to-god bicycle courier.

And I love it.

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