Archive for October, 2003

A brief analysis of two songs.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2003

This'll be the first in a series where I attempt to bring together my thoughts into a cogent theory of improvisation. I hope someone will find it useful at some point.

I have Skill With People.

Monday, October 13th, 2003

Mindy: I just don't believe you're a prick. Scott: Well, you're a fool. I don't see how you being a fool is my problem. Mindy: Well, now you're just showing off.

This is the future, kids. The future.

Saturday, October 11th, 2003

I'm blogging from Buffalo Wild Wings on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill RIGHT NOW. They have a wireless Internet connection set up in here, as if they needed to do something to attract guys like me to this place. Do you have any idea how happy that makes me? I'm ...

Let’s get organized.

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

Done: 1. Updated resume, posted to major job search sites, began applying for jobs 2. Cancelled appointments to see cars for sale 3. Filed for unemployment 4. Cleaned apartment, did laundry, things of that nature To do, preferably tomorrow: 1. Clean and wash Purpulator 2. Shuffle unemployment paperwork 3. Get haircut That should answer your questions re: "how are ...

More defiant glibness.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

Two problems have been immediately pressing: how will I get coffee in the mornings, and what's to be done about my daily lunches at Golden Corral? A jar of freeze-dried crystals will have to be a suitable stopgap for the first situation, but I'm not quite sure how to deal ...

This amusing anecdote will just have to do.

Sunday, October 5th, 2003

Porter and I got stuck in traffic on 15-501 in Chapel Hill today in the aftermath of the UNC-UVa football match. After continuing to marvel that the road is actually called "15-501" and no one considers that unusual or awkward, we decided to try to guess the exact score of ...

Sure enough, these things do go down on Fridays.

Friday, October 3rd, 2003

I had taken a month or so off from this, mostly because of depression, but partially owing to some heat I was getting from my employer. But since my employer terminated my employment effective today, I have slightly less of one excuse and slightly more of the other. I have a ...