Monthly Archives: May 2005

Good and Bad

Good: The new season of Six Feet Under starts in less than a week! Bad: It’s the last season of Six Feet Under.

Good: I get to use a Mac full time at work. Bad: It’ll be to access a remote desktop connection to a Windows server.

Good: I’m getting good ideas for projects [...]

Gentle Hum

I’m not a true Neil Finn fanatic. I didn’t discover Crowded House until well after Don’t Dream It’s Over, and I hadn’t even heard a Split Enz song until this year. But Crowded House is still one of my favorite Australian bands…which, granted, doesn’t say much.

So when the Finn Brothers released Everyone Is [...]

Is Freddy Mercury a Homosexual?

Dan: Hey, can you send me your paper on Queen, i’m curious Jen: not right now, it’s on my computer, which is not hooked up Jen: this is my mom’s computer Dan: Is freddy mercury a homosexual? Jen: he was pretty damn bisexual Dan: does that fit into the operatic themes? Jen: his mixed male/female image does Dan: [...]

Birthday wish list 2005

My birthday is on Sunday, so I had to quickly create a list of things for people to buy me. Here’s what I came up with:

Dan’s Birthday List 2005 Version 1.0

Clothes • I need boxer shorts • Anything that looks nice is fine too

Books • Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually [...]

This is what causes Messianic Complexes

While getting our shoes on to play outside, Dan’s niece suddenly says:

Niece: I know who created the world… Dan: Oh yeah? Was it mommy? Niece: No, it wasn’t daddy either. It was you, a really long time ago, so you don’t remember. Dan: Oh.

A Diamond in the Rough

Once in a while I happen upon an album that I’ve never heard of before that after listening to it I wondered how I managed to get by without it. Last year’s album was Naomi’s – Pappallallee. This year it’s Röyksopp’s – Melody A.M. It’s been out since 2002…2005 is nearly halfway over and I’m [...]

Knives Out

Cm, Gm, Fm Gm, Bb, Edim7 Am, A/G, Dm Bb, Gm, Edim7 or something like that.

I love this song.

Franchised Restaurants Make Franchised People

I drove my sister to get her car today after work because it was being serviced. Afterwards we went to Uno’s for dinner; her treat.

As we walked to the entrance it occurred to me how eery it is that these franchises are the same. It’s not that they have the same menus and [...]

If You’re The Office DJ, You Have a Responsibility

My sister Theresa uses the only computer in our office that has speakers attached to it. This means that she has pretty much complete control over what we listen to, and it’s usually hippy Grateful Dead type stuff or what I’ve dubbed “Chicks with Guitars.” Although she likes guys with guitars too.

I don’t [...]

Poor Andrew

Andrew was the victim of something I’ve never seen before in my life on Saturday night. I’ve never seen a man be sexually abused by a woman before.

Scott, Chris, Andrew and I decided to go for a drink at Maxfield’s. It was a nice night, so we went out on the deck that [...]