Fallen Thoughts

:: 4.19.2003 ::

kevin's computer is pretty fucked, so we hooked up his burner and have been backing up all of his files. when he powers up, a black screen with white text says "SMART something something fucked up hard drive something something. WARNING: something something - failure imminent." so yeah, he's gonna get that seen about. point is, now I'm going to make a little room on my hard drive - I've been inspired. I wish my hard drive was bigger - only 12 gigs. but whatever, at least it works.

so I'm going to burn some of these mp3s off of my computer. a rough estimation puts me at a little over 1000. that's a good bit, especially considering that I've already burned two discs worth of them off of my drive not too long ago. now I'm just trying to figure out which ones to burn and which to leave. I've been hearing that steps were being taken to prosecute music downloaders, or "pirates" if you must. they say that the big users will be seeked out first. so I suppose if you have a large number of mp3s shared on your computer, like let's say a little over 1000 for example, you could find yourself trapped in the dragnet. it's bullshit. "the industry is being hurt by the internet yadda yadda, blah blah". when unsigned artists' music is being heard across the world - that is wonderful. when an independent label artist can share his music with someone in europe, that's great. these huge powerhouse labels are bitching because sales dropped five percent in the past five years or whatever. do you think they've stopped to realize that popular music might not be meeting up to the fans' standards and so they're going to the internet for OTHER music. just maybe, they would've lost that five percent anyway due to weak output by the artists. maybe the fans are listening to some unsigned act or a great independent labeled band. oh, the humanity.

in backing up kev's computer, I received a nice chunk of north pearl pictures, so I'll be updating this when the time presents itself. for now, I learned how to play some army game last night at kyler's house and it's pretty fun, so I think it's time for round two.

peace out, yo-yos.

:: posted by Michael at 6:24 PM (0) comments [+] ::

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laying in this spot a century ago, I might've been trampled by cleated feet. these days it serves as a stressful day's retreat, this herty field. a shield for weary soldiers in the academic battle. a pasture to graze for the university cattle. a perfect place for this peacock to perch and print his babble.

in visits of months past, brown tones dominated the scene. it's now a multi-colored palette, painting the early stages of spring. the weather is beautiful on this april day of fools - blue skies, cool breeze shaking hands with the trees. the sun overhead is just bright enough to warm my soul while I wait for a snowflake.

a midday bell tolls.

:: posted by Michael at 4:42 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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