Fallen Thoughts

:: 3.13.2004 ::

the past couple of months seem to have happened in a dream during an afternoon nap. looking down at my last post reads like talk of yesterday, yet if I didn't have it to refer to, I wouldn't know what happened when. sounds bad, doesn't it? then again, they say it flies when you're having fun.

work had picked up again, but was pretty sparing this week with the kids all gone for spring break. we did a little spring cleaning earlier in the week and had a few shows this weekend, but overall 'twas a pretty slow week. the next two weeks, on the other hand, look to be pretty full. coming up we've got (sorry for lack of links) ted leo, now it's overhead, acetate (dave schools' side project), tone loc?! (I didn't even know about that one 'til just now), patterson hood & friends, breastfest, phantom planet, the def jux tour, and calexico. then next month brings fantomas, death cab for cutie & ben kweller, tortoise, and patton oswalt. so yeah, lots going on these next coupla months. pick a show and come hang out with us.

I've been slowly but steadily working my way through the lord of the rings trilogy. after seeing all the movies and reading the hobbit many years ago, I figured it was a good time to give it another go. the hobbit was much better the second time around, due in part to my knowledge of the big picture (no pun intended) of middle-earth and my growing up. it always seems that as I get older, the same books can have a much different effect on me at different times in my life. I finished the fellowship surprisingly fast, considering it was the third or fourth time I'd started, giving up no more than a hundred pages in every time. now I'm just getting into book four in the two towers. after reading all the action and adventure of book three, I thought this section may drag along with sam, frodo, and smeagol/gollum, but it's been really good so far. I'm only five chapters in though, so maybe I'll think differently later.

mitchell is completely out of the house now and we've been rearranging in the wake. dean decided to stay at the place he was in and a couple of his friends moved in there with him, so we now officially have a dining room. we've had a good time bringing it and the living room together. many thanks to chris' folks for donating the table and recliner - we feel like kings these days! chris also brought his stereo up, so we have music again, too. we've taken to big card games at the new table and rounds of darts, cricket to be more specific. one project in the works is a camping area in our backyard beside the rope swing. there's already a brick fireplace and a bench set up - just needs a little clearing out, a nice fire, and a couple of tents to be complete. bring your pets and your marshmellows and have a stay at 150's campground.

in other news, I fell about 10 feet out of our swing a few days ago. it hurt. I'm now a proud owner of a checking account, complete with check/debit card. werd up. my car keeps falling apart, little by little. but she's been good to me, so I can't complain. I'm gonna hate to see her go. speaking of hating to see her go, kayla finally got back to town after a week in mobile, alabama. she took a spring break trip with a group from uga and met some really nice folks, so I'm happy for her. I ate chinese food tonight and I have leftovers. sounds like a date. I watched the last 24 minutes of kubrick's 2001: a space odyssey synced up with pink floyd's "echoes". josh - have you seen this? if not, you should. (by the way, how's everything in atlanta?) what else.. played grand theft auto: vice city last night. it's scary how interactively realistic that game is. guns, drugs, cars, violence, prostitutes - what better idea for a game than a mirror of the world around us. as harsh as the general public was on this game, it's only showing a part of everyday life. (yes, I do realize it's glorified and placed in a market making it easily accessible to kids - and so is cable tv.) got a great card in the mail from my mom and dad earlier (thanks again). got 5 bucks worth of gas and laughed at the result.

now here I sit. I stink. work. tired. shower. I'm gonna clean up and catch back up with frodo & sam. happy st. patty's day to all you good folks and have a great march.

:: posted by Michael at 9:30 PM [+] ::

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