Ow, my hamstrings. Ow, my quads. Ow, my abs, my butt, my chest, and my shoulders.
I started working out again over Thanksgiving and oh, am I paying the price. I’ve done it before – those first few weeks when you start working out again after a months-long hiatus – oy, the discomfort. My kingdom for [...]
November, 2009
oy, my aching everything
Monday, November 30th, 2009day 1 in the life of a roadie, not a groupie
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Log, day 1.
Embarked from Pennsylvania on the supposed 4 hour drive to the town of Hamden, CT. I really wish googlemaps factored in holiday travel but it does not so googlemaps is a filthy liar. The trek took 8 hours, mostly spent in the fine, pastoral lane known as Interstate 95, within the picturesque establishments [...]
david bazan
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009I’m a terrible fan. I always seem to miss album releases. To be honest, I tend to binge on new music on the infrequent occasions when I go looking for it.
While I wasn’t paying attention, former Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan released his first honest-to-God (that’s sort of an unintended double entendre, see below) [...]
abdullah ibrahim
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Every once in a while, digging through your music library, you stumble over an old favorite. This time it’s prolific South African Jazz pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim…
a lesson in procrastination: design fetish
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009I’m taking a tiny, insignificant test tomorrow. Maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s called the GRE. In preparation for this event, I’ve been spending a lot of time trolling the internet. My latest time waster is design fetish, a collection of everything graphical and beautiful and thought provoking.
If I’m ever scholarly enough to have a [...]