Thursday, July 14, 2005
twenty minutes I didn't have to spend working
picked up from old reliable...
10 years ago: had just graduated high school. Spent my summer lying around the house, working at TCBY Treats, and occasionally making awful music with DJ. It was around the middle of July that I missed that Guided by Voices / Chavez show at the Masquerade due to the officious neat-freak asst mgr of the TCBY. I also went to that Russian religious art show they had at the World Congress Center, or wherever it was.
5 years ago: I was interning at the Atlanta History Center, living with my folks in Marietta, working part-time at the Merchant’s Exchange Carmike (my second stint), and just generally killing time before grad school started up in the Fall.
1 year ago: We were approaching the end of our first year in Boston, and getting wrapped up majorly in the Red Sox. I finally quit an ultra-shitty band that shall remain nameless. We were also getting ready to go home for a wedding shower and a recording session, where we crafted the blindingly brilliant future hit “Wizard of Points”.
Yesterday: “Worked”, fucked around on Google Earth, listened to some music, did some dishes, took out some trash, gathered together the stuff I plan on playing at River Gods tonight, and watched the final half-hour of the ECW One Night Stand dvd.
Today: “work”, some more work training, my monthly meeting with quality coach Janice, and then take off early to go to WZBC. After that, kill some time, and then head off to River Gods, where I shall no doubt embarrass myself.
Tomorrow: “work”, but with a hangover. And then Dinosaur Jr. Impending awesomeness on an unimaginable scale, hopefully.
5 snacks I enjoy: pretzels, donuts, Chex Mix, sausage cheese balls, Goetz’ caramel creams.
5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics of MOST of their songs: Archers of Loaf, Pavement, Del Amitri (childhood, yo), Masters of the Hemisphere, Je Suis France.
5 things I would do with $100,000,000: pay my parents’ back, buy a car, buy a house, build a home studio, pay some dudes to write and record the music in my head.
5 locations I’d like to run away to: my bedroom; Xpu-Ha Palace; Oxford, North Carolina; Atlanta; Long John’s Silver.
5 bad habits I have: drink too much, eat too much, don’t sleep enough, don’t exercise enough, never shave ever.
5 things I like doing: listening to and playing music, obsessing over fantasy baseball, going to the movies, going out to eat, walking around Boston when the weather’s nice.
5 things I would never wear: cut-offs, a Polo shirt with the collar up (unless it’s part of a Chris Peterson Halloween costume), a unitard, a mesh shirt, anything with a Florida logo on it.
5 tv shows I like: active only. Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Lost, This Week in Baseball, Jeopardy!
5 movies I like: Raising Arizona, Dazed and Confused, Cabin Boy, Stripes, LA Confidential.
5 famous people I’d like to meet: Brian Giles, Marcus Giles, Richard Linklater, Ric Flair, Mick Foley.
5 biggest joys at the moment: my wife, the cats, the radio show, my absolutely dominant fantasy baseball team, MLB Baseball 2005 for the GameCube.
5 favorite toys: Optimus Prime, Stalker from GI Joe, Destro, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and, as always, Honey Joe.
picked up from old reliable...
10 years ago: had just graduated high school. Spent my summer lying around the house, working at TCBY Treats, and occasionally making awful music with DJ. It was around the middle of July that I missed that Guided by Voices / Chavez show at the Masquerade due to the officious neat-freak asst mgr of the TCBY. I also went to that Russian religious art show they had at the World Congress Center, or wherever it was.
5 years ago: I was interning at the Atlanta History Center, living with my folks in Marietta, working part-time at the Merchant’s Exchange Carmike (my second stint), and just generally killing time before grad school started up in the Fall.
1 year ago: We were approaching the end of our first year in Boston, and getting wrapped up majorly in the Red Sox. I finally quit an ultra-shitty band that shall remain nameless. We were also getting ready to go home for a wedding shower and a recording session, where we crafted the blindingly brilliant future hit “Wizard of Points”.
Yesterday: “Worked”, fucked around on Google Earth, listened to some music, did some dishes, took out some trash, gathered together the stuff I plan on playing at River Gods tonight, and watched the final half-hour of the ECW One Night Stand dvd.
Today: “work”, some more work training, my monthly meeting with quality coach Janice, and then take off early to go to WZBC. After that, kill some time, and then head off to River Gods, where I shall no doubt embarrass myself.
Tomorrow: “work”, but with a hangover. And then Dinosaur Jr. Impending awesomeness on an unimaginable scale, hopefully.
5 snacks I enjoy: pretzels, donuts, Chex Mix, sausage cheese balls, Goetz’ caramel creams.
5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics of MOST of their songs: Archers of Loaf, Pavement, Del Amitri (childhood, yo), Masters of the Hemisphere, Je Suis France.
5 things I would do with $100,000,000: pay my parents’ back, buy a car, buy a house, build a home studio, pay some dudes to write and record the music in my head.
5 locations I’d like to run away to: my bedroom; Xpu-Ha Palace; Oxford, North Carolina; Atlanta; Long John’s Silver.
5 bad habits I have: drink too much, eat too much, don’t sleep enough, don’t exercise enough, never shave ever.
5 things I like doing: listening to and playing music, obsessing over fantasy baseball, going to the movies, going out to eat, walking around Boston when the weather’s nice.
5 things I would never wear: cut-offs, a Polo shirt with the collar up (unless it’s part of a Chris Peterson Halloween costume), a unitard, a mesh shirt, anything with a Florida logo on it.
5 tv shows I like: active only. Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Lost, This Week in Baseball, Jeopardy!
5 movies I like: Raising Arizona, Dazed and Confused, Cabin Boy, Stripes, LA Confidential.
5 famous people I’d like to meet: Brian Giles, Marcus Giles, Richard Linklater, Ric Flair, Mick Foley.
5 biggest joys at the moment: my wife, the cats, the radio show, my absolutely dominant fantasy baseball team, MLB Baseball 2005 for the GameCube.
5 favorite toys: Optimus Prime, Stalker from GI Joe, Destro, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and, as always, Honey Joe.
