oddly enough, it took me a little while to get into my account, because for some reason, the password’s changed on it. anyways, i forgot to mention that i’m out of state until sunday, which means i’m without a decent internet connection. come sunday, however, the chatter should continue as usual.

have a good christmas.

colder than usual. i’ve had trouble keeping the temperature control in the house. when i’m too cold, i turn on the heater, and it gets too hot for me two minutes later.

the weekend is almost over. listening to the nova scotia album that came out a few years ago – the circular ruins. also on clear vinyl, available here. the album is full of ebbs and swells, long one-note non-progressions and snappy drums. a bit bare in some parts due to a little lacking in production value, despite the “lush” tag it’s given in the the one-liner. lonesome is right, though. dark, empty rooms would like it.

it’s raining here again. sometimes, when it gets late, all i can listen to is something quiet, just someone and a guitar. there are a few exceptions. (1) being the spinanes’ second album, strand, and the other being the weakerthans‘ left and leaving, specifically, this is a fire door, never leave open. it doesn’t matter if the guitars are loud, and the drums pound, because i can just relax when i hear that part where everything breaks, and you hear the snare hit 8 times as he sings right over it, and everything just comes back in.

and then listening to everything that he has to say and how he says it so well. ambivalence is a beautiful thing.

i think that perhaps i could just write about the weather here everyday.

today was cold and wet. my feet were wet, and i walked around the u-district. it was cold and wet. and then later, it was colder.

it’s sunny here in seattle. sunny, albeit a bit hazy now, but this morning, it was bright and the skies were blue. the shades in my room weren’t exactly open, but the light still came in. it’s cold, too. cold and sunny is my favorite, and lazy sunday afternoons feel good, even if i’m not in new york, and even if it’s not autumn anymore.

i’m back. i took the site down for a short while for a few reasons. (1) being that i didn’t enjoy writing on here as much, and wanting to refocus a bit on writing for myself, rather than other people (2) being that i could not get the re-design finished, and i was sick of looking at the other page. this design wasn’t what i intended, but it’ll do for now.

today, there’s a secret stars cover by death cab for cutie up there by the picture. it was on an old 7″ single of prove my hypotheses that i got a while ago, and the song is great. you can hear the evolution of chris’s recording style, and you can learn up on old favorites, secret stars. the best part is the drums at the onset, with the pang! ben plays the drums on the song i think, and you can kinda tell, because he’s like a robot. it’s very much in stride with the sound of we have the facts…. find it somewhere and get the record, because it’s on clear vinyl. clear vinyl is cool. if you can’t find it, you can probably get it from jason at sonic boom.

the best? the best is when you actually feel like your brain works.