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Published on 2008-05-14 09:16:00

sorry about the absence. i guess i'm really not made to write a blog where i try to force myself into writing something in particular, every day. it was starting to feel really contrived, and i was getting unhappy with it. so, i left it for a whil > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Monday, March 31

Published on 2008-03-31 11:14:00

Brian Vander Ark is playing on campus tonight. i have a ticket. i don't know if i'm going to be able to go because of some school commitments i have...which kills me, absolutely kills me. hopefully i'll be out soon enough to go see him, because hi > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Sunday, March 30

Published on 2008-03-30 22:02:00

missed yesterday...so you get two today. i'm overworked and stressing out, so i've got two songs about that."Work Song" by Caroline's Spine: [excuse the weird anime sounds at the beginning. it's the only complete recording of the song on youtube.. > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Friday, March 28

Published on 2008-03-28 23:12:00

"Cat Me If You Can" by Agile Like This is weird. if you like lolcats, you'll love it, because it's basically a lolcat set to music. if you don't like lolcats, you probably won't like this song much.laughing at cute cats during weird things has help > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Thursday, March 27

Published on 2008-03-27 13:26:00

Inept's old music, circa 2002-2005, is amazing. i've seen them more times than i've seen any other band--sixteen times, at all kinds of small to medium venues around chicago. this is one of my favourite Inept songs, "Beyond The Tears."i'm looking f > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Wednesday, March 26

Published on 2008-03-26 19:43:00

i tried, i really tried, to get away from the whiny stuff. but, it's not that kind of week."Face Down" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus has a driving beat to it, but the lyrics are sad. it's about a friend who is really, really pissed off at someone who i > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Tuesday, March 25

Published on 2008-03-25 10:20:00

no more emo today, i promise.instead, i bring you nerdity, in the form of "Mandelbrot Set" by Jonathan Coulton. it's a catchy little ditty about the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, and his famous set:for one thing, you'll never forget the formula f > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Monday, March 24

Published on 2008-03-24 12:59:00

during my senior year of high school, i listened to "Loser" by Three Doors Down every morning when i was getting ready for the day. it's a perfect encapsulation of how i felt about life that year...high school was a vast, friendless wasteland, and e > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Sunday, March 23

Published on 2008-03-23 10:30:00

i'm on vacation, so my computer access has been a bit spotty. so, i missed yesterday...and you get two songs today! lucky you! well, lucky you if you feel like slitting your wrists. i'm in a Really Whiny Emo mood right now, so you're all going to > read more

Quite Suppressed Yet Quite Revealing: Friday, March 21

Published on 2008-03-21 23:44:00

Ditchwater was awesome. i saw them around Chicago all the time back in 2003, 2004...around the days of their most excellent Sees Me Through EP. "It's Over" has always been one of my favourite songs of theirs. excuse the video editing that is chees > read more