or; things I've thought of while I was out of town, and am too lazy to write a full article about.
What is the allure of the “big” check? Why do they always have the facsimile check when someone wins a big prize for something? It just reminds me of Happy Gilmore, how he would keep them all in his car's back seat and then took them all to the bank at once to cash them in, tucked under one arm. They're silly looking and cliché.
Metal isn't supposed to soothe. Why does Katatonia's music, then, soothe me so much? Strange how a restrained, painful voice can make what would otherwise be blistering metal into something beautiful, calming, and soothing.
Long-sleeved polo shirts suck when your boss likes to have the heat cranked hotter than hell itself on a nice sixty degree day.
Beyonce is hot. I mean, I already knew that, but I saw that Dreamgirls movie on the plane ride back from New Hampshire (look, my right headphone was broken, so I couldn't listen to my mp3 player, because that would drive me crazy, but on Delta you have to have the fancy headphones to get the movie in both ears, so I could still hear it in the one. I know, excuses excuses) and I realized – she is one of the most beautiful women alive.
I hate the book Backlash because it makes me feel like shit about the way society treated and still treats women. I can't stop reading the stupid thing, though.
Mikael Akerfeldt is a weird guy to see sing live. He looks so calm and soothed as he sings the clean vocals in songs, eyes closed. Almost seems plaintive. But then when he starts doing his grunts, his eyes pop open and he looks like he's ready to kill something. Creepy difference, man.
Why can't I find a good widget that can use Windows Media Player or foobar? I like to keep tallying up songs on last.fm, and I can't if I use any other program. And none of the widgets I've found have worked worth spit.
What is it about yellow cars that suddenly and automatically gets my blood boiling? Why do I hate that color so much in a car? Why does anyone drive such an ugly piece?
I'm thinking it would be fun to grow a chinstrap beard for awhile. I didn't shave my face the entire time I was out at BlueDev's house, and so I was really shaggy. I shaved it like a chinstrap this morning, and it's kinda cool looking. I don't know if I'll keep it or if the “landlords” will threaten to evict me for my slovenly bad looks.
My team lost wholeheartedly in the first round of the NCAA championships to UCLA. Didn't surprise me, but I was hoping they would go a bit farther. Oh well. Good season anyway, guys.
I wish I could afford time in a real recording studio, with real engineers and engineering boards and all that jazz. I could choke out some pretty cool music if I could.
Oh well.