alex mizell -- 49% sacred, 51% profane

18:52: BOOYAH
I got the house!!!!! I'm still within walking distance of EAV. 2 BRs upstairs, built-out basement, beautiful porch. I love the landlords already. I can't wait for my friends to see it! I think it's going to be a really nice place to live.

13:28: How to Disagree
(via metafilter)

08:41:
ROMEO: Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear,
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops -

JULIET: O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

15:51: Non-negotiable: SMC players please read
For the third time now I'm finding that members of Sunday Music Club are setting their own dates and themes and announcing them to me after the fact. I'm going to ask one more time that SMC members refrain from doing that and calling the result Sunday Music Club and then inviting all of the same people. That's a pretty shitty thing to do to me and I'm taking it personally. I've been nice about it so far but some people are taking advantage of my lax leadership style to serve their own ends. Now I've had it with this shit and it's going to stop one way or another.

SMC was never a democratic organization. I was not elected - I did the work and people came. It's a benign dictatorship and in my view it needs to stay that way in the interest of getting the work done. Too many cooks spoil the broth. I don't think people realize what's involved in conducting a successful meeting and I'm certain that you don't want to go through all the effort I do.

The themes for SMC are not arbitrary. There will never be a "seven favorite death metal songs" day in my club. Themes are carefully chosen to expose the players to a wide variety of songs, artists and genres. They are intended to stimulate thought and discussion, not only to be easy to pick songs for. The livejournal posts are each branded to make them easier to spot on your friends list and the dates are carefully chosen weeks in advance so that as many people as possible can participate. I supply a quality sound system and I use good equipment to record the results. I carefully transcribe the tracklist which involves looking up anything I can't read (and making a special effort *not* to credit the player with the artist's song) and I edit the the four and a half hour sound file so everyone will sound good and so the volume doesn't fluctuate wildly while you're listening to it. I estimate I spend between one and three hours before and after each SMC to make it happen and to deliver the goods.

I can't control what you do, but if attendance starts to wane because the group has a schism then I will wonder why I'm spending so much time on it and SMC as we currently know it will cease. If you really think you can do better, then fucking do it. If you invite me I will come to your event and be happy that I no longer have to invest my own valuable time in promotion, planning and technical ops.

If you like SMC as it is, then don't fuck with it. I'm asking you nicely - just wait until we can organize a real SMC event or else differentiate yourself signficantly from the event that I've built up. Don't fucking hijack the club. If you don't think it needs a leader then start your own club and throw it to the wind. If you want to make suggestions to improve the club, then I invite your comments - I listen and I do care about your opinions, but at the end of the day someone has to make the executive decisions and that will be me.

Thanks,
Self-declared leader of SMC
Alex

10:18: Phlashing and PDOS
(via /.)

12:53: I think I feel a girlfriend coming on.

10:45: Tiesto studio interview

(via sc)

08:54: Commute

( ...deliver me from the connector... )

18:58: Innocent kids juices: A visual poem.

( barely nsfw... )

17:04: Livin the surreal life fo real.
As I type this John Mark Karr is mowing my lawn. I swear to god.

18:27:
Upon arriving home tonight I found a bird in my bathroom. That's a little strange because both of the upstairs windows were closed and my roommate didn't know anything about it. I asked Molly what she saw but she was not forthcoming.

At first I thought it was dead but when I poked it with a broom it started flying around my bedroom. Apparently it wasn't dead, just stunned. Lovely bird, the Norwegian Blue. Beautiful plumage! I herded it into a plastic bag and let it go outside. It flew away immediately, apparently unharmed by its temporary imprisonment.

13:49: Seeking someone somewhere
Regular readers of my journal are aware that I'm moving soon. I'm torn between staying in East Atlanta, moving closer to work in Sandy Springs or splitting the difference on Howell Mill or thereabouts. I have to decide quickly though because I want to be moving in about two weeks. I've had a couple of bites on roommates but so far nothing solid. I may end up getting a cookie-cutter apartment off Roswell Road.

If I can't stay in the East Atlanta area I'll sure be sad to leave my friends in the hood behind. On the other hand I'll save tons of money and time and hair by ditching the commute. Quandry.

On a mostly unrelated note I just bought tickets to see Jon Stewart in a week or so. Now I just need a single girl to accompany me. I'm so ronery. I'm not even sure what I'm working so hard for anymore. I guess I'll be happy to be out of debt in the near future but what's the point of having disposable income if there's no one to go out with? I mean it's nice to have friends but I desperately need to feel a loving human touch again. I dream about it almost every night.

I can never shake this feeling that I'm looking for something, though I know full well that I'm as complete now as I'll ever be.

10:34: photobombing
(via metafilter)

16:37: Baby skydiving (Reuters video)

07:03:

15:01: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. -- Robert Hanlon

...and any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. - Shinmizu on /.

14:54: Buh?
When the Bush administration took office, it decided to replace the Lotus Notes-based e-mail system used under the Clinton Administration with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange. The transition broke compatibility with the old archiving system, and the White House IT shop did not immediately have a new one to put in its place.

Instead, the White House has instituted a comically primitive system called "journaling," in which (to quote from a recent Congressional report) "a White House staffer or contractor would collect from a 'journal' e-mail folder in the Microsoft Exchange system copies of e-mails sent and received by White House employees." These would be manually named and saved as ".pst" files on White House servers.
...
Payton claims that the White House is working on yet another archiving system. But until it's completed - and it's now looking increasingly unlikely that it will be operational before the end of the administration - the White House will lack an automated system for complying with the requirements of federal law.

16:50: Hired killers take note: I'll be at dollar sushi tonight from 7:30 til sometime. Someone come keep me company.

16:29: Musical nerd seeks roommates to share large house - $600/month
I am a 31 year old professional geek and musician who is looking for one or possibly two roommates to split the rent on a large house inside the perimeter (the location is somewhat flexible.) Each roommate should expect to pay around $600/month plus their share of the utilities but it might work out to less depending on the number of roommates and the house we pick.

I am also a DJ and I don't mind putting my turntables in a shared living space if my roommates want to learn to spin. That said I am very mindful of noise levels and I go to bed early most nights. I can also offer free computer help and repair if you ask nicely. I have one well-behaved cat who would get along fine with another cat but not with a dog.

I need to begin moving in about two weeks and I'd like to have the house picked out in the next 7-10 days, so if you are interested you need to get with me quickly. You should be planning to move in between May 15th and June 15th. You should either be a full-time student with rent taken care of or you should be on your current job for at least six months. You should be prepared to sign a one year lease and to pay a deposit equal to one month's rent if necessary.

In exchange I promise a clean, comfortable and luxurious living space for less rent than any of us could otherwise afford. Contact me immediately if interested!

18:19: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/apa/627572023.html