| It's Official |
[29 Jul 2005|01:50pm] |
What's next?
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| Red Haven's On Fire |
[10 Jul 2005|02:18pm] |
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"Red Rain" - Peter Gabriel |
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As I turned from Highway 50 this afternoon driving back to Denver, I looked south to see plumes of smoke billowing from the forest southeast of my hometown. Another summer, another forest fire close to home.
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| Calendar |
[07 Jul 2005|04:02pm] |
September 11, 2001 - New York
October 12, 2002 - Bali, Indonesia
March 11, 2004 - Madrid
July 7, 2005 - London
When will this madness end?
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| Maptacular |
[19 Jun 2005|09:35am] |
Create your own personalized map of where you have been in the USA.
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| "Supervision" |
[15 Jun 2005|03:17pm] |
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People pay surprisingly well for seven hours of watching a hole in the ground.
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[11 May 2005|01:17am] |
The people that end up touching your life the most are often the last people you expect.
Life is funny like that.
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| These Days |
[04 May 2005|10:36pm] |
A long mix as these New York days come to an end.
1. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes" - Beck
2. "Motorcycle Drive By" - Third Eye Blind
3. "On the Turning Away" - Pink Floyd
4. "Leaving New York" - R.E.M.
5. "The Only Living Boy in New York" - Simon and Garfunkel
6. "State I'm In" - Rockwell Church
7. "Stay or Leave" - Dave Matthews
8. "Pretty Angry" - Blues Traveler
9. "Evaporated" - Ben Folds Five
10. "Where Are You Going" - Dave Matthews Band
11. "February" - Dar Williams
12. "When I Fall (Live)" - Barenaked Ladies
13. "Still Fighting It" - Ben Folds
14. "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin" - Colin Hay
15. "Surrounded" - Chantal Kreviazuk
16. "The Scientist" - Coldplay
17. "Fred Jones, Part 2" - Ben Folds
18. "Last Great American" - Five For Fighting
19. "Meaning" - Gavin DeGraw
20. "He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother" - Rufus Wainwright
21. "Close Your Eyes" - Jump Little Children
22. "Sweet Afton" - Nickel Creek
23. "At My Most Beautiful" - R.E.M.
24. "This Year's Love" - David Gray
25. "Goodbye To You" - Michelle Branch
26. "Time Of Your Life" - Green Day
27. "One More For Love" - Five For Fighting
28. "Amsterdam" - Coldplay
29. "The Trapeze Swinger" - Iron and Wine
30. "I Will Not Take These Things For Granted" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
31. "The Luckiest" - Ben Folds
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| Alice Cooper was right |
[02 May 2005|06:37pm] |
School's out for summer
School's out forever.
What a thought.
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| All of That |
[28 Apr 2005|08:42am] |
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"The Great Beyond" - R.E.M. |
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Priceless. An email from my friend Michael:
Last night on Nickelodeon was the tenth aniversary of All That and to celebrate they had a lot of the original cast on the show. Kennan and Kel were there to reprise their beloved roles of Coach Kretin, and Super Dude amoung others. The very annoying and very guidoesque kid with dark hair and pale face, who always took his acting directions from a bootleg copy of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." The charming and baneful little girl who played Ross Perot and Roseanne Barr with the help of prosthetics and raw talent. Also in attendance was that firery waif Danny Tamberrielle clicking his (now) morbidly obese heals together.
That clicking, although joyful to the heart gave way to a sadness as I realized 'twas a hole in the happy gathering on television, and that was quite literally so, the beautiful, boxom Lori Beth Denberg, equally as fiery as Danny and equally (to the 12 power) as obese was not in attendance at All That's momentus reunion. Lori Beth Denberg, or LB Den, as she was once fondly named had a way with the camera that could only be put as "breathtaking" Sashaying, hither and dither with a turkey in her hands, speaking bluntly to an audience from across a card board desk, and playing straight man to a fantastically large ear of corn were the Highlights of her wild but brief 6 year contractual tenure on Nickelodeon's All That. Despite all of the joy and laughs bestowed upon me by "All That's 10th Anneversary Special," I still felt the vast and cavernous flower patterned hole left by none other than LBD.
I'll always remember you Big Mama, flow back to the sea...
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| It Is Finished |
[27 Apr 2005|06:28pm] |
Six months of interviewing, transcribing, reading, analyzing, and writing, have all led to this moment.
36 single-spaced pages, 13,644 words.
My thesis is complete.
The whole day had a kind of "graduation" feel to it. The sage-like advice of Aaron Brown at my internship, the appreciative farewells of the staff, the conversations with the apartment brokers, and taking these pieces of paper, placing them in a notebook, and closing its black leather cover.
The end of another day.
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[26 Apr 2005|10:42am] |
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My khakis earned approval from Inspector Number 03.
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| Usage |
[24 Apr 2005|06:51pm] |
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"In Between Days" - Ben Folds |
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I'd like to give a special shoutout to Harvard's Amee Chew for showing me how to properly align my thesis in its binder, when that glorious day comes.
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| Screw the Summer Movies |
[24 Apr 2005|01:14pm] |
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"Landed" - Ben Folds |
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In the span of one upcoming month, there are new CDs from Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, and Ben Folds, to be followed at an undetermined time and date by a new posthumous Johnny Cash album.
I suppose that says a lot about the eclectic way I live.
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| Windowpane |
[07 Apr 2005|10:44pm] |
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"A Quick One While He's Away" - The Who |
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It's been a long time since rain smelled this good.
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| Live |
[29 Mar 2005|05:59pm] |
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Because I work at CNN and often see the hosts of shows, I perpetually have this daydream of sharing an elevator with Larry King wherein he turns to me and says, "We'll go now to Roger in New York, New York... hello?"
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| Irony |
[29 Mar 2005|11:27am] |
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"Golden Slumbers" - The Beatles |
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While taking a walk this morning, I passed by the grand headquarters for the New York Society of Carpenters. Their building is made of brick. I grinned.
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| Another Wedding Invitation in the Mail |
[28 Mar 2005|11:37pm] |
From another old friend from high school.
This happens a lot.
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| A Metaphor for Something |
[28 Mar 2005|05:48pm] |
Typically, the phone on my desk at work has a readout of what lines are in use, what lines are open, what number is calling in, etc.
Today, the screen simply reads "Discovering..."
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[28 Mar 2005|09:56am] |
Perhaps the favorite feature of my iPod is that it always seems to know what I'm doing, and plays a song appropriate for the occasion.
Like this morning, when I was wandering the aisles of K-Mart looking for shower curtains, and it began to play "Bad to the Bone."
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| Thanks, That Was Fun |
[27 Mar 2005|11:13pm] |
The washing machine shredded my shower curtain.
These are things that only happen to me.
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