Saint Genevieve

It's been raining all day. I feel like I'm back in Portland.

I'm coming down from Austin also. I was just planning on using Mapquest to get there - I figure it's probably not super hard to find. (Famous last words...)

Blackhaw viburnum berries.

Black haw is useful for preventing miscarriage.

Songs from a Room was a melted puddle at the bottom of the oven, and I thought, God almighty, that's the ultimate rock star suicide. I can see the headline now: "Singer dies by fumes from Songs From a Room."

Philip Glass >>>>>>>>> Ira Glass

Tony Conrad > > > > > > > > Philip Glass

So after waiting a week, I called my possible future preceptor yesterday to see if she'd come to a decision about an apprenticeship. She was like, "Oh... oh, sorry, no, I haven't called your school yet" (to get references). "I'll do it tomorrow."

I've got some major stuff hinging on this decision (when I go back to Portland, when I take my national board exams, etc.) - can't she at least acknowledge that and hurry the fuck up?

Plus, I'm tired of being a slacker. I want to get on with my education, dammit. That's why I came here in the first place.

uh oh - "newest member" is "russian bride"

Sounds like the title of a Decemberists song.

I'm tired of being a slacker.

Also, I lost my last Netflix disc and I can't get any more movies until I find and return it.

The Sprawl - Sonic Youth

Sleeping on the Roof - Flaming Lips

The Man With the Lightbulb Head - Robyn Hitchcock

Love Me Till the Sun Shines - The Kinks

Your Wedding - Smog

The Sea Incertain - Gastr del Sol

Your Neck of the Woods - David Grubbs

All You Pretty Girls - XTC

Gun - Uncle Tupelo

In the Morning of the Magicians - The Flaming Lips

i don't get how fans of The Tain wouldn't like The Island really

Well, the Tain sorta has a storyline, and it was released on its own instead of being stuck into an album of shorter songs. Also it's just better in general IMO.

Finally we've isolated the root cause behind all school shootings and teen violence in general....

 

HARRY POTTER!!!!

"I can not recall any Harry Potter story line suggesting binding up young girls and callously shooting them. I do however recall a lot of slaughter in the bible. The second chapter deals with an awful amount of smiting."

if i had to pick a least fave song it'd prolly be The Perfect Crime... i dunno what it is about that one, but i tend to skip it already. reminds me of Genesis haha

 

it's not awful, but it's not a great track either.

Yeah, I don't like that one or "When the War Came" very much either... and I'm kind of iffy about the 12-minute prog-rock epic too. But everything else is fantastic.

Big Texas-style vibes.

If this turns into laws prohibiting possession, there will be a revolution and/or mass exodus.

Oh god.

Chocolate-covered Oreos = the new crack cocaine.

My upstairs neighbor is playing "I Know There's an Answer" by the Beach Boys, very very loudly.

My opossum is sleeping.

No, mine isn't one of the big gross possums you see run over in the middle of the street. Mine is a Brazilian short-tailed opossum.

Look, she discovered her wheel...

possums are from the marsupial family.

Opossums are marsupials too. This particular species has no pouch, though.

nerd>

very cool!

 

and do you pronounce the "o" or is it silent?

Apparently opossums and possums are two different types of animals. Opossums are from North and South America, and possums are from Australia. I had no idea.

Here's a picture of my opossum:

I just bought an opossum. She's eating apples right now.

My San Antonio ticket arrived today from MusicToday.

Holy shit, will I be meeting the legendary Big Perm?