my good buddy perezhilton posted about linkin park a few days ago, comparing their new video to NIN…saying that NIN had “been there, done that” ages ago. well the video had been taken offline so i didn’t get to watch it until now.the video…holy crap if the beginning piano wasn’t reminiscent of something i can never have. but then the vid didn’t seem to compare much, i was thinking it was something akin to the closer video. until I got 40 seconds in, and i swear to god that’s the same clip NIN used in the projections during “right where it belongs” on the with teeth tour. the flame thrower guy. and suddenly everyone is “aware” of…whatever…politics, environment, darfur, whatever…beyond that i see no resemblance.

4 days back at work and i think i’m getting sick already. the mood at work was slightly as if nothing had happened, but slightly not. it wasn’t being talked about as much as i had expected it to be. it was busy and no players (though i didn’t have many) said anything about it, no news crews or anything. mentioned it with a few people, but beyond that, no one was talking. they’ve left hand outs in employee areas for how to deal with traumatic events, and info on the employee assistance program. it really didn’t affect our shift beyond knowing who it was…

and i am related to this guy. he was a pro baseball player, played for the yankees. i think it’s funny that there is a poem about him, and a sound clip of announcers talking about him. i decided to google image search my last name…he comes up before me or my parents do…and also something comes up that appears to be one of vincent van goghs childhood drawings