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i want to talk about my skills for a moment – and yes, even tho it didn’t seem like napoleon dynamite made a huge impression on me, it apparently has, and it’s taken over my life…

i want to remind everyone of this site: http://www.andallthatcouldhavebeen.com/

for those who didn’t know me in 2002, trent reznor and his little known band nine inch nails released a live album, which in special edition, came with an ep of 4 reworked acoustic tracks, 4 new instrumentals, and 1 new song. it was called “still” and is perhaps one of the greatest recorded works of all time. not kidding here. i produced my record of 30something posts in one 24 hour period the day i got the album.

i don’t promise that i won’t do the same on may 3rd when the new album comes out. i may leave my blog up for the sole purpose of talking about trent reznor every day for the next 8 months. deal with it.

here’s where the skills come in. the above site houses 3 video clips, “the becoming”, “something i can never have” and “gone, still” – all acoustic, which means, trent playing piano, which means my ultimate trent fantasy. i highly suggest watching them for anyone who doubts that trent has any talent, that he just does everything on a computer (and a mac, at that), and for anyone who thinks nine inch nails is some screaming hardcore band (MY DAD even thought the “still” cd was good). the site is done in flash and i somehow managed to hack into it and steal the videos. GO ME. i didn’t realize the site was still up and running, so when i saw it, i was reminded of my computer hacking skills hahahahahahahah. i’m not sure i could do it again.

and in completely unrelated news (seriously) i’m considering spending 3 months (or until i run out of money) in europe. it has nothing to do with the fact that both u2 AND nin are playing in europe this summer. seriously. it doesn’t. that would be just a nice bonus to hit up a few shows along the way. trying to figure out feasability of it all…not sure what to do.

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my cell phone bill is around 50$ a month. it settled down when i switched to 750 text msgs for 10$, because i was always massively going over the 100 in my plan

this is how much i actually use my phone
out of 250 day time minutes i used 1
out of 5000 night and weekend minutes i used 6
and out of 750 txt msgs i used 22…

yeah. sooooooooo worth it 😛

and phil at work is the best. one day he randomly told me i seemed like the kind of person who still played original nintendo. which made us talk about nintendo for an hour. i mentioned bubble bobble and how it’s still expensive, and he stole it from his friend for me HAHA! i get it tomorrow. he had never played it before, and said i almost didn’t get it cuz he had fun playing haha.

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well since i’m back up i might as well post.

the next thing on my list of weird things i want is a fortune telling machine…like the zoltar machine from the movie “big”. apparently i have a thing for old vending machine things….

i had a dream that i had a baby. it was really miniature, i’m talking, hand size…and all it did was sleep and i changed it once a day and that was about it. i watched a show on discovery yesterday about the rapid aging disorder (forget the real name) where kids age like 7 years a year. they were saying the 13 year old that was on the show was equivalent to a 70 year old…and i’m so selfish, i’d hate to have a kid with some kind of disorder – any kind of disorder, retardation, down syndrome, conjoined twins, anything. i would hate it. i want to go see jenn and the baby but i’ve been sick all weekend so i probably should wait.

i’m supposed to be at a hair appt right now but i’m skipping it, obv. i’ll reschedule closer to reno so i can do my hair crazy and not have to worry about work…

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trent is playing reno in march, and if i can get tickets to the show on saturday i am going to reno. and maybe i can find myself a job. it’s a wednesday so technically i don’t even need to take off of work.

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from yahoo, article regarding “lovesickness” becoming a diagnosed condition: Symptoms can include mania, such as elevated moods and inflated self-esteem, depression, or obsessive compulsive disorder, such as repeatedly checking for e-mails

LOL that totally made me laugh out loud. you mean that’s not normal? everyone i know repeatedly checks for emails when they like someone LOL. DONT DENY IT.

had a cast of characters in my section tonight including a guy with tourettes, and the rubberface man who tags named “jim carrey’s father”. it was an interesting night.

the end.

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went to see jenn in the hospital today and see little megan. they made me hold her, so first time holding a baby is off the checklist haha. going to go see her tomorrow since i’ll be downtown at 1 for a meeting. the baby is healthy and everything is fine despite being so early, so all is good

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jenn is now in the hospital, leaking fluid. probably going to have the baby next week. i’m going to try to go visit her tomorrow afternoon if i can find out when visiting hours are.

put my show together today, i just have to sign the things and come up with an artist statement that isn’t just “i am not an artist”. one of my players who thinks i’m hot is going to try to switch shifts next week to come to the opening. haha.

went to see brian’s pics in the CEPA gallery show before work today. it was cool. there was some crap stuff (including 2 exclusive exhibits by resident artists or something) but alot of good stuff too. and i had never been there before, and i didn’t get a parking ticket tho i parked in a no standing zone.

i re-bought “the fragile” the other day since i gave mine to lei for xmas. i’m really not going to get into it, because in 3 months you’ll be hearing enough about trent and how incredible nine inch nails is(are?), but….really…it really astounds me how perfect that record is, and how he is able to so accurately describe what i think/feel. if anyone wants to know how i feel right now, go listen to that album. it had been such a long time since i listened to it in it’s entirety that it almost made me cry because some of the lines are just so perfect. gah….3 more months…

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Jenn has run into some complications and is not going to be able to carry the baby full term. she could have it this week, but they are trying to wait to take it out til next week. she postponed her shower, so now i’ll have all of next weekend off of work again. she didn’t seem all that upset when i talked to her yesterday, but it’s still not a good thing. hopefully everything will be ok.

and for shameless self promotion

My gallery show opens on February 12th, from 6-9pm at:
Artsphere Studio
466 Amherst Street (between elmwood and grant)
buffalo, ny
It runs through March 19th. hours are thurs & fri 12-5pm and saturday 11-3pm

please come so that SOMEONE shows up haha.

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Napoleon Dynamite: This is pretty much the worst video ever made.
Kip: Napoleon, like anyone can even know that.

i think you gotta see the movie to appreciate that….but believe me, so funny.

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well….i got 2 tickets to u2’s 3rd boston show, which was added 10 minutes after the 2nd boston show sold out.

of course, we needed 5 tickets.

so i’m not entirely excited about it at the moment. have to rely on the band’s word that there will be a 3rd leg of the tour in the US in the fall….

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