Posted on January 6, 2002 at 9:50 pm | No Comments
Y’know, it’s crazy how quickly a week goes by when you have a job. Well, when you have a job that actually gives you work to do, that is. The workday disappears and the desire to type on a keyboard when you get home disappears right along with it. So here I am on a Sunday night while Alias and the X-Files are heading straight to videotape, and Amie is in the bedroom watching Sex and the City (no thank you).
Some background: When I first moved into this place, I discovered our upstairs neighbors had the horrible habit of going downstairs below our kitchen and smoking up a storm. Yup, our kitchen fills with smoke because they don’t want their own place to smell like it. Bitches. We could hear every stupid word that came out of their smelly, brown-stained mouths. So loud. Well, one call to the landlord took care of that problem.
Flash forward to earlier this evening: Upstairs freaks are downstairs again, flapping their gums, making some plans. You see… I sort of cleaned the area they used to smoke in. Big mistake. The words I heard them speak: “Y’know, this area would be great if we put a rug down and ran an extension cord from the kitchen. Yeah, that’d work out real nice.”
Well, uh… no it won’t, you vile, flabby whores.
I just finished cleaning it even more, moving some of my stuff into the area. Marking the territory. Just let ’em try. They already have us under seige from above, they will not take our lower flank. I don’t want to have to resort to the landlord again (makes me feel like a rat), so hopefully a little fortification will avoid it. Or maybe they were
just talking out of their oversized asses and nothing will come of it. We’ll see.
Ok, enough of that negative stuff. They cannot break me.
Link time!
hackinthebox
My boss hooked me up with this site for the latest security news. Sweet.
The Excruciating Records of Morgan Chase
Morgan randomly emailed me and told me the coolest story of coincidence, music, love, and things in common. Go visit him.
Hairy situations
Apparantly I’ve jumped on a beard trend. Al Gore, Me, Tom McManamon, Bledsoe. Sheesh. Get on the beard train, everyone! Well, ok, not everyone. Stay away from the train, ladies.
Ok, time to hit the hay. Snowstorm tonight. Well, so they say. I know it’ll end up being just rain. Liars. Hopefully I’ll find time to write sooner than next weekend. And I’m sure all of you will be holding your breath waiting. Yeah.
[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2001
Posted on January 1, 2002 at 8:39 pm | No Comments
So…. welcome to 2002. or ‘2k2’ as the cool kids are calling it.
This year is starting off fairly well… a long day, a good workout, and a lot accomplished. I feel like I really have things in order for the first time in a long time. Good to get through the holidays in one piece. Now it’s back to work, new routines, and Also-Rans practice. Bring on the e.p…
Ok… the time has come for…
Brad’s Best of 2001
These lists are tough, but I’ve come up with 10 movies, tv shows, cds, and comics… plus some personal events that mark the year for me. It’s pretty pointless to put them in numerical order, so I’ll just list them randomly. Let’s start with…
Top 10 Movies of 2001…
Lord of the Rings
Royal Tennenbaums
Amelie
Happy Accidents
Ghost World
Mulholland Drive
Memento
The Dish
The Others
Waking Life
honorable mention… Novocaine & Moulin Rouge
Top 10 CDs of 2001…
The Album Leaf – ‘One Day I’ll Be On Time’
The New Year – ‘Newness Ends’
Unwound – ‘Leaves Turn Inside You’
Jimmy Eat World – ‘Bleed American’
Sparklehorse – ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – ‘The Tyranny of Distance’
American Analog Set – ‘Know By Heart’
Rival Schools – ‘United by Fate’
Ida – ‘the Braille Night’
Death Cab for Cutie – ‘Photo Album’
honorable mention … Juno – ‘A Future Lived in Past Tense’
Curve – ‘Gift’, and the Kingsbury Manx – ‘Let You Down’
Top 10 TV shows of 2001…
24
Buffy
Amazing Race
the Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Samurai Jack
Adult Swim
Invader Zim
Angel
Enterprise (every other episode)
honorable mention… Boston Public (end of last season, but no longer)
the Practice (end of last season, but not lately), Malcolm in the Middle,
and X-Files (this season, after the premiere)
Top 10 Comics of 2001…
Warren Ellis’ work – (Planetary, Transmet, and Ministry of Space)
Brian Michael Bendis’ work (Powers and Ultimate Spider-Man)
Hitman – a well done wrap up by Garth Ennis
Queen and Country
Alan Moore’s Top 10
Daredevil : Yellow (pleasantly surprised)
Couscous Express
Fray
Authority (before it lost it’s way)
the Lone Wolf & Cub reprints
Top 10 Boston-area Live Shows of 2001…
American Analog Set
Ted Leo
Trembling Blue Stars
Low
Kristin Hersh
the New Year
Pilot to Gunner
May Day at Fort Apache
Red House Painters
Juno
honorable mention… Pedro the Lion, the Music
at Eric and Ellie’s BBQ, Mary Timony, and Wheat.
and lastly…
My Top 15 Personal Moments of 2001…
Finally releasing the ‘My Life or Some Dream’ CD Compilation.
Getting Neil, Mike, Nick, and Zarra together in Boston.
Whitewater rafting on the Kennebeck river in Maine.
Getting laid off, which led to a great new job with IDX.
Recording at Fort Apache with the Also-Rans, and playing our first ever shows.
Martha’s Vineyard with Amie, Mom, Dad, Kate, and Jim.
Discovering the super-cool folks on the WEF and WFE.
Nights at Charlie’s with the aforementioned forum friends.
Hanging with old friends at Jim Lamberti’s wedding.
Seeing Dennis Lehane read from Mystic River in Concord.
Feeding the squirrels in Boston Common.
Seeing Steve Martin speak at the Novocaine premiere.
Finally realizing that Boston has become my home.
and outranking all others…
…marrying Amie on a rainy day in May, and having a rock
and roll wedding party with our friends on a June afternoon.
One of the best years of my life so far. Here’s hoping 2002 measures up…
-b