-
when did victory start looking like defeat
so i was reading the new york times on the train down to dc, and the more i read about the senate passing the continued war funding bill, the more my blood boiled. now, maybe it’s shameless idealism that comes from watching and entire season of west wing in less than a week, but there […]
-
mo’ meta = mo’ betta’?
today was the day when i looked into all of these things the hip kids are doing on that thar’ interweb and, lo and behold, i’ve been missing out. last.fm is what i’ve been missing all of my life: an app/site that tracks my listening habits and recommends new music based on other listeners with […]
-
that was now, this is then; that was bourbon, this is gin…
“… and that’s how you know spring is sprung” (swan dive, catherine irwin). the uk was great to us, but it’s nice to be back in new york, and the weather is unbelievable. running around manhattan today, i remember that spring is when new york’s women put on their sandals and show off their collarbones […]
-
teaser/trailer
so, this isn’t the actual travelogue update that i wanted to post, but i haven’t had time to do anything more than make notes of the days so far to remind me of the details. but, a few details to go on for now: dave’s and my air india flight wasn’t nearly as bad as […]
-
one hundred least played
amongst the many things in my mac lifestyle that i love are things whose names start with “smart.” smart folders, smart searches, smart groups, and, most of all, smart playlists. a while back i had the idea to make a list to play the least-played songs in my iTunes library to try to avoid those […]
-
ny snow globe been good to me
the fluffy, slo-mo snow made up for the sub-zero wind chills. working in the east village again had the perk of constantly running into old friends, working in familiar places, and hanging out in old haunts. being in endless days of tech, working too many shows at once: these things made me feel like i’m […]
-
you’re a handsome devil. what’s your name?
watching grosse pointe blank and remembering how amazing it is. the sound supervision and editing blows me away (listen to when he walks in the ultimart for the first time). then realizing that i dreamt about dancing some ballet in my dream last night for some production that kevin moriarty was directing. very odd. and […]
-
credo
“if i can’t make it understandable, i might as well make it beautiful.” the more i think about what i said to alex the other night, the more true it seems to become. i guess there are worse words to live by as a designer.