How Soon Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?

Looking forward to a new year in a few hours, which I'm spending by myself, sitting in front of my computer screen with a frosty beverage. So this woman from my class that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, the one I couldn't stop thinking about and how I blew it. I made a mix CD and sent it to her, per suggestion of my friend K. K said she's never met a woman that wouldn't respond to "such a romantic gesture." Well apparently I have! I sent it so she would get it before Christmas and being over a week since it's been in her possession with no contact from her, I suppose it wasn't meant to be. Sure I'm disappointed, but I can move forward. It's a new year, full of possibilities and opportunity and unexpected surprises!

Transit Strike

I can't imagine what it was like getting around the city today. Fortunately when I was there, most places I needed to go were within walking distance.
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Song sites face legal crackdown

Where will the copyright police stop? With all the file-sharing issues finally being somewhat resolved, now they're going after people who archive guitar tabs and lyrics. What if I want to learn a song by somebody who hasn't put out a book of sheet music? I find most internet tabs to be marginally correct, but who has the time to transcribe a song and rehearse when the gig's in a couple of days! Music is one of my hobbies. If I have to buy a book to learn every song I hear, I'd probably get rid of my gear and build birdhouses!
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Song sites face legal crackdown

What's In My CD Player?

Okay, Weezer's "Make Believe" is currently banished to the back of the CD cabinet. Recent spins include:

U2- Best Of 1980-1990
Jeff Buckley- Grace
Derek and the Dominos- Layla (and other assorted love songs)
Paste Magazine Sampler- Issue #19 (Fiona Apple on cover)

Mona Lisa Smiles!

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Revelation

Listening to Weezer's "Make Believe" for the second day in a row made me realize one thing. I'm not nearly as pathetic as the character in those songs. Sure the first verse of "Perfect Situation" sums up my situation at the moment, it's not entirely my fault. I didn't ask this girl out when I really wanted to, but she could've asked me out as well. So there's no reason for me to mope around, thinking I fucked things up for myself!

Perfect Situation

Story of my life, I find the most interesting girl I've met in the last few years and I let her slip through my fingers. Maybe I should've gone to Harvard like Rivers Cuomo so I could write lyrics like this.

"What's the deal with my brain?
Why am I so obviously insane?
In a perfect situation
I led love down the drain

There's the pitch, slow and straight
All I have to do is swing and I'm a hero
But I'm a zero" -Perfect Situation Weezer 2005

Life In Turmoil

Let's see. I met this girl in my photography class. She's really nice and smart and pretty and I'd like to get to know her better, but I kind of dropped the ball. When I realized I wanted to see her, the anxiety got to me so I couldn't bring myself to really talk with her. Before my last class this past week, I went out to dinner with a group from the class. After hoisting a pint, my anxiety was gone and I was ready to tell her how I feel. Unfortunately, she didn't make it to class and I'm left here wondering what I should do. I feel like a nervous schoolboy again!

25th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death

It's difficult to express in words how it felt to be a kid glued to the radio, saddened by the loss of a man who's music you just discovered through your friend's sister's record collection.

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