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I'm listening to the self-titled "Presidents of the United States" album while clinging desparately to the last remaining theads of interest I still have in this whole undergrad thing. This album was the theme song of our 9th grade Washington... Keep reading this entry »
That was one heck of a weekend. On Friday night a pack of Woochers got together at Jon's Secret Place, a beautiful rock ridge at the top of a cliff, overlooking Duluth, Superior and the Lake. We uprooted dead trees,... Keep reading this entry »
Things are gonna get rocky here for a little bit, as my latest weblog redux is released into the wild and tries to get acclimated. Bear with, if you please.... Keep reading this entry »
"You know you, you give me somethin'Somethin' that nobody else can giveAnd my heart started thumpin' You know now you're the one I truly know I dig." - Jamiroquai Somehow I have to figure out how to get the [br/]... Keep reading this entry »
Currently blogging on Mozilla, within the X Window System of Linux. This is too cool for words. The words will come later, no doubt.... Keep reading this entry »
This morning I installed Linux Redhat 9 on a second bootable partition on my computer. If you came up to me two weeks ago during Geek Prom and told me that I would be installing Linux in the near future... Keep reading this entry »
A lot of people approach me on the sidewalk and ask, "Why should I read your weblog?" I always find myself standing dumbly for a moment, wondering where the heck this person came from and where I'm going to find... Keep reading this entry »
Most of you probably won't notice any difference, but I've tweaked the stylesheet a little bit to be kinder to less-forgiving browsers like Opera. While Internet Exploder is a great little browser for people that love security holes and such,... Keep reading this entry »
I just got back from Wooch! movie night, and was greeted by the third and last install CD for Linux Redhat 9, freshly downloaded to my desktop. I was also greeted by a silverfish. On my excursion to the Cities... Keep reading this entry »
The nice thing about rain is that it's rhythmic. It implies movement. Tiny streams turn into echoes when they disappear down storm drains. Rain drops shimmer in puddles lit by streetlamps, popping in and out of existence like Hawking's virtual... Keep reading this entry »
::TONIGHT ONLY:: The Spontaneous Combustion Jazz Sextet Live at Pizza Luce, Downtown Duluth April 18, 2003 10:00 PM The band's ::LAST SHOW EVER:: with Mr Dane PetersEn. Brian Perez is sure to be there, too. Trust me, you don't know... Keep reading this entry »
As promised, some pictures from my jaunt down to Park Point last week.... Keep reading this entry »
I'm gonna start a record company that doesn't exist, that produces webpages and t-shirts for bands that don't exist. A few featured bands will be Billy and the Grazing Phalli, No Nuts to Tuck, The Trigger Hippies, Not Pot, the... Keep reading this entry »
Three days ago it was sunny and 70 degrees outside. Yesterday sharp gristles of ice fell from the sky amid nasty winds. Last night I played my last big band concert of my UMD academic career. Today it looks like... Keep reading this entry »
Sun Ra: Dude. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is fucked up. Sun Ra: Wonka keeps dropping acid. Sun Ra: And that creepy janitor guy at the beginning? His janitor cart has a broom, a dust pan, an IV drip... Keep reading this entry »
Computers are pissing me off right now and I need to rant and rave a little bit about the trials and tribulations of web design. I know this rant will alienate 99.9 percent of my readers, but you can make... Keep reading this entry »
Less than three hours until Christopher T. Fahey revolutionizes the world of music with his senior recital. Haven't you heard? Monday April 14th. 9:00. Weber Music Hall. Sunny Wicked will be playing their original alt-rock stylings that you have all... Keep reading this entry »
Not much new around here. Over the weekend I switched my default browser to Opera, as IE is way too forgiving when it comes to stylesheets and I found myself writing sloppy code and not catching it. Unfortunately, Opera skips... Keep reading this entry »
Man Planet is on and the geek arms are flailing. I needed beer so I picked up a Harp lager for $3.75. Most people here aren't geeky enough to sit at the computers and play LAN games while there's live... Keep reading this entry »
Besides working at geek prom, there's probably nothing geekier than blogging at geek prom. Remember in high school how only the lame kids were the ones on the prom planning committee? How bad is it when you're out of high... Keep reading this entry »
I've been busy working my kiester off for Geek Prom the last two days. ...scrubbed down some harlequins, wore my fingers raw tying balloons to string, got lost in the attic of the Norshor after my flashlight burned out, built... Keep reading this entry »
Things have been running pretty dry 'round here as of late. School has been granting me repeated atomic wedgies with such delicious repetition that I hardly even notice the funny walk, anymore. Our jazz sextet has been playing Wednesday late-night... Keep reading this entry »
Did you bite into the psychic watermelon?... Keep reading this entry »
Write 5-7 page essay analyzing the DHTML website Assember.org. Somehow work in the "Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace," just so I can put on a resume somewhere down the road that I wrote an essay on the erotic ontology of cyberspace.... Keep reading this entry »
The Spontaneous Combustion Jazz Sextet Live at the downtown Duluth Pizza Luce Wednesday, April 9, 2003 11:00 PM (HEADLINING, BABY) Whenever I think of propaganda I think of Propagandhi (which is actually the name of a band that Rockstar introduced... Keep reading this entry »
I redid the splash page 'round here, which is always a guilty pleasure because web design books encircling the globe in a glistening ring of detritus all agree that splash pages are the worst evil you could ever wish upon... Keep reading this entry »
I got a new keyboard over the weekend, as my old one had become infected with orange juice, candle wax and hissy-fits while using Adobe Premiere. One time I hit the keyboard so hard two keys flew off. I never... Keep reading this entry »
The other day I ordered a few matt pond PA cds from Polyvinyl Records. If you are not familiar (and many aren't), matt pond PA is a "chamber pop" group, where the standard rock band line-up is complemented by two... Keep reading this entry »
Tonight we're poking around a bit under the U.S. Copyright Office website. Oh look, they have an Frequently Asked Questions section. I'm sure that this will contain pertinent information for my property rights essay. Let's take a look at question... Keep reading this entry »
Our gig went very well. I managed to sweat all the way through my wetsuit by the end of "You Don't Know Brian Perez." The crowd was kind, so I was never forced to strip down to my Speedo. They... Keep reading this entry »
Given our latest composition, "You Don't Know Brian Perez," I think the music of Spontaneous Combustion is moving in this direction.... Keep reading this entry »
I went to the library at 8:30, tonight. Not long after, I started feeling kind of tired. I checked my watch and it was a quarter to midnight. That explains something. Check it out: THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. THE SPONTANEOUS... Keep reading this entry »