underexposed
random musings of a neurotic
my friend Music
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.25.09 under soundtrack to life
I’ve misplaced my ipod. several days, weeks, or months ago. I can’t tell you when, exactly, because I haven’t really missed it, to tell you the truth. I realized it while driving around the other day, and it dawned on me that I haven’t even really felt like listening to anything lately. anyone who knows me knows that that’s just weird. I guess sometimes it just takes a cold, overcast, dark and gloomy late winter afternoon, preoccupied with affairs of the heart for me to remember and appreciate my old friend Music. in case you don’t know, Music is always good for some company when you don’t really feel like any. sometimes, it’s just the beauty and power in the song you’re hearing for the first time all over again that’s enough to make you feel like everything’s going to be okay. it’s a comfortable melancholy of sorts, the comfort subjective and varying, and sometimes altogether absent.
most effectively delivered by kinetically loud and enveloping transport, currently over-the-ear headphones. yes, like the ones your Dad used to have. the ones that made you look like Princess Leia. yeah, you know what I’m talking about, you little fairy.
the importance of a balanced breakfast
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.19.09 under etc.
I usually try to have a decent breakfast in the morning. I should probably reestablish a regular routine here in a bit whereby I include said balanced breakfast after a proper shower to restore consciousness.
this is what happens when I stray from that routine.
Session 2 - Carpet removed, started living space demo
[ 5 Comments ] Posted on 03.11.09 under home renovation
I’ve had two solid days over the weekend and two nights after work to work on the house. Here are the Session 2 Photos - 2 to 4 days worth of work; three weeks left on the clock… tick tock…
Over the weekend, I yanked out all the old stinky carpets and stacked it up in the garage temporarily. Got some good dust masks with the little exhalation valve, which makes these things a lot more comfortable to wear for extended periods. I probably should have opted for the hazmat clean suit though — ended up with some temporary irritation on my forearms from God knows what. Probably the microscopic residents fighting for their homes as Read the rest of this entry…
New Secret Hideout - aka Home Renovation For Irresponsible Adults
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.10.09 under home renovation
Well, I finally bit the bullet and bought a house. Just the culmination of several events, a cumulative nudge… off the edge of a cliff. Session 1 Photos - Day 1
The property was absolutely disGUSTing. Multiple stains on the carpets in every room, nasty bathrooms, dust and dirt EVERYwhere, nevermind the smell. I don’t know if the previous owners/tenants had wild dogs, or just dirty kids. Read the rest of this entry…
