Where were you when the sun went down on that Autumn day

E-word,

Sorry for neglecting our log. I've started a couple entries, but had them fizzle out about a tenth of the way in. I'm working on a take home midterm, and it absorbs most of my attention through out the day. I need to be more balanced with regards to school. I have one last problem to do tonight, but I have to start rewriting the previous problems.

That spamusement thing is pure genius, btw, and I'm also glad you're feeling better. Spring can't roll around soon enough, this overly long winter is bringing us all down.

Today I met my friend M@ for lunch, and he's a good bit younger at 25, so young that I sometimes get surprised by it. We talked about music a little bit, and I told him my point of view that searching out new music is a young man's game, and he told me he'd be surprised if he wasn't searching out music when he was older. On reflection, I think I realized that what made me really stop looking for new bands is that honestly only about 5% of anything new I hear is something I'll listen to in a year, and I'm too cranky and impatient nowadays to dig through the crap to find the very VERY few gems. I can rattle off a shit ton of music that was hot-ish when it came out that now I think is either remarkably lame or just unmemorable. The very first one that pops to mind is the Promise Ring. The Promise Ring?!? I mean, really.

I did recently buy 'Small Change' by Tom Waits, along with 'Electr-o-Pura' by Yo La Tengo. 'Small Change' is remarkable, by the way. I love hearing stuff like this for the first time, these great records that aren't really hidden, but are still new and amazing to me.

I'm listening to the Orchids right now. I love this music, it's like a page out of my history, back when I was a twee little indie popper. I think of who I am now, and it's kind of funny to me that I loved and listened to this pussified music, considering that I don't think I look like a twee pussified person.

Anyway, I hope this outburst means I'll stop being so lame about updating.