Convolution 3
Before D became a full-fledged restaurant manager, she would typically see to it that she had Sundays off, and that day was always our "Chill Out And Spend Time Together" day. Sadly, her increased responsibility doesn't allow for such luxuries, and it's extremely rare that we have a day off at the same time. Today was such a day, though, and it was very nice. We had a lazy Sunday afternoon meal at Gingham's, where I had my new favorite breakfast food, a bastardized-by-request version of two of their omelettes, which we have taken to calling "the lovechild omelette". It is filled with ham, celery, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and other such things you commonly find wrapped in eggs. Later, a pleasant excursion to Best Buy, where I picked up a stack of DVD+R's, an 80 gig hard drive, and Champions of Norrath for the PS2. She picked up new albums by Interpol and The Features.
The Features, for those of you not familiar, are from Sparta, TN (USA), and are thus from "my neck of the woods", as the kids don't say these days. Denise and I have been spouting their virtues for a few years now, having been introduced through a mutual friend (and co-worker of Denise's) in Knoxville. Fans of The WhiteStripesVinesStrokesHivesEtc take note, the Features are similar in many ways to that lo-fi conglomerate, but they've been at it longer, do it better, and any one of their songs has more personality than MTV's entire Buzz Bin rotation (excluding the Features themselves, should they show up there, as that could potentially bring about a recursive infinite loop of coolness, thus causing the collapse of irony and thrift-store sweaters). They are in a sense like the Flaming Lips, in that their songs are likely to bring you pure joy, without overtly trying to do so. If you enjoy the indie rock at all, "Exhibit A" is a must-listen, which can conveniently be arranged, to an extent, at their site. While washing dishes and listening to them, I mentioned to Denise that it was like they had an effect pedal which let them crank out pure awesomeness. Go forth and find your bliss, as my dad has been known to say.
It was of course great to see Adam, and JoLynn, whom I had only spoken to for a couple of minutes at Simucon 2004. She was a thoroughly enjoyable young lady, pleasant and easy to converse with. All in all, I ate and drank way too much, and had a very good time with good people, who I wish were in town more often.
Tomorrow, in accordance with the prophecy, that new hard drive I mentioned will be going into the Tivo, both to increase the recording time, and give me a backup so that I may play with telnet and FTP on said Tivo. Wish me luck.
The Features, for those of you not familiar, are from Sparta, TN (USA), and are thus from "my neck of the woods", as the kids don't say these days. Denise and I have been spouting their virtues for a few years now, having been introduced through a mutual friend (and co-worker of Denise's) in Knoxville. Fans of The WhiteStripesVinesStrokesHivesEtc take note, the Features are similar in many ways to that lo-fi conglomerate, but they've been at it longer, do it better, and any one of their songs has more personality than MTV's entire Buzz Bin rotation (excluding the Features themselves, should they show up there, as that could potentially bring about a recursive infinite loop of coolness, thus causing the collapse of irony and thrift-store sweaters). They are in a sense like the Flaming Lips, in that their songs are likely to bring you pure joy, without overtly trying to do so. If you enjoy the indie rock at all, "Exhibit A" is a must-listen, which can conveniently be arranged, to an extent, at their site. While washing dishes and listening to them, I mentioned to Denise that it was like they had an effect pedal which let them crank out pure awesomeness. Go forth and find your bliss, as my dad has been known to say.
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Last night, I met up with Adam, his girlfriend JoLynn, and Gary from the office at Ozzie's, a sports bar in Westport. The charbroiled salmon I had was amazingly good, and the Jägerbomb I downed immediately upon arriving was a source of great wonder and amusement to the cluster of 40-something ladies at the next table. Soon after, we hopped next door to the Drunken Fish for a change of scenery. The Drunken Fish was cool, although borderline pretentious (more due to the patrons than the staff, although they had a live DJ). The sushi was decent, and I forgot how potent wasabi can be, which led to some drumming of the feet and crying of the eyes. Denise showed up just as we were paying there, so we walked back to Ozzie's to find it closing, before ending up at Llewelyn's, where I had my 30th birthday party last year.It was of course great to see Adam, and JoLynn, whom I had only spoken to for a couple of minutes at Simucon 2004. She was a thoroughly enjoyable young lady, pleasant and easy to converse with. All in all, I ate and drank way too much, and had a very good time with good people, who I wish were in town more often.
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We just saw Kill Bill Vol 2, and I think I enjoyed it more than the first. In case you haven't seen it, I'll not spoil anything, but there was more character development and less outright gore. I have no problem with outright gore, but I prefer it when mixed with substance.Tomorrow, in accordance with the prophecy, that new hard drive I mentioned will be going into the Tivo, both to increase the recording time, and give me a backup so that I may play with telnet and FTP on said Tivo. Wish me luck.
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