Idle Musings

listening to "The Romantic Warrior - Return To Forever" on Blip

2009-02-24T03:23:04Z

One of the greatest jazz-rock tunes ever.

iTunes Meme

2009-02-21T20:37:31Z

Courtesy of singitsilent:

iTunes Meme.

Open your library (iTunes, iPod, etc)

Put it on shuffle

Press play

For every question, type the artist/song that’s playing

When you go to a new question, press the next button

Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…

Opening: Goodnight Ladies - Sonny Stitt

Waking Up: Claude & Betty - Gary Burton w/ Eberhard Weber

First Day of School: River Man – Brad Mehldau Trio

First Date: The Real Thing – Jill Scott

First Kiss: Hi-Fly – Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Falling in Love: Weird Nightmare – Jeremy Pelt

Fight Song: Pig – Dave Matthews Band

Breaking Up: I Get a Kick Out of You – Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet

Prom: Labor Day – John Patitucci

Life: Spiral – Terri Lyne Carrington, Adam Rogers, Jimmy Haslip, Greg Osby

Driving: Alone Together – Erin Bode

Flashback: Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto No. 30 in G major, RV 493 - Allegro – Daniel Smith & the English Chamber Orchestra

Wedding: Raven – Dave Matthews Band

Birth Of Child: It's Alright With Me – Johnny Griffin

Final Battle: Winky – Charlie Hunter Quintet

Death Scene: Mary Ann [alternate take] – Lou Donaldson

Funeral Song: Sea Journey – Gary Burton w/ Eberhard Weber

End Credit: Troublant Bolero – Biréli Lagrène & Gipsy Project

Your Theme Song: I Fall In Love Too Easily - Keith Jarrett Trio

Meme: Poetry

2009-02-03T17:10:17Z

From descant: When you see this, post your favorite poem in your journal.

Here's Robert Frost's “The Road Not Taken”:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Meme: 30 Questions!

2008-09-20T01:11:38Z

A meme gleaned from descant and absente's LJs. If you want the questions, leave me your email & I'll send them along.

1. Quality over quantity seems to be a theme
2. viellen
3. nah, I'm good
4. lenny818
5. mizzle
6. absente
7. spareanychange
8. spareanychange
9. descant
10. spareanychange
11. No idea
12. emmylicious
13. nobody on my list
14. Lousy question
15. I like everyone dressed as they are…
16. shmemily9
17. mizzle
18. Don't know any royalty
19. viellen
20. viellen
21. descant
22. nobody on my friend list
23. nobody on my friend list
24. nobody on my friend list
25. descant
26. descant
27. Still wondering about this one
28. descant, but only if it's the metal bikini ;)
29. descant
30. Memes are fun!

Just HAD to post this one

2008-04-15T04:59:41Z

Posting a link to my own blog on another blog of mine, but you've gotta check this tattoo!

gogo @ 2008-04-02T08:28:00

2008-04-03T01:32:41Z

definitely going out, as I have been way too much of a hermit lately.

gogo @ 2008-04-02T07:52:00

2008-04-03T00:56:41Z

on the train home from work. Maybe going out tonight, we'll see

gogo @ 2008-03-31T12:34:00

2008-03-31T17:38:24Z

trying out ping.fm, pretty nifty way to post to all your "statuses" at once!

For all my friends

2008-01-29T23:20:47Z

Oink no more

2007-10-23T21:41:15Z

'Tis a sad day for anyone who uses torrents: Oink no more

Oh memes

2007-08-02T17:31:38Z

Stolen gleefully from viellen

$3990.00

Mingle² - Free Online Dating

[EDIT]

And another one from mingle2.com

Free Online Dating

All you current and former Apple folks will love this one...

2007-05-24T21:24:17Z

Check it: Apple stores not "yourSpace"

Just funny.

2007-05-09T22:33:10Z

This is just funny stuff. Jealousy

Cool idea...

2007-04-24T05:43:15Z

Let's find out what most of us web worker folk are like:

Gotta love these direections

2007-04-21T17:58:35Z

Best. Directions. Ever. Check step 24. Google Maps

Just... just amazing

2007-04-19T19:06:22Z

This is absolutely awesome: Halo / Metroid Mashup. If you're a fan of either series (or, more likely, both, watch this!)

Live music tomorrow night!

2007-04-11T22:43:16Z

Hey to anyone who ever reads this, just finally getting back to posting semi-regularly in my blogs / social networking pages / etc. about my life.

Anyway, first thing up is that Boston Common is playing a gig at Paddy O's (HopStop directions & Google Map.) We party hard with the funky dance music all night; 21+, cover, music starts at 9pm & goes 'til 1:30am, so come on out!

As for my personal life, I'm going to be walking in Berklee's 2007 Commencement Ceremony, and will be finishing up school over the summer. It's been a long haul, but the end is nigh! Friends are coming in to town, and hopefully Chet will have a final show before we disperse to the winds. Keep an eye out for updates.

Berklee life...

2007-03-03T20:54:11Z

So yeah, here's a playlist of videos my buddy Will posted to YouTube, showing what life has been like with my friends for the last 5 years. Good Times™

Sweaty Balls

2007-02-27T01:19:30Z

The original holiday eatings.

What typography should be

2007-02-26T07:43:42Z

Required viewing, especially if you enjoyed Pulp Fiction; check it out folks: Say What Again motion typography

On the topic of blogging & websites

2007-02-23T07:15:27Z

Just wanted to let anyone who reads this that I'll be doing the majority of my blogging over at jeffbyrnes.net, with occasional more personal entries appearing here. Fear not though, I'll still be reading & commenting on your entries. Now, off to sleep.

Grammar are gooders

2007-01-25T20:35:26Z

Courtesy of the lovely Rebecca

Your Language Arts Grade: 100%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).

Are You Gooder at Grammar?
Make a Quiz

I'm SO frickin' unique

2007-01-23T07:30:24Z

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
10
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Nerdiness

2006-12-14T23:22:12Z

Courtesy of the lovely Rebecca:

1.) Where did you ring in 2006?
At home. The only time I've ever spent New Year's alone. Sucked; I'm not repeating that this year.

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
I actually started dating the girl I'm with now on V-Day this year

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
You betcha. Dragging myself through Berklee...hopefully done by the summer though!

4.) How did you earn your keep?
For most of it, I was slinging iPods & dodging crazy people at the Genius Bar, but now I'm making most of my money playing bass in a cover band and setting up machines at Apple's Boston Market Center

5.) Did you ever have to go to the hospital?
Nope, still can claim that!

6.) Did you ever encounter the police?
See above

7.) Where did you go on vacation?
Visited my folks at Thanksgiving, but occasionally took some time off from life and just vegged here at my place.

8.) What did you purchase that was over $300?
A new bass :-D It's a 1997 Warwick Fortress One, if you're curious at all :)

9.) Did you know anybody who got married?
My friend Lauren did! First close friend to get married... kinda crazy.

10.) Did you know anybody who died?
Nope. Always good.

11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated from high school with?
Not this year.

12.) Did you move anywhere?
For the first time in 4 years! Moved to a great new place in the Fenway; totally rocks!

13.) What sporting events did you go to?
Sports? What's that?

15.) Greatest movie you saw.
Casino Royale :-D

16.) Are you registered to vote?
Yep

17.) Where do you live now?
Boston (Fenway neighborhood)

18.) Describe your birthday?
Had a few random friends over, caused a ruckus, got my first noise complaint EVER (which I only learned about AFTER the management company fined me; they never did send me a letter about it.)

19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006?
Be in a 10-month (and still going!) relationship with a ridiculously awesome girl...
Oh, and quit my job at Apple (just got too nuts)

20.) What is one thing you regretted this year?
Not traveling more, & not finishing more classes...

21.) What's something you learned about yourself?
That I seriously need to get the fuck out of school and get a degree, or I'm gonna go nuts

22.) Any new additions to your family?
Nope!

23.) What was your best month?
Hard to say, they tend to blur...

24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by?
Eh? Oh, um... I guess Heroes? I dunno... I watch little TV (lacking cable) and don't listen to the radio...

25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (the shit)?
8.

Seduction Style

2006-11-29T22:46:35Z