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Thelifeofme http://www.thelifeofme.com For the life of me I cannot remember Wed, 06 May 2009 02:22:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Janis Ian Janis Ian is a hell of a song writer. "NOW THE STARS ARE NAILED TO AN EMPTY SKY THE MOON IS PINNED LIKE A BUTTERFLY AND I’M AFRAID TO SHINE TOO BRIGHT SINCE THE DAY THEY TOOK HIS LIFE SO MOTHERS, TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THIS DON’T OVERREACH, DON’T RUN THE RISK HIDE IN THE SHADOWS, DON’T EXPECT YOUR ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2009/05/05/janis-ian/ A couple of work-related sketches. http://www.thelifeofme.com/2009/01/04/159/ Zombies! http://www.thelifeofme.com/2009/01/04/158/ Poetry Exchange! We had a secret santa gift-with-related-poetry thing at work. Here is my poem about our highschool coop Danielle. Written very quickly, so it's got some bad verse and poorer rhyme, but: "Grinning lies and a bubbling laugh, a gleeful villain of some repute, easy footsteps still on the Paris path, now stretching out to ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2009/01/04/poetry-exchange/ Cylinder.de http://www.archive.org/details/cylindertransfer This is amazing. Music almost a hundred years old, faithfully preserved to the best of our technology. Forgotten sounds from a bygone era. Recommendations: If Winter Comes ( http://ia310940.us.archive.org/2/items/edba-4628/edba-4628_vbr.mp3 ) Under the Double Eagle March ( http://www.archive.org/download/edbw-19/edbw-19_vbr.mp3 ) I think there's something beautiful in static, something wonderful and lost in audio corruption. Like ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/10/28/cylinderde/ Well whoopity-fucking-doo I'm driving in to work this morning, and I stop at a traffic light. And then I see to my horror that a woman is backing her minivan out from parking directly into me. I can't go forward into oncoming traffic, and there's a car hedging me in from behind. ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/10/03/well-whoopity-fucking-doo/ Myths In the first Time of All Times, the galaxy lay cold and arid, like a pool undisturbed. From the swirling dust of a young star, arose the First People – and they were majesty and might and miracle across the fertile suns. They strove amongst the heavens and built a ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/10/02/myths/ Some daugerrotypes from the City of a Thousand Truths Sketches from a D&D campaign I keep trying to get off the ground. http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/10/02/city-of-a-thousand-truths/ Little voices I don't know exactly when it stopped - maybe sometime around February? I think? All of a sudden, it was like someone flipped a switch, and I wasn't there anymore. I feel like I'm walking in someone else's half-remembered dream, where every face is blurred and every action faded. Like ... http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/10/02/little-voices/ http://www.thelifeofme.com/2008/04/07/151/