music: Thrice - Atlantic
mood: fuming
Gays decry Vatican ban; priest quits
"We are calling on all Catholics of goodwill to speak to their priests and express their deep concern at this decision," [Harry Knox, director of HRC's Religion and Faith Program] said. "We're speaking directly to Catholics in the pews and urging them to consider what Jesus would do if he saw his neighbor treated this way."
music: Thrice - Happy Christmas somethingorother
mood: confused
Thrice sent out a bulletin saying they have two new songs on their Myspace page. I get really excited. Songs we've never heard before perhaps?
Uh, no. They're Christmas songs.
This along with the mediochre quality of Vheissu is straining my allegience.
I want the Iron Maiden guitars back. I want the screaming back. I want the Thrice of The Illusion Of Safety back.
Sigh. Thus is the inevitable progression of all good bands.
PikaPikaChick on 11.30.05 @ 02:45 PM CST [link] [No Comments]
music: Deva Premal - Gayatri Mantra
mood: sloth-like
Last week flew by. I honestly don't know what I did with myself the whole time. Now Tuesday is drawing to a close on my last week of vacation and I feel like I should have accomplished more than I have. I need to get off my ass and work on my comic but I haven't been very motivated lately for some reason. I played DDR for over an hour on Sunday night and I should really get back into that so I can lose a little weight while I have the time to do it. One good thing about this vacation is that I have been eating a LOT less than normal. I'll eat a little something in the morning, usually just some grits with a little butter and syrup, then I'm not really hungry until dinner. When I'm at work I have to eat breakfast, a snack, lunch, and another snack before I leave -- otherwise I'm a very cranky Pika.
I was at least a little productive today and cleared a space in the laundry room for our laundry sorter where it should have been all along: by the entrance. I found the trays for the cats' LitterMaid (which is a beautiful thing and I highly recommend it if you can afford it or convince someone to give it to you as a practical and thoughtful holiday gift) and I was finally able to throw out the skanky one that we've just been reusing over and over. The cats seem to have a bit more spring in their step now.
I also found the cookbooks that I've been looking for, which inevitably means more updates at my food blog.
And now... off shake my ass at DDR.
PikaPikaChick on 11.29.05 @ 07:56 PM CST [link] [No Comments]
music: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
mood: refreshed
I was having so much trouble with Greymatter 1.3 that I decided to start over. I wanted to go to Movable Type but my ISP doesn't give me any database capability, those bastards. So now here I am at Greymatter 1.3.1 and everything seems to be functioning as it should. I don't have my webcam up yet and I'm debating about whether or not it will be making a comeback since I rarely turn the thing on anyway. I'll be making some tweaks here and there, especially on the comment/permalink pages, as they look like ass.
What became of all my past entries? I've deleted them. Ripped them away like a band-aid. I still have all the archives on my hard drive, but they won't be making it back to the Internet. Sorry if you were looking for something.
This blog has been going since 2002. It had to change sometime.
In other news, what do you think about my hanbok chicken?
PikaPikaChick on 11.27.05 @ 05:22 PM CST [link] [No Comments]
music: Final Fantasy Pray - Au Palais Du Verre
mood: geeky
If you're noticing some wonkiness at this site for a while it's because I'm rebuilding Greymatter. Please stay tuned.
PikaPikaChick on 11.27.05 @ 04:15 PM CST [link] [1 Comment]