"he had waited his whole life for a mustache like this...

a mustache that, in the end, did not provide a single movie showtime or location." i just wanted to thank millie for sending me a postcard with this written on the front. she sent it to me about a year ago, and it still adorns my wall to this day. thank you millie. you are a good friend. here's a sticker.

i think there are only five or so days left of each class i am taking. that is awesome, in case you didn't know. in less than four weeks from right now i will be in buffalonia. i know its only buffalo, not toronto or chicago, but it is not missouri. for that reason alone there is cause for celebration and rejoicing. no more sprinfield, mo. at work the other day, this guy asked my why i don't bowl any leagues. i responded with what a waste of my time and money it would be, plus i would not be in springfield for the entire season cause of moving to new york. he was really happy for me and really jealous. he hates it here. he said he has been here for about six years and wants to "get the hell out". i know the feeling. i've been here three and a half years and am itching to escape. though a big part of that is due to my school.

i played guitar at the potter's house on saturday, and no, it was not harry potter's house. which reminds me of something so much more interesting: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FREAKING FIRE!!! yeah, that's right, i saw it. at midnight-oh-one thursday night/friday morning. it was awesome. i feel so proud to have contributed to the $101.4 million it took in for the opening weekend. they really could not have done the movie better. yet i still like the third one more, but that's just cause i like that book better. but now i must wait an eternity for the next installment of harry potter. no book or movie until, at the earliest, 2007. time to re-read and re-watch everything.

i've noticed that i developed a habit of starting most of my paragraphs in this ickle-blog-thingy with "so" far too many times (but not in this here entry, no sir). go ahead and scroll down. too many so's. for that, i apologize. i will try my best to not let it happen again.

igby smells nice and feels soft. come feel his softness. come inhale his scent. you won't regret it. well, unless he bites you. he likes to bite.

nothing livens up a robotic hymn of doom better than an amazing pair of jugs.

well, maybe some things could liven up a robotic hymn of doom better than jugs. for example, how about punch and pie? there would be more people around if there were punch and pie. of course, there might be more people if there were an amazing pair of jugs. i dunno. i guess it all depends on your definition of "an amazing pair of jugs". it also depends on who is singing the robotic hymn of doom. if it is benjamin gibbard, i won't be there. if it's sam beam, i'm there already, no matter if there are jugs or punch and pie or complementary shin guards. sam beam kicks ass. and that's all there is to it.

speaking of sam beam, iron & wine and calexico are playing in saint louis in december. i am very tempted to go. i think i will, at least if i can get someone else to make the trip with me, thus lessening the gas cost from my back, especially since i will be driving to buffalo four days after the concert. going to saint louis would also give me a last chance to say "fare-thee-well" to james. plus, it's iron & wine and calexico. probably the best show of the year that i would have gone to. we will see, but i probably should decide soon since the concert will probably be sold out. stupid garden state using iron & wine. stupid stupid jerksssssss.

i registered for classes today. i can take a whopping 6 credits. that's right: 2 classes. number theory and seminar in teaching math. i am gonna have a lot of time on my hands, especially since there are no g.a. or t.a. positions open. i don't really want to sub, but it will be a good resume builder. if i can't (or don't) find a job, i've been toying with the idea of just taking out a loan to escape my parent's roof. but then i think that loan would do better for a new car in the future. i dunno.

some good news that i am certain about: i was finally able to get a new phone for virtually free ($50 with a $50 mail-in rebate). stupid t-mobile made me wait about three weeks to get it. it seems like the phone i wanted was only free after i had my bill for about three days, then they make their nicer phones cheaper to sucker me into extending my contract and getting a new phone. well, it worked. i'm just pissed that it didn't happen a couple months ago. whatever. crappy cell phones.

i got the new sun kil moon cd "tiny cities" and it's really good. granted, it's a cover cd. mark kozelek decided to make a cd all of modest mouse covers. i like modest mouse and i really like the way mark remade their songs. quite interesting and a little bit easier to listen to. and by "a little bit" i mean "a lot".

salud.