September 2004

Everything’s a bit blurry. But we have new couches as of Tuesday. Leah made Adas Polo Rice the other day. That was great. Classes going well. The rat-a-tat Spanish teacher is still rat-a-tat. Killing ‘em in C++ class. Technical writing is good. Enjoying my work (it’s painless and simple) and my freelance too. And Stew will be here Sunday. Marriage? not yet. Still talking about what the heck marriage is. Leah feeling better after being under the weather. We also saw Wimbledon last weekend and enjoyed it. Lite confection of a movie. My Mom will be staying with us next weekend—she has a class reunion to attend. They were roofing this week next door – the NOISE! Bas was pretty shaken up, but he’s chilled out now.

And that’s it for today. Trying to get back in the swing of writing here.

This weekend Stew will be appearing at the Adams Avenue Street Fair. Sunday. I’m gonna be there. Can’t wait.

Previously: Stew plays, Joe Mulls.

Love that Stew!

1. Agent Orange—Tori Amos
2. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye—The Black Crowes
3. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown—Jim Croce
4. Ballet For A Blue Whale—Adrian Belew
5. Big Black Mariah—Tom Waits
6. Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)—David Byrne
7. Black & White—Sarah McLachlan
8. Black & White x 5—Bill Conti
9. Black And Blue—Lyle Lovett
10. Black Beauty—Frank Zappa
11. Black Cat Bone—Laika
12. Black Cat Bone—Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland
13. Black Coffee In Bed—Squeeze
14. Black Cow—Steely Dan
15. Black Dog—Paul Shaffer
16. Black Friday—Steely Dan
17. Black Flag—David Byrne
18. Black Light Trap—Shriekback
19. Black Magic Woman—Santana
20. Black Market Baby—Tom Waits
21. Black Milk—Massive Attack
22. Black Moon Creeping—The Black Crowes
23. Black Morpheus—808 State
24. Black Napkins—Frank Zappa
25. The Black Page—Frank Zappa
26. The Black Page (1984)—Frank Zappa
27. The Black Page #1—Frank Zappa
28. The Black Page #2—Frank Zappa
29. Black Page #2—Frank Zappa
30. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1—Frank Zappa
31. The Black Rider—Tom Waits
32. The Blackouts—Frank Zappa
33. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos—Public Enemy
34. Black Water—The Doobie Brothers
35. Black Wind Blowing—Billy Bragg & Wilco
36. BlackDove (January)—Tori Amos
37. color:#000;color:#666;”>Blackheart—Motorhead
38. Blackhole—Beck
39. Blackjack—Ween
40. Blue Calx—Aphex Twin
41. Blue Chevrolet—The Beat Farmers
42. Blue Christmas—face to face
43. Blue Christmas—Bright Eyes
44. Blue Eyes—Cary Brothers
45. The Blue Flame—David Byrne
46. Blue Flower—Mazzy Star
47. Blue Fools—Matthew Sweet
48. Blue Jean—David Bowie
49. Blue Light—Mazzy Star
50. The Blue Light—Frank Zappa
51. Blue Monday—New Order
52. Blue Monday – (‘88)—New Order
53. Blue Monday (Original UK Release)—New Order
54. The Blue Nun—The Beastie Boys
55. Blue Savannah—Erasure
56. Blue Shadows—The Blasters
57. Blue Shadows On The Trail—Randy Newman
58. Blue Skies—Tom Waits
59. Blue Suede Shoes—Frank Zappa
60. Bobby Brown—Frank Zappa
61. Bobby Brown Goes Down—Frank Zappa
62. Bobby Brown Goes Down (Live)—Frank Zappa
63. Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison
64. Brown Moses—Frank Zappa
65. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It—Frank Zappa
66. Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head (Live)—Kylie Minogue Vs. New Order
67. Clear Blue Day In Limbo—Stew
68. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) (Blacksmith Club Mix)—Christina Aguilera
69. Devil with the Green Eyes—Matthew Sweet
70. Devil With The Green Eyes (Remix)—Matthew Sweet
71. Diminuendo In Blue And Blow By Blow—Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
72. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow—Frank Zappa
73. Evergreen—Matthew Sweet
74. Everything’s Gone Green—New Order
75. Fourteen Black Paintings—Peter Gabriel
76. Get Whitey—Frank Zappa
77. Green Book—Steely Dan
78. Green Earrings—Steely Dan
79. Green Flower Street—Donald Fagen
80. Green Grass of Tunnel—Mum
81. Green Grow The Rushes—R.E.M.
82. Green Onions—Booker T. And the MG’s
83. Greenback Dollar—David Byrne
84. Greensleeves—Vanessa Carlton
85. Greensleeves—Vince Guaraldi Trio
86. Grey Matter—Oingo Boingo
87. Grey Stripe—Aphex Twin
88. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles—Captain Beefheart
89. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel—Frank Zappa
90. Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel—Frank Zappa
91. Hotplate Heaven At The Green Hotel—Persuasions
92. In The Blue Of The Evening—Bud Powell
93. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Brownsville Mix)—They Might Be Giants
94. The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson—Frank Zappa
95. Joan Miro’s Procession Through The Insides Of A Purple Antelope Across A Sea Of Tuna Fish—Adrian Belew
96. Lesson_2_The_James_Brown_Mix—Steve “Steinski” Stein & Douglas “Double Dee” DiFranco
97. Let’s Make the Water Turn Black—Frank Zappa
98. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black/Harry, You’re A Beast/The Orange County Lumber Truck—Frank Zappa
99. Lime Green Sweater—Negro Problem
100. A Little Green Rosetta—Frank Zappa
101. Long White Cadillac—The Blasters
102. Man In The Long Black Coat—Joan Osborne
103. Mary C. Brown and the Hollywod Sign—Dory Previn
104. Memories Of Green—Vangelis
105. Mr. Green Genes—Frank Zappa
106. Ms. Pinky—Frank Zappa
107. The Orange County Lumber Truck—Frank Zappa
108. The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)—Frank Zappa
109. The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)—Frank Zappa
110. Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spits—Sonic Youth
111. Orange Wedge—Chemical Brothers
112. Oranges—They Might Be Giants
113. Oranges Testimonial—They Might Be Giants
114. Paint It Black—Vanessa Carlton
115. Pink Cashmere—Prince
116. Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings – LP Version—LL Cool J
117. Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings – Remix—LL Cool J
118. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings (Instrumental)—LL Cool J
119. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings (LP Version)—LL Cool J
120. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings (Remix Instrumental)—LL Cool J
121. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings (Remix)—LL Cool J
122. Pound For A Brown—Frank Zappa
123. A Pound For A Brown—Frank Zappa
124. 7A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)—Frank Zappa
125. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus—Frank Zappa
126. Pound For A Brown Solos (1978)—Frank Zappa
127. Purple Haze—Frank Zappa
128. Purple Haze—Jimi Hendrix
129. The Purple Lagoon—Frank Zappa
130. The Purple Lagoon/Approximate—Frank Zappa
131. Purple People—Tori Amos
132. Purple Rain—Prince
133. Purple Toupee—They Might Be Giants
134. Say Goodbye To The Blacksheep—The Furys
135. Shake It (Like A White Girl)—Jesse Jaymes
136. The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole—Bruce Sterling
137. Son Of Mr. Green Genes—Frank Zappa
138. Son Of Orange County—Frank Zappa
139. Soul Sister Brown Sugar—Sam & Dave
140. Stormy Pinkness—They Might Be Giants
141. Time Is Tight/Hiphugger/Green Onions—Paul Shaffer
142. Truckdrivin’ Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)—Beck
143. Two Dozen And One Greyhounds (Medley)—The Simpsons
144. What Does Your Sould Look Like (Part 1-Blue Sky Revisit) / Transmission 3—DJ Shadow
145. What’s That Blue Thing Doing Here?—They Might Be Giants
146. The White Boy Troubles—Frank Zappa
147. White Blur—Aphex Twin
148. White Blur 2—Aphex Twin
149. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais—The Clash
150. White Pepper Ice Cream—Cibo Matto
151. White Person—Frank Zappa
152. White Riot—The Clash
153. Wild Blue Seas—Single Gun Theory
154. William Brown—Randy Newman
155. Yellow Butterfly—Michael Nesmith
156. Yellow Jacket—Ventures
157. Yellow Man—Randy Newman
158. Yellow Peril—Steely Dan
159. Yellow Submarine—The Beatles

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Me and Zac.

Okay, time to get to work people.

It was 2 years ago today that I met Leah. I was pretty giddy. She’s wonderful and I love her. She’s not feeling well right now. I hope she gets well soon. We’re gonna get married, but we don’t know when. We’re real interesting.

And yes, I’ve been quiet lately here on the blog. Well, I’m not quiet in my Spanish, C++, and Technical Writing classes. Be patient with me. I’m busy and working and kind of a chaotic-type person right now. I’m working on the problem though. Reordering ones priorities in pursuit of new, ambitious goals is hard.

Hey, Onward.

It’s been quite a week. School and work and work and school. And also the SDOSS meeting about how Sign On San Diego uses open source.

I’m happy but tired. I’m way behind on a few things, and just have not found the times to make things right. In some areas, things are great, but I dropped the ball on a few things too.

But classes are good. C++ looks like a worthy class. I’m going to try and dual program – using Visual Studio .NET in the labs at school, and also XCode here on my Macs. I also want to experiment with plain old gcc.

Leah and I are taking a class together! That’s what we did last night, before getting some much needed groceries. The class is Technical Writing, and it is a new one for City College, and it looks pretty good. I think having a bit of formal training in technical writing is going to be helpful for both of us. Wherever she works, she ends up being tasked to write things – descriptions and marketing materials. And it’s the same for me—proposals, testing plans, documentation—these are all part of my supposed skillset. I suppose I just want to learn to do it better.

The new work situation is working out well. I really like working part time as a concept. I love the concept that I am spending most of my time doing schoolwork, and secondarily doing paying work. They want me for more hours for the next few weeks—and I’m going to see what I can do.

One bad thing, the schedule has been tight—so Leah and I have not hit counseling in a two weeks—we had a scheduling snafu last week, and there was simply no time this week. :- But we hope to get there next week.

Things seem to be on track.

Okay, onward.