the kicking horse of scope creep

It took me a while to get it but now I think I might.

Vivian Girls - No

My phone rang. It crashed the plane. Everyone escaped, but no one got out alive.

Factums - Vampires on Saturday

"Neglect oneself" is not synonymous with "forget oneself." I totally checked it out.

Naked on the Vague - The Horse, He's Sick

This is the routine where I drag my heavy head along the ground again.

Jay Reatard - Screaming Hand

Those who failed to acknowledge their instabilities were duly skewered. Everyone acted like it was a big joke.

I'm not gonna fall on my sword, but I'd be more than happy to run blindly into yours.

This is meant to be as endearing as I can make it.

Thee Oh Sees - Block of Ice

--bonus track--

The Intelligence - Block of Ice

I wanted to post "I Want to Kill" by Andrew W.K., but it appears that I already posted it something like a year and a half ago.

The sadness I am feeling now is multi-tiered.

Stereo Total - Holiday Innn

"Equally weirded out by" would be a more accurate assessment, but you can label it as you like.

Gudrun Gut - Rock Bottom Riser

(The Gudrun Gut album from last year is easily my favorite thing in quite some time, so it would be good of you if you could figure out how to throw some money her way.)

Dear sir,

The results of our study indicate that your ears do not adjust appropriately to changes in atmospheric pressure. We regret to inform you that you don't get to go to space :(

Our affluence created ample opportunity for this brand of stupidity.

I had to get out of the country at all costs.

Long Fin Killie - Bigger Than England

How we did it remains an embarrassing secret.

Orchid - Le Desordre, C'est Moi!

To your inquiry I responded, "she's gotta be the one who takes control."

The Fall - Hotel Bloedel

It marked the point where attempts at stupid humor became a bit too esoteric. My feelings were hurt more than a little.

Cheveu - Lola Langusta

We complained. We commiserated. Then we killed them with our minds.

I spent the entire week reading nothing outside of old Marilyn vos Savant columns from Parade Magazine but my interior dialogue still sounds nothing like your mom.

Johnny Foreigner - Suicide Pact, Yeah?

After that I worked hard to get a lot of money. Now I'm gonna spend it on a different kind of stupor.

Television Ghost - No Doz

Should I try to try harder?

I walked fast. I held my back straight. I closed my eyes.

I stopped and stared down into the valley but I still felt bad.

Be Your Own Pet - Heart Throb

I drank all the vodka. I drank all the beer. I listened to that sketched out mix cd that never changed hands.

I fell asleep wearing your abandoned clothes.

Now I'm not sure what to do.

The Softies - Count to Ten

I left. That means you can't continue to assail me with unpleasantness. That's how it's supposed to work.

Mocket - On It

...and if I fall asleep I will probably snore. At least I assume I will. As of late no one has been providing a minute by minute account of my breathing patterns, but I don't think these are the sorts of things that are prone to change.

Tyvek - Flowers

This space has become a womb.

The Field - Kappsta 2

If I was reviewing stuff on a scale that involved stars or something I would give the Psychedelic Horseshit album about a million of them.

Psychedelic Horseshit - New Wave Hippies

(this is an aac file. whatever.)

I bought a tiny fan heater and holed myself up in my room. It wasn't bad. I wouldn't mind staying.

Belong - A Sunny Place For Shady People

You might have expressed some concern. Our exchange might have been boring and off-point.

I'm feeling a bit more stable now. I had a milkshake after work.

Little Claw - Polar Bear

"I keep thinking about dying. Not all the time, but on about the same scale as I think about what I'm going to do for lunch. I mean, a lot."

No one seems to give much weight to my hallucinations.

They probably don't hallucinate quite so regularly.

The angles in my house are really weird. I considered adding them up (just to make sure) but I didn't have a compass or a protractor or anything so I had to direct my worry elsewhere.

Lamps - Now That I'm Dead

It's nice out now. The sky is partially clear, most of the windows in the neighboring office building are still lit up, and the air smells like laundry.

I have important plans to carry out. I'm gonna need lots of those plastic zip tie thingies.

Severed Heads - Bombs Fell