http://freshlydead.com/blahg Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:41:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Poor Jules had a horrible day at work yesterday and was feeling extra sore and headachy so he was in a pretty sour mood last night when we got home. He had a nap while I finished the last Stephenie Meyer "Twilight" saga book. I had an overwhelming craving for ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/10/10/naan-pizza-and-lusting-after-neil-gaimans-house/ Here's some albums I've been listening to quite a bit recently: Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer Beck - Modern Guilt Cut/Copy - In Ghost Colours Danny Elfman / Various - Nightmare Revisited Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Ladytron - Velocifero MGMT - Oracular Spectacular M83 - Saturdays = Youth Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue Santogold - Santogold Yeasayer ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/10/09/ichoons/ It's quite difficult these days to think of anything beyond the process of buying a house. Yesterday was particularly bad for me in that I was transitioning from a few weeks of being mostly idle at work to suddenly having more to do than I could reasonably handle while simultaneously ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/10/09/house-hunting-and-jumbled-brain-stew/ So much has happened since I last wrote that it's hard to keep track of it all in my own mind, let alone to explain it to others, so this may be a bit of a brain dump. Fair warning. Thus far we have taken care of a bunch of stuff, ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/10/06/house-negotiation-nearly-complete/ The Italian Basil grew so quickly after I raised the lamp to the last setting that overnight it grew into it and scorched through one of the leaves! I trimmed it back as soon as I noticed (hence the strange stalk in the middle.) Looking great!! We'll start using some ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/29/hydroponic-herb-garden-week-six/ A bit delayed on posting this one (photo was taken on Monday), so my apologies. My head has been in the clouds all week. The reason for this is sort of suddenly Jules and I are in the process of looking for a house to buy. We have just re-signed our ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/24/hydroponic-herb-garden-week-five/ Garden coming along very nicely now. I've already raised the lamps 2 notches this week! The cats are (generally) leaving it alone too, which is amazing. Another tidbit of interesting news: this afternoon I purchased our plane tickets to London for Christmas! It must have been meant to be as Northwest ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/15/hydroponic-herb-garden-week-four/ Upgrading my phone right now to the newly released iPhone 2.1 Software Update. Let's hope these things really are fixed. The following message pops up on the first screen of the EULA dialog: iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following: decrease in call set-up failures and call drops significantly ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/12/iphone-21-software-update-bug-fixes/ Garden is going strong! The chives are about 1 inch from the lights so we will be raising the lamp this evening. It was a nice, quiet weekend, which we desperately needed. I spent yesterday cleaning the apartment and reading while Jules played Spore. I pulled out the Gazelle with intent ... http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/08/hydroponic-herb-garden-week-three/ PAX was phenomenal this year. Jules and I had a fantastic time all three days. The highlight for me was definitely seeing Jonathan Coulton live, and luckily for me we had a great view. I'll post my videos to youtube as soon as I get a chance. http://freshlydead.com/blahg/2008/09/02/joco-pax/