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Speaking of which, I'm looking for a replacement for the Picasa client. I'm happy with the Picasa web service, but the desktop client seems to think it knows better than I do which pictures should be in the albums, and it's overruled my decisions on several occasions. It's also constantly losing track of albums, and I've had to rebuild them from scratch several times. Can anyone recommend a replacement client for Picasa web albums (preferably Linux, but Windows is OK too), or a comparable web/client pair that provides similar storage and display capabilities? I'd be grateful.

There WILL eventually be new work, too.



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]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/25758071/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/25758071/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:10:34 PDT
The last of the Europe photos will be on my Picasa photo shoebox sometime in the next week or two, and (of course) the better ones (disappointingly few, alas) will gradually transition over here. Alas, I took a cheap camera to Europe ... and my composition skills have improved greatly since then, it seems.

I'm really looking forward to my trip to the Philippines at the end of August. New sights! New people! New culture! New weird things going on! New situations! New inspiration!

I can't wait ...




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Oh boy.




]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/25118371/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/25118371/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:44:01 PDT 1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

How are you feeling?
"Subterranean Homesick Alien" - Radiohead (How depressing.)

Will you get far in life?
"The Last Remaining Light" - Audioslave (There it is! Off in the distance! I see it!)

How do your friends see you?
"Proud Mary" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (What?)

Will you get married?
"The Grudge" - Tool (I guess that's a "yes.")

What is your best friend's theme tune?
"Derelict" - Beck (Hey wait, that's my theme tune.)

What is the story of your life?
"People As Places As People" - Modest Mouse (I guess I'm confused about a lot of things.)

What is high school like?
"Reptile" - Nine Inch Nails (Hey, that is kind of how I remember it.)

How can you get ahead in life?
"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" - Nine Inch Nails (That's what I was just saying!)

What is the best thing about your friends?
"Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands" - Snow Patrol (Oh, a song about my watchers. I get it.)

What is in store for this weekend?
"99 Luftballoonen" - Nena Hagen (This is the 80's song translated as "99 Red Balloons." I'd be surprised if that represents my weekend, but you never know.)

Describe your grandparents.
"Sober" - Tool (Most of the time, I guess.)

How is your life going?
"Rattlesnake" - Live (Peculiarly apt.)

What song will they play at your funeral?
"Where Is Everybody?" - Nine Inch Nails (Now *that's* creepy.)

Will you have a happy life?
"Anarchy" - KMFDM (Well, that pretty much sums it up.)

What do your friends really think of you?
"Non-Entity" - Nine Inch Nails (The truth hurts.)

Do people secretly lust after you?
"Tastes Like Wine" - Gov't Mule (So they say.)

How can I make myself happy?
"Over the Falls" - Primus (I don't think my iPod likes me.)

What should you do with your life?
"Mutineer" - Warren Zevon (People already say that about me.)

Will you ever have children?
"Help, I'm a Rock" - Frank Zappa (Is that a "no"?)



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]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/24797161/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/24797161/ Sun, 17 May 2009 01:33:31 PDT Caller: No, I want to talk to a DOCTOR!


Boy, these Rogue Valley natives are SHARP. Imagine my gall, trying to pawn an opthamologist off on her when she wants a doctor. That'll teach me.





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So not much new work right now ... I'll probably post some stuff next week. There ARE a few good not-yet-posted pictures from the Santa Barbara trip, and there are plenty of other photos waiting to be tweaked, stroked, and posted.

Other brief updates:

I'm really looking forward to seeing my sister, Erin. She blows into the train station early in the morning tomorrow. I have to get up super-early to drive an hour and a half to pick her up, but she's totally worth it. I only wish she were staying longer...

I'm DEFINITELY going to attend UC Santa Barbara this year. I really liked the people there when I was there a week and a half ago, and the program is great. And the location is beautiful, and the financial support package is generous. And there will be beach girls.

Moving is a good thing too. I'm out of the flophouse (see here. here, here, here, and here for photos of the apartment/building I've been living in ... shudder). No more cockroaches! No more sharing bathrooms with several dozen people! No more thick-waisted Jehovah's Witness ex-hookers! No more wearing sandals in the shower! Hooray!

I've moved in with a co-worker, Kim, who has an extra room she's not using. She's an awesome person and a good roommate and has promise as a photographer, too! So the move is definitely a good thing. I'm happier about my life since I've started settling into a more normal dwelling, that's for sure.

OOOooooh, and no more calls for Juan Padilla, since I'm changing my phone number! Nice.

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Good news! Good news!

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Makes you wonder what I'm doing with my life, doesn't it?

Heavens ...




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]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/23374108/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/23374108/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:09:36 PST If your life was a movie, what would the Soundtrack be like?

and that's the way it goes:
1. Fire up your music player (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Set it to "Shuffle"
3. Press "Play"
4. For every question, write down the song that's being played
5. for every new question, press "Next"
6. DON'T LIE

(Ok, here we go....)

Opening credits:
"Behold! The Night Mare" - Smashing Pumpkins (Jeez, that's depressing.)

Awakening:
"Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young (True, true.)

Childhood:
"Jack-Ass" - Beck (Must be referring to my ex-stepdad.)

First Day of School:
"Crucify" - Tori Amos (How apt.)

First Big Love:
"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" - The Soggy Bottom Boys (Boy, got *that* right.)

Fight-Song:
"Hammering in My Head" - Garbage (Good, good.)

Graduation:
"Monty Got a Raw Deal" - R.E.M. (I wouldn't know; I didn't go to school with him.)

Prom:
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters (Must be my junior prom.)

Life is Great:
"Angela Undress" - Thomas Newman (Sounds good.)

Mental Breakdown:
"When I'm Down" - Chris Cornell (Appropriate.)

Car Ride:
"Aeroplane" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (No, car ride.)

Review:
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" - U2 (True.)

Get Together With Your Big Love:
"Don't Get Lost in Heaven" - Gorillaz (Useful reminder.)

Marriage:
"Baby I'm Gonna Leave You" - Led Zeppelin (I should warn women in advance, it's true.)

Sex scene:
"Bang and Blame" - R.E.M. (Another warning I should give, I guess..)

Birth of your First Child:
"What If We Give It Away" - R.E.M. (Probably a good idea, if it's mine.)

Funeral:
"Erased, Over, Out" - Nine Inch Nails (Appropriate.)

End Credits:
"The Rise and Fall of Ooo Mau" - Primitive Radio Gods (Hmmm.)


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As part of the application process, I'm supposed to add the icon above to my journal.

There is is!

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Any suggestions?

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/22723585/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/22723585/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:52:19 PST 1. Open your music database (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Turn on shuffle/random/whatever it's called.
3. Press "Play."
4. For every question, write down the song that's being played
5. For every new question, press next
6. DON'T LIE

(Ok, here we go....)

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"Drown" - Smashing Pumpkins (That's what you get for asking, you bastard.)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Must Be Dreaming" - Frou Frou (So they say.)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Polyamorous" - Breaking Benjamin (True, I'm not in a commitment mood right now.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Out of Exile" - Audioslave (This year, please.)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Time Is on My Side" - The Rolling Stones (True dat.)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Epilogue: What If" - Emilie Autumn (Eerily accurate.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"The World I Know" - Collective Soul (Well, what else would I think about?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Neil Diamond (Which friend is this?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Derelict" - Beck (Looks like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel again.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin (Ain't THAT the truth.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Watermelon Man" - Herbie Hancock (Sounds like a great job to me.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Slow Like Honey" - Fiona Apple (Mmmmmmmmmm ... honey.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Mr. Self Destruct" - Nine Inch Nails (Well, it's been suggested ...)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Clark Gable" - The Postal Service (That smooth-talking bastard is NOT cutting in my dance, dammit.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Celebration Day" - Led Zeppelin (Jesus, who's going to be there?)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"I Am the Highway" - Audioslave (Sure, it might not be an intellectually engaging hobby, but it does take up a lot of time.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" - Frank Zappa (I'm such a fricking pagan.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Crazy People" - ReHab (Yes, they are.)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Tie the Knot" - Digital Underground (Gah!)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Take It Like a Man" - The Offspring (Oh, I plan to.)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"The Downward Spiral" - Nine Inch Nails (Again, the iPod reveals my deepest secrets.)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Let's Have a War" - A Perfect Circle (Yes, George W. Bush did make me giggle contemptuously.)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Shape of Things to Come" - Audioslave (Wait, the bad times are behind me ...)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Straitjacket" - Alanis Morissette (Take that for a "yes.")

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"Distant Voices" - Bush (True.)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"She Cries Your Name" - Beth Orton (Oh, good.)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Cigarette" - Ben Folds Five (Yes.)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"Help, I'm a Rock" - Frank Zappa (Apt in a peculiar way.)

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]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/22253631/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/22253631/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:24:56 PST "Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins (That's me, wishy-washy.)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Sound of a Gun" - Audioslave (POW!)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Feel Good Inc." - The Gorillaz (Once more, the iPod reveals my deepest secrets.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Dance Hall" - Modest Mouse (If you say so ...)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Free Bird (Version)" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Well, I guess it fits.)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Freaks of the Industry" - Digital Underground (I'll take that as a compliment.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" - Modest Mouse (It's always puzzled me.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Message to Harry Manback" -Tool (Working nights means I play phone tag a lot.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Cornflake Girl" - Tori Amos (I always liked the girl on the cereal box.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"One of These Days" - Pink Floyd (No, now, dammit!)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"The New Pollution" - Beck (Well, it's a good idea...)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Santa Esmeralda (It's a good wish.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Anarchy" - KMFDM (Well.)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"The Ultimate Fuck Song" - Moby (It's an awful song.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"In the Valley of the Shadow of Death" - Marilyn Manson (Creepy.)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Savior" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (But not professionally.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" - The Gorillaz (Boy, ain't THAT the truth.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Lord Only Knows" - Beck (True.)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Werewolf" - Cat Power (Well, that's pretty bad.)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"In the Ghetto" - Natalie Merchant (Shit!)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"About Her" - Malcom McLaren (Again with the personal revelations! I'm going back to a cheap mp3 player!)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Thorazine Shuffle" - Gov't Mule (People with mental problems are funny.)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Light" - KMFDM (It's true, I'm a night person.)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Useful Idiot" - Tool (Well, that's clear.)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"The Waitress" - Tori Amos (... well, OK, it's true.)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Ophelia" - Natalie Merchant (Don't know anyone by that name.)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Good People" - Jack Johnson (Yes, I'd get them first.)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"Erased, Over, Out" - Nine Inch Nails (Well, then.)

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21691328/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21691328/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:43:16 PST 1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. With the questions and the answers, give your own comments on how the song relates to the questions.

How are you feeling?
"Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" - Frank Zappa (Hmmmm...)

Will you get far in life?
"I'm Deranged (Reprise)" - David Bowie (True, but it doesn't answer the question.)

How do your friends see you?
"Comfortably Numb" - Tool (How perceptive of them. But I like the original better.)

Will you get married?
"Up in the Sky" - Oasis (Cool!)

What is your best friend's theme tune?
"Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot (Why can I never figure out which friend the iPod is talking about?)

What is the story of your life?
"Soulshine" - Gov't Mule (Awwww ... how heartwarming.)

What is high school like?
"Charlie's Enormous Mouth" - Frank Zappa (Not sure how the two are similiar, but ....)

How can you get ahead in life?
"Leavin'" - Siegel-Schwall (Well, that's always been a step forward for me.)

What is the best thing about your friends?
"Cherry Lips" - Garbage (I still can't figure out which friends these are.)

What is in store for this weekend?
"Hasten Down the Wind" - Warren Zevon (The weather forecast agrees.)

Describe your grandparents.
"The Man Who Sold the World" - David Bowie (And my grandmother?)

How is your life going?
"Back 2 Good" - Matchbox 20 (Let's hope.)

What song will they play at your funeral?
"Life's Gonna Suck" - Dennis Leary (Well, without ME ...)

Will you have a happy life?
"Bottom" - Tool (Apparently not.)

What do your friends really think of you?
"Kind & Generous" - Natalie Merchant (True.)

Do people secretly lust after you?
"Sit On My Face" - Monty Python (No comment.)

How can I make myself happy?
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods (That doesn't sound very satisfying.)

What should you do with your life?
"Beast" - KMFDM (Arguably, I've already done that. Guess I can retire.)

Will you ever have children?
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" - Barry Adamson (Oh goody, they'll be like me.)

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21487208/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21487208/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:31:49 PST
Reading faculty work. Writing essays. Making contact with faculty members. Coming up with money. Doing program research. Contacting department staff with questions. It's energizing, but not as much fun as it will be to be back in school full-time. I'm looking forward to going back, but even more, I'm looking forward to spending my time doing something that's meaningful to me on a personal level.

So I'll be posting new work very intermittently -- sometimes I need a short break and spend it cleaning up photographs -- and there's a backlog of photos waiting to be processed and posted ... but there won't be much new work before January, alas. Expect to see some new stuff then.

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What should they have played when you were born?
Preaching the End of the World - Chris Cornell (P'raps.)

What song will people play at your funeral?
Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead (How depressing.)

What song will you play at your wedding?
You And Me Song - The Wannadies (Well, that sounds appropriate.)

What song will you play at your 50th birthday party?
Your Time Has Come - Audioslave (I have to wait that long?)


If you get your dream life…

What song will you dance to when you win the lottery?
A Different City - Modest Mouse (Boy, ain't THAT the truth.)

What song will you play when you get your dream job?
Can't Afford No Shoes - Frank Zappa (No, that's the period that's going to be ending.)

What song will you play when you discover your own island?
Drafted Again - Frank Zappa (Oh, that's how I'll find it.)

What song will you play when you rule the world?
Horizon Has Been Defeated - Jack Johnson (Appropriate.)

What song will you play when you’re in heaven?
Lick the Pavement - Garbage (Ah, so that's how you get into heaven.)

What song makes you feel….

Happy:
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind (Hmm.)

Sexy:
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young (True.)

Angry:
Army - Ben Folds Five (True ...)

Jealous:
Meanwhile, Rick James ... - Cake (Lucky bastard.)

Flirty:
Whores - Jane's Addiction (Funny, that's never been my particular prediliction.)

Evil:
God Moving Over the Face of the Waters - Moby (God IS evil.)

Innocent:
David Bowie - Golden Years (How appropriate.)

Beautiful:
Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan (That's my strategy, all right.)

What song makes you feel like you’re an armadillo?
When Mermaids Cry - Eagle Eye Cherry (Lots of pretty girls would cry if I suddenly changed into an armadillo.)

What song makes you feel like you can fly?
Twisted Nerve - Bernard Herrmann (Is that all it takes?)

What song makes you cry?
Shake Hands With Beef - Primus (What a horrifying thought.)

What song makes you feel like dancing?
Let's Dance - David Bowie (Actually, no.)

What song makes you feel like being emo?
She'll Never Be Your Man - Chris Cornell (Apparently, if I need this reminder, I'm confused on several levels.)

What song makes you feel like a donut?
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? - Frank Zappa (Not sure how to take this.)

What song reminds you of your childhood?
Doin' the Cockroach - Modest Mouse (Funny, that's not how I remember it.)

What song reminds you that life sucks?
God Am - Alice in Chains ("Sure, God's all-powerful. But does he have lips?")

What song makes you eat compulsively?
I Shall Return - Gov't Mule (To the grocery store. After payday.)

What song makes you nervous?
Rape Robbery & Violence - KMFDM vs. Pig (Well, that sums it up.)

What song makes you need to pee?
Silence the Voices - Chris Cornell (If they'd only stop talking about geysers and waterfalls ...)

This song describes…
Yourself:
America Drinks & Goes Home - Frank Zappa (The iPod's on a Zappa kick tonight, I see.)

Your mom:
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes - Modest Mouse (What?)

Your dad:
Mailman - Soundgarden (No, he's an animator.)

Your best friend:
Stink-Foot - Frank Zappa (Who is this, now?)

Your stalker:
Long Distance Drunk - Modest Mouse (Oh good, I don't have a local stalker.)

Your school:
Structure & Discipline - Thomas Newman (Well, that's what they tried to feed me ...)

Your life:
Space Lord - Monster Magnet (Oh good, change is coming.)

Your death:
For All To See - Buffalo Tom (I always wanted to be a spectacle.)

Your attitude towards life:
Pineapple Heart - Bela Fleck ('S about right.)

---

If you reached the top of Mount Everest, you would shout:
Float On - Modest Mouse (The top of a mountain is a hell of a place to be delirious.)

The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
Pop My Cherry - Fiona Apple & Marilyn Manson (Not if I want to keep my job.)

Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
Electra Made Me Blind - Everclear (Sounds like me when I've been drinking.)

Your message to the world:
All Alone - The Gorillaz (I've been in a cynical mood lately, I admit.)

When you think of your best friend you think:
Puddin' Taine - Primus (I keep trying to figure out which friend this is ... the iPod is mocking me.)

Your deepest secret:
Immature -... ]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21227115/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21227115/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:08:23 PDT 1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

How are you feeling?
"Alive" - Pearl Jam (No, not after the year I've had.)

Will you get far in life?
"Like Suicide" - Soundgarden (Guess not.)

How do your friends see you?
"Sly" - Herbie Hancock (Damn straight.)

Will you get married?
"Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was" - Radiohead (Funny, thought I'd dodged that bullet already.)

What is your best friend's theme tune?
"Dancin' Fool" - Frank Zappa (This is which friend, now?)

What is the story of your life?
"Clint Eastwood" - The Gorillaz (I *do* have sunshine in a bag.)

What is high school like?
"Queen of the Crime Council" - Lucy Liu and Julie Dreyfus (I'll let you draw your own conclusions on this one.)

How can you get ahead in life?
"Live Forever" - Oasis ('S about what it takes in this fucking economy.)

What is the best thing about your friends?
"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" - Pink Floyd (...Kay)

What is in store for this weekend?
"Shopping Trolley" - Beth Orton (Hey, it is my day off, and I did go food shopping.)

Describe your grandparents.
"The Duke of Prunes" - Frank Zappa (No comment.)

How is your life going?
"She Thinks I Still Care" - George Jones (Peculiarly apt.)

What song will they play at your funeral?
"The Beauty of Being Numb" - Nine Inch Nails (Hey, I *am* beautiful.)

Will you have a happy life?
"Sweet Euphoria" - Chris Cornell (When does it start?)

What do your friends really think of you?
"Cigarettes & Alcohol" - Oasis (Interesting.)

Do people secretly lust after you?
"The Thing That Should Not Be" - Primus (Well, that's a clear "no.")

How can I make myself happy?
"(Nice Dream)" - Radiohead (That's about all that does it anymore.)

What should you do with your life?
"Torch" - Alanis Morissette (I should be a Buddhist monk?)

Will you ever have children?
"Trailer Trash" - Modest Mouse (Better if not, I guess.)

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21111108/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/21111108/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:51:06 PDT If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be like?

Here's how it works
1. Get out your music player/fire up your music-playing application (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Turn on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, write down the song that's being played
5. For every new question, press next
6. NO CHEATING!

(Ok, here we go....)

Opening credits:
Wise Up - Aimee Mann (Useful reminder.)

Awakening:
Citizen of the Planet - Alanis Morissette (Must be describing the dreams I'm leaving behind.)

Childhood:
Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails (I never got over the "Santa Claus" debacle. Or the similar "Jesus" episode.)

First Day of School:
My Iron Lung - Radiohead (Primary school is a pretty artificial environment.)

First Big Love:
Surfboard - Esquivel! (Hmmm...)

Fight-Song:
Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin ("Do you want to dance? I LOVE to dance!" - I ♥ Huckabee's)

Graduation:
Narcolepsy - Third Eye Blind ('Bout right.)

Prom:
Battle of Who Could Care Less - Ben Folds Five (In retrospect, that was most of high school.)

Life is Great:
Waiting for the Miracle - Leonard Cohen (I love the song, but does it fit?)

Mental Breakdown:
Tourniquet - Marilyn Manson (Appropriate.)

Car Ride:
Bullet Proof - Morcheeba (Cool! A song about running from cops!)

Review:
Sitting Still - R.E.M. (How depressing.)

Get Together With Your Big Love:
Hotplate Heaven at the Green Hotel - Frank Zappa (Oh good, it'll be soon.)

Marriage:
Opera Singer - Cake (Oh good, she'll be a down-and-out classy person too.)

Sex scene:
Down Slow - Moby (I like it.)

Birth of your First Child:
The Burden - Dropkick Murphys (Snort.)

Funeral:
In My Life/If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day - Gov't Mule (Hmmm.)

End Credits:
Hard Work and Perseverance - Lou and Peter Berryman (Ain't never gonna happen.)

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20962693/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20962693/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:48:09 PDT If your life was a movie, what would the Soundtrack be like?

and that's the way it goes:
1. open your musicdatabase (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. turn on shuffle
3. press play
4. for every question write down the song that's being played
5. for every new question -> press next
6. DON'T LIE

(Ok, here we go....)

Opening credits:
Shit Luck - Modest Mouse (Jeez, that's depressing.)

Awakening:
Grind - Alice in Chains (Hmmm, I *do* usually wake up right before I have to leave for work.)

Childhood:
The Host of the Seraphim - Dead Can Dance (I *totally* never saw anything like that in my childhood.)

First Day of School:
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen (That's not how I remember school.)

First Big Love:
All Blues - Miles Davis (Boy, got *that* right.)

Fight-Song:
Hats Off - Primus (Yeah, that's how I fight.)

Graduation:
Fire It Up - Modest Mouse (Hey that *is* how I celebrated.)

Prom:
State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam (Totally off.)

Life is Great:
Pop My Cherry - Fiona Apple & Marilyn Manson (Oh my.)

Mental Breakdown:
Hammering in My Head - Garbage (Appropriate.)

Car Ride:
Find the River - R.E.M. (So that's where we're going.)

Review:
Not for You - Pearl Jam (That's right.)

Get Together With Your Big Love:
Black & White - Sarah McLachlan (Well, THAT was unexpected.)

Marriage:
Until I Fall Away - The Gin Blossoms (Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo.)

Sex scene:
Rubberband Girl - Kate Bush (Kinky.)

Birth of your First Child:
Dani California - The Red Hot Chili Peppers (That's an awful name ... which is perhaps the point of the song.)

Funeral:
Severed Goddess Hand - The Meat Puppets (Hmmm.)

End Credits:
When I Grow Up - Garbage (Ain't never gonna happen.)



Man ... I really have to give it a rest with these.

]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20962581/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20962581/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:30:43 PDT “Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak” by Macy Gray (Hmmm ... not the first thing that's been on my mind all day...)

Will I get far in life?:
“Round and Round” by David Bowie (Sounds like my last few years ...)

How do my friends see me?:
“Suck” by Nine Inch Nails (That's a pretty clear answer.)

Where will I get Married?:
“San Tropez” by Pink Floyd (Another clear answer, but I can't imagine how it would come to pass.)

What is my best friend's theme song?:
“Motorcycle Circus” by Luis Bacalov (Interesting ...)

What is the story of my life?:
“Shine” by The Meat Puppets (How heartwarming ... And in the middle of a bottle IS a little of the way I talk.)

How can I get ahead in life?:
“America Drinks” by Frank Zappa (Well, let's to it, then.)

What is the best thing about me?:
“Return to Oz” by The Scissor Scisters (Yes, back to the Emerald Tower for me.)

What is in store for this weekend?:
“Here Comes the Rain Again” by The Eurythmics (Probably true ... fall is here.)

What song describes my parents?:
“Whamola” by Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Not sure how to take this.)

My grandparents?:
“erfect Cicle” by R.E.M. (Um ... okay.)

How is my life going?:
“Follow You Down” by The Gin Blossoms (That's about it, I guess.)

What song will they play at my funeral?:
“A Change Would Do You Good” by Cheryl Crow (But it's too late for advice at that point.)

How does the world see me?:
“Eric the Half a Bee” by Monty Python (Again, not sure how to take that.)

Will I have a happy life?:
“Under Pressure” by David Bowie w/ Queen (Guess not.)

Do people secretly lust after me?:
“Lick the Pavement” by Garbage (More ambiguity.)

How can I make myself happy?:
“DMV” by Primus (And what, exactly, am I supposed to do there?)

What should I do with my life?:
“Alive” by Pearl Jam (I was hoping for a more specific answer.)

Will I ever have children?:
“Reptile” by Nine Inch Nails (Shudder...)

What is some good advice for me?:
“She's Only 18” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (No, that's bad advice.)

What is my signature dancing song?:
“Elvis” by Sister Hazel (Well, it IS a danceable song.)

What do I think my current theme song is?:
“You Don't Exist Anymore” by Li'l Ed and the Blues Imperials (I always suspected.)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?:
“Funky Monks” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (I love this song.)

What type of men/women do you like?:
“Mental Boy” by Thomas Newman (Incorrect on so many levels.)

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Shaking the magic 8-ball (and discarding audiobooks) this time reveals...


What should they have played when you were born?
Garbage - Wicked Ways (True.)

What song will people play at your funeral?
Alice in Chains - Over Now (I DO pay my debts on time. Usually.)

What song will you play at your wedding?
Alice in Chains - Whale and Wasp (Which am I?)

What song will you play at your 50th birthday party?
Chris Cornell - Silence the Voices (Shit, it's going to take that long?)


If you get your dream life…

What song will you dance to when you win the lottery?
Gov't Mule - Mule ("Where's my mule? Where's my forty acres?" Now I know!)

What song will you play when you get your dream job?
The RZA - Ode to Oren Ishii (I always knew I had a life in crime coming up.)

What song will you play when you discover your own island?
David Bowie - Fame (Goes with the territory, I guess.)

What song will you play when you rule the world?
Björk - Alarm Call (Yeah, you'd BETTER watch out.)

What song will you play when you’re in heaven?
Live - Selling the Drama (Jesus, I'm on to you.)

What song makes you feel….

Happy:
Parliament - Get Off Your Ass and Jam (Yes.)

Sexy:
Scaramanga - Use Me (Yeah, it's a cover of that Bill Withers song, done by a friend's band. How appropriate.)

Angry:
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (Damn straight.)

Jealous:
Alice in Chains - Head Creeps (True.)

Flirty:
Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face (I always liked a challenge.)

Evil:
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Swing IS evil.)

Innocent:
David Bowie - Golden Years (How appropriate.)

Beautiful:
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes Down (I'm not Bobby Brown!)

What song makes you feel like you’re an armadillo?
Chris Cornell - Birth Ritual (I turned out OK the first time, but if I'm going to be an armadillo ...)

What song makes you feel like you can fly?
Macy Gray - I Try (Yes, I do.)

What song makes you cry?
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (I do have a soft spot for 80's pop.)

What song makes you feel like dancing?
Elwood - Sundown (NG Mix) (True.)

What song makes you feel like being emo?
David Bowie - China Girl (Ah, missed college opportunities.)

What song makes you feel like a donut?
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place (Apparently, the oven.)

What song reminds you of your childhood?
Frank Zappa - Dirty Love (Not at all appropriate.)

What song reminds you that life sucks?
Pink Floyd - Worms ('Bout says it all.)

What song makes you eat compulsively?
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Tooth (Given the context, not appropriate.)

What song makes you nervous?
The Gorillaz - Kids with Guns (One of my great fears, along with needles.)

What song makes you need to pee?
Ani DiFranco - Outta Me, Onto You (I'm not R. Kelly!)

This song describes…
Yourself:
The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' (Four of the nine schools I'm thinking of applying to are in California.)

Your mom:
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (It's not me, mom, it's the iPod judging you.)

Your dad:
Scaramanga - Voodoo Chile (He'd probably be flattered.)

Your best friend:
Audioslave - One and the Same (I do empathize with my friends.)

Your stalker:
Ben Folds Five - Army (There are that many?!?)

Your school:
Alice in Chains - Rotten Apple (Hey, I believe in the value of education.)

Your life:
Frank Zappa - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Good advice.)

Your death:
Ben Folds Five - Selfless, Cold, and Composed (I guess there are worse ways to go ...)

Your attitude towards life:
David Bowie - I'm Deranged (Edit) (So I've been told.)

---

If you reached the top of Mount Everest, you would shout:
Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide (Probably true.)

The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
David Bowie - Let's Dance (Hmmmmm...)

Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
Moby - We Are All Made of Stars (Sounds like me when I... ]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20787616/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/20787616/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:50:08 PDT
RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

How are you feeling?
"Insomnia & the Hole in the Universe" - Live (Well, it is late.)

Will you get far in life?
"Play That Funky Music White Boy" - Wild Cherry (I'll take that as a cautious endorsement ...)

How do your friends see you?
"Flashlight" - Parliament (Never would have guessed, myself.)

Will you get married?
"Making Flippy Floppy" - The Talking Heads (no comment.)

What is your best friend's theme tune?
"Better Version of Me" - Fiona Apple (Heyyyy ...)

What is the story of your life?
"Desecration Smile" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (How appropriate.)

What is high school like?
"Stinkfist" - Tool (No comment.)

How can you get ahead in life?
"Paint the White HOuse Black" - George Clinton (Probably not good advice.)

What is the best thing about your friends?
"Me and Jesus the Pimp" - The Coup ('Bout says it all.)

What is in store for this weekend?
"Machete" - Moby (I preferred ambiguous answers.)

Describe your grandparents.
"Original Fire" - Audioslave (Strangely appropriate.)

How is your life going?
"Something's Always Wrong" - Toad the Wet Sprocket (Maybe there's something to this ...)

What song will they play at your funeral?
"Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. (Oh, come on, sum up something that happened after sixteen.)

Will you have a happy life?
"Wise Up! Sucker" - Pop Will Eat Itself (Apparently not.)

What do your friends really think of you?
"Bad Little Doggie" - Gov't Mule (I always suspected.)

Do people secretly lust after you?
"I Want Candy" - The Go-Gos (Is that a yes?)

How can I make myself happy?
"Addiction" - Skinny Puppy (More bad advice.)

What should you do with your life?
"ACROBAT" - U2 (Rather an unexpected response.)

Will you ever have children?
“Left Hand Suzuki Method" - The Gorillaz (What?)

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This journal entry may remain up indefinitely. You just never know.

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"Hi, this is Patrick. I can't take your call right now, but if you leave me a message, I'll get back to you. Juan Padilla no vive aquí. Yo no conozco al hombre y no puedo dar una mensaje a el. Lo siento. But if you want to talk to me, leave me a message and I'll get back to you."

Yep, I'm squeezing the maximum possible value out of those two years of high school Spanish.

There are three types of calls that come in for this shithead:

1. The "old drinking buddy" calls, as I think of them. These are easily identifiable by the tone of voice and level of enthusiasm ("Orale! Juanito! Como estas, cholo?!") as well as by the time at which they come in (invariably between 7 and 8 am ... I get off work at 11pm and usually go to bed around 3am, so you can imagine how thrilled I am to get these. Luckily, the old drinking buddies generally speak English, so I don't have to drag my Spanish skills out after a half-night of sleep.

2. The bill collectors. The same companies call over and over, refusing to believe that this guero is (a) not Juan Padilla, and (b) not somehow shielding him from their calls. I've finally resorted to being as abusive as I can in a foreign language. "Mariposon" and "chupapingas" are useful nouns in this context. Lesson for the day: It's most helpful to insult someone in his native language, when possible. ("His" in the previous sentence is a conscious choice, not a fallback unconscious sexist-by-default phrasing: 98% of these callers are male.)

3. The increasingly frantic woman. She's only called on three separate days in the last six weeks, but when she does, she always leaves ten or twelve increasingly frantic messages, always featuring the word "embarazada" prominently.

So that's what's up in my world.

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Back to work ...

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Yes, monitors are comparatively cheap ... but I'm broke, so it'll be a while before I process any new photos. I've got a few outstanding ones that I still need to post, and those'll go up tonight. But beyond that, it'll be a while.

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-Garry Winograd, interview at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 1970

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Don't know what this is? Look here.


What should they have played when you were born?
Radiohead/Lucky

What song will people play at your funeral?
KMFDM/Beast

What song will you play at your wedding?
Frank Zappa/The Idiot Bastard Son

What song will you play at your 50th birthday party?
R.E.M./Wendell Gee


If you get your dream life…

What song will you dance to when you win the lottery?
Tori Amos/Josephine

What song will you play when you get your dream job?
Duran Duran/Hungry Like A Wolf

What song will you play when you discover your own island?
They Might Be Giants/We Want A Rock

What song will you play when you rule the world?
Jane's Addiction/Jane Says (Live at Irvine Meadows, etc.)

What song will you play when you’re in heaven?
Radiohead/Fake Plastic Trees

What song makes you feel….

Happy:
Smashing Pumpkins/Shame

Sexy:
R.E.M./Good Advices

Angry:
Led Zeppelin/Over the Hills and Far Away

Jealous:
Tool/Eulogy

Flirty:
Gov't Mule/Sad and Deep As You

Evil:
nine inch nails/mr self destruct

Innocent:
Audioslave/Dandelion

Beautiful:
Modest Mouse/Little Motel

What song makes you feel like you’re an armadillo?
Gov't Mule/Banks of the Deep End

What song makes you feel like you can fly?
Peter Gabriel/More Than This

What song makes you cry?
Toad the Wet Sprocket/Crowing

What song makes you feel like dancing?
Led Zeppelin/Gallows Pole

What song makes you feel like being emo?
Modest Mouse/The World At Large

What song makes you feel like a donut?
Frank Zappa/Help, I'm a Rock

What song reminds you of your childhood?
Audioslave/Until We Fall

What song reminds you that life sucks?
Modest Mouse/Invisible

What song makes you eat compulsively?
Toad the Wet Sprocket/Windmills

What song makes you nervous?
R.E.M./Green Grow the Rushes

What song makes you need to pee?
Radiohead/Let Down

This song describes…
Yourself:
Nine Inch Nails/The Only Time

Your mom:
Radiohead/Electioneering

Your dad:
nine inch nails/ruiner

Your best friend:
Modest Mouse/Fly Trapped In a Jar

Your stalker:
R.E.M./Old Man Kensey

Your school:
R.E.M./Driver 8

Your life:
Radiohead/The Tourist

Your death:
Smashing Pumpkins/Ava Adore

Your attitude towards life:
Frank Zappa/The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

---

If you reached the top of Mount Everest, you would shout:
Tori Amos/Cornflake Girl

The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
Ben Folds Five/Army

Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
The Offspring/The Meaning of Life

Your message to the world:
Garbage/Push It

When you think of your best friend you think:
The Refreshments/Interstate

Your deepest secret:
Audioslave/Wide Awak

Your innermost desire:
Warren Zevon/Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Your oldest memory makes you think:
The Scissor Sisters/Tits on the Radio

Somewhere in your wedding vows, you should have included:
Peter Gabriel/In Your Eyes (acoustic)

On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
Frank Zappa/What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (reprise)

Your friends say behind your back:
Radiohead/Climbing Up The Walls

You say behind your friends' back:
Radiohead/Fitter Happier

Your opinion of Blogging:
Modest Mouse/Spitting Venom

When you wake up in the morning, you mutter:
Audioslave/Doesn't Remind Me

If you found yourself lost on a desert island, you'd yell:
Smashing Pumpkins/Perfect

Right now, your feelings are:
Soundgarden/Fell on Black Days

What's your excuse for reposting this music survey?:
Toad the Wet Sprocket/Something's Always Wrong

Your life's soundtrack:
Natalie Merchant/King of May

The day you fell in love was the day that:
KMFDM/Mysterious Ways

You Scream During Sex:
Gov't Mule/30 Days In the Hole

Your farewell message to the readers of this music survey:
Red Hot Chili Peppers/Desecration Smile

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Now it's just a few more carloads over the next week, and we're done moving.

Well. Off to work ...

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]]> ~patrick-brian http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/17309614/ http://patrick-brian.deviantart.com/journal/17309614/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:08:21 PDT —Andreas Feininger, The Complete Photographer (1965), pp. 248-9

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RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.


How are you feeling?
"Bukowski" -- Modest Mouse {"Who would wanna be/Who would wanna be/Such an asshole?"}

Will you get far in life?
"Mechanical Animals" -- Marilyn Manson {I keep plodding. ...}

How do your friends see you?
"Die-Da" -- Die Fantastichen Vier {My friends do think I'm kind of dippy.}

Will you get married?
"Whamola" -- Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade {I'll take that for a yes.}

What is your best friend's theme tune?
"Why I Don't Believe in God" -- Everclear {Hmmm ... I must be my own best friend.}

What is the story of your life?
"Inane" -- KMFDM {YOU try dealing with the people around here.}

What is high school like?
"Closer (Deviation)" -- Nine Inch Nails {If only.}

How can you get ahead in life?
"Tits on the Radio" -- Scissor Sisters {Sadly, mine aren't big enough.}

What is the best thing about your friends?
"Porcelain" -- Moby {We don't get much sunshine up here in the winter. Must refer to skin tone.}

What is in store for this weekend?
"Edge of Blue" -- DJ Krush {Hmmm ... it was pretty laid-back this weekend.}

Describe your grandparents.
"Windmills" -- Toad the Wet Sprocket {Aaargh! They're mechanical! I knew it! But WHICH SET?}

How is your life going?
"Scent of a Woman (Tango)" -- Itzhak Perlman {no comment.}

What song will they play at your funeral?
"King of May" -- Natalie Merchant {"Make a hole in the sky for him/Lift your voices up/Fill your loving cup/To his long life/"}

Will you have a happy life?
"Hash Pipe" -- Weezer {Take that for a yes.}

What do your friends really think of you?
"We Want a Rock" -- They Might Be Giants {The ugly truth about their preferences rears its head.}

Do people secretly lust after you?
"Road Movie to Berlin" -- They Might Be Giants {"So sneak out this glass of bourbon and we'll go ..."}

How can I make myself happy?
"Flagpole Sitta" -- Harvey Danger {Ouch. Wouldn't make me happy at all.}

What should you do with your life?
"The Future" -- Leonard Cohen {"Give me crack/Anal sex/Take the only tree that's left/We'll stop it up: The hole in your culture (doo doo doo)" }

Will you ever have children?
"Mule" -- Gov't Mule {"Where's my mule?/Where's my forty acres?" No, I don't know what it means, either.}

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The books are on shelves, although they need to be organized and neatened. The furniture is sort of arranged. Now if only I could find a job ...

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I moved almost one ton of books today ... in a single duffle bag ... upstairs ... in about ten trips. And I'll be moving furniture for a good portion of the night.

I'll respond to notes when I get back online at the end of the week.

~patrick

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