okay... so the question now is... do I take off the bandaid (at the risk of really hurting my poor itchy skin) to see if I have lyme disease now, or do I wait another day or two? The itching is subsiding, but my stomach still sticks out disproportionately where the bite occurred. They say it takes 3 to 10 days for the actual visual symptoms of Lyme disease start... I'm on day 3 now... i think I'll wait. perhaps it was stupid of me to put a bandaid on my stomach (right at my pants line), but now's too late to fix that... I think. oh hell, I'll probably rip it off later tonight...

I didn't actually see a tick, I don't think... and if I do have one embedded, I've probably stabbed it all to hell with a pin by now, and drowned him in rubbing alcohol. When I first got the bite, I did my best to get rid of whatever was inside me... I think it worked, and now I just have a rather ugly bite mark (about the size of a really large pore) in the midst of really itchy skin. It seems to be going away (yeah, I tore off the bandaid), so woo hoo! but I sure am tucking my shirt into my pants from now on... (and I'll keep a watch out for crazy bullseye rashes on my belly)

by the way, you don't burn ticks off (it's leaches you do that to). Ticks are tiny (smaller than a match head) and you'd likely burn yourself before you did anything to the tick. You're actually supposed to pull them off with tweezers, making sure not to squish the bug, nor leave any parts of it behind. yee haw!

ahhh, so you have that shirt? Damn, I totally never saw you wear it before!

Good news on the cigar front; I started talking to the guy in Burlington Tobacconists on whyte ave this afternoon and I asked him how the new law was affecting their sales. After a slow draw on his pipe, he carefully thought over his words as the whisps of smoke curled about his lips. "As you can see, we're technically breaking the law and have been doing so ever since it's come into effect. Until somebody says something that convinces us otherwise, we won't be putting away the pipes."

Good for those dudes. If a man can't walk into a fuckin tobacco shop and smoke a pipe or a cigar, then fuck this place. I've got a good feeling that while technically not exempt, the law will turn a blind eye to tabacco and cigar shops. And that's the way it really ought to be.

Took you long enough. I think everyone has already seen me wear that shirt.

Al, I saw a shirt today at Urban Outfitters that said "Strictly For My Ninjas", hahaha. I was wondering where you got that from!

speaking of new albums, the new blood brothers and new CURSIVE albums will be out around the same time the new Deathcab For Cutie DVD comes out!!! Man... I can't fuckin WAIT!!!


The Difference Between Houses and Homes (Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001)


1. Dispenser (Unreleased)
2. Pivotal (Icebreakers 7")
3. Sucker & Dry (Zero Hour 7")
4. Icebreakers (Icebreakers 7")
5. And the Bit Just Chokes Them (Zero Hour 7")
6. There's a Coldest Day in Every Year (The Disruption 7")
7. A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things (The Disruption 7")
8. Nostalgia (Makoto Split 7" w/ Small Brown Bike)
9. Knowledgeable Hasbeens (The Disruption 7")
10. Polar (Icebreakers 7")
11. A Disruption in Our Lines of Influence (The Disruption 7")
12. I Thought There'd Be More Than This (Unreleased)


Also, as of late August, Cursive's hiatus will be over and they will begin writing new material for an album that should hopefully see daylight in 2006. Man, that's fuckin FANTASTIC news.

So after bad movie night tonight we rescue the air hog?

cool. thanks dude. i'll go boot shit up right now

track listing for the new TV ON THE RADIO from studio blog

No prob; I'll meet ya on slsk in a few minutes.

New Death Cab For Cutie Single. Thanks for making uncool people like a cool band Coen.

hip hop got punked....you'll really just have to hear it for yourself. it's called MuSick, and it's the bad movie equivalent to music.

Tony: any chance you can help me out with those MBV eps on reygnyouth? mine downloadiz tickit hast expiredz