wild turkey stampede
Thanksgiving always reminds me of a sound clip that Tracy sent me a long time ago, that got a lot of play around ED&T after I left. It was a turkey gobbling overlaid dozens of times and it sounded like a wild turkey stampede. I know I missed out on a lot of fun never having shared an office with Tracy, Dan, and Stewart. Wild turkey stampede! That's nothing but fun. So that's how I got from this Thanksgiving Sunday to 1996 in just two moves. Wild turkey stampede.
Anyway...
I'm at my parents' house in Minto for the long weekend. Shelly picked me up in Fredericton on Friday and we went to Swiss Chalet and saw Into the Blue. The HBS reviews are pretty much dead on - the story and the acting were lame, the ocean cinematography was gorgeous, Jessica Alba has a fantastic body, fullstop. Spent some more time on a D&D module I've been adapting to run for some friends, finally gave up and settled on a plan B. Did a bunch of Sudoku puzzles. Played some Wizard with the parents. Had a turkey supper which was <SPAN STYLE="ACCENT: French taunter">very nice!</SPAN> Man, I'm a geek. This may be the geekiest paragraph ever written on ye old blog.
Johnny Five was my personal patron saint of rock and roll this week, loaning me the new Franz Ferdinand, the new Sigur Rós, and also the Frontier Index album he picked up at the Sadies show last week. All very nice. (French taunting is of course implied.)
Fiona Apple's third album, Extraordinary Machine, finally got an official release last week and it's #1 on iTunes. Her web site is streaming the whole record, which is très cool. The eleven tracks that were leaked this spring are all there in one form or another, with one new track. When I talked about the album in March, I noted that it was taking a while to get used to, as her stuff usually does. Well, I really fell in love with it. Those tracks in that order feel like Extraordinary Machine to me. The arrangements on the official release just aren't doing anything for me yet. They leave me wanting the "original" which is, fortunately for me, on my iPod anyway. I'll keep trying.
Haven't been playing much poker lately. In theory we have a home game scheduled for the 21st, if only everyone is allowed to come out and play. Here's hoping. Not sure if more PokerStars will help or hinder after the Tim/Marius debacle. :)
Still plugging away with Ultimus at work. What doesn't kill me can only make me stronger, right? Or weak as a sack of kittens. Something like that.
Go read about Sealand - a case of truth being stranger than fiction. I think John's going to write a concept album about it.
I love Firefox tabs. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't know where they've been all my life.
Wild turkey stampede? That's gold, Jerry, gold!
Now Playing: Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
Current Mood: rapidly sleepier
Anyway...
I'm at my parents' house in Minto for the long weekend. Shelly picked me up in Fredericton on Friday and we went to Swiss Chalet and saw Into the Blue. The HBS reviews are pretty much dead on - the story and the acting were lame, the ocean cinematography was gorgeous, Jessica Alba has a fantastic body, fullstop. Spent some more time on a D&D module I've been adapting to run for some friends, finally gave up and settled on a plan B. Did a bunch of Sudoku puzzles. Played some Wizard with the parents. Had a turkey supper which was <SPAN STYLE="ACCENT: French taunter">very nice!</SPAN> Man, I'm a geek. This may be the geekiest paragraph ever written on ye old blog.
Johnny Five was my personal patron saint of rock and roll this week, loaning me the new Franz Ferdinand, the new Sigur Rós, and also the Frontier Index album he picked up at the Sadies show last week. All very nice. (French taunting is of course implied.)
Fiona Apple's third album, Extraordinary Machine, finally got an official release last week and it's #1 on iTunes. Her web site is streaming the whole record, which is très cool. The eleven tracks that were leaked this spring are all there in one form or another, with one new track. When I talked about the album in March, I noted that it was taking a while to get used to, as her stuff usually does. Well, I really fell in love with it. Those tracks in that order feel like Extraordinary Machine to me. The arrangements on the official release just aren't doing anything for me yet. They leave me wanting the "original" which is, fortunately for me, on my iPod anyway. I'll keep trying.
Haven't been playing much poker lately. In theory we have a home game scheduled for the 21st, if only everyone is allowed to come out and play. Here's hoping. Not sure if more PokerStars will help or hinder after the Tim/Marius debacle. :)
Still plugging away with Ultimus at work. What doesn't kill me can only make me stronger, right? Or weak as a sack of kittens. Something like that.
Go read about Sealand - a case of truth being stranger than fiction. I think John's going to write a concept album about it.
I love Firefox tabs. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't know where they've been all my life.
Wild turkey stampede? That's gold, Jerry, gold!
Now Playing: Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
Current Mood: rapidly sleepier
posted at 1:55 a.m.
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I just noticed that they've stopped streaming the whole record. Two tracks are still up: "O' Sailor" and "Parting Gift."