Month: September 2005

This post is actually about gloating over seeing Lucinda Williams

September 30, 2005 /

Lucinda Williams seemed happily surprised by the enthusiasm of the crowd last night. “Y’all are so great,” she said. “What is this, is… is Louisville just a well-kept secret or something?” (Roars of assent, even though she pronounced it “Looeyville.”) “Y’know, Austin used to be like this… back when I moved there in ’74. Before the Wal-Marts and the Starbucks moved in…”

I wonder if she saw any of the billboards and bumper stickers for Keep Louisville Weird, which is (by their admission) a direct rip of Keep Austin Weird.

The correct pronunciation of “Louisville,” incidentally, has been codified in Elizabethtown, and is audible in the theatrical trailer, I think (can’t check at work, sans sound card). Elizabethtown filmed for a few days and held its premiere afterparty at the Brown Hotel, adjoining the Brown Theatre where we saw Lucinda Williams last night.

Lucinda Williams is a good show! She is also the most awkward-looking human on earth.

September 29, 2005 /

Whoa, I made like thirty-five bucks off of Dreamhost referrals! Where by “made” I mean “got taken off my annual hosting bill,” but still!

Thanks, Kyle and soltaridj and procura, whoever you are. (I know who Kyle is.)

September 29, 2005 /

Disturbing Search Result (that led somebody to my site):

tv remote control fall down and don't work

Ten bucks says that’s a Kentucky original!

Getting more hits for “thinspiration,” too: Ana has moved up to the #84 Google result.

The Central Ethos of Harry Potter

September 29, 2005 /

I’m not sure what Fantine was going to say, but here’s my overanalysis: the central ethos of Harry Potter–that one should trust children to be competent, but shield them from the consequences of failure; that a parent should protect them from harm, but never information–is a highly political one. It’s also already stated in about a jillion other YA books, but when was the last time it was distributed on such a scale? When was the last time it was internalized so widely, so willingly, outside the classroom, by children and adults?

It’s at that question that I start to wonder what the book-burning groups are really out to fight.

September 29, 2005 /

I’ve been out of my air cast since Monday, and I haven’t felt any soreness except late that first night (after a strenuous day). I am done being sprained! I’ve kicked my bad ankle! In a manner of speaking.

September 27, 2005 /

Names I have used in Anacrusis:

  • Eddy
  • Edmund
  • Edwidge
  • Edgar
  • Edwin

Names I have not heretofore used in Anacrusis:

  • Ed

September 23, 2005 /

Man, I’ve laid some stinkers this week. Another story that will not go in Anacrusis:

M O M

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Prudence, Chaz............225 5887

Punnett, Molly K..........225 8595

Purcell, E................224 5615

Purvis, Aaaaagh...........225 9949

Purvis, Branwyn...........225 1285

Purvis, Cicily............224 3776

Purvis, Daunte............226 6494

Purvis, Ed................226 6707

Purvis, Fenchurch.........225 2449

Purvis, God...............484 4465

Purvis, Henrietta O.......225 4846

Purvis, I Can't Believe We

Had Nonuplewhat.........224 0770

Purvis, Jay...............225 2143

Purvis, Kettie............225 0786

Purvis, Lottie............225 0786

Purvis, Monroe............484 9124

Purvis, No You're Joking Tell

Me You're Joking........226 6031

Purvis, O Fuck............224 9031

Purvis-Mayfield, This Is All Your

Fault You Bastard.......228 1377

Pyett, Kenneth............225 5444