Archive for October, 2007

Rumors (No, All True)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

If you’ve heard the rumor going around that I’ve gotten a new desk chair, I am here to confirm that the rumors are, indeed, true. My new desk chair is a fitness orb. I can feel my core getting stronger already.

Out of My Youth and Into the Cold

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I bought a new jacket today that I’ve been wearing since about 7 p.m. when we hit up Chipotle for dinner. It’s now five after eleven and we’ve been back from dinner for at least 3 hours. I even made a special trip to the mailbox to get the mail, a task I normally leave [...]

Falling Asleep to Music

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Awake Dustin has overstayed his welcome at Sleepy Dustin’s house a few too many nights over the last week or so, searching YouTube and iTunes for good new music, and nostalgic old music. I think if I could put my finger on one thing I miss most about growing up, a close second to being [...]

Drought Relief in a Bottle

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

If your local area is experiencing the worst drought in recent history, does drinking bottled water that is presumably bottled where water is plentiful begin to drift from ridiculous to socially responsible? Would it be wrong to ask the management team of your apartment complex to turn off the automated sprinkler system during the aforementioned [...]

Summarily Good

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

I’m not as easily discouraged by the discovery of new faults as I am by the seemingly endless battle I face eradicating these faults from every discoverers’ memory. It’s almost as if the first impression lasts only almost as long as the worst impression. Every good deed dedicated to the demise of even the slightest [...]

Rewind 007 Style

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I just watched the trailer for Be Kind Rewind, a movie by the creative genius behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Friday I would have said that the Jack Black casting is about as perfect as you can get for a movie about cheap remakes of classic movies. Ironically enough, though, Dan and I [...]

Don’t Leave Your Thoughts Outside the Box

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I never thought moving a truckload of someone else’s boxes could have such a profound effect on my life. That is, until, someone called out the label on the box they were carrying. “Info/Ideas”, the box read. And now my life is changed.

live.work.play.