I'm sorry to hear about you losing your job, that's a situation that I hope to never be in again and wouldn't wish on anyone. I also want to echo what others said, take this opportunity and move to be with the person who loves you, especially if you don't have too much keeping you in the place where you are now. This…

I was there. She was good. The crowd was mostly not and she didn't really seem all that into it. Despite that, she still put on a great show, which is great because I've been to plenty of shows with bad audiences where the performer totally phones it in.

I've had that happen countless times. I recently went to a lecture at the library, and if it weren't for the toddler in attendance with his grandparents, I would have been the only person there under 50.

I was ghosted by one woman and stood up by another in less than 24 hours this week. I also got food poisoning from a Chinese restaurant over the weekend.

That's dumb they are making fun of you because I would kill to be able to see Kraftwerk.

Angel Olsen on Monday. It was good despite a kind of bad audience and her appearing not into it at all.

-Saw Angel Olsen on Monday and it was great
-Friday is the launch of a local music organization I helped start and the monthly concert series we're putting on with a local arts organization
-The shitty project I was on at work got cancelled and I'm not even slightly mad about wasting time on it.

Somewhat related: when I worked as an administrator for a university's school of education, we had a student who was doing this and camming to make money. She was outed by a few other students, which is shitty, and we had to have an "emergency" meeting to decide what to do. Ended up I had to sit down with her and…

Well, you put it on the internet so expect someone from Latino Review to report it as fact soon.

Playing it now. It's pretty great.

I didn't really like the story for Max Payne 3, and I have never seen Man on Fire, so I don't know how much it steals from it, but I thought that was one of the most fun games I've played just from a gameplay standpoint. Also, the soundtrack by HEALTH is pretty killer.

Man, someone involved with this band liked that line enough to name the whole album Knee Deep in the Hoopla.

Man, Majora's Mask is so great. I played it last year when the remake came out and it totally made me reevaluate my feelings for it. I remember getting this for the N64 and not liking it, especially after Ocarina of Time. The notebook they added for the remake really helps with that game though. When it originally…

A few weeks ago I picked up The Warriors on sale on the Playstation Store. I never got a chance to play it when it first came out, so I was happy it got released under the PS2 classics. Overall, it's not bad. I like that they really capture the tone of the movie and that the plot is leading up to the events of the…

Yes! I'm in West Virginia, close to Pennsylvania and Ohio.

I mentioned elsewhere my feelings regarding not being good or worthwhile enough for anything. It's a feeling that comes and goes. Right now, with all the good things I've done, that feeling is extremely low and my confidence is soaring. But, it's fragile and I know I'll be in the hole again soon. So, fuck that.

I'm sorry. That's rough.

Shit, I'm sorry man.

Yes. Yes they are.

What were you doing in WV in '99? That's a cool time because it's pretty much the height of WV's punk scene. I was in high school and saw a ton of bands come through and play my small, hometown. I saw all the whole Victory Records roster, Poison the Well, Texas is the Reason, and, the best, The Dismemberment Plan. In…