Things and stuff http://www.magical-girl.com with, intensity Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:18:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The room is on fire Things I have learned tonight: Video editing is fun. Before I had neither the software to do it correctly or the hardware to run said software with usable performance. Now I have a laptop which can run Adobe Premiere(!) and do all kinds of amazing stuff right there in the editor. Doing ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/07/12/the-room-is-on-fire/ I’m stranded with nothing, modern guilt With every passing day I think more and more that I might be the only sane person left in the Goddamn world. At this point I am seriously considering selling everything I own and squatting land in the Utah salt flats. http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/07/10/im-stranded-with-nothing-modern-guilt/ The paradox The more I learn, the more I realize that which I do not know or understand. The more I realize that which I do not know or understand, the more I accept the impossibility of my learning. The more I accept the impossibility of learning, the more I want to ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/06/25/the-paradox/ I wish if I could see the light of heaven Week 8 Foals - Antidotes It might be a good idea to stop buying CDs based on listening to five second samples on Last.fm. I find it incredible how quickly I discovered, fell in love with and then subsequently got very sick of dance-punk in such a short period of time. Jaymay - ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/05/23/weekly-albums-review-thing-week-8/ You could buy me a burrito and some beans and rice Week 7 Colin Meloy - Colin Meloy Sings Live! There is a live Colin Meloy show which is virtually the same as this album and available to stream on the NPR All Songs Considered site, so if you want to save $10 go ahead and listen to that. You will not get ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/05/15/weekly-albums-review-thing-week-7/ She told me that the radio’s been playing the same song all day long Week 6 Japan Nite Edition The Emeralds - Love is Rolling These guys certainly put on the liveliest of the sets at Japan Nite, and that is clearly reflected in the album. While watching their set, they reached the point where I wanted them to stop talking to the audience and just play ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/05/07/albums-review-thing-week-6/ I had to ask “do I miss my friends?” http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/05/01/it-is-2008-already-get-over-it/ He said he had his boom chopped off in the boom Week 5 Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple At first I was not sure what to make of this album, it sounds only vaguely in passing like St. Elsewhere and I had no idea what I was supposed to be listening for. On the second listen I noticed I was enjoying it ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/05/01/album-review-thing-week-5/ He’s gonna wake up in a smoothie Week 4 She and Him - Volume One I have no idea who Zooey Deschanel is and looking at her IMDB profile is not helping. At times this record fits into the "a little too country for me" category. Still at some point, I think during "I Was Made For You" I ... http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/04/25/album-review-thing-week-4/ Think you got it bad, try having Dracula for your dad I cannot tell if I have joined an elite club of people with broken Xboxes, or have been expelled from an elite club of people who have not had their Xbox crap out on them yet. http://www.magical-girl.com/2008/04/20/think-you-got-it-bad-try-having-dracula-for-your-dad/