Sore muscles
Today I ran a couple miles for the first time since getting to Iraq. It really sucks.
I really have nothing to say. I miss Katie.
Edit: Okay, I do have more. I've been goofing around with more plugins. Notice the new Now Reading section on the sidebar. This is something I tried to get working earlier when I misunderstood the concept; I thought it was just a widget when really the widget was the easy way of making the plugin work. It's up and functional now and I hope no one relied on any of my "permalinks" because I had to restructure them. Sorry. They're good now! As you can plainly see I've finished Frank Herbert's Dune and I am halfway finished with Hardcore Zen. Next up will be Robin Hobb's The Farseer Part 1: Assassin's Apprentice which is almost an intimidating read because it's the first of several fantasy novels Robin Hobbs has written. The Farseer series is only a trilogy though. If the first part is good I'll get the other two and then I'll see about the others. I don't think I'll be reading the rest of the Dune books but you can read my short review of the first one from the link in the Now Reading section. I'll put up a short review for everything I read and I'll go back and review the stuff I've already read sometime in the near future while I can still remember what the books are about.
The first time I heard The Dresden Dolls was when Katie and I went to see The Smoking Popes and were spending the night at David's place. I wasn't enamored by what I heard but it was enjoyable. I've been trying to listen to more new stuff than old stuff so I went looking for Dresden Dolls CDs. I know Katie owns their first one but that wasn't readily available so I got their new one, Yes Virginia. From what I understand it's two people, the female on piano and vocals and a guy on drums. I listened to it at work which was a mistake because I wasn't paying attention and with only two instruments the songs really blended together. The vocals are pretty good even if the lyrics don't really have a lot of structure and the music is good for being a two-person band. The dubbing is fantastic, I could've sworn the bass notes from the piano were coming from a second piano. If I had to compare The Dresden Dolls Yes Virginia to anything it's like listening to a stripped-down, female Ben Folds Five minus the guitar.
Retrans yet again tomorrow so next I'll up a ton of pictures. Flickr is too unreliable out here so I'm hosting them myself.
May 3rd, 2006 - 23:48
Dune takes a lot to get into. I am actually more into the Dune books by Brian Herbert, they are a lot easier to read and seem nerdier to me, which is all good because I’m only in it for the nerd.
May 4th, 2006 - 09:06
Yeah I was basically forcing myself through the book. I guess I’m a bigger fan of high sci-fi. Where the technology permeates. Although now I’m reading Asssassin’s Apprentice and I can’t put it down. I can’t even really explain why though the last time that happened I was reading Ender’s Game and I hated that book in the end.