i'm very sensitive to the weather...

i had set the condition on myself this morning that if i finish the song then i can go to the punk show tonight. i instead ended up falling asleep, and now i'm afraid to go outside. and i'm still sleepy.

it's only -10 with the windchill. but i'm actually getting the feeling that i may not leave the house at all until it's passed next week.

this is why i always have extra spaghetti.

the song is legitimately almost done. i want to add some extra guitar parts. it'll only take a few hours from the time i sit down to do it. but right now i'm still nodding off...

i knew what i was walking into, but i'm still constantly amazed by what i'm seeing.

i actually wouldn't want to travel to this place on foot. i need to get a bicycle...it's clear....top priority in the spring...

it's amazing how much of detroit has this "old country road" feel, given that it's a substantial metropolitan center. areas in the center of the city look and feel like isolated, trapped-in-time towns in central ontario.

i haven't spent enough time yet to know if i'm walking into a village mentality.

i'm actually a big city person. i like the egalitarianism that comes with anonymity.

deathtokoalas
why is our tax money being wasted on this trash?

i'm not normally a fiscal conservative, but it's really upsetting. first fall out boy, now this.

it's not about reducing taxes. i don't pay taxes. it's about the proper use of public funding.

this is money that ought to have been budgeted for art but is instead being wasted on hollywood-style videos to mass market mindless crap. public funds earmarked for art ought to have two focuses in mind:

1) helping actual artists (like me) escape the market forces that make their lives so difficult.
2) general social welfare.

the people of ontario are not in the business of running major music labels. this is the kind of thing that should have been fronted by a label, in return for debt. that is, this kid should be paying for this, not the people of ontario.

there's no cultural, thematic or musical content to this that justifies public expenditures. it's just mindless pop trash. i mean, if you have a definition of art that umbrellas this i'd like to hear it, but expect me to call you on your mental gymnastics if you do try it...

it's sort of fitting that the only responses i'm getting (and deleting) are comments about my appearance.

platismatiaglauca
Why do you say "our tax money" and then go on to say you don't pay taxes. 

deathtokoalas
because taxes are owned collectively by the public. the fact that i don't pay into the system does not rob me of the right to an equal say in how the funds are used.