Added a few shots of my Georgian wanderings on the photos page, have a look. In other web news, i've been working on a long-delayed site for Veronica's sister Ana lately ... i've worked out most of the CSS kinks, and now need to modify my journal and photos scripts to provide a suitable backend for the new site. Shortly i'll unveil it to the masses. Expect lots of girly things.

Speaking of girly things, has anyone seen the "Apocalypse Ponies" skit on Robot Chicken? Brilliant. "... and i am DEATH PONY!".

We had our second softball match of the season yesterday. Our offensive output increased, tripling the number of runs scored from our last game. However, our defense is in need of some work. Our starting pitcher was out injured, and our substitutes Fred and Chris learned just how tricky it is to find the strike zone. Some of our softball novices need some more education in the rules of the game, which in fairness are rather involved. I got a few hits and got a few outs at first, but got a nasty bruise from a rifled throw by baseball alum Chris that bounced off the grass and hit my throwing hand. I couldn't complain though, because our rookie third baseman Gayatri fell victim to two bad hops, nailing her in the chin and then the hand. Amazingly, she shook them off and hung in there.

This new Radio Dept. album is masterful in a subtle, understated way. Listening to it makes me happy. Something i need every now and then in between that hollow feeling i revel in when listening to the likes of the Chameleons. As for other new music, i must say i am thoroughly disgusted by Rock Kills Kid. Absolutely horrible ... a shameless attempt to cash in on the profound post-punk style of infinitely more genuine acts like the Rapture. They're from L.A., you say? Whoda thunk it?

(... well, me.)

two sips from the cup of human kindness and i'm shitfaced

I've gotten in a little more time with my Xbox 360 since returning from Atlanta. I was freaked out the other day when two minutes into a game of FIFA World Cup 2006, the screen went blank and a message reading "Disc unreadable" popped up. I've heard the rumors of system failures with the first batch of 360's, and don't want to go through the headache of convincing Microsoft to fix or replace mine. Luckily a quick cleaning of the disc got everything back in running order. The disc's surface looks a little weird, so for now i'm telling myself the problem is with it and not the 360's drive.

That double mocha this afternoon was a mistake ... i've got shaky hands now, thanks to the spike and subsequent bottoming out of my blood sugar. Eek.

The World Cup is here! I toyed with the idea of skipping work to watch the inaugural match pitting hosts Germany against Costa Rica, but my morning was chock full of meetings so that was out of the question. Apparently i missed a cracker, with Germany winning 4-2 despite exhibiting some worrisome defensive frailties. I'm all set to spend Saturday morning watching England open their campaign against Paraguay, followed by a key early afternoon matchup between Argentina and the Ivory Coast. Assuming i don't get dragged off to the BFD festival by V and Jenz. Game on!