Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 12:34 p.m.

seems like i've lived through quite a bit in my short time on this planet.

at least i'm only 10 months older than tiger woods.

phew!

e.

Friday, April 12, 2002 - 11:52 a.m.

hyped up on procrastination. actually, my neck is just being a bitch again and typing feels like torture. yet, here i am, at work with a smile on my face.

finally rented dark days last night with the dude and cam. it was an unbelievable documentary about tunnel dwellers beneath the city of new york.

the guy who produced it had never even delved into film before and decided to choose b+w so that all the shots would match up.

the characters the film centers on seem unreal yet endearing, you can't help but feel sympathy for their situation and amazement at how they've adpated.

music was produced by dj shadow, one of my hero's. the soundtrack seemed especially potent because it was from a james lavelle + dj shadow compilation i won called, psyence fiction that i picked up a few years back.

e.

Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 10:18 a.m.

old news but i am still thinking about it:

Thursday, March 28, 2002

A New York Times story yesterday made it official: using the Web has become a boring experience. Glenn Davis, an early online luminary who ran Cool Site of the Day, declared that "the Web is old hat," pointing out that the Web has lost much of its frontier-like appeal.

There are fewer creative uses of the Web springing up, while more and more domain names expire or get snapped up by porn sites.

This trend is due in part to the increased efficiency of the Web industry. Many of the now-defunct websites were once dotcoms that, while colorful and creative, never deserved to become businesses at all. The Web is better off without such wasteful ventures, especially if they're replaced by companies that actually run a profit while providing good user experiences.

Another reason for the Web's blandness is that technology has simply advanced beyond the stage of early Web-based creations, like the Mr. Potato Head site or the coffeemaker cam (for more on coffeemakers, see Reader Mail below). I visited a high school classroom recently, and when I asked the students about their Internet usage, all nine teenage boys talked almost exclusively about two things: instant messaging and PC games. Neither is a website, but both use the Internet to *facilitate* a good experience.

So I'll agree that the Web, as we knew it in years past, is certainly less creative and exciting. But the Internet is alive and well - even for creative applications - and has plenty of frontier to explore.

read the rest of the ny times article here.

i have been happening upon a number of news items of this nature all week. it's sad. is this the week the internet jumps the shark?

i doubt it but i am obsessed with that expression. i am also obsessing over the swollen members. i can't believe i ignored them for so long and it took their mad leap into mainstream for me to pay attention. je suis tres lame.

e.

Wednesday, April 3, 2002 - 05:41 p.m.

finally back to my old self. for the past week and half whenever someone mentioned the word "wedding" i punched the self-destruct button. since i can't drink or smoke, i downed my fears in chocolate and any other delectable that crossed my path.

follow the crumbs of depression to my wiggly jiggly thighs. ugh.

had such a miserable time in montreal, came home in a serious funk. cried my heart out then slept through a drum solo. don't ask. i was so damaged i couldn't even write about it although i tried.

oh well. back to life, back to reality.

e.