Vox Elkit

A little old lady was mutilated late last night

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:13:45 -0700

Warren Zevon

It certainly wasn't Grace, who is no little old lady anyway but a bad-ass, gang-sign-throwing mama, and who is enjoying herself in London, quoting one of my all-time favorite songs. I couldn't help but post it here. Enjoy ... I mean, Ah-wooooooo!!!!!

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Bottoms Up!

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:07:08 -0700

Happy Earth Day, everybody!

ToastTheEarthWithExxonMobil

A tongue-in-cheek salute from the Austin Lounge Lizards:
"Toast The Earth with ExxonMobil"

And for an encore, a repeat of one of my all-time favorite songs:

RunStraightDown

" Run Straight Down", from Warren Zevon's "Transverse City"

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Not much action here

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:39:44 -0700

That's because I mostly blog at Elkit in Wonderland, my main squeeze.

I did just update my "theme". Nice how many there are.

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I know

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:47:16 -0800

I know, I know, I'm not in Austin. But I am going to attend South by Southwest in March, and I can hardly wait, so this Austin cityscape banner is a baby step towards getting there. See you downtown?

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It's Been A Good Year For The Roses

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:34:24 -0800

Sneak Peek

Originally uploaded by elkit.

Hey, now I can blog from flickr directly to vox too! Isn't that nice? Thusly, I am double-posting.

Here's a sneak peek at my "Best of 2006" mix. I love that iTunes lets you import artwork easily, and that you can print covers for a playlist with different view options. I used the "mosaic" option for this one, but I cropped out the song list so you don't know yet which songs I've picked. Like last year, I won't post my song list until after we've done the swap.

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Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:55:38 -0800

I have a question for you all. I am looking for a rear view mirror for my cube. I sit with my back to the cubicle entrance, and because of my flowing tresses, you can't tell if I am wearing my little earphones. And I don't hear when you talk to me, which appears as if I am being rude.

Google searches for "office rear view mirror", "cubicle rear view mirror", and "computer rear view mirror" show all kinds of rear view mirror ... but they all want mounting on top of a monitor. I have a laptop, so that won't work.

I need something that I can either pin to the corkboard, hang from under the shelf in front of me, or stand on my desk behind or next to the laptop. Any ideas where to go shopping?

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Song of the Week: The Speed of Pain

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:13:15 -0800

Since I just mentioned it in my Unconscious Mutterings for the week, and because I like it otherwise, and because I've neglected this blog for a while (not that one though), here is a fresh song of the week:

Marilyn Manson's "Speed of Pain", from "Mechanical Animals"

TheSpeedOfPain

"Just remember
When you think you're free
the crack inside your fucking heart is me".

Gotta love the man. He's so sweet.

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Lost in Time, and Lost in Space, and In Meaning

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:42:52 -0800

Lost in Time, and Lost in Space, and In Meaning

Originally uploaded by elkit.

[Mea-hea-ning.]

Friday was my last day at Apple, so I turned in my badge, my VPN token, and my bestickered PowerBook. Uploaded this from the MacBook Pro I got on the new gig, and promptly made a desktop version, so I can still admire my "Republicans for Voldemort" sticker.

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Stranger than Fiction

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:31:36 -0800

[Cross-posted from over here - it was just so great, I've got to note it here too.]

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jason forbid me to go see "Stranger Than Fiction" without him. He knows I am doing NaNoWriMo, and was willing to wait into December, but I could not hold out that long, the movie sounded just too great - and like the perfect NaNoWriMo movie, actually: a man starts hearing a voice narrating his life, and eventually figures out that he is a character in a novelist's new book. And she is about to kill him.

Sounds absurd, doesn't it? And yet, all the characters were entirely believable. I think this may well have been the best movie I've seen all year. I loved it right from the opening credits, with the overlaid diagrams. The visuals were great - for example, almost all the architecture throughout the film was very angular and straight and sparse and unforgiving. The characters were GREAT, and the plot moved forward relentlessly, and I was anxious to find out how it would be resolved - and the ending of the movie mimicks, of course, the ending of the book.

But what has stuck with me overnight is one scene with one gesture. (I am not surprised. It's usually something smallish that makes the largest impression on me.)

Will Ferrell's character, Harold Crick, makes a gesture so sweet and romantic that I find myself reminded of John Cusack with a boombox over his head. No, I won't tell you what it was, because that would spoil one of the finest moments in the film for you. Let me just say that it took me about four seconds to comprehend. When I got it, I laughed, because I was so delighted by it.

If you like Will Ferrell, go see this movie.
If you like Emma Thompson, go see this movie.
If you like Dustin Hoffman, go see this movie.
If you like Maggie Gyllenhaal, go see this movie.
If you like Queen Latifah, go see this movie.
If you are a writer, go see this movie.
If you are a reader, go see this movie.

Oh, what am I saying - just go see this movie! (And check out the movie's web site - I'm going back there tonight, to replay a couple of scenes, get a podcast, and play a game there.)

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Vox Hunt: Wish I Was Here

nobody@vox.com(elkit) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:24:04 -0800

Show us a picture of you on vacation.
Submitted by ●ßoηi†a.in.Ρink●.

Six Feet Over

That's got to be my all-time favorite vacation picture ever. My legs are the whities on the right. ;-)

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