Archive | December, 2007

27 December 2007 ~ 24 Comments

Mr. Depression, Ms. Shrink and Mr. God (or Alcohol is the shit. or The Whatever Post)

I’ve written before about how I might have been suffering from a really bad case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Well, I’m 100% sure that I’m suffering from it now.
This doesn’t surprise me the least since after being prescribed antidepressants and after my psychiatrist issued a moratorium on all of my activities that involve alcohol, [...]

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25 December 2007 ~ 7 Comments

GarageBand Wednesday: Mr. Brightside / Seek and Destroy

Here’s a video from my band’s gig at Freedom Bar.

Seek and Destroy (Metallica Cover)
And here’s a video from my company’s Christmas party where we played a song from a band I really don’t get.

Mr. Brightside (The Killers)
Enjoy. Oh and Merry Christmas. Or something.

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23 December 2007 ~ 15 Comments

Fucking zit

I’ve always had relatively great skin. I mean it’s not super smooth or anything but I’ve never had pimple problems. The worst I had to deal with were a bad case of white heads which I pricked the shit out of leaving my cheeks badly pock marked.
Also, white heads are gummy and they taste a [...]

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19 December 2007 ~ 10 Comments

Sorry 37 Signals, but you should really give your marketing strategy more credit

I’ve always admired 37 Signals as a company ever since I read Getting Real over a year ago. But when Matt Linderman wrote about formulating what, in my opinion, are marketing strategies based on self promotion and “riding the wave” I lose a modicum of respect for them.
From Signal Vs. Noise, 37Signals’ blog:
8. Ride the [...]

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18 December 2007 ~ 6 Comments

A really really broke(n) Christmas

If, like me, you are a totally unsuccessful junior executive / alcoholic Internet star; chances are Christmas doesn’t mean shit to you anymore. The days when I would go around the city with a cute new outfit to visit my godparents and “collect” are long gone.
I could barely remember the days when I’d spend hours on end sitting on my [...]

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