hey, the new tortoise is really good, if you still care. it's got this weird spinning plate thing going on, melodies just hover and the drums are much less chicago/cliche than one might expect from mcentire. the whole thing seems tastefully epic, a bit new agey but also there's this killer guitar solo somewhere in the middle of the CD that sat me up in my bed last night. nice.

also nice - my paper got accepted at EMP. back to seattle! did i mention that i had a nightmare that i went to the opening cocktail party and it was full of pitchfork writers? imagine a worse fate than three days of papers on mr. lif and death cab? eeiiiwww.

IN OTHER NEWS - how bout that speech last night, huh? i was thrilled when some brave souls (evacuated via the dropping chair like in MTV's long lost remote control) clapped when bush mentions 'this year, parts of the homeland security act will expire,' tee hee, clapping as protest.

meanwhile, my roommate bought up www.ashleypearson.com for our general pleasure and Ohio (hi in the middle) has decided that bush's QUEERBASHING comments would be an excellent entrance for their anti-gay marriage proposition. on the intro to media studies tip - it's so frustrating that the whole thing is framed around 'sanctity of male and female' marriage as if the two were mutually exclusive. it's almost as annoying as saying 'pro life' instead of 'anti-choice.' language is power.