Tag: iphoneography

The House Plants Have Names

As of this morning the four house plants in the bedroom have officially official names.

This tall drink of water is named Zack. Jen said it just looks like a Zack. Zack Attack, you know.

Jen told me that I had to come up with a name for the Japanese Peace Lilly. The choice is obvious. It’s name is Sgt. Angel, though Sgt. Angle is also acceptable. Do you get it? No? Go watch the movie Hot Fuzz. All will be made clear.

This one is named Ron. Jen didn’t give an explanation, but I have to assume it is in honor of the best member of the Harry Potter Big Three, Ron Weasley. Why is he the best? Why, red hair of course. Also because Weasley is our King, he never lets the quaffle in, Weasley is our King.

Finally, and by far most important, is Bellana’s clipping. Bellana named the plant that the clipping came from Burt. Therefore, the clipping (COMPLETE WITH A NEW LEAF!!!!!!) will forever be known as Bertha.

There you have it, folks. The plants have been named.

Eight Deer

I just stepped outside for a second to bring the garbage barrels in from the street. As I walked out I heard a commotion by the side of the house. Deer. Lots of them. I counted eight but there may have been more.

They stayed at the edge of the woods in the neighbor’s yard while I was at the street, but as soon as I started walking back to the house they booked it deeper into the woods.

I wish they’d hang out with us. I’ve got a bag of grapes in here that I would totally be willing to share.

Backwards

I just kicked off song number 10 for RPM. I made it the simplest, easiest thing imaginable. Rhythm guitars, bass, and drums are all done. I made it simple because I had a gimmick. A sick, doofus, goofy gimmick.

The guitars are backwards in every other measure. It’s not clean. I recorded the whole song in a couple of sections and then edited the track so I could swap the direction of every other bar. In almost every measure I came in a teeny tiny bit early so there’s just barely the sound of the pick touching the low E string that gets moved from the end of each bar to the beginning, so there’s noise at the start of each backward bar where it should be quiet.

I don’t care. It’s a gimmick and it was fun to do.

More importantly, it let me make some progress today without actually having to write any lyrics.