Savage Garden

Bought a couple carnivorous plants this last weekend. Well, not the exact ones pictured below; mine are wee babies. But with any luck I'm hoping they'll grow up nice and healthy. We'll see...

Venus Fly Traps


Hooded Pitcher Plants

DREAM THEATRE Part 1: Magic Coffee

Best coffee mug EVER...



I often write my dreams down whenever I can remember them. They are an endless source of wonder and amusement to me. This is one of my favorites:
At work, I see a co-worker coming out of the break room, cup of coffee in hand, but I notice that the coffee is shimmery and bubbling, and little sparks are flying from the top of the cup. I ask her "Whoa! What's up with the coffee?" and she says "Oh, it's magic coffee." without missing a beat. I just look at her, perplexed, at which point she waves me over to the break room. On the counter, instead of a coffee maker I see 3 tiny leprechauns stirring a big ole pot of joe. I turn to my co-worker with a confounded look on my face, and she deadpans "Let's go downstairs." We ride the elevator to the lobby, exit the building and walk next door into a hardware store. A sales clerk approaches us and asks if we need help finding anything. My co-worker replies "Yes, can you–" then immediately pulls a magic wand from her purse, waves it at the poor clerk and turns her into a leprechaun just like the ones in the break room. She pockets the little sprite, turns to me and nonchalantly says "We'll get 3 more then leave."

EITS, Slim's 5.1.07

Explosions In The Sky played Slim's last night to a sold-out crowd of adoring fans that wildly cheered and applauded at the end of each song, yet were so attentive and silent while the band played that you could hear a pin drop from the rest room at the back of the club. The Austin, Texas quartet plays instrumental rock much in the same vein as Mono from the post below, and while I believe the former's music is a bit less brooding & dramatic than their Japanese counterparts, it is no less intense. I would call it blissful and lyrical.