Right now I'm listening to the White Stripes -"The Hardest Button to Button". One thing I found about being online is that it changed how I listened to music. I used to have to seclude myself with my discman and listen, usually in the dark, with my eyes closed. I invented movies to fit the soundtrack. Then with the generous help of the people at Napster (now a slick corporate puppet), I started having all this great music on my computer, and me without a burner.

(Eleni Mandell now - "To Bad About You")

Then, when I was recently disconnected, I really missed both things. I felt sad and edgy. I wandered aimlessly around my apartment trying to hold my attention to a book. But soon, I remembered my discman.

("1970 Red Chevelle")

So, I guess I'm saying, that when it leaves you, you don't necessarily leave it. Or you don't have to.

(Elliot Smith - "Needle in the Hay" - are you getting the sense its taking me a long time to write this? )

I was impressed by you when I first saw you. I don't understand why we never say these things until the end. Perhaps because we rarely think to.

Ciao.