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John Peel, of the Radio 1, passed away yesterday. While I didn’t listen to his show, I did have several Peel Session LPs. Those albums shaped my musical tastes as an adolescent, and helped me think about music from across the pond (a big leap for this native Minnesotan in those pre-internet days) as well as music that wasn’t being played (and still isn’t being played) on any of my local radio stations.

May you rest peacefully, knowing that you expanded many people’s musical horizons, John Peel.

I went to see Shaun of the Dead this weekend, and laughed throughout the whole thing (even the gory parts, although I did have my hands over my eyes during the really gross scenes). Imagine how happy I was today when I found this guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse from Jest Magazine!

working again and again on updating this web site. i’m enjoying wordpress, as it’s letting me dip my toes into the twin pools of CSS and PHP. last night, at a movie with amy, kelly, kristen, and lucia, i was geeking out to kelly about both things, when lucia turned to amy and kristen and lucia said, “what’s PHP?” and amy said, “i dunno. drugs, maybe?”

sox are up 4-2 in the bottom of the third. the dog’s upstairs trying to destroy the remnants of her dog bed covering. amy’s driving from northeast philly to my house, and i’ve just made tea. not the most exciting saturday night in the world, but MY saturday night this week, and i’m enjoying it.

I’m working diligently on my Klaralund. I think I’m going to rename it “Red-Sox-a-lund” instead, since most of my knitting seems happen during the ACLS. Very funny, I know, since I’m a lifelong Twins fan. But I’ll cheer for anyone who isn’t the Yankees, and since Amy is a Sox fan, it’s not hard to get into loving the Red Sox. Let’s hope they can pull it out tonight, and that I can finish the back of the sweater tonight.

Photos to come.