How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
I drink tea all day, either iced brown or green tea, or hot green or white tea (based on the season). I never use sugar, but occasionally wring a slice of lime or lemon into the cup.
The only time I drink coffee is when I'm working really late on a project or pairing it with a sweet dessert. Coffee for me is a black house drip or double espresso, simpe and unadorned.
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie.
I rarely listen to my iPod on shuffle. Usually, I queue up several albums and just let them play, or create a specific playlist of songs I'd like to hear right now. The exception is when I'm driving a long distance, occasionally I like to break the monotony with the unexpected juxtapositions that a random playlist offers.
After putting my music player on shuffle, here are the first ten songs to play:
Mountain Goats: "Chinese Rifle Song" from Yam, the King of Crops
Julie Doiron: "Shivers + Crickets" from Heart and Crime
Morrissey: "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" from Bona Drag
Architecture in Helsinki: "City Calm Down" from Fingers Crossed
Jens Lekman: "Too Happy" from spelar i Kalmar 17/12
CocoRosie: "Terrible Angels" from Le Maison de Mon Reve
Josephine Foster: "The Way Is Sweetly Mown" from Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
Johnny Cash: "What Do I Care" from The Essential Johnny Cash
Devendra Banhart: "Korean Dogwood" from Cripple Crow
Casey Dienel: "Embroidery" from Wind-Up Canary
I am a fan of singer-songwriters, who would have known?
What was the last game you played?
Somehow, my wife's new Nintendo DS ended up in my messenger bag this morning (I'm blaming the cats), so I have been playing Brain Age Sudoku off and on all day. I haven't done many Sudoku puzzles in the past, but after a few, I can see the almost-hypnotic appeal that keeps Linda scribbling numerals into boxes.
For me, e-mail is probably the best way to get in touch with me, followed closely by the plethora of instant messenger services I use. E-mail may not be the best way to get a quick response, though, I am criminally negligent in responding to noncritical incoming e-mail. If you need a quick yay or nay, IM me.
Actually, my wife and I rebuilt the CD case this weekend that I use as a nightstand, and I was able to sort through my huge pile of books sitting by the bed. After I shelved books I had finished, I was left with Bill Buford's Heat, McSweeney's #20, The Devil Is a Gentleman: Exploring America's Religious Fringe, Seth Tobochman's graphic novel, War in the Neighborhood, and Wobblies! A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World.
I usually read several books at the same time, leaving a couple in my messenger bag, one in the living room, a couple by the bed and at least one in the spare bedroom.
A couple of weeks ago I joined BookMooch, a book swapping site started by the founder of the online record label,Magnatune, John Buckman.
BookMooch is unique among online booktrading sites in that there is no cost involved, and philanthropy is encouraged. You can give credits to charities like libraries, children's hospitals, and other needy causes, so that they can receive books. You receive 1/10th of a point for every book you make available, and for every book you send out you receive a point that may be used to request a book in the system. At the very least, you must send one book for every five you "mooch," and this ratio is strongly enforced.
So far, I have mailed six books, received five, requested four more, and have made 57 books available to fellow moochers. The BookMooch selection of books available matches my tastes a bit more than PaperBackSwap (my other book trading service), I have been able to pick up a couple of graphic novels and Murakami short story collections through BookMooch.
I ordered my wife a Nintendo DS Lite yesterday. She's been working hard getting ready for graduate school and keeping up her massage therapy practice, and could use the break the portable gaming device offers. Along with the system, I ordered Big Brain Academy and Brain Age.
My wife enjoys puzzle games (Teris and the like) and Sudoku (her hand-held Sudoku game inspired the DS Lite gift). Can you recommend any similar games, or a Sudoku cartridge?
Given that they both wear hockey uniforms proudly atop my computer desk at home, I would have to split my vote for Animal and Kermit.
