"On the phone, you sound so all alone..." (10/10/2026)

...woke up today to a "pleasant" (in the eye of the beholder) surprise: snow! Yes, despite it ostensibly being fall, winter has crept up and caused the dwindling autumn leaves to cling for dear life. The bad news is that now it's cold as hell outside. Oh well. I suppose natural beauty such as this comes at a cost.

...actually, the snow reminds me of a mildly amusing anecdote from about a year ago: I was chatting with friends online on a fairly dreary, cloudy day when suddenly some random-ass kid starts screaming the lyrics to Jingle Bells at the top of his lungs right next to my house. I immediately brought this up and one of my mates said "it's me bro. I'm outside. Open up." Actually, now that I write this out, it's more strange than funny.

...now listening: "Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow" by Guided By Voices. I covered the first Suitcase in another blog post (at least, I'm sure I did), but the second is just as good as the first. Why Bob decided against putting gems like "I Am Decided" and "Lonely Town" on some of his albums boggles the mind. At least we get to enjoy them here, within the confines of another 100-song box set for the turbo nerds, chock-full of delightful fake band names like "Peter Built Bombs".