rocket-fish.org | January 01, 2003

New year's, new layout
Posted Wednesday, January 01, 2003 @ 02:40 PM

I think I'm eternally doomed to dislike a new layout the moment I put it up. There is always something I find after posting that is much prettier, that I want to imitate, or that I would be okay getting to know through avid conversation and some good necking. If it were up to me [and if I had more free time and motivation], I'd have a new layout every day. Quantity over quality only works if you're so terrified by the numbers that you close your eyes. Perhaps this is what I will convince myself you're doing when you try to shield yourself from ugliness.

Some things you should know about rocket's current state:
a) About the only things that work so far are the archives and the links. Please excuse the mess, but I figured many of you would be happy if I at least put something up. The rest will be coming soon.
b) As you may notice, there's a comment section at the end of every entry. Use it. For the time being, this replaces a guestbook. Oh yes, and this is available due to moveable type, which is part of the reason I have been so long in redesigning.
c) Consider writing with capital letters a new year's resolution. We'll see how long it lasts.

Last night I went to my first "Party in Some Kid's Garage," officially, at least. I was invited by Matt, whose band was supposed to play. Taylor's band played, as well. Translated: I listened to teenage boys mess around on their guitars and basses [bassi?] for a few hours, while sitting in a garage. It wasn't half bad, though. Peter and I were resourceful and found a huge bag of legos, which provided entertainment for a while, and when that grew old, we bowled with coke cans. Let's just leave it at this: it took a whole roll of paper towels to clean up.

So when people ask me how I brought in 2003, I can always reminisce about greasy legos, rolling Peter up in a carpet, jogging to "Eye of the Tiger" played by a mini electric keyboard, or how RedBull -- an energy drink -- can instill the same stupidity into teenage boys as beer does in adults. And, if all else fails, I can always turn to Peter and say, "Remember that time in 2002 when you were urinated on by an adolescent male?"