weather like a saturday

there's a young dog in our neighborhood who has been barking, on much the exact same high note, since 8 this morning. it's driving david crazy. it's not driving me crazy, but it is causing tension in our home. it's not it's fault there's tension. it is the scapegoat of some other source of tension. and it's not it's fault in general. dogs are made to bark. it's the owner who is at fault, for allowing the dog to bark, or for abandoning it in the yard all day, or for whatever reason the dog just can't seem to stop barking.

i finished my taxes and sent a box of cds to a friend. i love making cds for people, it's one of my favorite things. i have been in my room most of the day working on my lines for the goat. i have only 10 more pages to go.

yesterday we saw a movie, "sunshine cleaning." it was an ok movie, the preview was better. i felt the movie was uneven and there was too much unexplained, unsupported, or perhaps there was content which at one time existed but was subsequently edited out. also, there were things in it that were kind of hackneyed. not overly original. but there were some good performances.

i kind of ignored easter, seems like for the first time. i'm sure i've sort of ignored it the last few years, but this year i really did. no candy or nothin'. not even a peep.

good new music acquired on the recent trip to seattle:

MGMT - "oracular spectacular"

Tunng - "good arrows"