Thank You

Well they're officially dating. I think I probably won't be writing for awhile. Thanks for listening.

My Rights Versus Yours

Wow. Check this out. I may not have a lot of respect for wrestling as a whole, but this is ridiculous. Why does the media need to twist everything? Selling more stories does not make you fair and balanced.

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Internet is down at my house right now, so updates might be a bit sporadic for awhile here...not that they haven't been in the past, haha.

I've been really diving in to some research on the music industry lately, trying to decide why I feel the way I do about downloading music illegally. This really resonated with me, and I hope you guys think it's interesting too.

Artists like Saul Williams and Radiohead are determining the future of the music scene, and I can't wait to see where it ends up. I only hope more bands decide to follow their example, and I wish people would have caught on sooner.

Digital distribution is the future, whether record companies want to admit it or not. Steve Jobs has taken some baby steps in the right direction, with DRM free downloads from the iTunes store, but even those are imprinted with the username of the person downloading it.

Despite never having used it, OiNK really was the best thing to happen to the music scene. If recording companies had put their considerable political and financial muscle behind developing something like it early on in the game, ie when Napster was still around, they easily could've pushed Napster and other lookalikes out of the filesharing arena simply by offering a better, faster, service.

Shiksa (Girlfriend)

Last night we went to a Halloween party and she freaked out. It was in Uptown and it was a group of D's friends who we didn't know at all. We were walking down the stairs towards the party and she disappeared. I figured she had gone to some other part of the apartment but when none of us had seen her in a half hour or so we went looking.

Turns out she was back in the car because she was too scared to mingle. It's times like this when I wish we were dating the most, so I could take her in my arms and tell her that it's ok to be scared sometimes and that I would never hold it against her.

But we're not together.

And neither are her and D, apparently. Despite her profile changing, her texting D and calling him her boyfriend, and telling her sister about it, and the fact that I'm 99% sure they fooled around last night. She claims they're not together and I have to take her at her word I guess.

We're drinking at her house tomorrow and I'm scared. I really don't want anything to happen but I just can't say no. I almost hope I get sick so I don't have to worry about it.