blogging to you from the epicenter of nerddom

...palo alto. lordy, you've never seen so many pairs of dockers, or men with ponytails, for that matter. lots of circa '98 wilson's leather apparel in the house, as well. and a few idiots with too much money wearing vuarnets (yes, vuarnets!), even though it's foggy and 50 degrees.

back in the bay-bay for 36 hours starting now, then back to ps, only to be picked up by the mister to drive to la and spend 12 hours, returning immediately to ps. then to la jolla for two days starting monday. lord help. now you understand the intermittent blog posting, i hope.

how 'bout some thoughts tossed like chicken feed this fine wednesday? here ya go:

* 'michael clayton' is really good, though slow at the beginning and full of plot holes you could drive a truck through. also, wins the award for most cliched production design element. a 19-or-so-year-old farm girl sits in a newark airport motel room alone and unmet by the party who invited her east. in the background of the shot, in her suitcase, we see a stuffed animal. spare me.

* ryan adams' new ep 'follow the lights,' is phenomenal and the only thing helping me keep my sanity in this cacaphonous starbucks.

* palo alto, like everywhere else in america these days, has turned into an outdoor mall.