"Brave men tell the truth, a wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles."

If at all possible, I am going to smoke my pipe in the Eagle and Child pub when I visit Britain this summer. How brilliant is that? I think it's pretty cool. Here's the full itinerary.

Also, I've ordered a 35mm film SLR for my photography course in the fall. It's a Nikon, of course, namely the N80. I've also purchased a new 50mm Nikon lens, which should work wonderfully with the N80, as well as three rolls of Kodak T-Max 100 B&W film. I'm pretty excited.

I've acquired some new music recently, most of which is outside my usual sphere of listening, if such a sphere could indeed be identified, given my somewhat eclectic collection of artists and albums. First of all, an album which is somewhat related to my last post, Apocalyptica's "Plays Metallica By Four Cellos." Strangely enough, the title is very self-explanatory. Imagine that. Except that it's "celli." However, I digress into nitpicking. But in all seriousness, Metallica's music works very well on the cellos(celli?), and retains a great deal of the original gravity and drone-like qualities that are present in the original cuts. Overall, an excellent idea and an excellent performance. If you don't like Metallica, but like cellos(celli!), you might like this album. A side note: I've no idea how Apocalyptica went from being an awesome cello quartet to churning out that piece of whiny garbage that's on the radio right now. Bring back the cellos(CELLI)! Next up is Dan Auerbach's first solo album, "Keep It Hid." I haven't made up my mind about this one. Definitely not quite Black Keys material, but it's still Auerbach, so it's got some of the same attributes. It's too early to say, I need to give it a few more listens. I didn't like the latest Keys release all that much, so I won't be too surprised if I don't like "Keep It Hid," but because Dan is pretty much le awesome, I want to give him a chance to convince me. I've met the guy, I at least owe him that much, right? I also purchased an album by Royksopp, a duo of electronic musicians. Some interesting, laid-back electronic tunes, good for relaxing, or driving or whatnot. Nothing like the nigh perfection that was The Postal Service, which kind of bridged the gap between the things I dislike about electronica and the things that bug me about Death Cab For Cutie. But Royksopp is nice so far. We shall see.

In conclusion, this is my 100th post on this blog. Wooooo!