because i know you don't care

been a while since i wrote anything

a lot of things that were going well last week
aren't going so well now

some stuff that seemed promising seems not
to have panned out

and i've got probably another week or more of
long days and weekends in the lab
still trying to make the best of what is at the core
a dumb idea

oh well
i suppose one can look at all of it
and call it some sort of progress

happened upon an amusing little exercise today
make a list of your favorite albums from each year you were alive

here goes
1976 meh
1977 kraftwerk - trans europe express
1978 genesis - and then there were three
1979 pink floyd - the wall
1980 joy division - closer
1981 depeche mode - speak and spell
1982 the cure - pornography
1983 genesis - genesis
1984 duran duran - rio
1985 depeche mode - some great reward
1986 depeche mode - black celebration
1987 r.e.m. - document
1988 depeche mode - music for the masses
1989 the cure - disintegration
1990 sonic youth - goo
1991 depeche mode - violator
1992 orbital - orbital 2
1993 toad the wet sprocket - fear
1994 toad the wet sprocket - dulcinea
1995 bjork - post
1996 underworld - second toughest in the infants
1997 the prodigy - the fat of the land
1998 massive attack - mezzanine
1999 underworld - beaucoup fish
2000 radiohead - kid a
2001 royksopp - melody a.m.
2002 underworld - a hundred days off
2003 kraftwerk - tour de france ep
2004 efterklang - tripper
2005 depeche mode - playing the angel
2006 the knife - silent shout
2007 nine inch nails - year zero
2008 portishead - third