Crushing Krisis

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Where does Ben Folds go to with the girl in “Brick?” For some reason i had always assumed it was an abortion clinic, but that’s probably because i listen to way too much Ani DiFranco. Going to an abortion clinic the day after Christmas is a bit morbid … i’m usually out buying bargain ornaments. Is the girl in the song sick? She’s “balled up on the couch,” and he remarks that no one is around to find him out. Of course, would getting a girl pregnant suddenly make her a “brick?” Actually, i don’t think she’s getting an abortion, because… i dunno, would he buy a girl flowers after that? In the weeks to come she proves to be less than okay, and he has to “Tell the truth.” Is she sick? I’m so confused… So, if there are any big Ben Folds Five fans out there who think they know where exactly what’s going on, please enlighten me. Otherwise i’ll just ask Amy when she gets home from home…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1472292/

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My across the street neighbors are doing something right in front of their window, which is very well lit. I watched them the entire time i recorded my attempt at trio … i mean, i’m allowed to watch them carry on their daily living if they’re allowed to watch me sit in front of my computer in just my underwear, right?

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1471300/

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Joining webrings is an interesting exercise for me. Way back when i ran a fanfic site, and to drum up interest and traffic i joined about 10 old-fashioned webrings with their mammoth graphics and clunky source code. Now it’s a bit different, partially because rings are fleeing from the yahoo-bought WebRing.com in droves. Rings now are represented just as often by a simple line of text as they are by bandwidth-sucking graphics. And, almost every ring proclaims that it is looking for “quality layout and content.” Of course, no two people have the same opinion of what is truely quality, which means someone’s elite ring might be someone else’s pile of steaming crap. Yesterday i finally gave in a joined the three seemingly most prevalent blog-rings currently around. I’m sure these links will increase my daily hitcount to a degree, but i’m more concerned with the company i’m keeping. I obviously formed an opinion of the rings based on the few members i read daily, but that’s sortof like judging all of Blogger by only reading PowerBlogger (oh, wait, i do that too). In the end i suppose it’s no big deal, but i heartily approve of all the links i feature on my page, and i just wince at the thought of someone being lead to a blog i’d find dull and uninteresting just because i was greedy enough to join three webrings in one day. Gosh, i really talk in circles, don’t i? Back to cleaning, or maybe paper-writing. But not Trio-ing.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1469634/