I'm sorry for 2004

As of yesterday, I’ve had this livejournal for one year. Happy birthday, I suppose. I’ve had a journal a lot longer than that, but it was in a different format. Also, happy birthday to jazzsammich, who needs to update his journal more often.

On Tuesday night, bethje, Dorothea, and I went out to eat at Denny’s, which was fun and tasty. Last night, I went to Atlantic City with Beth and her Uncle John, and I won about $26 playing the penny slots. I can’t afford to play any machines with higher stakes than that. {g}

I guess 2004 is almost over, and 2005 is coming soon. The years keep flying by faster and faster, don’t they? Maybe I’ll fare better in the getting-a-job respect in the new year. Speaking strictly aesthetically, I like even-numbered years better than odd ones, but that generally has nothing to do with how the years themselves actually work out.

Anyway, since it’s the end of the year, I might as well go over the new music I’ve heard this year. This isn’t going to be a Best Of or Top Ten or anything, since I rarely hear more than ten new albums in a given year anyway. EVERY new album that I’ve heard this year (or at least all of them that I can remember) is going to get a mention. Basically, that means either albums that I bought, or ones that Beth bought and I listened to. If I’ve written some kind of review of the album at some point during the year, the album title will be a link to the relevant entry. I’ll also list my favorite songs, if I have any as of yet.
( On with the albums! )