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| 03:43am 20/10/2007 |
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I promise, for those very few of you who still see this journal (hopedfully more than i imagine,) i will eventually post a kentucky update. for those of you who live in ky, well, fuck you! |
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| i am 30! [in base 9] |
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| 06:12pm 05/04/2007 |
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mood:  mellow music: wblv 90.3fm
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yep, it was my birthday yesterday, for the 27th time [28 including the day it all began.] quite a bit of fun its been, too. this has to be the first time i have ever celebrated my birthday every day from saturday to thursday [thats right, the day after my birthday, we are going out for more birthday beer.] what the hell, tomorrow we are going to see grindhouse - i think ill just consider that the finale of a solid birthweek.
is it normal to receive more birthday wellwishes from bookstores, fan clubs [not mine, others], & interest groups than from actual people i know? im not saying that no one did; just that i got a lot of automatic messages. maybe its a sign of my identity beginning to slip away from the concrete world, & into teh web. |
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| 08:34am 28/03/2007 |
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a surveying consultant called the office a moment ago, & when i spelled my name for him, he told me it was pretty. i thanked him.
welcome back, livejournal. |
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| 07:21pm 16/01/2006 |
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mood:  pumped! music: billiam's warm-up set
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tobacco smokers, your days are numbered.
BEGINNING MONDAY, 16 JANUARY 2006
Areas affected by Chicago smoking ban
- Public transportation facilities, including waiting areas of public transit stations
- Restaurants without bars
- Restaurant areas more than 15 feet from bar counter
- Hospitals/nursing homes
- Theaters
- Aquariums, galleries, libraries, museums
- Schools and universities
- Public elevators
- Convention facilities
- Polling places
- Common areas in trailer parks and residential buildings
- Retail stores, shopping malls
- Sports arenas, including ice and roller rinks, swimming pools, bowling alleys, gymnasiums and arcades
- Grocery stores
- Public meeting, assembly areas
- All city vehicles and facilities
Source: City of Chicago |
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| fun on the town |
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| 03:34am 08/01/2006 |
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mood:  happy
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( LEGOS! ) |
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| this is not news |
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| 03:22am 08/01/2006 |
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mood:  astonished music: relics
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i dont know what is wrong with the pittsburgh news, but they actually had live, on-scene coverage for this article: Caught On Tape: Person Slashes Inflatable Bear. ok, i really do feel bad for the woman whos possession was destroyed, aside from personally thinking that inflatable outdoor christmas decorations are possibly the worst & most tacky idea evar. but this is major news? & the police are pursuing it? are we in pleasantville?
this was clearly a premeditated, terrorist attack on pennsylvania. who will be next?
other than that, how can KDKA possibly be a pittsburgh, pennsylvania station? anyone know something i dont? |
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| 07:12am 09/11/2005 |
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mood:  disappointed
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detroit, oh, detroit,
city of my french fathers,
are you still so lost? |
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| 09:07pm 06/11/2005 |
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mood:  yeah music: DEVO - the complete truth about de-evolution
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so yesterday it was apples, & today it has been soup. but first, breakfast:
drinking a cup of olive oil was not awful, but not something i would like to do regularly. i like the taste of olive oil, but it does have an acrid taste that is normally mild, but by around 3/4C it was rather strong. the lemon juice in warm water did its job of cutting the oil, but it, too, was a bit much. laying in bed for an hour & mentally following the mixture through my belly was a little strange.
the thing i did not consider in advance is that eating apples means probably not eating hot food. thursday & friday were over 70, so it wasnt a concern, but yesterday it was cold & raining, so that would have been nice. next time i plan on having apple sauce, & possibly baking some apples.
the rest of my day has been rather... uninteresting. im sure i wasnt the only person thinking that a cup of oil was going to result in a powerful evacuation, but there is nothing of the sort to report. instead, sam & i went way, way down on the south side to 111th, to explore the Pullman Historic District.[1][2][3] being a sunday evening, it was rather uneventful, but still a nice, open neighborhood. the historical tours are definitely worth remembering.
( note to suzie: )
( note to ryan: )
P.S. THE BOUNCING SOULS FECKIN RULE! |
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| the cleanse |
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| 01:22pm 05/11/2005 |
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mood:  yeah music: xoc - SMW from archive.com - get it!
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yes so, i am "smack-dab" [etymology, anyone?] in the midst of my first apple fast, which really is as simple as it sounds: one apple every hour that i am up [not even coffee or diet coke, suzie.] the point of my fasting is to detox, not to lose weight. i started friday morning at 7, & am ending when i go to bed tonight. so far it has gone prefectly fine, other than that my mouth is a little acidic, & my gums a little sore. going out to the fashion show at sound-bar lastnight & only drinking water was... different. actually, not as bad as i anticipated, since i had a reason not to drink.
i imagine there will be a follow-up journal tomorrow, to see any changes. i wake up, drink a cup of olive oil, immediately followed by a mug of warm water with one lemon of juice, & then i go back to bed, laying on my right side. it should be interesting. also, because i am fasting for 2 days, i have to give myself two days to adjust back to eating regularly, so sunday will most likely be a lot of miso & soup, & monday a lot of miso & soft brown rice.
other than that, i watched the newer [2004] Criterion Collection's release of Fritz Lang's M this morning, & it is without question one of my new favorite films.
oh yeah, & i am going to riot fest this afternoon, which will RAWK! i should finally get to see the souls, along with the misfits & the germs, & more. |
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| 09:59pm 24/10/2005 |
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mood:  snooty music: the black cat
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Bowmore Darkest Sherry Casked Islay Malt:
color: full amber
nose: peaty, spicy, & sherry [obvious]
body: medium
palate: sherry, sweet & smoky
finish: dry & lingering, & smokier still
note: my sinuses are still rather dysfunctional. if i find this to have changed drastically in the next few weeks, along with the ambition to do so, i may post an update.
because i know how many of my friends are scotch appreciators. /pointless sarcasm |
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| 10:36pm 23/10/2005 |
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mood: its over! music: WLUW - avante garde community radio
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i went to aurora yesterday for joe's birthday party. the only real highlights were the dj's & band, especially joe himself.
i danced so hard that i fell down twice. i hurt a lot now.
today i saw Serenity, & it was great - even better than Firefly, i think.
i also discovered a noteworthy friend today. bitch'n.
finally, the SOX totally just pulled off one of the most exciting wins i have seen this year, putting them ahead 2-0 in the series. for a moment, i even tingled with antici... |
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| 01:49pm 17/10/2005 |
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mood:  ick music: koyaanisqatsi
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today i am not at work. i called doug lastnight before bed to tell him whatever had descended to my chest at the end of last week had overrun my body on sunday, so i most likely wouldnt make it at all( Read more... )
sunday i woke up on joe's floor down in the loop. we still had james' car after driving him home that morning( Read more... )
saturday was about recovering from the previous night, & cleaning around the house, & making a pointless trip accross town, & cooking a rather good meal, & going to a house party in a fabulous loft, & making it a night on the town, & ending up in the loop at 6am.
friday i was a fashion model for chris & leanne, co-owners of euro trash( Read more... ) |
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| WOOOOOOOOO! |
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| 10:07pm 12/10/2005 |
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mood:  YEAH!
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WHITE SOX WIN GAME 2! |
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| it must be that time of year. |
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| 07:44pm 28/09/2005 |
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mood:  mourning music: leaves on the front yard tree, signaling the coming season
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today has been one of the worst days in recent memory.
hobbes died today, a year & three days after ribby tips, & about 4 years after pugsly. A 15 year-old yellow tiger with a clearly siamese personality, he had been in decline for some time, & today his kidneys shut down.( ... )
i love you, hobbes. |
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| 06:29pm 23/08/2005 |
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mood: at peace music: the pyrophobe - kick in the heart
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the internet came back at work today.
let us rejoice, with a fine abbey-style ale from goose island. |
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| if its not perfect, i will perfect |
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| 11:41am 22/08/2005 |
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mood: perfect music: Run, DMC, & JMJ
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i am in a place which, to me, no longer exists.
thursday night i showered, packed, & caught a train. we were around indianapolis when i drifted off, & i rewoke for cincinnati, crossing the river into kentucky before resuming comatose. somewhere in there, i did more than to cross state lines: i woke up a year earlier, crossing the river into west virginia.
from that point on, this has been a dream state. everything looks familiar, & i am overtaken with memories attached to people & places, & actions. still, there is a rift between here & reality, & i dont know what could make me want to cross back. the mountains, river, & bridge are unchanged. half of the faces are familiar, & the rest can tell me just as much about myself. "you must make a really strong impression wherever you go." at this point, i give up, & begin agreeing.
having been prepared to return to theatre west virginia as no more than a past member & audience, i must have been deceiving myself to be practical. that i stepped in & ran the light board when half of the crew was ill &/or injured is not unheard of in my history. the best thing it did was reinforce my sense of time travel.
in the last two days i have woken in the homes of people who mean the world to me. people who will soon be spreading even farther apart. i confess, every time we are together, i am a little afraid of how long it could be before we come together again, or if this might be the last time. but why worry? i have lost total contact with so few important people in my lifetime, even if years go by in between.
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now i am back. trains are magic, & somehow the train was late enough to give me an extra hour of erin, & an extra hour of river & mountains, but it recovered that hour to arrive here precisely on time. no other vacation has ever been such a vacation. i am refreshed.
p.s. on the train back, some gaming nerd who knows nothing about utilikilts was wearing the new one, the one i want, & he said his wife got it for him at gencon. oh, i was envious & disgusted. |
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| hella saturday |
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| 08:00am 17/07/2005 |
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mood:  untired music: postal service... you mean there is something else?
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i told someone the truth today.
truths i have told nearly no one, never.
because she tells me her truth
because she deserves my truth &
because i need to be brave once in a while.
what kind of person wants one thing,
yet encourages a person toward the opposite?
the kind i have always been.
i also failed to tell the truth today.
a fact that defines the relationship we have,
compared to what it was in another life.
because i pretend that i can protect her
because i have to think of myself first &
because i wasnt truthful with myself.
i am never merely the same person twice.
i returned to an old place today.
4 years ago, i visited robb, & we saw a band he knew
in some loft, near some 6-way intersection.
a year after that, the loft became occupied
by an artsy group, maintaining the same air.
tonight was the farewell party to the space,
with an extra-action marching band & everything.
i had breakfast twice today.
once, around 4pm, after more than an hour of
a delicious crash course in french wines.
again, after the second sunrise,
after a full night of joyous, drunken,
serene, divine awareness. (h.miller) |
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| 07:37pm 07/07/2005 |
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mood:  annoyed music: BBC world news
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in order to completely trivialize the already absurd rainbow of terrorism, today the threat level for public transportation alone was elevated to "orange plus." why arent roscolux & crayola in charge of this bullshit? |
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