tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37827802011-11-15T21:56:19.866-08:00now more than 50% half magic!KMOBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14329416762560855828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782780.post-47265659557013613622009-04-22T19:57:00.001-07:002009-04-22T19:57:30.416-07:00

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it's about time, there are so many songs i just don't understand. i like literalisms in this medium![via]

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By Raymond CarverMay 15, 2002 | Issue 38•18Raymond CarverDear Raymond Carver,Yesterday, while on the phone with a friend, I mentioned that I'd phoned her the day before. She told me she knew I'd called, saying that she saw it on her caller ID box but didn't pick up the phone. I think that's downright rude! Do I have a right to be miffed?—Ignored In IshpemingDear Ignored,

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so guess who received a message through their boss from HR today about chest hair? you can bet it wasn't Magnum. but you can also bet it was another guy, who's able to sport an amazing mustache, and looks great in a vneck. i guess it's ok for tits to be hanging out all over the place, but being manly is apparently threatening. what is this world coming to?

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well it was bound to happen sooner or later. a couple months ago i spent some time hanging out with Mister Jalopy of hooptyrides, coco's, MAKE magazine and most recently of dinosaurs and robots fame, which he created with Mark from boinboing. (among other things, like being featured in a japanese tool collectors magazine)so i cruised over to dinosaurs and robots after a weekend of ignoring the

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i couldn't really remember what i had last posted. so i dropped by to check. oh ok, land rovers, got it. in the spirit of thinking, here's two thoughts i had today. other than that, well stay tuned for my update in like 70 years or something.thought #1there's an empty wine glass on the coffee table. i specifically remember this being a table for coffee. where did that conversation break down?

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such an amazing story. stuff like this makes me think about how much REALLY has changed in the last 50 years. think about how dangerous it would be now for three women to drive overland from london to the himalaya now! check out the telegraph article, it's a great read. Also make sure to watch the video which is filled with original 16mm footage from their trip, and interviews with all three of

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in response to our buddy in the big apple, here's how i usually feel...

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what better combo? can you tell me?the camel trophy(also, first 15 seconds may be NSFW depending on your workplaces view on nearly naked amazonian women dancing in sequined outfits...)

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there's something nice about listening to sweet baby james on a rainy friday night. solid album, millions of copies sold, but it would have been great still had no one bought it. it's success as a recording and piece of work is not predicated on it's amount of commercial success. it is plainly a very very good album. i really wanted to find a clip, or an mp3 link to the song 'Anywhere Like Heaven

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so A and I recently returned from our awesome trip to visit Mr. & Mrs. Billionaire out in NYC. we had a really great time! so awesome in fact, we are going to mail ourselves back there every once in a while, just for the heck of it. A is already apartment hunting on craigslist haha!So we had a great time. the photos, while great, don't really show even 10% of what we were up to. i am sometimes

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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? about four people or so..2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? rifle solute, amanda's grandpas funeral3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? if i like the pen i am using4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? turkey+ham5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? none6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? possible multiple levels of reality here. might create a hipster/

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good news on a monday morning. Tay Springle called me and asked if I was busy on tuesday night. turns out i now have a G.A. floor ticket to see the Boss tomorrow night here in LA. It's his second of two shows in LA this week, and I am so excited.I still have my copy of the river, and a bunch of other vinyl from my mom's record collection. I remember her taping (on beta no-less) the video for 'i'm

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so i recently got an insanely great deal on the car i have been dreaming about for ages. a 1966 Land Rover Series IIa 109" Station Wagon. Registered since new in california, this rover has 93,000 documented miles. insane!granted, she needs a bit of work, but that's the fun part. i'm going to start with the mechanicals, then move on to the interior and then the exterior later on.so here's a little

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this is my first post from my iPhone. As soon as I read about the price drop at work today, the little digital rodents in my brain started running in their wheels. Tomorrow after I have uploaded all my contacts and such, i will try to do some HTML stuff, maybe post some pictures or links. Here's to a new device !

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just a reminder how A and i feel about you two sweet heartswe miss you tons!

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i've been thinking a lot about the sky over the last couple of days. we're in the middle of the perseids right now, a special time for me personally. several of you know i love airships, and anything foating. you also know i love music. finally someone has combined two of my loves. like chocolate and peanut butter. genius. i share with you sky orchestra

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scarytimes!via boingboing

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another of my 'gets me through the day' video postshope you likes them!

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there is so much stuff going on right nowin times like these i like things that make me laughthis makes me laugh and smile lots

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i post about the kids so much because i love them. they make me smile, especially combined with the sweet words of derrick brown. he's jotted down a couple of entries for the kids' news page.ROBBERS AND COWARDS WITH A BACKSTAGE PASSBackstage at a CWK show there are lots of ladies, a few posters ofMausts old band, The Fuck Maggots, various dudes in various stages oftight jeans and four blenders

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so yesterday i booked a music video for beirut. i had a 4pm call but didn't actually end up doing anything, other than shooting the shit with some of the band and talking to zach a little bit, until just after 6pm. the video was for elephant gun, a track from the new album. i had my camera with me in my jacket pocket, but wardrobe ended up having me switch it out for a super tiny black suit coat,

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so i've been doing nothing. here are the weirdest cwk things i can find on youtube.like a skateboard, but for a whole bandim in ur blogg, steelin your banndd."who's bus is that?" nathan doesn't know either...countach...ok that's enough of that now. it's out of my system.

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i like how they don't translate the english into german for their viewers. weirdosfastforward to 4:05

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so it's been a really strange last couple of days. last week after we got back from sundance, i got really sick. Finally on friday i got in to see the doctor. 103 fever, hacking cough, night sweats, the works. the doc concluded i had a viral pneumonia infection in my lungs. So saturday morning amanda flew to dallas for work, and i spent the rest of the days, until today, home in bed. I'm back at

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amanda and i got back from sundance on monday night. we had a really great time. im at work right now, so i can't really go into much detail for time reasons. above you will see one of the cards for the film, and if you click here you can check out 'the oates' valor' on the official sundance site. I haven't watched it on the web yet, but im pretty sure its the full version of the film.i know

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i think i will update.yeah, the connection has been pretty bad lately. aside from not being able to rely on our neighbors to unknowingly provide us with internet access, things have been pretty good.found a job. im working at OTIS. as a knod to our friends up north in frigid idaho, i am the amanda hamilton of the OTIS fine arts office. It's a fun job. the faculty are top notch, and everyone is

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it's been weeks and weeks friends. I have been looking for work. My boss went to europe (supposedly) some weeks ago and i have been looking for a new gig since. I've gone on more than a handful of interviews, but i haven't heard anything back yet on any of them. im fairly tired of this whole process. hopefully something will give soon.in other news, we have a dog. she is sleeping in her gated box

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im here in the office. i've been here since 6:30am. the power was out in the building last night, so i had to come in early and turn the servers back on once the power came back up before 7am. the email must go through!i was standing on the balcony a few mintues ago watching los angeles wake up. there were velour swaddled breasts walking the newest picachoodles towards latteterias, stopping

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that's exactly how much i have going on right now. jackbut then again... there's always so much to say when i actually get around to posting, that i actually have no idea where to begin. anything worth telling, well isn't. so here are some super short briefs.1)in regard to the burglary in january of our garage. woman plead guilty, four years in the state pen. crimnial financial judgement payble

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sitting in the office waiting for the furniture to be delivered. isn't that what we're all doing, waiting to be delivered? maybe it will happen for all of us, sometime between 2 & 6pm!anyway, thought i would give all you kids an update on our good friends CWK. Pitchfork is reporting that Cold War Kids have signed with Downtown records, home to Gnarls Barkley, Art Brut and Eagles of Death Metal. I

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thanks to all you kids who made it out to the show. pretty awesome for you guys to come all the way down to costa lottamesa this last friday night. amazing turnout. i don't have digital fingers yet, but here are some snaps i snagged from trine's myspace. (my co-curator)danny and eric painting in foyerwe had a really good turnout. i bet like 200-250, or maybe that's how many beers i drank. YEAH

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At least one of you amazing people has to show up!'I AM FOR LEASE'a group show featuring new work byKMOBERIC TRINETAYLOR SPRINGLEDANNY SIMONAMANDA OLSENPAUL LOYAVERN MOEN& FRIENDSopen bar for those 21+live rock'n'roll courtesy of DELTA SPIRITlive set by Dj MARTA SEVERALS2971 Bristol St. Costa Mesa, Ca 926268p - 12a'I AM FOR LEASE' is curated by BRO FUTURISTS

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glory be to god muther F'ers!our good friend Sam will be reprising his role as god, but this time not in a remixed trailer. (see below)

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some of you may remember the unfortunate event that befell amanda in back in january, namely the theft of thousands of dollars worth of material from our garage. well i have an update.i received a call yesterday from the district attorney's office in regards to my case. i can't remember if i wrote about it, but they caught a woman after i recovered some of our property in an antique store here in

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so lots of new stuff. new job, new tax bracket, new vinyl records spinning on the platter.for those who i haven't already talked to, or aren't in the area, i got a new job as a personal assistant. i work for a man of great means, but much beyond that i can't tell you. i've signed non-disclosure documents. anyway, i will have my own office soon and you can all come visit me and be amazed. lots of

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VS. check out to see why YOU win this battle royale here

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sitting at home, mid house-clean listening to 'the bang sessions' from van morrison, hoping that i too can recieve a royalty check from the big royalty check in the sky.school will be completed. it's pretty complicated to explain the financial crap, but it will be taken care of, not without considerable back breaking work done by me.to jesse -sorry i missed the gig last night, i was helping out

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i am a deadbeat, but then again that's probably genetic. add one more genetic trait to the list of items and learned behaviours to overcome. i have been overcoming a lot lately. when it rains in my life, it pours, and i am from oregon. i know what it means to pour.so there is too much to cover, catch up on, etc. and i have no idea what to tell you. these last couple of months have been, and in

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why in the F would you need a case of this stuff? seriously...

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"Architecture in some way has the duty to suggest behaviour. In some way. Places are the portrait of communities, and if the place is impossible, the community becomes impossible."[renzo piano in the g.]r.p.b.w. is 194.185.232.3 In post-liberal Los Angeles, awareness of this desperate situation is such that the defense of the privileged and middle class neighborhoods has taken on a sudden urgency

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spent a couple days and nights up north in the in-laws. very relaxing. lots of eating, lots of just doing nothing but watching the olympics. watching those crazy biathalon guys with their suits, skies and svelt little wussy rifles for killing arctic humming birds is inspiring. it made amanda's dad carl and i want to do some shooting ourselves.we headed about half an our east of wasco out to an

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yesterday i was supposed to hang out with sycz. he was going to cruise down and hang out with me at school after he got off from work. he called me and told me that he couldn't make it. he had a meeting for a couple of hours, we had to reschedule. i was bummed, and i also had a couple of hours to kill.amanda and i bought a sweet lamp last week at savers. it's late 60's with four pieces of

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so here's a list of lists that i am writing. i am writing these lists to make what i have to say a little bit easier, a little more classy, a little less crass. a little bit easier to relay to you, my friends, and a couple of randoms who always seem to check in...THINGS I ATE FOR BREAKFAST THIS WEEKMonday: coffee & cigarettesTuesday: coffee & cigarettesWednesday: ceral, coffee &

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oh man, i love bargin hunting. salvation army find. this $1 record turns out to be worth a little more than one hundred times what i paid for it. oh ricky you're so fine.second full-length release from the vintage heart-throb. crisp corners, no ring wear on sleeve. not a pop or crackle to be found on this mono gem of an LP. this is why i buy vinyl all the time!

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it's a good question...really i have just been working, thinking, ripping plants out of dirt, not cutting my hair or shaving, and trying to figure shit out. good to see all of you guys and girls a lot recently. drinks in pasadena was great, as was the new years gig in the LBC. nice to see the seldom seen faces of those of you who are far-flung. reunions of this sort are my favorite.the new year

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so grant was here last weekend for his brother's graduation and we got to hang out for a bit here at my house. we got to have some beers and catch up, and it was awesome. such a welcome respite from work and all sorts of business.today i'm driving amanda half way to her parents house and handing her off to her dad. i have to stick around here in whittier to work today, tomorrow, and saturday

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COLD WAR KIDS: EXTRA CRASS IN PUBLIC The Cold War Kids like Dylan so much they were able to pull together the costumes for the photo shoot in about six hours (and with one extra trip to the thrift store for the pirate hat). They have self-released an EP of Mekons punk and Loudon Wainwright country and they are beginning a residency at the Silverlake Lounge. They meet for breakfast burritos late

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thanksgiving. giving thanks. thankfulness. thank. you.im sitting home alone this year on my sister's birthday, which also happens to be thanksgiving. she was born on thanksgiving and her birthday and turkey day line up every five or six years. i left her a phone message. she hasn't called back yet, but neither has the guy from the apple store who wanted to give me a job either. he's why i stayed

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so heard a kind of interesting piece on morning edition today, thought i would post about it so those that might not have caught it could check it out. nice bit about the history of independent music labels throughout the last forty years or so, up through now. great little ray charles section, along with ccr death cab et al. check it out here. oh yeah, you gotta have real player.

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ok people, here's what you need to do. click here and sign the petition. what petition you ask? only a group of people like ourselves trying to get our friends in beaverton, nike, to put a pair of shoes into regular production. not just any shoes mind you, but the very shoes MJF wears in Back to the Future II.they are so sweet. so go there. sign it. it would be sooooo worht it.[via]

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so i'm sure that mb caught this over on stereogum, but i just had to share it here because i like it so much. it's this band out of the uk called 'rumble strips' and this is the video for their first single 'motorcycle'. it's really great and you should check it out. you can click on the picture above, or get to the video through their site here.i think it's a fun song, and the guys got a nice

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blast this heat, i hate it. business's seem to think it's the holidays, why doesn't someone tell the weather this?amanda started teaching this week. her class sucks. yeah, they are seventh graders, but they are a special breed of demonic seventh graders. she'll get through it, but she hates them so far. it's ok though, she just has to figure out the ways that they will break, and i am sure that

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saturday mornings are nice. i slept 15 hours straight, going to bed last night at 7pm right after magnum p.i. was finished. i've been the sickest i have been in a long time. i was sneezing and coughing so much yesterday. i coughed so much that i threw up. not so cool. but i feel a lot better today. hardly coughing at all, sinus's all clear. coffee and cigarettes feel nice. the sun is out but it

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the mustang got broken into last night, though 'broken' might not be the best word. i moved the car across the street at 1:30am because of street sweeping. i locked the car and beeped the alarm as i always do to make sure it's locked. i walked to my car this morning, still locked. but inside was a different story. no cd player. no case logic with about 60 cd's.sometimes, and i say this with a big

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wearing the hat and the two jackets (one with a hood) turned out to be a good idea. the rain was coming down hard enough to soak me through. my walk home was short, so it didn't really matter too much. feeling my clothes stick to my skin was worth the hot cup of coffee, two cigarettes and a couple of tracks from 'blood on the tracks'. these are my favorite types of walks. they are a nice refrain

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so i have been listening to this song on repeat for a little bit. it's a demo that nate from cwk wrote a couple of weeks ago. the lyrics are amazing, and coupled with the music, they are freakin retarded good. it's demo quality at this point, but that almost works in it's favor. you can check it out by going to their myspace page. it should play in an autmated fashion once you arrive at their

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i guess they let wes anderson have a crack at it, finally!clicky for linky (quicktime)

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update:i previously posted this morning that amanda landed a position with a middle school in LA unified. the principle called and offered her the position this morning. about 15 minutes ago the district office informed the school that they couldn't hire any more new teachers. so amanda will not be teaching at that school unless something changes anytime soon. she's dissapointed, but we're trying

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so i stumbled across this in my convoluted surfing this evening. as a disclaimer, this may not be for everyone who likes the latest sufjan steven's album. not everyone likes remixes. it will also never be better than the original album, but it sure is a great and fun listen.illin-noise is a remix done by a guy out of new york called childish gambino. you can go there and check out the tracks and

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today should bring news about amanda's interview last week. for those of you that i haven't been able to talk to in person, the interview went really well. one of the three people in her interview actually offered her the position, but they told her they would call her today (tuesday) and let her know. they said that they had already set up a few other interviews for the position, so they need to

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for those of you that in in the habit of praying, here's one for you.amanda has a job interview tomorrow for a middle school english teaching position with LA Unified. it would be absolutely amazing if she were to get this position and would make a big difference for her spirits, and for our income etc. she hates her job that she has so much right now, and it really effects her spirits and energy

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not exactly what you think, but funnier

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isn't skin f'ing weird? my whole face is falling off, but not in a cool way. the cool way would be like the praying mantis skin that i found when i was a kid. did you know that they shed their skin like snakes? this specimen was complete, with clearly distinguishable eyes, and even arms in the common praying position replete with hands. it was amazing. i kept it in a glass scientific beaker with

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so, it's totally a viral ad sort of thing for a video game, but i thought this(flash) was totally funny. my personal favorites are the episodes "class" and "swim meet", but they are all pretty funny. really nice physical comedy. you really should check it out. (via)i would have posted it to the porch, but i didn't want to usurp the glory of andy and alan's upcoming bachelor party bash info. hope

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happy birthday to my wifey tomorrow! (tuesday)not too much else to report. lots of paint scraping, but that's about it. looking forward to some bachelor beach time this weekend. should be good times. i'll post some more interesting things as time provides.in the mean time, here's a couple of sites i check out everyday. i have them linked in the sidebar, but i find some much interesting stuff on

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so a little birdie that i live with received this from a prospective employee while searching to fill a position in one of the areas that she is in charge of. not only is it the worst cover letter i have ever seen, it was completely unecessary for this person to send it because the little birdie's company doesn't ask for them. anyway, nothing i can say will add to this. so check it out.am a

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so our good friends, and sometimes house-guests, the Cold War Kids got a nice write up this week in the O.C. Weekly. Lots of big time name dropping comparisons by the columnist, and a really positive review overall.Cowboy Nation was the best Velvet Underground rip-off I ever saw, 10-gallon hats and all, scraping out a New York subway sound for songs about big skies and long rides—the scenery sure

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my buddy tom lost his copy of the book, so i sent him mine since i was done with it. if you don't like things spoiled, don't check it out. it will mess with your mind man. i have made fire!!

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today/tomorrow is the third anniversary since my mom passed away. there have been times since that day that i have sworn that i have seen her. it always turns out to be someone else, the height or weight just a bit off usually. i can always tell by their eyes though that it isn't her, she had the weirdest eyes. they were greyish-green with a bright cold ring around her pupil. seriously bright

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most of you guys around here have already heard me talking about this for the last week or so, so if you're sick of it, or don't have the time to read the post, just skip it. it's cool with me.last weekend amanda & i decided that we really want to move to japan. we were driving in the car to darren's brithday party in LA, and it just sort of happened. japan as a topic was a total non-sequiter,

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so i have a couple of new dream machines. i have always been a fan of the venerable FJ40 land cruiser from toyota, but i had completely overlooked (as many do) a wonderful model number that was available at the same time as the dime a dozen FJ40's. i give you dream machine number one;this is the FJ45 pickup. they came in a short bed (super rare) a long bed, and a wagon model (i've only ever seen

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so i have three cats. yeah, you thought i had two, but you were wrong. i have two inside cats, and one outside cat. you know my new outside cat. her name is sylvia, and no one loves her but me. and she loves me back. she gets to eat canned salmon everyday, and climb trees as much as she wants.all glibness aside, amanda and i decided to take sylvia in. i couldn't stumach the thought of her being

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it is finishednow it's just hurry up and wait for the last one. good read, worth it if you've read any of the other ones already. should be a kick ass movie. if you heard what i think you have heard [and you would know if you had] it's true. i guess that's kinda a spoiler. so i lied.

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so i've been spending time every day for the last week watering matt and lisa's plants. it is a joy to me to water plants. generally i have gone to their place around 7:15am right after i have dropped amanda off at the train station. i have coffee, cigarettes, and a hose (2). my pants move to the gardening position: one fold which brings the hem of my cuf up to my knee which allows the water,

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being a regular at a record shop is really great. i sold some records the other day at amoeba and got much less than they were worth. but hey i needed the cash at that point. anyway, i was feeling kinda sad about it, but just a little because the stuff i sold were recent releases that i will be able to find again. i digress.being a regular at a record shop is really great.amanda and i had to put

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man i have been listening to Them like crazy today. van morrison has one of the most amazing voices of all time. i might just put money on their version of 'it's all over now baby blue' being the greatest dylan cover of all time. i mean seriously, beck sampled their cover of this track. who samples a cover!!!1!1!other than the small joys of listening to Them, there's not really much great stuff

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this message brought to you by my dashboard, the proud people of the ford motor company, and third gear in the transmission, who decided to pull a PLO stunt and blow itself up in traffic. to accept this award, i will drive the car to the mechanic, bend over, and wait for the statue, most likely shaped like my dreams being flushed down a toilet.

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still not convinced about the outrageousness of the housing market here in los angeles? not really sweeting the enormous costs associated with buying a house here? well, here's a little comparison shopping. if only i had graduated on time, and had a decent job. who wouldn't want to finance me for this!

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overpowered by funkfunk outso today was alright. mb helped me out by heading over to the gallery with me to assist with the removal of my art show. got the post show blues seeing it all come down. then i've been playing the fool waiting for my check from ever. no money in my hand yet, though it was promised for last friday. booo on you mofos.then, after much sitting, headaching, and being to

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Who's Your 80s Movie Icon Alter-Ego? Find out @ She's Crafty

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6/26/05 (Tour Entry #1) Lamas and vineyards...our first show in San Luis Obisbo. The Dwelling, where we were supposed to play, got shut down and raided by disgruntled employees. As we stand out front wondering if we still get gas money...as the owner banters with officer Holmes, Ms. Holmes...we run into two kids telling us how every venue is being shut down in the city...fortunately for us..

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Rodney GrahamStill from Rheinmetall200335mm filmworking is fun. i haven't had a job since about december, and it's nice to 'go to work'. i have the day off tomorrow (tuesday) because my boss is in meetings all day. we're really busy working on getting our fall line ready to get on the shelves in a couple weeks. add on top of that that we're almost finished with the spring '06 line, and it's a

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if you try sometimes, you just might findyou get what you need.i guess i need to try a little harderbeing here at home has left me bored, broke, and ready to work. no word on the job situation as of yet. from what mausty says, i have the position, but i haven't worked a lick yet. he said that his boss has been a little out of it lately, and that he's pretty overworked. i call, i leave messages,

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last night i was at the bayou for a couple of hours with mb, andy, gloyd and sycz. tonight will be the last night when the bayou will really be the bayou. gloyd heads north pretty soon, sycz is heading to LA to live with dmh and trev, and MB is heading north to pasadena to be the custodian of what will be the former hamilton residence. my amanda and i will be moving to matt and lisa's place,

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another week begins, lovely this time with a half pint of blackthorn and a couple of relaxed porch sits. im listening to steven malkmus' 'face the truth' on vinyl. good stuff. it's mb's copy, which i should return to him today because i don't think he has even listened to it yet. mb if you see this this morning, give me a ring if you aren't at work.haven't started the new job yet. mausty says his

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no really my dear readers, i do. if nothing in my behavior so far has proven this to you, i offer this as an example, albeit a small one. scratch that, it's actually a venti.after dropping amanda off at the train station this morning, i stopped by my local coffee kabal to have a cup of breakfast and a stick of awake. the sticks i had, but the cup of breakfast i needed. so i sit down to enjoy my

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growing up in a small town often involves trying to come up with ways of entertaining yourself and others. my friends and i had quite a few adventures along the way, some serious and others with just the potential for jail time, though none ever materialized. in hindsight, the lack of jail time probably had to do with the chief of police being one of my track and field coaches, and the fact the

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so thanks to thos of you who came out saturday night to check out the opening. your comments and compliments, and even your mere presence were more than i could have asked for. truly a heartfelt experience for me. thanks for spending the time to take in the work, and thanks for really trying to unpack it. it means a lot to me.the earth quake this morning also means a lot to me. a whoe days worth

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on a micro level at leasta couple of things: first my show tomorrow, saturday 11 june 8p in the main gallery at biola university. it's going to be pretty good (though you can judge for yourself). please drop by!number two: i am pretty sure that i have a new job! i had an interview yesterday at Ever, the same clothing company that maust works for. pretty high end stuff, selling in all the super

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just a few things to update really quick. my art show opens this saturday at 8pm. main gallery at biola. the show will be up through july 4th, so if you can't make it to the opening, you can check it out through the next three weeks or so. please come by and check it out saturday because i would really love to see you all there. also, happy birthday to philistino boxspring hog, and to me tomorrow.

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my showcard, coming soon to a postbox near your porch, driveway, etc.also, happy birthday to our buddy robert

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