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I watched William Langewiesche on Book TV yesterday. I find him an interesting, smart, informative guy.

Maybe a little on the cold side... but it's hard to say.

He was talking about a book he did on sea piracy (not ARRR!!! that kind but actual ship hijacks... happens from time to time. The entire crew is killed, the wares sold off, the ship repainted and used...
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sugarfish:
Well. I BEEN SCHOOLED!
lilmissmorbid:
I agree with ya. I havent read that book, but is it the one with the black cover? Theres a WTC remeberence book that has a black cover that i remeber thinking I need to get that but never got around to it.
I wish more people in every part of society would just say what they feel instead of what they think others need to hear or want to hear.. Sigh...
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I want to say HI to the folks from last night! As you can see, I've floated Friend requests your ways. I guess you all know how to check on people's Journals, to see if they're, ya know, what you wanna be reading all the time. I generally write about bits of history/ the arts I see at work (library)(a lot of it from book...
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tarnish:
Thats a beautiful quote. smile

I read about your adventures in lilmissmorbids journal. Sounds like it was awesome. I need to be less anti-social with the folks from SG. frown

miss_lady:
Pour some of your 40oz out, the daddy's gone frown . Just to clear up any confusion, I mean he's gone from SG land. He's still alive and well *knocks faux-wood desk*.
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Quote for Your Day

I was not a classic mother, but my kids were never palmed off to boarding school.So I didn't bake cookies; you can buy cookies, but you can't buy love

-- Raquel Welch
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This week that was going all busy and stupid for me all of the sudden got easy....
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joscelyne:
Yeah, I'm going with the trend because I wondered what I looked like in kupoking form! Or something.

...but are you referring to everyone receiving head from cartoons? shocked
whiskeyfightpit:
Damn crackers and their damn Reagan.
Kid, Ive been renting from the local library and I got down on these VHS titles:

PUTNEY SWOPE (shazam!)
THE GENERAL (bussa keaton)
NIGHT AT THE OPERA
DUCK SOUP
THE GREAT DICTATOR

I LOVE THE LIBRARY!!!

BOOKS....CHECK 'EM OUT!
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I was wrong, I think.

Quine died of an overdose, according to the Thread in Music. Quine had been in bad spirits, but not necessarily a suicide (and I'm definitely not going to say for sure either way; people are still debating Nick Drake's death).

And I see Ray Charles has died. I'm not going to lie here either, I hadn't heard a lot of...
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keefa:
Thanks, man. It seem every time I check out your journal, someone I like dies.
junecleavage:
damn that cliff and his radical songs...my brother leaves for tour today and we have the momma of the logic here with us but we'll be checking in... wink
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I was just looking at this site for the last few minutes, which I found out about from this site and this is how I found out, hmm hadn't heard, that Robert Quine is dead.

That sucks.

Granted, I haven't heard that much of his work; ironically, Blank Generation is near the top of my to-buy list. He was depressed over the death of his...
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joscelyne:
Fuck never gets old!

Here: Putang Ina Mo!...You can try looking that up, hehe. But don't tell me what it means!
geraldine:
I've never tried an interlibrary loan. I'll look into it.
I'm about to order the book. I can't wait to start reading it.
Thanks!

Sad news about Robert Quine frown
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I think I have a harder time fielding a good Journal on busy, kinda stressful, lame, but thoroughly uninteresting and unexceptional days.
Still, it could be worse-- I could feel compelled to rattle on about it here... now who wants to read that??

The best antidote to a lame-azz day is 1) spend a lot of time on SG (as opposed to all my...
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fil:
I hear ya man. Back before I quit my dreary office job, the only thing I had on my mind was "god, this place sucks" or "today sucks", and I was tempted to whine about it on my journal.

It's coo, we all understand smile
cutriver:
I saw Half Man Half Biscuit live in Manchester back in the autumn. They were great, very funny. Do you know 'The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an Oncoming Train)'?

I know what you mean about those mundane days... Sometimes it seems that the only thing I talk about on SG is what I do in the two or three hours after work which only accounts for a small proportion of my life. The vast huge proportion -spent at work - tends to be simply passed over... That and various musings that are unlocateable, having taken place in between times...

What is Wet Hot American Summer? Sounds, uh, kinda rude. blush
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I'll make my Journal long by proxy today. See, The New York Review of Books is online so I can link you to three cool articles.

For the one I discussed over the weekend, about US Army abductions and torture in Iraq, go here.
I was pretty much right; while the figures on Army arrests were quoted by the Red Cross, they got them...
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aneurotypical:
You can listen to a couple songs off of Love & Distortion at their site. They are trying to drop the 'shoegazer' label, and Ocasek's production added a strong power-pop influence to it (supposedly, my bro keeps telling me he is going to send me a copy). I'll know more the day after the show, hopefully the hotel room has DSL.
He and Sheetal have been working on a side project, and if they get good reviews, who knows? Rolling Stone gave their last one 4 stars, so I am hoping the best for them.
wink
aneurotypical:
Well, not dropping their sound, I misstated that, they just want to add some cross appeal with a little hook-ier Cars-esque additions, since shoegazer label caters to a smaller niche. Like I said, I haven't heard it, but I will soon.
I have been trying to get my brother to join SG, but all he wants to do play music and go out and enjoy San Francisco. I don't blame him. Last time I went out there, over the new year he surprised me with David Cross tickets. He was brilliant. I even got to meet him and shake his hand. Best time of my life. biggrin
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preface to today's footnotes to yesterday's Journal - I don't discuss politics and history all the time in person, so don't be afraid to socialize with me. Like if I was at SGVA bowling, I'd more likely discuss something like... I don't know... dick jokes.... I'm not likely to spiel on politics/ history with anyone (except maybe galvagin) in a conversation, as I don't...
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cutriver:
Indeed, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is directed by Alfonso Cuaron of Y tu mama tambien fame, although you'd never really know it... There's nothing in the film to set it much apart from Chris Columbus's attempt at the Chamber of Secrets...
...which is disappointing. frown

I'm afraid I don't actually recognise some of the names/references in your comment, not being an American and all... Jack Black, though: I hadn't even heard of him until I saw The School of Rock but, what can I say, this film made me cry for joy...
tongue biggrin
boheme:
Absolutely -- after I'm an official resident, we'll meet up in Balto & make sure you see Atomic Books, the American DIme Museum, the American Visionary Art Museum, and Little Italy. From what I can discern, you'd dig the hell out of it.

Believe me, I was no beacon of mental health during my 20s. But gosh, those were the times when every vice did not promise a punishment. ARRR!!!
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(sigh) I should just learn to type Journals in Word to begin with.

Yeah, the goddamn computer fucked me again. I oughta start charge it hookers fees. It fucks me this much, least it can do is kiss me

Anyway I had good news! And much, much bad news that is, good news on the personal front, and bad, bad news on the historic...
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clara:
Re: computer fucking

Meet klaire. Commiserate. smile
nocontrol:
Oh, I pissed one little SG off and now I'm pegged for life? Unfair!
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(sigh) I can't get anything to work on my computer. Apparently, posting a pic is beyond my capability.

I'll do a real Journal in a while; right now I'm all tensed up from swearing nonstop at my computer.
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update - after playing much music, I finally feel better... Blood...
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geraldine:
Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me. smile

And I've also decided not to go through with the surgery after all. Thank you for that too! blush

Hope to see you around more often.
Need some help with posting pics? Let me know!

Have a great weekend!
cherry:
ha ha. I've missed you.

Sorry I've been such a terrible communicator kiss

Cherry xoxoxox
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Gotta go to work, but just wanna let everyone know--

Cheech uses and endorses Lady Speed Stick

Orchard Blossom... fragrant and fresh for that metrosexualistic man on-the-go
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aneurotypical:
It has taken me a while to get back, but here I am.
Does smelling like a woman make them more attracted to you? I use both Degree and Axe, being Norske in the summer means sweaty guy, it takes a lot to cover my man-scent.
Is metro still in? Men's Health says no.
junecleavage:
secret is the way to go...
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I have a serious Journal all lined up (it wouldn't take long, either; it's from book reviews online and stuff I looked up) but I dunno, don't wanna get all serious on you yet.

I should keep a little stash of light questions. Light questions get the Journal responses, and don't bum out people like, say, World War II book reviews.

Okay here's a light...
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boheme:
I am very excited to meet another Hartley fan. I get so exuberant about his films that I scare people away from them. Yes, Trust et al. are superb. But then I find something to like in each of his films. However, the most recent one -- name eludes me at the moment -- sort of creeps me out for a reason I cannot surmise.

Yes, PJ made an unfortunate choice of skin-tight pants, revealing the fleshless contours of her coccyx and sacrum. The weird thing is, she appears to have a beer gut. Or is that stomach distension from malnutrition? I'll have to write to her to find out.

The scene of her singing To Sir With Love is pretty amazing.
minsc_and_boo:
i own it on DVD. it has it's cheesey moments but for what it was supposed to be ( a rip basically on the tough guy he was supposed to be ) it was a good movie. everyone played over the top and i feel it worked.