If at the age of 16 I'd put my $500 into a low-wattage tube amp instead of a hulking transistor-powered monster, I'd not only be a much better guitar player than I am now, but I wager things would have turned out very differently.
Like, for instance, I wouldn't have grown up to be the kind of guy who thinks that something as simple as...
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Like, for instance, I wouldn't have grown up to be the kind of guy who thinks that something as simple as...
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Some people at work use words like "cool" and "man" around me a lot, though these aren't words they appear comfortable employing.
When did I win the nomination for Office Black Guy?
When did I win the nomination for Office Black Guy?
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tygertyger:
Welcome to Tokenethnicguyville, population: you.
superflea:
It's your dancing.
I'm so sleep-deprived today that the thought of my typical workday keeping me away from home for 12 hours makes me angry enough to break something. I like my job, but I'm fucking fed up with being trapped in this noplace.
But I don't have the $500 it'd cost to break my lease on top of first+last on a new place. Well, maybe I do,...
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But I don't have the $500 it'd cost to break my lease on top of first+last on a new place. Well, maybe I do,...
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tadzi:
work sucks. itd be nice if i could get paid to sleep and smoke pot.
scopitone6248:
What? I didn't buy you anything.
Dracula did it.
Dracula did it.
Frozen out at karaoke tonight by the fat, fiftyish, mustachioed lech of a host.
Instead of calling up Happy McUglypants or his good pal Nichitoba, he called girls' names, and guys with names like "Mark" and "Billy".
Random observation of myself: I'm really bad at remembering plans like who's supposed to call who when to arrange what. Really bad. Like someday I'm going to be...
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Instead of calling up Happy McUglypants or his good pal Nichitoba, he called girls' names, and guys with names like "Mark" and "Billy".
Random observation of myself: I'm really bad at remembering plans like who's supposed to call who when to arrange what. Really bad. Like someday I'm going to be...
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velocity:
That does seem to be the way of life. I haven't talked to any of my friends in so long, I just made a big pitcher of limeade and I suddenly have no one to share it with. At least you have the little lady.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm trying to maintain the illusion of having a life so I'm not going to reply to each of them individually, but I do appreciate each one.
And I have no idea how half of you even found me. What, do you people roam the site looking for little red balloons? Freaks.
And I have no idea how half of you even found me. What, do you people roam the site looking for little red balloons? Freaks.
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onlyoblivion:
I missed a balloon?!
FUCK!
Happy belated birthday, at least.
FUCK!
Happy belated birthday, at least.
thistle:
i think you will shortly discover that i am much too stupid to be a part of that group. but i will do my best to entertain you smart folk.
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rodan:
Happy Birthday!
Aren't those the buffalo from maryland? you have any idea how weird it is to turn on the radio and hear the traffic guy say traffic is f'd up because there's buffalo on the beltway?
I heard them say it abunch of times and NEVER believed it.
Aren't those the buffalo from maryland? you have any idea how weird it is to turn on the radio and hear the traffic guy say traffic is f'd up because there's buffalo on the beltway?
I heard them say it abunch of times and NEVER believed it.
naja_haje:
Who the fuck puts a kiddie pool on a tennis court?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. H-aaapy birthday deeeeaaaar violation of copyright Title 17 106, happy birthday to you.
... and many more!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. H-aaapy birthday deeeeaaaar violation of copyright Title 17 106, happy birthday to you.
... and many more!
Tuesday night a guy tracked me through a crowded club because he thought he recognized me from an appearance at a karaoke bar. He was right. Happy McUglypants, c'est moi. And that appearance was 4 months ago.
And some dude totally checked me out when I was walking down Wellsley today.
If I had this kind of effect on the laydeez...
AND I found a...
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And some dude totally checked me out when I was walking down Wellsley today.
If I had this kind of effect on the laydeez...
AND I found a...
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velocity:
Yes, speaking as the girlfriend of someone who has that effect on the ladies, it requires a lot of patience on my part.
mk700c:
Well, you do live in Toronto.
... and say things like c'est moi.
... and say things like c'est moi.
Alright, so, next time I see a situation where somebody's thing is going to fall through and I'm in a position to possibly save the day, but only if I work quickly and get lucky, I'm gonna take a step back and say to myself, "Nathan, if the only way to save this is by being a hero with lightning heels racing into a potential...
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mk700c:
oh and your profile pic just made me really hungry.
and then really pissed because Kosmo just closed 10 minutes ago.
and then really pissed because Kosmo just closed 10 minutes ago.
onlyoblivion:
If you had more experience with being upper management, you'd've learned that by now.
Also, I hunger for brutally honest critiques.
Also, I hunger for brutally honest critiques.
$400+ later, I'm back in business.
What happened, while I was out having a grand time, was my power supply and motherboard finally carried out their suicide pact and shivved eachother in the showers, just like they'd planned.
Now there's a trick with replacing a motherboard when you're running WinXP. No matter why your motherboard leaves its position (retirement, layoff, firing for gross misconduct--it's all...
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What happened, while I was out having a grand time, was my power supply and motherboard finally carried out their suicide pact and shivved eachother in the showers, just like they'd planned.
Now there's a trick with replacing a motherboard when you're running WinXP. No matter why your motherboard leaves its position (retirement, layoff, firing for gross misconduct--it's all...
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archernu:
I have the uncanny and somewhat unnatural ability to break computers and other electronic with a touch. Seriously. I'm no longer allowed to load movies into the DVD player in my apartment.
I'm glad that you're operational again. I take it your writing wasn't lost to the void? Excellent news.
I'm glad that you're operational again. I take it your writing wasn't lost to the void? Excellent news.
facet5:
thats funny. i used to do this for a living. i must admit i tried coaxing, stroking, naming, cajouling, threatening (with and without hammer), but never, ever in five years did I think of gorlla uit. dam fine. thanks.
It's not the power supply.
Fuck.
Fuck.
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adjunct:
I normally hate to bond with people over shared musical tastes, since it seems to be the most empty form of connection of any of those usually bandied about by people of our generation; however, noticing (for the first time) Eric Dolphy at the top of your list made me remember my struggle to learn bass clarinet, flute, and a variety of other reed instruments in high school, always while thinking "if Dolphy could do it, so can I."
I'm also trying to give you something to come back to other than, "that sucks about your computer," although I certainly agree with that sentiment.
I'm also trying to give you something to come back to other than, "that sucks about your computer," although I certainly agree with that sentiment.
oryx:
The View from this End was fantastic. it made me cry and it made me laugh. thank you.
Sometime during a splendid evening out with Superflea and his delightful lady, my computer's power supply kicked the crapper.
At least I hope that's what happened. I mean, there's the other possible diagnosis, which is that my computer is totally fucked and the stuff I was working on--not the poetry and other inherently ephemeral and pointless crap, but the stuff I needed to turn in...
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At least I hope that's what happened. I mean, there's the other possible diagnosis, which is that my computer is totally fucked and the stuff I was working on--not the poetry and other inherently ephemeral and pointless crap, but the stuff I needed to turn in...
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tadzi:
RIP power supply
obd:
I hope it's not terminal.
I thought she said she was making me dinner when she called me at the office, but now I come home and there appears only to be stuff for her to make dinner tomorrow, and seeing as we're having company over I'm not free to err.
At the moment, she's at yoga and I'm famished.
Leftover tuna casserole it is!
UPDATE
That was close. The...
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At the moment, she's at yoga and I'm famished.
Leftover tuna casserole it is!
UPDATE
That was close. The...
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superflea:
Okay - so what's the agenda???
The girl wants to hit Square One for a period in the afternoon, so we could get together there, or afterwards, and do dinner, drinks, fraternizing, scheming, collaborating, plotting, or any of a number of equally unsavory assemblies.
I have no idea what there is to do tharabouts.
But it'll be a hoot.
The girl wants to hit Square One for a period in the afternoon, so we could get together there, or afterwards, and do dinner, drinks, fraternizing, scheming, collaborating, plotting, or any of a number of equally unsavory assemblies.
I have no idea what there is to do tharabouts.
But it'll be a hoot.
felicia_____:
Thank you.
One observation, one question:
- You have terrific taste, classy guy!
- Nathan, are you Jewish?