Wednesday Nov 27, 2002

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strange day. not sure if i liked it, or hated it. lots of them like this lately.

nearly broke. gonna live on couscous and mustard til the fifth.

http://www.nocturnalemissary.com/bm-o-matic/index.html

a game: randomly pick a concept instead of an object, enter it into google's image search, and see what comes up. for example, type in "freedom", and you get:

http://haptic.mech.nwu.edu/intro/gallery/freedom.jpg

is this what freedom looks like?
thirtyseven:
that freedom link + your comment brought a smile to my face.

you consider earplug a friend? he comes highly endorsed by me .. =]
earplug6947:
jfante represents a learning culturally and intellectually that i would want my kids to have...and he robs banks with Doc.

Monday Nov 25, 2002

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back from housesitting, again. the home with the heated bathroom floor and the giant, bubbling jacuzzi tub. took a long bath after a morning full of champagne. read the soon to be released annie proulx, "that old ace in the hole".

went to the dog park both days, with the friends boxer. the boxer who falls asleep on my knees. the boxer who has goopy...
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thirtyseven:
excellent profile pic.
earplug6947:
i was sad when i finished _infinite jest_. i felt like i had made some really good friends by the time i got to page 1,208,322,323 or something.

Sunday Nov 24, 2002

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"But it was too late. In a mere second, Lucy had skinned out of her bikini. The twin white premises of her breasts and the conclusion of her pale pubic delta formed a wordless syllogism whose validity was unsusceptible to proof.

"Still, Edward felt professionally compelled to try."
--"The Grange", Paul De Filippo

Saturday Nov 23, 2002

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anniversary with doc. she bought me a copy of "medical curiosities: adapted from anomilies and curiosities of medicne", by george gould and walter pyle. they have a wonderful section on people born with tails.

my doc loves me. we're off to dinner soon.
earplug6947:
that sounds like me....but i don't know anyone in seattle
frown
earplug6947:
p.s. slappy anniversary!

Friday Nov 22, 2002

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congratulations, world. i'm stumped. i can't figure any of it out.
earplug6947:
you are more danny elfman-esque than i had imagined.
hardluck5413:
Keep drinking the PBR and it will all start to make some sense my friend!!

Thursday Nov 21, 2002

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A Green Bay Beer Can Collector Rolls the Dice for Love

by jfante

I want to let you in on a little secret. When they say, "It's complicated," it absolutely is not. It's simple. You've met a sweet, sweet woman, my friend. But, it's totally you. Don't let them fool you.

Like, I thought I was going out to Pittsburgh for a 1968 Falstaff, right?...
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2002

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doc's gifts:

Big Mama Thornton In Europe LP.
The William Joyce Scrapbook.
Young Frankenstein DVD.
A Mah Jong set.
A sappy little story called The Dawn of the Aerospace Age.

Happy 37th, my darling girl.
Four days off. I never want to go back to work again.

http://www.Seanbaby.com/super.htm
earplug6947:
ha!!
atom or brainiac?!
the debate continues.

you can NOT MISS with the YF DVD...
ovaltine???

(rather enjoyed what you just wrote in m'journal)

Monday Nov 18, 2002

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the end of the story for the birthday girl follows:


How friendship works is this, she said. Two people meet, and they purchase a friendship crucible. They each remove a lock of hair, and burn them together, and must keep the fires going for as long as they intend to remain in the contractual agreement called friendship.

And when it finally did happen, when we...
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earplug6947:
when said graphic artist spoke on a panel in SF...maybe he was drunk...but it was just a bunch of glib answers from a man whose book covers can be quite exceptional (like the wind-up bird chronicle). maybe i need to give him a second chance...but his novel didn't help things any. instead of talking about graphics and cool stuff, the topics would lean towards what kind of underwear people were wearing or something equally time-wasting. he did do great work on the chris wares book.

Sunday Nov 17, 2002

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walked up to the pet store for cat food. passed an audio place with a banner made of blank cd's. the sun hit the banner as i walked under it, and reflected onto the sidewalk like a little swarm of bugs skimming the ground. they jerked and swayed when the wind kicked the banner about.

doc and i drove out to a church in bellevue...
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earplug6947:
no mention of my arch-nemisis Chip Kidd?

Saturday Nov 16, 2002

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part ii of doc's birthday story:

The Dawn of the aerospace age wore a man's shoes and slacks onstage. She wore a white shirt, suspenders and a bow tie. Burgundy. The tie and suspenders were a deep burgundy.

I wore the back of the horse.

"How indoor plumbing works is this," she said. "The pipes dig down, down, deep down to the freshwater ocean at...
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Saturday Nov 16, 2002

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went to a kurasawa double bill last night. nelson and i hit earl's on the ave first. had a terrible bourbon and coke. nelson had an even worse gin and tonic. plastic cups. happy hour doubles. a bar girl, a sheet or two to the wind, told anyone listening she loved van morrison, and started singing along. looked over at me during the chorus, lifted...
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Friday Nov 15, 2002

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doc's birthday is coming up. i do so love my girl.

a random search for images on google inspired a birthday story.


the dawn of the aerospace age
by jfante

as the rest of us waited in back, pulling at our laces, and thinking about our next meal, she walked confidently out onto the stage. applause flooded the areas behind the curtains, hurting our ears....
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