By all accounts, grandad was a helluva man. Born into a poor Japanese family, he only had one older brother and his mother died while he was still in grade school. This of course meant that his father worked twice as hard to raise a family, leaving the boys too much time for mischief.
Even at a young age, grandad was the gang leader. When...
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Even at a young age, grandad was the gang leader. When...
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My back is KILLING me. It feels as have somebody took a ball pin hammer and struck me in the small of my back. This might be from sleeping on my stomach and hyper-extending my back, but in any case, Im having trouble just sitting up straight.
I saw an incredible show on PBS last night about the Black Plague and how certain pockets of...
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I saw an incredible show on PBS last night about the Black Plague and how certain pockets of...
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linz:
yay! the new coldplay is fracking great!
linz:
you are super slick, daddio.
Mitch was a little fey, but youd have to be dead to think he wasnt funny. It was his way of fitting into our backwater town.
He was the class clown, literally, as it wasnt unusual to see him sporting rainbow pants, big floppy shoes and a red, foam nose. As long as any of us could remember he dreamed of circuses and carnivals and...
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He was the class clown, literally, as it wasnt unusual to see him sporting rainbow pants, big floppy shoes and a red, foam nose. As long as any of us could remember he dreamed of circuses and carnivals and...
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earplug6947:
i'm like a love struck loser: i'm thinking "maybe things will be different with my old company this time....this time...maybe they won't run out of money again..."
did you ever see that SNL where j. fallon made some sort of joke, but it was all a set-up so that he would conjur the spirit of louie anderson? my old roommate HATED anderson with such a passion...he would vomit if he caught just a taste of family feud.
did you ever see that SNL where j. fallon made some sort of joke, but it was all a set-up so that he would conjur the spirit of louie anderson? my old roommate HATED anderson with such a passion...he would vomit if he caught just a taste of family feud.
earplug6947:
graphic design+database work=a happy earplug.
christ i love those two things.
maybe i'll even get paid this month.
i bought some febreeze, resolve, and some dish soap. i need to clean up some cat pee-pee when i get home.
christ i love those two things.
maybe i'll even get paid this month.
i bought some febreeze, resolve, and some dish soap. i need to clean up some cat pee-pee when i get home.
Back to work after a day of hooky. I love it.
It's the lowest form of humor (next to Howard Stern) but I laughed uncontrolably while watching "Jackass: The Movie" yesterday.
It's the lowest form of humor (next to Howard Stern) but I laughed uncontrolably while watching "Jackass: The Movie" yesterday.
earplug6947:
did you eat indian food on your hooky day?
i did once and saw -best in show-
good times.
letter=me to me.
how did the library go this weekend?
i did once and saw -best in show-
good times.
letter=me to me.
how did the library go this weekend?
a35mmlife:
wasnt that too funny?! that tattoo bit?! the renatl car!? omg.
geez.
geez.
It's amazing how we subconsciously manipulate our memories into molds of how things should have been. How things could have been.
A juvenile bukkake joke with an old friend turned to serious conversation about his former love, a woman he tried to save from herself. He wondered, momentarily, if perhaps she'd changed, that maybe she found the stability and security he thought she wanted. She...
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A juvenile bukkake joke with an old friend turned to serious conversation about his former love, a woman he tried to save from herself. He wondered, momentarily, if perhaps she'd changed, that maybe she found the stability and security he thought she wanted. She...
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artfag:
I'm just too sick to get out still. I can't belive I missed the art show!!! Actually, I'm a fixture there... so my buddy Doug won't miss me one bit. How was the turn out? I hope you liked the work. Did anybody else show up that was from SGLA? Anyway... we'll hook up soon. Just let me get better before we shake hands.
earplug6947:
did you ever browse across poopoochoochoo.com?
The air is crisp and brittle, the sun slow to rise.
Even in Los Angeles, autumn has arrived.
I've often felt that this is the most melancholy time of year. Nature heaves its last as we wait for inevitable death in winter. Romance of the summer has fled for warmer climes.
Even in Los Angeles, autumn has arrived.
I've often felt that this is the most melancholy time of year. Nature heaves its last as we wait for inevitable death in winter. Romance of the summer has fled for warmer climes.
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artfag:
Elegant words. Something I would have said myself. Winter has a way of making us look inward... and that my friend, is always a good thing.
artfag:
Listening to Ella Fitzgerald right now... great music for this weather. I highly recomend listening to old jazz singers with rain. Makes for a great inspirational day I'll tell ya'.
I've been down of late; work has been exceedingly difficult.
But I have, perhaps, the most amazing girlfriend in the world.
She asks me what she could make for dinner to make me feel better. Reflexively, I say I'd like pot roast; it just popped into my head. I haven't had pot roast in years.
WhenI arrive home, I'm greeted by a feast of pot...
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But I have, perhaps, the most amazing girlfriend in the world.
She asks me what she could make for dinner to make me feel better. Reflexively, I say I'd like pot roast; it just popped into my head. I haven't had pot roast in years.
WhenI arrive home, I'm greeted by a feast of pot...
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artfag:
I emailed Candy today... never heard from her. Maybe tomorrow she'll respond.
volkov:
yeh. we got the vaccines before we left on deployment.
along with all the tropical disease inoculation...felt like a damn pin cushion after that first day or pre-deployment preps. and they took my blood 3 times.
to be honest...other feeling a bit under the weather, I didn't notice too much from it.
it was a while before I had taken ALL the shots in the series though.
along with all the tropical disease inoculation...felt like a damn pin cushion after that first day or pre-deployment preps. and they took my blood 3 times.
to be honest...other feeling a bit under the weather, I didn't notice too much from it.
it was a while before I had taken ALL the shots in the series though.
Benny Hill, one of the most underrated comedians of his time!
Currently listening to: The Tindersticks.
Currently listening to: The Tindersticks.
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earplug6947:
yesterday this went down:
me: (puts on GBV's _sunfish holy breakfast_)
roommate: i love this GBV album
me: it's hardly an album. it's an ep.
roommate: (makes face that i've been mean)
me: well, any good GBV nerd will have the discography memorized!
note: gbv stopped being good 4 years ago.
me: (puts on GBV's _sunfish holy breakfast_)
roommate: i love this GBV album
me: it's hardly an album. it's an ep.
roommate: (makes face that i've been mean)
me: well, any good GBV nerd will have the discography memorized!
note: gbv stopped being good 4 years ago.
maeda:
maeda is from miles maeda my favorite dj. i later find out that it is quite a japaneese name. just image search in google...ASIAN!!! 
so it is by chance...HEY, you don't happen to know what it means do you?
or does it really have a meaning???
so it is by chance...HEY, you don't happen to know what it means do you?
or does it really have a meaning???
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earplug6947:
yeah, sometimes a "." will do it when text tells too much.
hey: another book rec.: richard powers _the gold bug variations_
now i'm ok with genius filling the body of the attractive, but powers is HOT and a macarthur receiver.
hey: another book rec.: richard powers _the gold bug variations_
now i'm ok with genius filling the body of the attractive, but powers is HOT and a macarthur receiver.
Tuesday morning and still sluggish from last night's inebriation. In need of coffee, badly.
I'm not getting paid enough to put up with the crap.
Currently listening to: Les Sans Culottes. Very cool 60's French go-go pop.
I'm not getting paid enough to put up with the crap.
Currently listening to: Les Sans Culottes. Very cool 60's French go-go pop.
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googused:
I kinda know Joe and Ralph just from around the SF scene. Joe was in a cool band called Fuzz Factor for a while and Ralph - well, Ralph is just Ralph. He played with Tim Hesla's big band and did some work with my old roomie's band, Dieselhed. Hell of a nice guy.
earplug6947:
i'm helpless for women in glasses.
brain: it's just a 5$ piece of plastic.
heart: hubba-hubba!
brain: it's just a 5$ piece of plastic.
heart: hubba-hubba!
I'm finally back in the process of actually READING for a change, at least fictional work.
When you work in Hollywood it's too easy to get caught up in having to see every movie and TV program.
Ah, but how nice to exercise those reading muscles.
Any recommendations are highly welcome.
When you work in Hollywood it's too easy to get caught up in having to see every movie and TV program.
Ah, but how nice to exercise those reading muscles.
Any recommendations are highly welcome.
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thirtyseven:
why don't you pop up at disneyland saturday and maybe you'll meet your other half.. 
tib0r:
i second the murakami recommendation and also anything by mary gaitskill is creepy and good, especially if you like short stories. i love martika, by the way.
I'm sure it isn't the most interesting of SG subjects so I'll just keep it to myself here.
Go Angels! Not that I care for Anaheim, but the Giants simply must be beaten in the World Series.
So there. I'm a baseball nut. But only baseball!
Go Angels! Not that I care for Anaheim, but the Giants simply must be beaten in the World Series.
So there. I'm a baseball nut. But only baseball!
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earplug6947:
more dirt on kyle cooper please.
artfag:
Yo Takeshi21,
Tell Scott I said hi! He is a cool dude, I enjoyed working with him. Wendy was great... last I heard from here a year or so ago... she was getting married. Man I miss being with her. She is an incredible woman, but a little crazy yes.
I was friends with Junior and the whole Avalon Tattoo crew, especially Mike Stobbe. Hell, Mike owns two of my old school paintings from way back.
So what are you doing here in LA?
Burn
Tell Scott I said hi! He is a cool dude, I enjoyed working with him. Wendy was great... last I heard from here a year or so ago... she was getting married. Man I miss being with her. She is an incredible woman, but a little crazy yes.
I was friends with Junior and the whole Avalon Tattoo crew, especially Mike Stobbe. Hell, Mike owns two of my old school paintings from way back.
So what are you doing here in LA?
Burn
let me pop those recipes in the mail for you.