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the last photo of a series from poland... and yes, those are bottles of beer that the dude is carrying.

my boy bryan came down from vegas on friday to shoot some paint and gripe about how damn hot it is in los angeles. paintballing on saturday kicked some serious ass, bryan and i are pretty much unstoppable once we find our...
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digdug:
yeah, i was just gonna ask you about that. are you going too? i just bought my ticket yesterday and I'm going by myself.
i'm gonna be sitting in Sec F1, row 1, seat 1. So look for me if you are going.
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2nd to last photo of my continuing series on poland.

work sucks
should i...
a) maintain and try to cope
or should i...
b) go back to slangin dope
or i could...
c) just get crazy and wild
but no i choose
d) create the G child!
thepirate:
So did you paint the town red?
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photo #4 of my dad's adventures in poland

i wonder if there's a big market for fencing bikes in warsaw. and do you think that seeing people on the street walking around with bike parts in-hand is a typical thing? i wonder how many bike parts it takes to barter for a fifth of vodka.

something tells me that the bike that...
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thirtyseven:
when i think of poland, i think of auschwitz, belzec and treblinka. frown
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in poland, it's open season on bicycles

**update**

CELIA CRUZ (19**-2003)

heaven just gained an angel with mad chops. although she didn't live up to her desire to die performing on stage, celia cruz never failed deliver the goods prior to her departure. i was lucky enough to see her perform last summer and feel that i'm a better person for it....
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takeshi21:
Amen to that. First Compay Segundo and now Cruz. Who is next? It's fantastic to be able to see these semninal artists before they passed on. I had the chance to see Miles play before he died.

Unfortunately, I'm gonna miss the show this weekend, as much as I want to go. Erin and I will be up in San Francisco for a wedding but hopefully I'll make the Joao Gilberto show. That should be amazing.
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photo #2 of my dad's series from poland.

on this day in history...

1606 - Rembrandt is born

1870 - Georgia is the last state to be readmitted into the union following the Civil War

1881 - Billy the Kid is slain by Pat Garrett
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takeshi21:
Hey dude! Your dad is in Poland? For what purpose?

Btw, thanks for the Mark Farina introduction. Mushroom Jazz #4 just might be my new favorite album. Damn, it's just amazing as a whole!

Any good upcoming shows?
thepirate:
One of these I promise I will make it out to paintball (so I can take potshots at you...)
This is not the week, however. A friend of mine who is probably going to share rent with me is coming to look at my apartment this weekend, and then we're walking to the beach.
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this week marks the start of a series of photos that my dad took while he and mom and my sister were vacationing in europe. he called this one "caged polish grandmas."

currently, hank kuehne owns the statistic for the longest driving average on the pga tour with a distance of 318 yards. for perspective, that's hitting a white ball the size...
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freyja__:
i would LOVE to know the story behind that photo.
are they just catching a ride in the hay cage?
cruel torture?
a weekly ritual?
a trip into town?
talk about a thousand words!
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i'm making fried chicken this weekend. if you don't know how bombastic my fried chicken is, ya better ask somebody.
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freyja__:
i had the most GHETTO fried chicken last night in my drunken haze.

word up.
ratgirl:
fucking fried chicken foo. kfc is da bomb.. same wit popeyes an shit.
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praise the lord and pass the biscuits, etta james laid down some fierce shit last nite!

the opening acts ernie andrews and keb'mo were outstanding. keb'mo went with the small arrangement this time around with just him and an occaisional guitar or banjo player to back him up. he didn't play my favorite song of his "give me what you got" (i like cookies, i...
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freyja__:
please send that girl my love.
(lots of hugs and kisses.)

did you check out the new mary j video i put up?
not too bad..
:>
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i've been looking forward to tonite's concert for a very long time. the last time i saw etta was at the long beach blues festival (source of today's photo) in august and AT LAST i get to see her again. when times are tough and you're thinking bad thoughts like I'D RATHER GO BLIND than face another day, etta is there to...
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ratgirl:
I'm jealous.
freyja__:
ooh!
this is my favorite journal entry ever!!
*gold star*
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i've been wearing my publicity hat in the office lately so i've been spinning all kinds of bullshit and my phone headset has created semi-permanent dent in the top of my head. and of course, the people i talk to are all about calling me "sweetheart" and "baby" while i juggle phone calls, push buttons, and try to remember just who i'm...
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ratgirl:
word. fo shizzle.
freyja__:
thanks, sweets.
how was etta?
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from the ny daily news...

The dogs are war
By MAKI BECKER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, July 5th, 2003

After failing to finish his 45th and last frankfurter, Takeru (The Tsunami) Kobayashi slammed his fist on the table yesterday.
It wasn't that he had lost.

None of the competition at the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest came close to touching the Tsunami...
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the pusherman is IN
thepirate:
What are you pushin around? A shopping cart?.... or maybe some sort of wheel barrow type thing? I just gots to know.
desilou:
yay for the pusherman i think..... i have to agree that igby goes down is one of my new favorite movies as well