dboyles

Ok, ok, ok,

I know I have said it before, but this time, I am going to really try to start updating this thing on a regular basis. I haven't been on the site much the last several months, but now I'm back.

So, what's new? Well, I have recently become obsessed with "The Office". I went from a casual viewer last season to a...
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I just finished "Our Band Could be Your Life", a book about the 80s underground music scene and it has left me in confused state of inspiration and depression. The book details how people like Ian MaKaye, Calvin Johnson, Sonic Youth and others were able to build up an entire music scene out of nothing and follow their creative impulse. Most of them did it...
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This evening, I went up to North Mesa to take some pictures of Red Mountain. Once you pass the 202 freeway, you leave Mesa, bland American suburb, and you are suddenly in the middle of nowhere. Somewhere out there, the Salt River Indian Reservation begins, but I am not sure where.

As I am driving along looking for a good spot, I suddenly come upon...
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I'm trying to come up with something for the nifty little "about me" box at the top of the page, but I'm still enjoying the thought of Bill Walton having a bonny face (oh yeah, and if you were wondering, that is Bill Walton - basketball legend, Deadhead and possible missing link - in the profile pic). I guess I could throw up an actual...
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Anyone who complains about Arizona summers needs to wake up earlier. Though our afternoons can sap you of your will to live, our mornings, from sunrise to about 10 o'clock, are the absolutely most gorgeous things you can imagine. This morning, I got up at six and had my coffee and read the New York Times on my patio while listening to Little Steven's Underground...
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Sooo, that posting more often thing is taking a little while to kick in. Oh well, I'm slowly getting better. Life is pretty boring right now as I spend most of my time sitting in a cubicle and avoiding work as much as possible while waiting for grad school to start in the fall. I do have to say that I love the new site...
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Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote anything in this damn journal. Well, today is a new day. The last year has been by far the weirdest of my life, but I am finally in a wonderful place and am actually going to to try to take a more active role in the SG community. This site is still one of...
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I am currently listening to the Rise Against album, which I picked up yesteday mainly for the ballad, "Swing Life Away". The album is good as modern punk goes, but their political content (which swings from expectedly naive to surprisingly thoughtful) got me to thinking about the state of poltical music in the world today and particularly about one of my favorite bands of my...
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I'm a teacher, and today I return to work for a month of inservice and preparation before school starts on Aug. 15. This is only my second year teaching and it is at a different school than I was at last year.

To get myself ready, I put together a little triple feature of movies that inspire me. Herewith, my thoughts on those movies:

Rock...
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All right, so I haven't been updating this as much as I planned thanks to my new job and other various shit happening in my life. But here I am now with not a lot to talk about personally, so I am going to rant about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I saw the movie tonight and have to say I was a little disappointed....
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After several months on SG, I have finally decided to stop being antisocial and create a profile. Yay me.