the rain is wild, the world is cold, my heart is dark and the wind whispers bold...
a little subarachnoid space
a little melancholy face
the quiet is just a place
where my mind doesn't race
the chill is left for nought
the swill that spells distraught
the magic is not to be found
just another warm body to lay
and be wound...
my wool...
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serenity... it won't last long.... but i'll take it when i can get it. i think the nap after my cheesesteak for lunch after work was a good thing fo me headache.
dixxxon:
mmm... those truffles look better than the large bag of m&m's i just killed! 
i need to get out more.
aahhhh...serenity now....
i need to get out more.
aahhhh...serenity now....
there are fancy pedals, there are vintage pedals and there are just fucked up, i'm gonna break that amp i'm in front of pedals. $30, dod death metal pedal.
it's one of those days where the gain has to overwhelm the shit...
it's one of those days where the gain has to overwhelm the shit...
chiclet:
Last week I discovered I am immune to Nyquil.
here's a thought to put it into a train instead of rambling jumbles in the hallways of my head.
some people to play music with. saturday and maybe wednesday or thursday. weekdays would be late afternoon to early evening. no pressure.
thrash
punk
space rock / trip rock
dub
instrumentation:bass and drummer, maybe another guitar player...
must be willing to play loud.
must like crunch...
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some people to play music with. saturday and maybe wednesday or thursday. weekdays would be late afternoon to early evening. no pressure.
thrash
punk
space rock / trip rock
dub
instrumentation:bass and drummer, maybe another guitar player...
must be willing to play loud.
must like crunch...
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some days work can be a bitch, some days work can be a challenge, soime days work can strain all of your brain, the first monday was just dumb. so much could have been circumvented by just getting on it instead of blaming others that they dropped the ball. we kinda just have to expect that people drop the ball and the only way to...
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christinarenee:
bass players seem to be easier to find than drummers in my opinion..
and thanks for the aloha... things have picked up a bit from when i posted... well... more than less i have managed to numb up from it due to a call from my cousin
and thanks for the aloha... things have picked up a bit from when i posted... well... more than less i have managed to numb up from it due to a call from my cousin
so it begins, the first moday of the year. the delirium is ended and the reality begins. off to work we go. hi ho, hi ho....
aloha,
j 
aloha,
j
lillithvain:
did you know that they actually changed that song on the movie because they didn't want little kids to hear it anymore because it now has "negative conotations?" WTF?
Anyway, hope you had a good day at work.
Anyway, hope you had a good day at work.
sometimes you just might find yourself chemically dependent in a way that you might not imagine to things that are not necessarily self medicating but filled with chemistry and therapy...
other than run on sentences. it took ten days to get a box in the holiday rush from mom's in hawai'i. so needless to say there is a lot of sugar within mom's holiday care...
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other than run on sentences. it took ten days to get a box in the holiday rush from mom's in hawai'i. so needless to say there is a lot of sugar within mom's holiday care...
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languid:
Sampling a Hawaiian delicacy(?) . . . crack seed It's sweet, it's sour, it's salty, and it looks like something your mother wouldn't let you put in your mouth. It's crack seed, and generations of Hawaii children have grown up sucking, smacking, and savoring this pungent confection. If you're in Hawaii, you owe yourself a sample.
A seedy odyssey from China to Hawaii
Crack seed's ancestor was a dried, salted plum Chinese travelers carried for sustenance. The original crack seed was a variation of this and was, truly, cracked seed--plums soaked in brine, sun-dried, washed, and smashed to release extra flavor from their pulverized red seed, then soaked again in a sauce of water, licorics, sweetener, and spices.
As for the snack's arrival in Hawaii, the facts are cloudy. But most authorities believe that the first cracked seed was probably imported commercially around 1900 by Yee Sheong, who sold it from his Yick Lung ("profitable enterprise") store in Honolulu. As business picked up, he began preserving local fruits such as mango in the same traditional fashion.
(Today, Yick Lung continues as one of Hawaii's two largest manufacturers and importers of crack seed.)
Original crack seed still sells, but its shrapnel-like consistency has cost it partisans who favor varieties with seeds intact (you don't eat the whole seeds). Visit a larger shop these days and you'll see dozens of varieties, from plum to lemon to cherry. All are dried, then soaked in sweet, sweet-sour, or salty sauce.
Powerfully flavored, often very sticky (a stack of paper napkins is a de rigueur accompaniment to any crack seed session), crack seed may be an acquired taste for most people. Still, on a hot and humid tropical afternoon, a nibble here and there can refresh.
Shopping in crack seed stores
Island supermarkets sell some crack seed in prepackaged 1/2-to 3-ounce bags, which retail for 75 cents to $3. But you'll have more fun shopping at specialty stores, where dozens of varieties are sold in bulk. The price for crack seed ranges from $8.50 to $23 a pound.
Here are eight stores with a large variety in areas often visited by tourists. For others, check Seeds in the yellow pages for each island. All are open from at least 10 to 4 (most longer) Mondays through Saturdays; many are also open Sundays. Call for exact hours.
In Honolulu
C-Mui Center, 77 S. Pauahi Street; (808) 536-4712. Hole-in-the-wall store just a few steps off Fort Street Mall is a favorite with locals. It sells seeds in bulk from nearly a hundred big glass jars.
Crack Seed Center, 1044 Ala Moana Center; 949-7200. This shop on the lowest level near the post office has more than a hundred jars of seed. There's usually a line here at lunch and after work.
Hong Linh Store, 1041 Kekaulike Street, Stall 1; 531-7782. Customers of Chinatown's only remaining crack seed shop stop to visit and snack in the wide, pedestrian-only alleyway in front of this shop.
On the Big Island
Doris' Place, Highway 180, Holualoa; 324-4761. Picturesque, small-town country store on the west side of the island about 4 miles southeast of Kailua Kona sells crack seed from about 65 jars, along with a variety of local produce.
Kiluaea Preserve Center, 187 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo; 935-8360. This is the oldest of a half-dozen different shops in the Hilo area. It sells 40 to 45 different types of crack seed.
On Maui
Rainbow Snacks & Seeds, Lahaina Shopping Center, Lahaina; 667-6696. Only a couple of dozen seed choices are sold here, but the shop is easy to find in the island's most popular tourist center.
On Kauai
Longies Crackseed Center, Rice Shopping Center, Lihue; 246-8823; and 3858 Hanapepe Road, Hanapepe; 335-3440. Both stores have 70 to 80 jars of crack seed to choose from, but the Hanapepe store--housed in a restored garage and gas station on this old town's small main street--has all the charm.
COPYRIGHT 1991 Sunset Publishing Corp.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
A seedy odyssey from China to Hawaii
Crack seed's ancestor was a dried, salted plum Chinese travelers carried for sustenance. The original crack seed was a variation of this and was, truly, cracked seed--plums soaked in brine, sun-dried, washed, and smashed to release extra flavor from their pulverized red seed, then soaked again in a sauce of water, licorics, sweetener, and spices.
As for the snack's arrival in Hawaii, the facts are cloudy. But most authorities believe that the first cracked seed was probably imported commercially around 1900 by Yee Sheong, who sold it from his Yick Lung ("profitable enterprise") store in Honolulu. As business picked up, he began preserving local fruits such as mango in the same traditional fashion.
(Today, Yick Lung continues as one of Hawaii's two largest manufacturers and importers of crack seed.)
Original crack seed still sells, but its shrapnel-like consistency has cost it partisans who favor varieties with seeds intact (you don't eat the whole seeds). Visit a larger shop these days and you'll see dozens of varieties, from plum to lemon to cherry. All are dried, then soaked in sweet, sweet-sour, or salty sauce.
Powerfully flavored, often very sticky (a stack of paper napkins is a de rigueur accompaniment to any crack seed session), crack seed may be an acquired taste for most people. Still, on a hot and humid tropical afternoon, a nibble here and there can refresh.
Shopping in crack seed stores
Island supermarkets sell some crack seed in prepackaged 1/2-to 3-ounce bags, which retail for 75 cents to $3. But you'll have more fun shopping at specialty stores, where dozens of varieties are sold in bulk. The price for crack seed ranges from $8.50 to $23 a pound.
Here are eight stores with a large variety in areas often visited by tourists. For others, check Seeds in the yellow pages for each island. All are open from at least 10 to 4 (most longer) Mondays through Saturdays; many are also open Sundays. Call for exact hours.
In Honolulu
C-Mui Center, 77 S. Pauahi Street; (808) 536-4712. Hole-in-the-wall store just a few steps off Fort Street Mall is a favorite with locals. It sells seeds in bulk from nearly a hundred big glass jars.
Crack Seed Center, 1044 Ala Moana Center; 949-7200. This shop on the lowest level near the post office has more than a hundred jars of seed. There's usually a line here at lunch and after work.
Hong Linh Store, 1041 Kekaulike Street, Stall 1; 531-7782. Customers of Chinatown's only remaining crack seed shop stop to visit and snack in the wide, pedestrian-only alleyway in front of this shop.
On the Big Island
Doris' Place, Highway 180, Holualoa; 324-4761. Picturesque, small-town country store on the west side of the island about 4 miles southeast of Kailua Kona sells crack seed from about 65 jars, along with a variety of local produce.
Kiluaea Preserve Center, 187 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo; 935-8360. This is the oldest of a half-dozen different shops in the Hilo area. It sells 40 to 45 different types of crack seed.
On Maui
Rainbow Snacks & Seeds, Lahaina Shopping Center, Lahaina; 667-6696. Only a couple of dozen seed choices are sold here, but the shop is easy to find in the island's most popular tourist center.
On Kauai
Longies Crackseed Center, Rice Shopping Center, Lihue; 246-8823; and 3858 Hanapepe Road, Hanapepe; 335-3440. Both stores have 70 to 80 jars of crack seed to choose from, but the Hanapepe store--housed in a restored garage and gas station on this old town's small main street--has all the charm.
COPYRIGHT 1991 Sunset Publishing Corp.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
more rain to work in...
blue skies this afternoon...
puddles to work in when it wasn't raining. ..
some people don't get it...
there were times today when i wasn't getting it.
i got it for christams...
then i got piece and quiet all weekend.. it was lovely.
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lillithvain:
Thank you so much for the nice comment you left on my set!!!!! 
Ps.. I don't know what album that song it is on. I'll ask the person I got it from. I have it on a mixed cd that he burnt for me...but it's a great tune!
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Ps.. I don't know what album that song it is on. I'll ask the person I got it from. I have it on a mixed cd that he burnt for me...but it's a great tune!
[Edited on Dec 29, 2004 11:39PM]
i realized this morning as i was coming awake that i may have gotten home at 330 and it is a quarter to five but i am still just getting in the door. sometimes my mood or the circumstances or even my lack of motivationafter i pass the threshold can be a factor. i also didn't want to talk on th ephone long distance. i...
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