nimchimpsky

summertime, and the livin' is easy ...

tomorrow is the fourth in the epic slosh-ball tournament between my current employer and my former employer. We were handed our asses most embarassingly last week, but now we're out for revenge. college eight better watch out! go oakes! (ok, now I'm sounding silly)

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update: we won!

yesterday I made a crucial discovery. for leisure time when alone, sitting on my front porch in the early evening and reading a good book, is actually more fun than any computer game or the Internet. If only I'd made that discovery sooner. but then, it wasn't summer until now. so cool.

the book is called "Off the Map", published by CrimethInc, and is...
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I know I've been living in Santa Cruz for a while when all the foods in my fridge have a manifesto printed on their containers.

tgif!

I think I'll take a nap, I just hope I don't sleep through the whole weekend!

Happy Bastille Day - Vive la France!

if you're in Santa Cruz and like house music, join me in celebrating at the 418 Project tonight for FLOW with Doc Martin and resident DJs. It's $10, 10pm-2am, at 418 Front Street. It will be off the hook!

And today was another slosh-ball game, though we were soundly defeated, 23-11, this time But we're still up 2-1...
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went to a LAN gaming party. got my geek on. had fun.

but I can't help the sneaking suspicion that I missed the real party

p.s. note name change.

payday, payday, yay!

I had a great fourth of July weekend. Most of what I remember of it has to do with a really rockin' 4th of July bash at life_returns's house. Dude, thanks, that rocked, and it really it the spot. Saw great bands, drank a lot, watched fireworks, joined in ironic displays of jingoistic patriotism, as well as sincere displays of pacifistic patriotism, and drank...
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Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.... Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who had the fortune of being born on some particular spot, consider themselves better, nobler, grander, more intelligent than the living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot...
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well, that was a close one. I just escaped being the token guy on a friend's housemate's friend's birthday girls' night out ....

*phew*

now I'm recharging the old batteries for tomorrow's SGSC bash. See you there!