oliver

oh it's weird to be back home, sleeping in my old bedroom, which is my dads computer room now but looks much the same as it did way back when, the room i first got laid in

it's so cold here, i know it's really not bad but when you get in a mind frame where you don't plan on seeing weather like this for...
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heading back to minneapolis in the morning for my grandmas funeral on friday. i wasn't expecting to be going back so soon, though i said that when i went home for a wedding a month ago and am glad i did go, as that was the last time i saw her

it stll really hasn't hit me, as it's getting closer it's becomming more real...
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my god what a weekend, an amazing time in tucson and nogales capped by news of a death in the family upon getting back home, talk about ups and downs

friday we rode from phoenix to tucson, back highways, wide full open, over a hundred miles, beautiful scenery. friday night at hotel congress, really cool, straight out of the 40's, see stormy's "missing you" set...
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i don't even want to think about the election, let alone comment on it, this is going to be an ugly four years. my friend in ohio tells me she had a horrible voting experience but doesn't even want to talk about it, i'm sooooo curious it's killing me

spent the day in the garage getting the scooter set for the tucson rally this weekend,...
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been watching the news for someting like 7 hours straight, finally gave up, i'm not optimistc for kerry but we'll see

i'm somewhat chagrined by the popular vote, i've argued forever that the electoral college is crap and should be done away with so by my own argument and based on the numbers that i have to concede that bush should be the victor. i...
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i just got off the phone with a friend from minneapolis and in the midst of the conversation she dropped some news that really bummed me out. she said that she heard that first avenue nightclub locked their doors and handed out pink slips to all their employees today

i've been going to first ave. since i was 15, nearly 15 years ago, i've seen...
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got word today that my check is being mailed to me next week, i'm so freakin psyched, i'm still gonna be a bit broke until then but when it comes i can get my new camera (rebel digital), pay off my loan, catch up with bills and buy a new bed that i can actually fit on without my feet hanging off

took some pictures...
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i've officially flipped my sleeping habits, but it's not that bad cause i actually have a sleeping habit now, which is rare for me. go to store for beer at midnight, eat dinner at 1am, watch old movies on cable, go to bed at dawn, sleep till noonish, take a bit of a nap at 8-ish. i'm getting more sleep than i've gotten in like...
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um, i stayed up late, i got up late, i drank beer, i sat around and watched movies, i smoked too many cigarettes, i ate badly

that's what i've been doing, that's what i will be doing

that is all

why did someone who likes rain move to the desert? good question

nice lazy rainy day today, actually i got a ton of stuff done. cleaned up some of my junk in the garage, wrote oodles and oodles and am really hapy about what i got down. alright, maybe that's not a ton of stuff, but i'm happy

i've been waiting for my brother to...
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