you know, i'm not sure how to use this thing as a proper journal...i write the most boring shit in here...so i'll stick to the immediate: listening to le tigre, trying to make a mix for the weekend loosely based on the concept of what ben sherman was in the 1960's using both old and contemporary music...thinking about how i'm going to make a "punk"...
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sick again today...in my vast experience, you can neither defeat illness by: A. drinking. i used to think you could, but then i realized it was just the hangover was worse than the illness...not to say i don't still try.
B. working out or "sweating it out"...the temporary sensation of feeling good (caused by endorphins or adrenaline or some such thing) is followed by a...
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B. working out or "sweating it out"...the temporary sensation of feeling good (caused by endorphins or adrenaline or some such thing) is followed by a...
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cece:
bleach is one of a handful of people i trust to tattoo me. i used to live in madison and have flown back from new york to get work from him in the past. he's moving to MN and i imagine i'll fly there to get work as well. great work, great personality, comfortable setting, cheap price...
sick today...
we have a foot of snow...it's not that bad, actually...have a couple of days off...putting my studio together, hanging out with my son, sleeping, etc...have a good weekend...
in one sense i am sad to see the hoildays go, but part of me is glad its over and life can get back to "normal"...i am so tired! spent yesterday up in madison, wisconsin getting tattooed and hanging out...probably 3 or 4 more sittings and the sleeve on my left arm is done...man, if i was 10 years younger, i would be begging for...
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girl303:
normal is such a drag...WORK??!?!! Eeek! watch out for the snow... 

girl303:
i have to go out later...i just didn't want to go out this morning with the rest of the world. and the neighborhoods i work in...i don't want to get my car stuck there. not cool.

it's true what they say...once you have kids, christmas becomes totally about them, which is fine...it was so much fun to watch my son open all of his presents from us and his family...except i think we'll have to put an addition on the house to hold them all...my sister gave me my favorite gift...a cd by the jam...it was great to see my family...ended...
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not too much going on here...christmas a-comin'...all the presents bought, nothing going on at work...4 days off coming up...happy holidays to everyone...
cornink:
i've been meaning to read "american skin" for a while now, ever since i first heard of it. ah well, one of these days.
christmas has come early to my house...one of my son's presents was too big to be ignored, so we let him open it on saturday...it was the typical "christmas story" getting the fuckin thing, too...discontinued item, only one in stock at a store that's an hour away, driving there after work just in time to get the last one...i thought that shit only happened in...
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cornink:
ahh medusa's! that brings back some good memories
i saw suicidal there in '86 i think, whenever "join the army" came out. good times.
yeah, that first record has one of the best covers ever, with all those skeleton drawings and stuff.

i saw suicidal there in '86 i think, whenever "join the army" came out. good times.
yeah, that first record has one of the best covers ever, with all those skeleton drawings and stuff.
finally it's friday, and so close to christmas...we had a fire drill this morning at work, then the christmas party this afternoon, so not much of anything going on here...
primaryone:
hi. the wisconcin tattoo convention is in green bay. http://www.tattoosbyrick.com/ has some info i think. everyone tells us chicago is great so we're really looking forward to our visit.definitely want to catch some live music while we're there.
that was supposed to be a linkl to some website that determines "what pattern are you?", but i couldn't get it to work as a link...stupid computers...
(i was stripes)
(i was stripes)
i spent a year at a private college in madison for art education. then i took a year off and worked at a coffee shop on state street for awhile before moving out to new york to go to school for graphic design.