first off, i'd like to thank everyone who gave me birthday wishes. it put a smile on my face

the birthday was very chill, with only minor craziness evolving at the end of the evening. compared to last year, it was a knitting party.

i had a three-hour kung fu workout tonight. i ended up getting the worst leg cramp of my life. it was...
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today i went into a studio with a local (and prolific) engineer. he helped arrange and mix down a track i had done a few months ago. it went really well. actually, i'm just off work and i just listened to it for the first time since i was in the studio. i find putting some distance between the work and the relisten help to...
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i went to the ocean tonight. i haven't been there in quite a while. it was very quiet there; only the oscillations of waves and a distant foghorn breaking the silence. there a was light fog over the water, but not enough to cover the golden gate bridge. in the distance i could see the two lights that mark the entrance to the bay.

i've...
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is cilantro out of season or what? i cannot find it.

it rained madness last night, very easy to sleep under such conditions.

there's a art gallery showing this weekend with Naiad and Sicily showing their work. it's at a store called Picky, 1201a Guerrero at 24th St. i will be committing random acts of noise terrorism there as well. well, maybe i'll just play...
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i've gotten back into work-out mode. i started going back to the gym to work the cardiovascular, and i'm back to kung fu. i haven't gone in about 2 months, but i kept missing it all the time. it's one of those things you have to be completely into or otherwise you won't advance at all. kung fu is about details and minute mechanics that...
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so, as promised, i have posted pics from the trip to Japan. unfortunately, Naiad and i forgot to bring the charger for the camera, and so these pics are only from the 1st half of the trip. so you will not, thankfully, be witness to any debauchery and hangovers as a result thereof

we spent our first day there on a bus tour of the...
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i've returned from Japan. i'm not sure what time it is. it's morning here but my body is telling another story. Tokyo was fantastic, it is such an intriguing place and culture. I got to see my family and some good friends of mine who live there. my brain is bubbling as i recollect the events of the past ten days. it one of the...
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America is in denial. It's so hard for the average american to accept that we were misled into an unjust war and that our people and innocent Iraqis are dying for no reason. It's so hard to accept that this president is only truly representing the interests of corporations and a small minority of rabid religious conservatives.

It seems as if Kerry's only flaw was...
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it's pouring rain outside, the deluge of water crashing against the house is creating the most beautiful ambience. i love the sound of water, it calms me in a way nothing else can. i wonder if this is because i am a fire sign? when i was young, i grew up near the Atlantic Ocean. i remember sitting on the beach at night and just...
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