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I had a really cool gathering yesterday from another social network (no, not Facebook). It was at held at an outdoor lounge close to the lake and it was just a beautiful summer night - warm, great people and cold drinks... Met a great girl from Chicago who works over here and we'll go bar hopping next week. That'd we fun too!

So my best...
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Anybody remember Rare Earth? Of course not, but I'm sure your parents do, haha. In fact, some of you might have been conceived after listening to this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-cZiu8osE8
They were an amazing band, one of the best ever - well, certainly one of the grooviest everl. I dug out their "MA" disc today and fell in love with it all over again.

I decided...
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I've really been thinking about LA a lot during the past few weeks and realized how much I miss it. Exactly ten years ago I had to move back because I couldn't get an extension for my work permit. That sucked big time. I was just a little PA at a Hollywood movie studio and had no chance of getting a green card. To make...
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Hot damn, I had seven comments yesterday! That has to be a personal best, haha... Thanks, gals! I think I'm gonna go pro now...

Had not exactly the most pleasant day at work today. Spent all day resarching and reading up on a new treatment for lip herpes. Lucky me, I haven't had a cold sore for years. That's the thing I like about my...
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This is the last blog entry about the Street Parade, I promise... Didn't get a lot of sleep last night from all the drunks stumbling past my house, shattering glass bottles and police sirens. Then this morning when I went to Starbucks across the street there was a teenage couple curled-up just outside our gate. They were probably looking for cover from the rain and...
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So I'm sitting at home watching out the window and see all those ravers getting soaked in the rain... The Street Parade used to really cool and artistic in its very beginning with people dressing up in elaborate costumes. Now they don't even bother anymore and just get some cheap'n'cheesy loin cloth made out of aluminium foil or something and show off their tribal patterns...
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Another 80's icon has passed away: R.I.P. John Hughes! What the heck is going on?! I'm really bummed about this. His movies were such a huge part of my teenage years and I've never stopped watching them. He might not have enjoyed the critical acclaim of a Coppola or Scorsese, but nobody captured that era, at least from a teenage perspective, better than John Hughes....
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Only two more days before it's time to get the hell out of Dodge! Yes, about a million crazed ravers will invade Zurich on Saturday for the annual "Street Parade". To make things worse, my place is only a couple of blocks away from where all the love mobiles cruise along the lake. This year they're really worried about the swine flu, especially with people...
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Been feeling much better today. I also realized how much music can move you, good or bad, and in combination with pictures even more so. The video clip I posted yesterday really threw me. Don't know why. I still think about Claudia a lot, but I haven't been so emotional about her passing for years.

And speaking of music, I can't believe that summer is...
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My favorite musician, J.R. Richards (former Dishwalla), released the first video from his solo album "A Beautiful End". It's the title track and this clip is very emotional for me because it reminds me of a very good friend of mine who passed away way far too early some 12 years ago. It also reminds me that my parents are getting older and won't be...
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