today I went to pick up the camera and my friend said, "do you want to hear my manifesto?" Basically for her, it came down to Jeff Koons making his own art instead of paying other people to do it for him. She said, "what about you? you have a website, right? you should post your manifesto on your website."
I think I will. I...
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SO my question today is, where do all the normal people in LA live? Has it really taken me over three years only to learn that I can't afford to live in the city? Why is downtown only affordable for rich yuppies who want to live "artistically" or homeless people? Where is the middle ground? Why are there only tenements and luxury penthouses? Why is...
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jtiberius:
Well, I'm normal. But, then again, I've only lived here for 4 months.
As far as the lack of affordable housing in L.A., it seems very similar to NYC in that there is no room for the middle class. You either have to be extremely wealthy or extremely poor/young to be content with your living arrangements. The weathly, needless to say, can get whatever they want, and cash-strapped young artists/students a) don't know what their missing; and b) sort of revel in their squalor.
That said, at least NYC has local satellite neighborhoods that are still affordable and commutable. It used to be Brooklyn, but that's pretty much blown up and been assimilated into the city's price scheme...now it's Jersey City, which is the Jersey equivalent of Brooklyn (one train stop across one river).
LA doesn't seem to have anything comparable, perhaps because it's so spread out.
Now let me go edit this for spelling 14 times...
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[Edited on Mar 25, 2005 12:34PM]
As far as the lack of affordable housing in L.A., it seems very similar to NYC in that there is no room for the middle class. You either have to be extremely wealthy or extremely poor/young to be content with your living arrangements. The weathly, needless to say, can get whatever they want, and cash-strapped young artists/students a) don't know what their missing; and b) sort of revel in their squalor.
That said, at least NYC has local satellite neighborhoods that are still affordable and commutable. It used to be Brooklyn, but that's pretty much blown up and been assimilated into the city's price scheme...now it's Jersey City, which is the Jersey equivalent of Brooklyn (one train stop across one river).
LA doesn't seem to have anything comparable, perhaps because it's so spread out.
Now let me go edit this for spelling 14 times...
[Edited on Mar 25, 2005 12:34PM]
[Edited on Mar 25, 2005 12:34PM]
quasi_sean:
need a roomie? lol.
Any sort of dogpark is self-inflicted torture for me. I should say before I begin, please forego (is that how you spell that?) any canine advice on this matter because nothing you say will change how I feel about it. The point is, confident as I am in the training she has thus acquired, I still can't bear to release Mads off the Gentle Leader....
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quasi_sean:
awww...i want want want a doggie.
this morning I woke up at five to set up the videocamera at the foot of the bed and record the process of the sun rising and the two of us as we begin our day. Unluckily for him, he slept in the nude, and now my entire experimental video class will see his little tooshy. If I weren't one, I don't think I could...
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quasi_sean:
thank you for your kind words.
and i adore my kitty.
and i adore my kitty.
jtiberius:
New doggy pic in today's journal. Thought it only proper to alert my fellow puppy freak.
note to self: remember when purchasing hard to find mini pins on ebay, not to get excited about winning one for a dime. The reason you won of course, is you were the only one stupid enough to overlook the three dollar shipping charge for a button that marks in about a half an ounce. At least I got a couple rad Yo La Tengo...
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jtiberius:
Ahh...you're making the same mistake I made when I started here. When you respond to someone's entry in your journal, you respond in their journal, and not your own. No worries. Like I said, did the same thing myself.
You should probably read through some of my old journal entries to figure out why I'm not working the nine to five.
You should probably read through some of my old journal entries to figure out why I'm not working the nine to five.
quasi_sean:
i shall remember that next time.
edited to say: You're cat is cute. He looks just like mine.
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edited to say: You're cat is cute. He looks just like mine.
[Edited on Mar 16, 2005 9:40PM]
so the bank charges you a bunk overdraft fee and then while you are scrambling to take care of th unexpected (and BUNK) fee by getting an emergency check from your new boss, they charge you another fee. And so you call them to report the overall bunk deal and of course the guy on the phone says "no porblemo," in more bank-y terminology of...
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The Beast and her portrait.
so at this point I'm pretty drunk. I applied for a travel grant to make work in Iceland and I didn't get it and I had made the fatal mistake of getting my hopes up.
not that this turn of events makes me doubt in any way my abilites as an artist but makes me consider, however, the turn of events away from medicine and...
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not that this turn of events makes me doubt in any way my abilites as an artist but makes me consider, however, the turn of events away from medicine and...
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so the motherfucker who stole my bike PUT THAT SHIT BACK!!!! He/she ripped down my sassy note in the mailroom exposing that it was definitely some affliliate of my building and put my damn bike right back where they got it from. I just had to share that with y'all- since someone out there was reading this and was concerned. LA never ceases to amaze...
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jtiberius:
You talked up your website, but you forgot one important detail--the actual web address. Unless I'm an idiot and I'm somehow overlooking it--which is completely possible.
I'm glad you got your bike back. Getting shit stolen is a horrible feeling. You feel so f'in violated. I actually caught a burglar in my apartment once, but confronting someone in the act isn't all that much better. Although you'd really like your brain to switch immediately into the "kick ass" mode, it ultimately lapses into the default "please don't kill me" mode.
Anyway...I digresss. I will continue to check out your journal. You now have one loyal reader.
I'm glad you got your bike back. Getting shit stolen is a horrible feeling. You feel so f'in violated. I actually caught a burglar in my apartment once, but confronting someone in the act isn't all that much better. Although you'd really like your brain to switch immediately into the "kick ass" mode, it ultimately lapses into the default "please don't kill me" mode.
Anyway...I digresss. I will continue to check out your journal. You now have one loyal reader.
jtiberius:
Okay, if I'm gonna check it out...you have to keep updating it!
feel da love... touch da balls
j