Dive bars are the seriously the coolest. I can relate to what you're saying about driving and seeing things differently. Doesn't happen enough, and usually signifies, if not a good day, then at least a sort of overall happiness. Sort of like stopping to smell the flowers. It always reminds me of how much of a rush I always seem to be in, and for me it usually happens when I'm driving with no particular timeframe to mind and Bob Segar playing, or "I can see clearly now". Good stuff.
I've not gotten into the mix cd thing, but one girl gave me one and it was very cool. Trippy how much you can say to someone with a collection of seemingly disparate songs. I haven't been to a record store in ages, iTunes HAS been eating away at my account lately though.
I dig the old Mustangs too, but damn, I love the new version. I must have one soon!
I've been a bad, bad friend and neglected to read your journals. But I think I mentioned that I keep a low profile around here anyway.
But I could not ignore your #1 record of 2003. It was mine, too (followed closely by Shins, New Pornographers, Belle & Sebastian and Kathleen Edwards).
And yes, dive bars are pretty much the only kind worth visiting most of the time. I had a bad experience with a jug of blush that pretty much means I can't drink most wine. I'm enjoying a Grain Belt Premium (cheap-ass beer) right now.
Yeah, I went. I thought I saw you as well, but I wasn't certain and the girl i thought might be you had two guys with her the whole time, and, well, I can get kind of shy sometimes, so not knowing for sure if it was you or not I didn't take the chance of introducing myself. If it was you, sorry I didn't say anything, hopefully there'll be a next time, though.
Oh, and, no, I was in jeans with a gray sweater, short hair, half goatee/sideburns, and two chains off my belt. I was hanging out with Bettie, her boyfriend whitey, and Drewvis most of the night. For all but the time that the girls were performing we were standing/sitting by that tree in the courtyard. Anyway, I was kind of bummed that we didn't get to meet, but I think there were quite a few of us there that didn't meet because we weren't sure who was who. The good news is that that's just more reason to set up a special like dinner meet and greet so that more people can come than, like, the lunch at Hooters. That or the next time we go to an event like that we'll just have to break out the nametags.
On a similar note, I remember being deeply moved when I saw my bathroom from an entirely different angle, due to circumstances I can't remember that lead me to lay on the ground looking up. I wasn't drunk or otherwise intoxicated, but I had grown up in that bathroom, and as I lay there seeing it all from a low angle I realized I had never really known it. I feel like I'm trivializing your insight, but I am being earnest and hope you take a crack at considering in what way I might not be insane.
Oh, and I don't like sales much, but it's a job and it pays well, and everyone is always looking for salespeople, so it's valuable experience to have. I also hesitate to admit that there's a lot more whining in my entry than I realized when I wrote it, so you can disregard most of it at least a little. I complained of having to work hard to get a sale, and the only word for that is "pussy".
I agree with everything you said! I miss school because I really believe that, while I am quite intelligent, I kind of need someone prodding me to use it, you know? Otherwise I just get caught in videogames and divebars. That's not entirely true, but true enough.
As regards my art, though, I just think I need a new perspective. I'm digging what I'm doing, but I feel like I keep trying to attainsomething, I don't know what, in it, but on my own I'm getting there really slowly AND, by not exposing myself to more proper art education I'm cutting off a hell of a lot of experience. Just seems like the right thing to do. I'm really fucking excited about to be honest.
That's not entirely true, but true enough.
I've not gotten into the mix cd thing, but one girl gave me one and it was very cool. Trippy how much you can say to someone with a collection of seemingly disparate songs. I haven't been to a record store in ages, iTunes HAS been eating away at my account lately though.
I dig the old Mustangs too, but damn, I love the new version. I must have one soon!
[Edited on Jan 07, 2004 2:37AM]