oasis.  tonight.  last night.  today.  forever.  really, i get it now.  after years of quibbling that they were just a beatles ripoff band, i really truly believe they deserve all the hype they've ever received ( Read more... )

Each transition is different.  I am not so naïve that this is news to me.  However the element of transition which leaves the strongest impression is that confusing alchemy of pain, painful surprises, i.e. the grit and grime of the unknown, and, if you’re lucky, happy surprises.  Most of life is one transition after another, even if it’s just a ( Read more... )

i am an idiot.  i should have bought 'black postcards' when i could have had the discount.  i'm going to try and see dean & britta tonight at a book/music event in SF which is sponsored by men's vogue.  i have rsvp'd but not heard a confirmation-but they don't always reply with confirmations.  i am pissing myself.  this is the equivalent of
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the streetlamp outside is creating a sherbet-colored glow on my window. it makes it look like it is sunset all the time. the electric MUNI buses rattle my wooden-framed, victorian bay windows. people cackle downstairs at all hours of the day and night.  i live above a few smoke shops (i.e. purveyors of psychedelic glass pipes), across the ( Read more... )

i have NO idea what i'm doing.

i'm assuming that by now most of you have watched bill o'reilly's outtake from inside edition which has flourished among the youtube and comedy central crowds.  if you have not yet seen it, i highly recommend taking 2 minutes out of your day and watching it, and prepare to stitch up your side. it's a splitter.  here you go: Read more... )

mother still thinks i'm too tired too much of the time ( Read more... )

i have done this about 3 or 4 times now.  i cannot find any regular documentation of my life after easter 2006-the end of 2006 and early in 2007. i have a vague memory of thinking to myself 'i need a new journal but cannot afford one. in fact i did have a journal, which i used for the beginning of the year. it is only 1/3 used.  it's a narrow, ( Read more... )

Sunny, cloudless, 95 degrees Fahrenheit.  Average number of yard sales, 1 every 5 houses, featuring assorted plastic object d'art, metal, and cloth items.  Madera High School Color Guard girls occupy all four corners of Gateway & Yosemite Avenues, shouting at passing cars and waving cardboard signs that say 'CAR WASH' in the 95F heat.  Beads of ( Read more... )

oh...mother ( Read more... )