I'm trying to bring things into focus. I made the mistake of taking a nap mid-day. And although there's nothing like drifting off into that space that's not quite sleep and not quite awake - when the television show that you left on, or the CD you had playing swirls into whatever half-dream you're having because you just won't let yourself ( Read more... )

     it's been so long since i've posted here that i forgot my password. stone-cold forgot it. i thought that i knew it, but apparantly i didn't, so i had to reset it.

when was my last post? i don't even know. just because i'm disconnected from one thing, doesn't mean that i'm not connected to others.

since then, i went to see the dead. 4 ( Read more... )

Today will not be happening
We've come too far away from being to be at all
We're putting the law back in your hands
Today we're setting our sights for a new land
Lean into me cuz there's no signs on the vehicle
Look out and see cuz the city has no people
They don't know who you are but they know who you will be
Monsters of all colors and we're all ( Read more... )

I'll get right to it. Today I won two tickets to see The Dead play in Albany on April 17th! YAY POOKIE!

You see, The Dead (Grateful Dead minus the truly dead Jerry Garcia) announced that they would be doing a spring tour this year. Seeing as how they only seem to get out on the road every four or five years in their old age - and also that ( Read more... )

     Road trips have always been on of my favortie things in the whole world. It's a great way for me to shake off the dust and mold of repetition and feel somewhat renewed and temorarily unburdened. It's been far too long since I've had one. It occoured to me recently that I absolutely must take one. The other option seems to be Pookie goes Postal ( Read more... )

 
     I picked up my car from Simmons Rockwell today. They put a brand new transmission in it at absolutly no cost to me. I am blessed that it decided to shit the proverbial bed at 72,000 miles, befor the powertrain warranty expired. If I had had to pick up the tab, it would have cost me $5,500. Yes, that's right. I don't have $5,500. So I lucked ( Read more... )

     So for the third time in less than two weeks, I have taken my car to the mechanic to have its problems assessed and (less and less presumably each visit) repaired. Resultant of my many years experience with mechanics and car dealers throughout the years, I have developed a healthy distrust for their ability to tell the truth and not attempt to ( Read more... )

So I've been discovering and loving the fuck out of a band called Tomahawk. They are fronted by one of my all time favorite vocalists/musicians, Mike Patton. For those of you who don't know, he sang for Faith No More (right after Courtney Love and Chuck Mosley), Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Peeping Tom,etc. Tomahawk is his most recent musical ( Read more... )

     2009, huh? Within the first two days of it, Beaner was alreay acting like a whiney little bitch, forcasting a miserable '09 because he was unable to ring in the new year dancing to great live music, as he usually does. But I gave him a verbal bitch-slap and brought him back down to semi-reality.
     I, however, did get to see some amazing, ( Read more... )

I always seem to find myself in the most maddening of positions, surrounded by the most maddening people. And my time at the Elmira City Club (one year this month) is certainly no exception to the rule. Tom, the manager, has not shown up in almost two weeks. Oh, he calls about once a day to check on things and talk to Beaner (the defacto ( Read more... )