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can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?
None of the outrageous and reprehensible bullshit that happens to me had been worth writing about for a while, but it's about to spill out of my brain and vomit forth into this tiny corner of the blogosphere. Here is a bullet-point presentation, in no particular order ( Read more... ) -
if it wasn't for disappointment, i wouldn't have any appointment
clearly you have missed me in the long months of my absence from the internet. my life from then and now has been a sideshow of grotesque hilarity. i have two stories for you. check this shit out ( Read more... ) -
days you could have
sometimes, you have a day where you go out and eat pizza. and you have beer. and then you go see a movie with your friend you don't talk to very much. and he snores in the theater. and then you come home, and you drive down your narrow, narrow street, and the mirror from your car hits the mirror on the silver beetle (the one with the decepticon ( Read more... ) -
beijing
i hate my guts. by which i mean my actual guts. viscera. and they hate me ( Read more... ) -
do the ishikawa shake
this earthquake didn't kill me. i'm earthquake proof. -
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so . . . my last day in japan is going to be the thirtieth or so. after that i will be in china, probably vietnam, and maybe other places for about a month. after that i will possibly be in seattle or houston or both for a couple of weeks. after that i will again become findable in the usual spots and locations sometime between may 1 and 15, ( Read more... ) -
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i finished gravity's rainbow today. that might not seem like an accomplishment, but it feels like one. -
teeth
all i wanted for christmas was one and a half of my front teeth and half of my left canine, and god-fucking-damn, i have them now. the dentist tapped the temporary crowns from the filed-down stumps using a blunt chisel. then he concealed the ruin of my gums and teeth with steel-reinforced resin bridgework. it was all very frankenstein ( Read more... ) -
existential void where prohibited
you know what isn't just like riding a bike?
riding a bike. i dropped a cool ten thousand yen on the gaijin bullet a few weeks ago. it comes with no gears, a thumb bell and handlebar basket standard. it is a thing in the main. it has served me reasonably well as my primary (read: only) mode of transportation. i spent my first day of ownership ( Read more... ) -
harder, better, faster, stronger
okay, i'm back. i don't really have the stamina or inclination to put a coherent narrative together, so instead i will provide you with a tastefully assorted soundbite bouquet about my first week or so. enjoy ( Read more... )