a simple filter and pump for all intents and purposes -- as mechanical in form and function as the pistons on my motorcycle. but the dreamers of this world have given another purpose to this organ. one in which it was never intended for. now the heart has become more a metaphor than anything else. it is the embodiment of our loves, our hopes ( Read more... )

i took my engine (with help of Q and his truck) to will's imports. will worked on my baja before i left for texas, and agreed to spend a second with a pneumatic socket wrench to get my gland nut off. it took that long too, i want an air compressor so bad. after that i thanked Q with some lunch at the Red Iguana.

after my classes were over today i jumped on my motorcycle and started for home. seconds after i pulled out of the campus i hear the "you have a message" beep on my cell phone. i was waiting for a few important calls, so i pulled into a different part of campus and listened to my messages. i set my helmet in a patch of long grass and sat in the ( Read more... )

i meant to have a nice relaxing day -- working on my volkswagen engine. however. while trying to remove the infamous gland nut, which requires 220 ft. lbs. of torque, i managed to break an engine stud off flush with the case. that is going to be a pain to get out, and if i can't, to the machinist it goes ( Read more... )

i planted strawberries in the earth box my mother sent me. there is something medicinal about soil, just putting your hands in it feels like you are healing. i even found a ripe berry while planting them, man was that tasty. mind, body and strawberries, good stuff.

after many months of slumber, my volkswagen bug looks like it just dropped a huge metal terd. that's right! i took the engine off, now if i can just figure out how to take that apart i am set!

i spent the day in bed. when i finally changed out of my pajamas sean was getting home from work ( Read more... )

i am paying my bills ( Read more... )

i am not as impressed as i once was with you.

i had weird dreams of women and things that i shouldn't dream about ( Read more... )