So apparently I'm back. According to SG my account was reactivated by one of my friends, so would the half dozen or so of you who still lurk in these waters show yourselves, otherwise I'm going to assume SG pulled a cheap one on me and reactivated on their dime. Cute marketing idea.
Looks like the site hasn't changed much since I last came around, which seems to be no earlier than late 08. That's hard to believe. It feels like I haven't been here for at least a decade.
So, what's worth checking out? Seriously, the pics are great... but hows the community these days?
Ciao for now, kids
Looks like the site hasn't changed much since I last came around, which seems to be no earlier than late 08. That's hard to believe. It feels like I haven't been here for at least a decade.
So, what's worth checking out? Seriously, the pics are great... but hows the community these days?
Ciao for now, kids
los angeles is on fire...
whenever there are fires in the hills surrounding los angeles, if the wind is just right the ash and smoke settle into the city where i live. you can smell it everywhere, the thick stench of burning. the sun filters through the haze and becomes orange as it strikes the city. its all very ominous... the deep orange sunlight, the smell of burning, the sickly, dry feeling in the back of your throat.
this is the same wind that brings a refreshing warm breeze on perfect summer nights.
whenever there are fires in the hills surrounding los angeles, if the wind is just right the ash and smoke settle into the city where i live. you can smell it everywhere, the thick stench of burning. the sun filters through the haze and becomes orange as it strikes the city. its all very ominous... the deep orange sunlight, the smell of burning, the sickly, dry feeling in the back of your throat.
this is the same wind that brings a refreshing warm breeze on perfect summer nights.
ever since i started jogging i feel SO much better. I breathe easier, my heart beats stronger and more efficiently, my mood is through the roof... earlier this week i could barely run two blocks. but now i can run miles wtihout tiring. its GREAT.
AND, its helping me to quit smoking, which is HARD to do when you got other shit to deal with. sheesh. you women and your fiendish ways.
AND, its helping me to quit smoking, which is HARD to do when you got other shit to deal with. sheesh. you women and your fiendish ways.
I spent the better part of Monday night lounging around Times Square in New York City. The tension anticipating the election is thick and fierce, and I would KILL to in Times Square when they call the election Monday night.
Instead, I'll be back in Los Angeles watching it all unfurl on a big-screen TV.
One way or another, it's going to be an extraordinary day. Everyone, whomever you are - white, black, man, woman, child, adult, christian, muslim - remember this day. Live every moment of it. This will perhaps be the greatest, most important day of your life - this is a day that will be sung for generations to come.
This is our moon landing. This is our Abraham Lincoln.
Do what you will with the Thoughts, the Voice, and the Vote you have, but let the choice be your own.
Keep On Fighting The Good Fight, & Gods Bless the USofA!
-beatnik
november4tH, 2008 AD
Instead, I'll be back in Los Angeles watching it all unfurl on a big-screen TV.
One way or another, it's going to be an extraordinary day. Everyone, whomever you are - white, black, man, woman, child, adult, christian, muslim - remember this day. Live every moment of it. This will perhaps be the greatest, most important day of your life - this is a day that will be sung for generations to come.
This is our moon landing. This is our Abraham Lincoln.
Do what you will with the Thoughts, the Voice, and the Vote you have, but let the choice be your own.
Keep On Fighting The Good Fight, & Gods Bless the USofA!
-beatnik
november4tH, 2008 AD
The Subtleties of Sound
It's funny, I haven't been back home in ages. When you're back in the place you grew up, you suddenly hear things again. Sounds you'd forgotten that you'd grown up listening to.
The sound of a train passing through town, its loud and rude chug breaking through the night sky, throbbing.
The sound of wood creaking beneath your feet as you walk back into your basement for the first time in years.
The click or clank of a 20-year-old light-switch.
The squeal of metal-on-metal as your turn the rickety old handle of your bedroom door.
The subtleties of sound.... they say that smell is the sense most connected to memory. I think for some of us, any one sensation is as powerful, or more, than any other. So much of my life is about music, sound. For me, hearing these things brings back floods of memories.
Then again, I'm ready to leave. Off to NYC, then back home to LA. The sound I miss most is the sound of music coming out of the grandiose stereo in my apartment.... not these shitty laptop speakers. To hell with laptop speakers!
au revoir, fellow dreamers...
It's funny, I haven't been back home in ages. When you're back in the place you grew up, you suddenly hear things again. Sounds you'd forgotten that you'd grown up listening to.
The sound of a train passing through town, its loud and rude chug breaking through the night sky, throbbing.
The sound of wood creaking beneath your feet as you walk back into your basement for the first time in years.
The click or clank of a 20-year-old light-switch.
The squeal of metal-on-metal as your turn the rickety old handle of your bedroom door.
The subtleties of sound.... they say that smell is the sense most connected to memory. I think for some of us, any one sensation is as powerful, or more, than any other. So much of my life is about music, sound. For me, hearing these things brings back floods of memories.
Then again, I'm ready to leave. Off to NYC, then back home to LA. The sound I miss most is the sound of music coming out of the grandiose stereo in my apartment.... not these shitty laptop speakers. To hell with laptop speakers!
au revoir, fellow dreamers...
I'm going to Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York for 2 weeks at the end of october through election day... shout if you're interested in saying hi or grabbing drinks while I'm in town!
in the mean time, here are two shorts I shot and cut together in the last week. big one coming soon, and I'm going to shoot my entire 2 week tour through the midwest, starting in detroit and ending in NYC, flying back to LA on ELECTION DAY.
au revoir, fellow dreamers!
in the mean time, here are two shorts I shot and cut together in the last week. big one coming soon, and I'm going to shoot my entire 2 week tour through the midwest, starting in detroit and ending in NYC, flying back to LA on ELECTION DAY.
au revoir, fellow dreamers!
I'm planning a trip to Europe for spring of 2009. I'll be spending about 4 weeks there and try to hit a handful of the major capital cities.
To the 3 or 4 of you that read this, please offer any advice you have!!!
Cheers!
To the 3 or 4 of you that read this, please offer any advice you have!!!
Cheers!
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