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Just saw Man Man a couple nights ago at the Independent. Holy crap that's an awesome group of incredible musicians. I've always been sorta half-way into Frank Zappa, and Tom Waits, and these guys brought that and a bunch more together in one of the most fun live shows I've ever seen. Plus the dude in the middle looks just like Milton from Office Space....
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ashcanrantings:
I have preeeeeesents for you.
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Two people I know have died recently. Well, one was several years ago, but I just found out about it recently. They were both folks I just failed to keep in touch with, and I regret that.

I just spent the weekend in Portland for a memorial service for one of them. That was great because it brought together a bunch of people who don't...
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OK people, I hate to sound like a parent, but someone I knew just died, and I have this to say:

don't drop out of school ... get a future ... find something you love and run with it, work hard, chase it ... don't lose your way ... and don't get in to heroin ...... don't end up in your 30s with no job...
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ashcanrantings:
I'm so sorry hun frown I'm sending lots and lots of hugs your way.
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Spent the afternoon writing letters to collections agencies for random minor shit from 5+ years ago (I'm finally trying to clean up my credit report). Spent the evening ripping cds and trying to learn OCaml and re-learn some Haskell ... so frustrated that it seems nobody can put together a truly beautiful programming language. Then the ex calls ... but I didn't have much to...
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it's getting warm. california weather is crazy.

hey, so if you like to draw, or write, or you like surreal and grotesque toilet humor, you should go check out my friend's site... http://www.eatpoopucat.com

it's like the game of "telephone" but instead of played by repeating a message, players alternate by illustrating the last person's writing, or writing a description of the last person's picture.

sign...
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Yeah, I didn't think anyone cared about my hair. That's OK. I'm wearing a hat these days anyway.

I scored a bunch of Tori Amos albums for $1.50 a piece at the community thrift shop on Valencia. I'd forgotten how awesome she is. And I finally broke down and became a consumerist whore and bought The Postal Service's "Give Up" brand new at .... BEST...
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ashcanrantings:
I care about your hair. We should go get our hair done together! Ooh that would be so exciting. Maybe the people would lsiten if YOU told them not to give me emo bangs.
I haven't bought CDs in ages. There's a long list of stuff I want, but I'm trying desparately to ssave money. decisions, decisions.
Hooray for binge eating!! At least you're eating healthy food and not like... deep fat fried beefsteaks with onion rings, buffalo wings, and twinkies. Mmmm.. white trash. tongue
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not that anyone cares, but i'm taking nominations for what to do with my hair. it's a bit longer right now than in the picture... I'm thinking black with a stripe or two of color. Pink, purple, blue, turquoise, not sure.

the idea was, i was gonna get a promotion, and then dye my hair because i wouldn't care what anyone thought of me at...
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So apparently sitting at a dive bar with a beer reading t.s.eliot is a great way to get girls to hit on you. I would not have guessed.

Anyway, just to prove it's a small world, I was sitting at a bar half a block from my place in SF (drinking a beer and reading t.s.eliot), and met all these kids who were celebrating like...
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(Warning: boring post follows.)

Life milestones:

2 years ago: built up a computer for the sole purpose of ripping and archiving all my CDs, in case someone steals my collection (AGAIN)
1 year ago: filled up the 200gb, bought another 250gb
9 mo ago: bought a nice external DAC so i can actually enjoy the sound quality of (near) bitperfect CD rips in FLAC
Today:...
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ashcanrantings:
I looooooooove Leonard Cohen. Famous Blue Raincoat is one of my all time favorite songs.

Ew, and yes, I totally agree with your two cents. I feel like I should at least warn to moderator or something because this guy was truly sick... he didn't threaten me or hurt me or do anything really BAD in anyway but it was still gross. puke
*takes a deep breath* I'll let you know how school goes kiss
ashcanrantings:
Well La-De-Da to you too Mr. I'm from stinky old Oregon and I'm going to be all snooty because I'm too good for San Francisco weather.
Hehehe I'm just kidding. Usually I don't really mind the rain--in fact, I really like it and have missed it as well--but I've been caught having to walk home in it unprepared the past few days and that just made me soggy and even sicker.
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What's on my mind this evening:

not the torturer will scare me
nor the body's final fall
nor the barrels of death's rifles
nor the shadows on the wall

nor the night when to the ground
the last dim star of pain is hurled
but the blind indifference
of a merciless, unfeeling world

http://www.roger-waters.com/candle.html