joyrider

i sent my friend something i had written - the first part of a 4 piece story. he writes me back:

"wow, don't stop. send me the others as soon as you can."

i only wrote one part. i don't know if the others are coming soon, coming later, or never at all.

if i could make one selfish artistic wish, it would be for...
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Thanks for Christmas,
Thank you for the winter friendliness that's snowing down,
All around the world.

It's such a shame it's only one day every year,
Three hundred and sixty-four days full of doubts and fear
You've been saving your love up,
Let it out,
'Cause Christmas is here.

- XTC, "Thanks for Christmas"



Happy holidays, people. *hugs*
I am going to go drink mulled...
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winter solstice. this day has a lot meaning to me, but i am not going to get into it here and now.

npr classical played handel's "messiah" last night. it was in english. wasn't the messiah originally in latin? classical music just shouldn't be in english - especially oratorios. they sound like fucking andrew lloyd webber.

i broke down and went xmas shopping today. maniacs...
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i just burned a nice breakbeat/house mix to cd. now i am going to go for a walk and throw a frisbee for the sheltie who is currently sleeping on my foot. he is warm. i am jealous.

i realized last night that my cat looks like fizzgig from The Dark Crystal. yellow eyes, resembles a pile of leaves, wicked fangs, evil disposition when ruffled....
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a lot of thinking done today. i spent a long time with the old dog. his eyes are milky. he sleeps under the deck.

i crawl under there with him, and scratch his ears. i look around, counting beer bottletops. the bottletops are spots on the shiny black plastic grow-shield, which has pushed it's way through drainage gravel. there were 73. they were waiting to...
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edit: new earplug tribute jpg up.

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dear santa:

please *encourage* the sg powers-that-be post sets by snow and hel tomorrow.

i have been relatively good this year. note that my consumption of illegal substances has decreased dramatically this year over 2001. also, i switched my cat to heathier food so she will live longer and be happy. i paid off both my 1998 and...
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after the furniture moving debacle a few days ago, i got disgusted with myself. i used to work in pretty physical jobs; i was a rock cutter in a mine for a while, and then worked for a moving company after that. they wern't the most stimulating jobs, but it beat retail. anyway, i used to be a lot stronger than i am now. i...
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my brother is holed up in his basement listening to soulwhirlingsomewhere. it's drifting up through the vents, and moving in between the ticking of clocks.

this house is filled with antique clocks. it is never really quiet here. sometimes, when i can't get up above the noise, i go outside to the coach house and sit there and soak up the silence.

i used to...
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i helped move an antique desk upstairs today. my back is freaking out. i need some serious deep tissue work. instead, i am going to try to convince my brother to walk on my back.

i think you can tell a lot about a culture by it's trappings. that desk is heavy, ornate, not terribly practical. it was designed to endure. it was designed to...
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well, i am digging around on sg when i should be doing either:

a. reading (i have this new sheldrake book that s5 recommended that i really, really want to start, and there are three other books that i am currently reading. must not rush!)

b. washing dishes. there is a pile. i like washing dishes. it's good for focusing and turning off my brain....
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