thejinn

blogs are wack. and everyone is either a critic or a dj.

all work and no play makes ben a....
(a gold star to whoever finishes the sentence from one of the best flicks ever).

oh shit. l.a. people, you are very lucky. not only is the sun shining all the time on all you beautiful people, but you also get this coming to your town.

oh, and you also have saladang, which is my favorite thai restaurant in the world, even if you have to go to pasadena to get there.

oh, and there's also the beach and the...
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got clipped on the bike the other day and now my lip is all purple and swollen and bloody. worst part is that it happened friday evening outside of the record store (where i thought i may have seen a certain suicide girl, but i'm not not positive), and two of my records cracked. i miss those much more than i miss that chunk of...
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again, with the dreams where all the furniture looks like moths and insects. creepy. what the fuck is that about? this is what i'm wondering as i'm typing this. moths, insects...not my favorite things in the world, but i don't hate them. i just don't think about them ever. but the past few nights, they've been the overpowering presence in my dreams. again: wtf?


chicago:...
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lying down is my new shit. i'm all about lying down in 2004.

laziness is the new love.

why is it so hard to find a pressure washer and an exposure table in this town?

i had dreams of furniture and stone last night. everyone was made of stone...all the food was shaped the same but made out of stone. and everyone was in crazy...
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i was drunk enough this weekend to take photobooth pictures weraing nothing but a hat and scarf. wow. so funny. going to try and put them up sometime soon.

i feel like i haven't slept in weeks. oh, and how incredible is the shedd aquarium? fucking amazing.

also, interesting thing that's happening today: check out this site.

good night.

90 Day Men album release @ the bottle tonight. be there.

you know, for your average penguin from the arctic ocean, chicago is a really moderate climate. that's how i'm choosing to look at it, rather than looking at it as a place so cold that my eyelashes freeze together while i ride my bike.



This is my favorite site of the day (and a lot of other days, too).

Valentine's Day blows ass. It's just...
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is there anything better than hearing someone with a beautiful voice singing outside your window as she's walking down the street? jesus, it's 10 fucking degrees outside, I'm smoking a cigarette out the window and this lady walks by, singing like it's summertime on the beach. killer voice, too...totally comforting....like if warm cookies, clean sheets and tea all learned how to sing, they'd totally sound...
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