of freedrawn thoughts.
the riddled reut, ne'er once face covered in chocolate, ask me how the wïttle wöllt dost move.
said i (the mistaken misfit): "the frittled wïttle wölt had moved once, for t'was it once in motion, yet rare is it seen by many."
said the riddled reut: "at whence did the wïttle wölt move, for if he/she/it moves there must be a reason or rhyme. Alas! the wïttle wölt, being very frittled, moves from once being set in motion."
said i (the mistaken misfit): "Methinks a thought of gold have you struck. A fact for your question and thought. In motion, the wïttle wölt is set from a touch of spark from the being of the quißt. Once the quißt had the spark contact made, the wïttled wölt jives from the bottom belly of the highest nït."
said the riddled reut: "my mind, had ago beseeched a truth now lay rested."
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
today is december 8th
John Lennon.
i only wish i was able to live in the era you essentially shaped.
love
i only wish i was able to live in the era you essentially shaped.
love
Thursday, December 06, 2007
ass
i writ this piper of fiddled word and pretentious vocabulary (knot to mention appalling grammer), a break my weary mind did need. putting off, my lesson learned.
thoughts from post days and weaks, methinks months mayhaps? yes month(s). sad feel from my thoughts did kep me unrest.
i saught council from a frind. my quandary she already know (my feel, are they not hidden well?). confessional to a frind, something practiced oft, ne'er yet this fright had enveloped me.
she had me helped.
my glass rise to my frinds who had help me get bye.
lobe
thoughts from post days and weaks, methinks months mayhaps? yes month(s). sad feel from my thoughts did kep me unrest.
i saught council from a frind. my quandary she already know (my feel, are they not hidden well?). confessional to a frind, something practiced oft, ne'er yet this fright had enveloped me.
she had me helped.
my glass rise to my frinds who had help me get bye.
lobe
Friday, November 23, 2007
thanksgiving
i feel so drained. i feel like it is 2 am, but it's only 9:30 pm. i really want a cigarette, but whatever. i gotta fight the temptation.
i have work tomorrow at 1, till close i assume. i really dont know. luckily closing is easy, because its basically nothing. i hope its not busy, but i know it will be, because it is black friday.
well obviously today is thanksgiving. that entailed me waking up early and going to church an hour early to "get the good seats". then afterwards, instead of being greeted by the typical fantastic reception with amazing punch and bite size treats, there was nothing. i was appalled.
then i saw a russian wolfhound. most gorgeous dog ive ever seen in my life. i will get one when i'm older.
fast forward to thanksgiving dinner. supposed to happen at 2 might i add. my parents, grandaddy and i arrive at our cousins, and we stand and talk for a while. then my cousins and my uncle secluded ourselves in the den and just talked and laughed for two and a half hours. two and a half hours. do the math. that means that we started eating at 4.30. two and a half hours later than we were supposed to eat. whatever though. the food was really good. channing ate the biggest turkey thigh ever.
cut to when my grandfather is leaving.
my grandfather ran out of oxygen in his tank nearing the end of the night. so when he was about to leave, my cousin gives him a hug, and then i go in for the handshake followed by a hug, and my grandfathers eyes open up wider than i could have ever imagined (they went crazy) and he jutted out his arm forcefully to give the HARDEST handshake ive ever felt the man give. then he said "im gonna tie your hair behind your head".
i should say this, my grandfather is a very calm old man. very nice and reserved. apparently off his oxygen he is crazy. by the way, i didnt just imagine his eyes going crazy, my cousin saw it too.
after my cousins and my grandfather left, it was just my parents, my cousins and i. then we finally went home.
since i've been home, i've just sat and wondered if i'm going to throw up. too much food no? i don't remember ever being this full.
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"and now for something completely different":
i like someone, someone i don't want to like. its been bugging me. i have to get that off my chest. it sucks to talk to her sometimes.
should i cut my hair? i know some of you say no, some of you say yes. im very indecisive. i've had nightmares where my hair was cut, and i was running around waiting for my hair to grow back. i probably wont cut my hair. but tell me what you think
my computer battery only holds 40 minutes at a full charge now. i have to get a new battery.
i have work tomorrow at 1, till close i assume. i really dont know. luckily closing is easy, because its basically nothing. i hope its not busy, but i know it will be, because it is black friday.
well obviously today is thanksgiving. that entailed me waking up early and going to church an hour early to "get the good seats". then afterwards, instead of being greeted by the typical fantastic reception with amazing punch and bite size treats, there was nothing. i was appalled.
then i saw a russian wolfhound. most gorgeous dog ive ever seen in my life. i will get one when i'm older.
fast forward to thanksgiving dinner. supposed to happen at 2 might i add. my parents, grandaddy and i arrive at our cousins, and we stand and talk for a while. then my cousins and my uncle secluded ourselves in the den and just talked and laughed for two and a half hours. two and a half hours. do the math. that means that we started eating at 4.30. two and a half hours later than we were supposed to eat. whatever though. the food was really good. channing ate the biggest turkey thigh ever.
cut to when my grandfather is leaving.
my grandfather ran out of oxygen in his tank nearing the end of the night. so when he was about to leave, my cousin gives him a hug, and then i go in for the handshake followed by a hug, and my grandfathers eyes open up wider than i could have ever imagined (they went crazy) and he jutted out his arm forcefully to give the HARDEST handshake ive ever felt the man give. then he said "im gonna tie your hair behind your head".
i should say this, my grandfather is a very calm old man. very nice and reserved. apparently off his oxygen he is crazy. by the way, i didnt just imagine his eyes going crazy, my cousin saw it too.
after my cousins and my grandfather left, it was just my parents, my cousins and i. then we finally went home.
since i've been home, i've just sat and wondered if i'm going to throw up. too much food no? i don't remember ever being this full.
-------------------------------------------
"and now for something completely different":
i like someone, someone i don't want to like. its been bugging me. i have to get that off my chest. it sucks to talk to her sometimes.
should i cut my hair? i know some of you say no, some of you say yes. im very indecisive. i've had nightmares where my hair was cut, and i was running around waiting for my hair to grow back. i probably wont cut my hair. but tell me what you think
my computer battery only holds 40 minutes at a full charge now. i have to get a new battery.
Monday, November 12, 2007
a commentary on music, our uncultured youth, sean lennon and music recommendations
I got the inspiration for this blog from Jake, whose blog was based primarily on the 1960's.
I'll start with where he left off:
I'm sure you've noticed the lack of "The Who" apparel through schools and streets, most people favoring Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Beatles shirts, most of which are oversized tees with an awkward fit and worn by guys with cargo shorts (might i add that all of these shirts should have a good fit, and they should be VINTAGE, not bought at hot topic or target as jake correctly notes).
Jake also made the point that most of these people wearing these shirts have only a handfull of these bands greatest hits or something, nothing shirt worthy mind you. They hop on the bandwagon of whatever popular artist is at its peak at the time. speaking of hopping on the bandwagon, what is the deal with everyone being into grateful dead? i mean i say 2 out of 6 kids who wear the shirt or listen to the music, actually like the music. Please tell me it isn't a rarity to have unique music tastes.
anyway, back to the Who. I'll jump right into it. Live at Leeds, is the best live album, best live concert, of all time. Once again, no one recognizes this. It's always a Deadhead Show, or a Zeppeling show, or Woodstock, where, im sorry, even Jimi Hendrix admitted he sucked, (not to say the rest of woodstock wasnt great, but that was more because it was an experience).
jumping to modern times. One of my friends, who has good taste in music, is currently at Virginia Tech. Her background is "the Strokes". she told me that people in her dorm saw that background and said "who is that?" Needless to say i went into convulsions upon hearing that. It's the strokes. Sweet Jesus, they are one of the best bands of our generation if not the best. Kings of Leon are up there too, but no one knows their early stuff, until this most recent album, which is good, but not as good as say aha shake heartbreak.
Now, i have to go to an artist who is my personal favorite. the only two people who i appreciate as much are the works of his father, John and one of his friends who he did a collaboration with, Matthieu Chedid (who i will be touching on later in this topic). Sean Lennon was one of the first true indie musicians. 1998 Into the Sun was released. 1999 Half Horse, Half Musician was released, and finally in 2006 Friendly Fire was Released. If you want good indie, and TRUE indie mind you, listen to those albums. i'm sick of this mainstream indie shit that people listen to, like death cab for cutie. Bands like that have gotten so popular that they generalize the indie label, which is contrary to what indie really is.
Back to Sean. Really most of Sean's fans have heard Friendly Fire, if that much. It makes me sick that a good portion of the people who come to his live shows (which are unrivaled small scale shows) are only there because they are curious about what John and Yoko's son are doing. They expect only covers from the beatles and John's solo career, which in and of itself is an unreasonable and disrespectful expectation. Sean's solo work is very unlike John's music, more methodical and more melodic. Sean is also very performance oriented, when he packs a small venue, or not packing it, either way the performance is bound to be one of the best you will ever see.
i've been lucky enough to see him live two times, and im hoping i can see him live many many many more times.
There's not really much else i have to say. here are a few artist's and bands i think are worth looking at:
Matthieu Chedid, -M- (http://www.myspace.com/matthieuchedid)
Stephanie Dosen (http://www.myspace.com/stephaniedosen)
Death From Above 1979 (http://www.myspace.com/deathfromabove1979)
Scissor Sisters (http://www.myspace.com/scissorsisters)
Spymob (http://www.myspace.com/spymob)
Steely Dan (http://www.myspace.com/steelydan)
The Yardbirds (http://www.myspace.com/theyardbirdsx)
Adam Green (http://www.myspace.com/adamgreen1)
Albert Hammond Jr. (http://www.myspace.com/alberthammondjrband)
I'll start with where he left off:
I'm sure you've noticed the lack of "The Who" apparel through schools and streets, most people favoring Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Beatles shirts, most of which are oversized tees with an awkward fit and worn by guys with cargo shorts (might i add that all of these shirts should have a good fit, and they should be VINTAGE, not bought at hot topic or target as jake correctly notes).
Jake also made the point that most of these people wearing these shirts have only a handfull of these bands greatest hits or something, nothing shirt worthy mind you. They hop on the bandwagon of whatever popular artist is at its peak at the time. speaking of hopping on the bandwagon, what is the deal with everyone being into grateful dead? i mean i say 2 out of 6 kids who wear the shirt or listen to the music, actually like the music. Please tell me it isn't a rarity to have unique music tastes.
anyway, back to the Who. I'll jump right into it. Live at Leeds, is the best live album, best live concert, of all time. Once again, no one recognizes this. It's always a Deadhead Show, or a Zeppeling show, or Woodstock, where, im sorry, even Jimi Hendrix admitted he sucked, (not to say the rest of woodstock wasnt great, but that was more because it was an experience).
jumping to modern times. One of my friends, who has good taste in music, is currently at Virginia Tech. Her background is "the Strokes". she told me that people in her dorm saw that background and said "who is that?" Needless to say i went into convulsions upon hearing that. It's the strokes. Sweet Jesus, they are one of the best bands of our generation if not the best. Kings of Leon are up there too, but no one knows their early stuff, until this most recent album, which is good, but not as good as say aha shake heartbreak.
Now, i have to go to an artist who is my personal favorite. the only two people who i appreciate as much are the works of his father, John and one of his friends who he did a collaboration with, Matthieu Chedid (who i will be touching on later in this topic). Sean Lennon was one of the first true indie musicians. 1998 Into the Sun was released. 1999 Half Horse, Half Musician was released, and finally in 2006 Friendly Fire was Released. If you want good indie, and TRUE indie mind you, listen to those albums. i'm sick of this mainstream indie shit that people listen to, like death cab for cutie. Bands like that have gotten so popular that they generalize the indie label, which is contrary to what indie really is.
Back to Sean. Really most of Sean's fans have heard Friendly Fire, if that much. It makes me sick that a good portion of the people who come to his live shows (which are unrivaled small scale shows) are only there because they are curious about what John and Yoko's son are doing. They expect only covers from the beatles and John's solo career, which in and of itself is an unreasonable and disrespectful expectation. Sean's solo work is very unlike John's music, more methodical and more melodic. Sean is also very performance oriented, when he packs a small venue, or not packing it, either way the performance is bound to be one of the best you will ever see.
i've been lucky enough to see him live two times, and im hoping i can see him live many many many more times.
There's not really much else i have to say. here are a few artist's and bands i think are worth looking at:
Matthieu Chedid, -M- (http://www.myspace.com/matthieuchedid)
Stephanie Dosen (http://www.myspace.com/stephaniedosen)
Death From Above 1979 (http://www.myspace.com/deathfromabove1979)
Scissor Sisters (http://www.myspace.com/scissorsisters)
Spymob (http://www.myspace.com/spymob)
Steely Dan (http://www.myspace.com/steelydan)
The Yardbirds (http://www.myspace.com/theyardbirdsx)
Adam Green (http://www.myspace.com/adamgreen1)
Albert Hammond Jr. (http://www.myspace.com/alberthammondjrband)
Friday, August 24, 2007
summer.a recap
this summer was certainly...busy. i did a few things for rva magazine (1 part rva mannequin, 1 part styling), worked at urban, and for a potter.
finally im done with urban outfitters though.i was sick of the horrible quality of clothing and the stuff that we got at short pump urban was quite simply suburban. i dont think ive shopped there in months. and neither should you. american apparel, rumors, need, henry and hospitality are the only places ill spend money now, and even though theyre pricey theyre totally worth it. at least from them i wont see someone wearing the exact same shit as me, and if i do odds are therye nudie jeans, which i dont mind, we need a denim revolution.
speaking of i got a newwww pair of nudies from dean. he rules. a 200 dollar pair of slim jim dry japans for only 50. i love that boy to death.
unfortunatly they were hemmed before i got them and the excess denim was cut off so i couldnt let out the hem. i had em tailored and i dont think the people took them in tight enough. what do you think? heres a pic:
i love te color of the jpanese denim.its so thick. its gonna break in really nicely i can already tell. i spray starched the a couple of times just to ensure that they would be extra hard so when i break the in theyll be nuts. i guess theyre grim tims now cos theyre the top of the jim, and then the bottom of the finn.
here are my old nudies after 1 or 2 washes, i cant remember.
im gonna keep wearing em, not as much cos im working on the sjdj, but ill continue to muck these up so that when i keep washign them theyll be incredibly faded. i starched them a couple of times recently but it didnt do much.
what else happened this summer...oh my cousin ellen got hitched. i hadnt seen her in about 10-11 years. it was fantastic to see her ad the other cousins. although im not too keen on some of the other people at the wedding. there were a few assholes. well more like one, he was on my shuttlebus and he cursed out the matron of honor when he was drunk. fucker.
well school started up again, and its fantastic so far. my two clay classes are really fun, and i mean, clay is the only thing i know really. so they shoudl be appropriatly challenging, but im used to the touch of clay so i dont know what to expect. wheel throwing im confident in, handbuilding im a little nervous cos i havnt done it in so long, and im not the neatest fellow around.
i just had history this moring, and the lady seems nice and easy. shes very hyper though.
oh oh oh and last thing. duchess of york, one of the best bands in richmond, or ever from richmond in my opinion, just released their debut album. you can get it in plan 9, or purchase it online at their myspace. dean set up a paypal account so if you order it hell ship it out to you asap.
heres their page: www.myspace.com/doymusic.
now im off to my second and final class for the day.
adieu
finally im done with urban outfitters though.i was sick of the horrible quality of clothing and the stuff that we got at short pump urban was quite simply suburban. i dont think ive shopped there in months. and neither should you. american apparel, rumors, need, henry and hospitality are the only places ill spend money now, and even though theyre pricey theyre totally worth it. at least from them i wont see someone wearing the exact same shit as me, and if i do odds are therye nudie jeans, which i dont mind, we need a denim revolution.
speaking of i got a newwww pair of nudies from dean. he rules. a 200 dollar pair of slim jim dry japans for only 50. i love that boy to death.
unfortunatly they were hemmed before i got them and the excess denim was cut off so i couldnt let out the hem. i had em tailored and i dont think the people took them in tight enough. what do you think? heres a pic:
i love te color of the jpanese denim.its so thick. its gonna break in really nicely i can already tell. i spray starched the a couple of times just to ensure that they would be extra hard so when i break the in theyll be nuts. i guess theyre grim tims now cos theyre the top of the jim, and then the bottom of the finn.
here are my old nudies after 1 or 2 washes, i cant remember.
im gonna keep wearing em, not as much cos im working on the sjdj, but ill continue to muck these up so that when i keep washign them theyll be incredibly faded. i starched them a couple of times recently but it didnt do much.
what else happened this summer...oh my cousin ellen got hitched. i hadnt seen her in about 10-11 years. it was fantastic to see her ad the other cousins. although im not too keen on some of the other people at the wedding. there were a few assholes. well more like one, he was on my shuttlebus and he cursed out the matron of honor when he was drunk. fucker.
well school started up again, and its fantastic so far. my two clay classes are really fun, and i mean, clay is the only thing i know really. so they shoudl be appropriatly challenging, but im used to the touch of clay so i dont know what to expect. wheel throwing im confident in, handbuilding im a little nervous cos i havnt done it in so long, and im not the neatest fellow around.
i just had history this moring, and the lady seems nice and easy. shes very hyper though.
oh oh oh and last thing. duchess of york, one of the best bands in richmond, or ever from richmond in my opinion, just released their debut album. you can get it in plan 9, or purchase it online at their myspace. dean set up a paypal account so if you order it hell ship it out to you asap.
heres their page: www.myspace.com/doymusic.
now im off to my second and final class for the day.
adieu
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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