i have a headache and a fair amount of irritation with well... stuff... people, they are frustrating.
i was going to have a very short post saying i'm too busy for this stuff, but now i have the urge to tell all you netizens salivating in anticipation of my next blog update that i saw motorhead on wednesday and they were really good. what else..., um, i did something thursday i think but i don't remember what. friday saw me getting much too intoxicated at a really fun house party where despite said intoxication i didn't socialize nearly enough because even when drunk i'm often too self conscious... i could wax on this melancholy point but i shan't... saturday i saw the fuck yeahs, the international playboys, gee as in jesus, the mighty mofos, and the midnight evils for whom it was their cd release show. that was pretty awesome, i am esp. fond of gee as in jesus. easter sunday i hung out w/ friends. played battleship, watched the brady bunch, ate pizza, watched carnivale season finale, and some other television programs that i don't usually get to see 'cuz i don't gots cable/satellite...
interesting, eh? now i have to go do important school related things. or just get drunk. or some combination of those, somehow combined w/ enjoying the lovely weather we are having here in Minneapolis today. it's Spring. i could almost feel better about life, what with the aide of sunshine and perhaps soon some dandelions. we'll see.
3.22.2005
me head pains me so
this isn't the first time i have posted whining about head pains. nor needing to empty bladder, nor being hungry.
oh well, all those things happen to be true. as well as, once again, being thirsty also.
but anyway, i was in Duluth over spring break. visited Mom, had awesome time. highlights included visiting Uncle and watching him do woodworking(amd Mom built a birdhouse w/ him), hanging with my younger cousins that are moving soon(and have spent most of their lives in places other then MN), playing scrabble with Mom and nearly hitting 500 points... and i guess that's hit for the special highlights. there was other stuff too.
oh well, all those things happen to be true. as well as, once again, being thirsty also.
but anyway, i was in Duluth over spring break. visited Mom, had awesome time. highlights included visiting Uncle and watching him do woodworking(amd Mom built a birdhouse w/ him), hanging with my younger cousins that are moving soon(and have spent most of their lives in places other then MN), playing scrabble with Mom and nearly hitting 500 points... and i guess that's hit for the special highlights. there was other stuff too.
3.12.2005
things forgotten in the earlier post...
yes another post today. a couple things i meant to include earlier, but they can have their own post.
after Surdyk's, I went to Bibelot shop. good and bad, there. they carry a some stuff from a product line called "Miso Pretty" featuring wonky "cute" Asian stereotype wonky English and imagery in their packaging. Kinda bugged me. I mean, I'll go to Asian groceries and often enjoy fractured English when I see it(I am also know to peruse Engrish.com, though it annoys me when they try and make up Engrish-y sounding stuff themselves for products or just to try and be humorous), purposely making up fractured cutesy English to sell a product(and to make it appear trendy/hip) turns me off.
I also discovered the artist Brian Andreas, they carry his Storypeople greeting cards there. I am not sure I like the art itself so much, but I really like his little "stories". Click here and explore his site and you'll see what I mean.
Another recent discovery that has brought me enjoyment is the Japanese poet, Shuntarou Tanikawa. I happened upon a book of his work entitled, At Midnight in the Kitchen I Just Wanted to Talk to You, while I was trying to find some Japanese fiction to base a paper for my Japanese Minority Literature class on.
Here's a poem of his from that book:
after Surdyk's, I went to Bibelot shop. good and bad, there. they carry a some stuff from a product line called "Miso Pretty" featuring wonky "cute" Asian stereotype wonky English and imagery in their packaging. Kinda bugged me. I mean, I'll go to Asian groceries and often enjoy fractured English when I see it(I am also know to peruse Engrish.com, though it annoys me when they try and make up Engrish-y sounding stuff themselves for products or just to try and be humorous), purposely making up fractured cutesy English to sell a product(and to make it appear trendy/hip) turns me off.
I also discovered the artist Brian Andreas, they carry his Storypeople greeting cards there. I am not sure I like the art itself so much, but I really like his little "stories". Click here and explore his site and you'll see what I mean.
Another recent discovery that has brought me enjoyment is the Japanese poet, Shuntarou Tanikawa. I happened upon a book of his work entitled, At Midnight in the Kitchen I Just Wanted to Talk to You, while I was trying to find some Japanese fiction to base a paper for my Japanese Minority Literature class on.
Here's a poem of his from that book:
"My Favorite Things"
"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings-
These are a few of my favorite things."
Oskar Hammerstein II
No matter how much
I like a thing
actually owning it
somewhat bores me.
And no matter how much
I like that thing
notowning it
makes me somewhat resentful of it.
"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
..."
Poor Oskar.
Your forced rhymes
sound just awful.
Sometimes even the soul is flatulent.
I want a drink of water;
I'm very thirsty.
Half a cup isn't enough; a hundred would drown me.
I like water.
cheese is good!
hi! it's saturday, it's spring break, woo!
i bought cheeses today at Surdyk's! it is a liquor store w/ a cheese shop. it rocks! the staff are helpful, patient, and nice and let you taste test cheeses! this poor young women put up with having to unwrap at least 6 different types of cheese for me to try. i wish i had more money. i ended up with mini-slabs of sottonocere w/ truffle, cave aged gruyere, aged prima donna gouda, red leicester w/ wasabi and french onion, and 1/2 lb of cheap dill havarti for sandwiches. the rest will be for snacking.
last night i went to see the Belles of Skin City, Mel Gibson and the Pants, and the Blind Shake (also the Drama Club, but I missed their set) in the 7th St. Entry. Awesome! esp. B. of S.C.! I am not so good at describing musics, but they kinda remind me of Tom Waits... I've heard at least one of them used to be in a band called Kentucky Gag Order(found mp3 here!), unfortunately I never saw/heard them while they were around. Planning on finding out more about 'em though. MG&P have a song about Ed Gein that I really like... can't recall alot of lyric offhand but a line of the chorus that sticks in my head is "Wisconsin'll make you feel fear, boy". They didn't play it last night though :( . They have a c.d. avbl... I guess they're kind of hip hop/electronica, the mc has a really good style/flow in my opinion.
thursday night was the aseverawesome Flogging Molly show @ First Ave. sweat covered mosh pit mania. My Mom wasn't able to come though, she was too worn out from the four days of chemo treatments. :( My bro and his housemate ended up coming from WI and a friend joined me, so all tix still got used. we made a video tape for mom, getting all the band members to say hi. I got to get on transferring the video(it's actually on mini dv tape) to the computer so I can put in a format she can watch, and mail it to her. and Flogging Molly will be back in August to play a free Irish festival in St. Paul!!! Mom'll definitely be feeling better by then! :) I enjoyed Hot Water Music too, and the little bit I caught of the Riverboat Gamblers set.
there are a fair amt. of shows coming up i'm excited about, i think i'll post a lil' list one of these days. i been listening to Deerhoof a lot over the last couple days and they are coming, nxt month I think.
i bought cheeses today at Surdyk's! it is a liquor store w/ a cheese shop. it rocks! the staff are helpful, patient, and nice and let you taste test cheeses! this poor young women put up with having to unwrap at least 6 different types of cheese for me to try. i wish i had more money. i ended up with mini-slabs of sottonocere w/ truffle, cave aged gruyere, aged prima donna gouda, red leicester w/ wasabi and french onion, and 1/2 lb of cheap dill havarti for sandwiches. the rest will be for snacking.
last night i went to see the Belles of Skin City, Mel Gibson and the Pants, and the Blind Shake (also the Drama Club, but I missed their set) in the 7th St. Entry. Awesome! esp. B. of S.C.! I am not so good at describing musics, but they kinda remind me of Tom Waits... I've heard at least one of them used to be in a band called Kentucky Gag Order(found mp3 here!), unfortunately I never saw/heard them while they were around. Planning on finding out more about 'em though. MG&P have a song about Ed Gein that I really like... can't recall alot of lyric offhand but a line of the chorus that sticks in my head is "Wisconsin'll make you feel fear, boy". They didn't play it last night though :( . They have a c.d. avbl... I guess they're kind of hip hop/electronica, the mc has a really good style/flow in my opinion.
thursday night was the aseverawesome Flogging Molly show @ First Ave. sweat covered mosh pit mania. My Mom wasn't able to come though, she was too worn out from the four days of chemo treatments. :( My bro and his housemate ended up coming from WI and a friend joined me, so all tix still got used. we made a video tape for mom, getting all the band members to say hi. I got to get on transferring the video(it's actually on mini dv tape) to the computer so I can put in a format she can watch, and mail it to her. and Flogging Molly will be back in August to play a free Irish festival in St. Paul!!! Mom'll definitely be feeling better by then! :) I enjoyed Hot Water Music too, and the little bit I caught of the Riverboat Gamblers set.
there are a fair amt. of shows coming up i'm excited about, i think i'll post a lil' list one of these days. i been listening to Deerhoof a lot over the last couple days and they are coming, nxt month I think.
3.08.2005
jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam
i'm the jackass eating spicy pumpkin seeds in the computer lab
hungry all i ever talk about is food.
my lips are tingling from the spicy stuff on the spicy seeds.
i could really use a beer.
i need to see a dentist.
i am very excited for flogging molly on thursday, did i say that yet?
i have too much skoolwwerk. ack...
jesus fuck.
this has been somewhat of an html formatting experiment. my apologies most sincerely for the lack of content.
if you want to read somehing truly interesting try this
3.07.2005
sun, sundaes, colddays, sunshine, and miscellaneous unpleasant whirlwinds of confused emotional states. and teevee shootings.
rar. last night i taped(do note, there were many others more involved that put together this show, i was just a monkey behind a camera) a drinking with ian show. 3 of them... with a video camera... had good time. ankle tired from standing in front of camera. remained sober throughout despite many free shots, for fear such things would affect my camera skills. which kinda blow anyway... woo. it's on public access, i ain't but watched it on tv maybe once, cuz i don't gots the cable teevee. but channel 6 thursday nights 12:30 is what i believe to be the correct infos. do check out website, tis on there, and also a couple of episodes are downloadable to watch on yer computer machine, if you've a fancy enough computer machine to handle.
so now i have this anticlimactic depression thing... cuz did something supercool and fun last night, that won't happen again for likely at least 3 months. and am mourning the passing of the event, i guess... like, that was cool, what do i do now? also just analyzing all that i did or didn't do/ how i did or didn't do it, etc, and thinking, gee, shoulda done this, shoulda done that better, this/that/the other thing was dumb of me, etc... what's my damned problem? ;)
i'll feel this way again after flogging molly show thursday i bet. Mom's coming down for it, on toppa four days of chemotherapy. Looking forward, most intensely. btw, Mom had ct scan and stuff last week and things are lookin' good. lesions on liver goin', tumors shrinkin'. :)
--
mood: wavering, bipolar, strange daze
listening: swans
eating: spicy pumpkin dry roasted seeds, sea salt and vinegar natural gourmet potato chips
craving: pork chops
drinking: water
craving: liquors, undecided what sort...
--
skool, what of it? i don't know!? pprz, argh. prjcts, argh... well half-argh.
need study video things better, cuz video things iz fun. teevee and art. yippee.
finally got the hang of properly wrapping cable last night! that's a good thing, yes.
finally met fellow blogger Maria/Traz- here's a shoutout to ya homie! even hotter in person then in yer pic! ;)
so now i have this anticlimactic depression thing... cuz did something supercool and fun last night, that won't happen again for likely at least 3 months. and am mourning the passing of the event, i guess... like, that was cool, what do i do now? also just analyzing all that i did or didn't do/ how i did or didn't do it, etc, and thinking, gee, shoulda done this, shoulda done that better, this/that/the other thing was dumb of me, etc... what's my damned problem? ;)
i'll feel this way again after flogging molly show thursday i bet. Mom's coming down for it, on toppa four days of chemotherapy. Looking forward, most intensely. btw, Mom had ct scan and stuff last week and things are lookin' good. lesions on liver goin', tumors shrinkin'. :)
--
mood: wavering, bipolar, strange daze
listening: swans
eating: spicy pumpkin dry roasted seeds, sea salt and vinegar natural gourmet potato chips
craving: pork chops
drinking: water
craving: liquors, undecided what sort...
--
skool, what of it? i don't know!? pprz, argh. prjcts, argh... well half-argh.
need study video things better, cuz video things iz fun. teevee and art. yippee.
finally got the hang of properly wrapping cable last night! that's a good thing, yes.
finally met fellow blogger Maria/Traz- here's a shoutout to ya homie! even hotter in person then in yer pic! ;)
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