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Do any of you blog on a blogger or blogspot account? If so, link it up....I think I am done posting on LJ (not that I did very often anyways).
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So I have created a new blog (Lost Suns & Drift Theories) that will focus on the progress of my varying art projects (film, writing, photography/painting and music). I will still post here just as rarely as I ever have and will still be reading other peoples posts here. I just wont be posting here about that stuff anymore, so if you are interested in following along with any of that please add me at that website. Thanks!
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Has anybody else noticed the suirge in Russian usage of LJ? I was trying to find a few new communities to join on here and every page was dominated by Russian text.....I think I am gonna have to move on from LJ and find something more usable for me.
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
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| Subject: | Things.... |
| Time: | 1:37 pm. |
| Music: | Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World. |
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- I think I want to cut my hair again. It is getting too long.
- I want to start reading a new book: and actually finish it instead of putting it down to read a different one halfway through (I have a long list of potential candidates).
- The Grand Canyon in March is gonna rock.
- Appleseed Cast are playing in February, anyone want to go?
- Cooking Indian food at home is really fun.
- I think 2010 may be the year I finally decide to really travel....on the table as possibilities: India, West Africa (Senegal maybe), Morocco, or Mexico's central valley. Any takers?
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
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I went to the Getty yesterday (pictures forthcoming). It was really fun. Its a really beautiful place. I think I liked just walking around more than the exhibits. Though there was a cool exhibit on Russian Avante-Garde book art.
I made Ginger Ale from scratch last week. It came out okay, but I dont think I kept it warm enough for the yeast to do its thing properly, it happened to be cold for those few days. I am going to try making Kvass pretty soon. Then I'm gonna try making mead. Beverage making has turned out to be kind of fun. I've been cooking too, and eating healthier. I bought a stir-fry pan thing (wok) and made potatoes, spinach, red bell pepper, and ginger in a ginger curry sauce that I made from scratch. Its fun flipping things around in the wok. It came out pretty good. I'm going to be making cornish game hens this week I think.
If you have not seen it: go see Gran Torino. It was really really great. I am going to see Valkyrie today. I may or may not post about how it is. There are a lot of good looking movies out lately.
I am at the beginning stages of working on a new musical project with Nate. It is kind of influenced by Hum and a heavier distorted kind of sound. I also made a myspace for my piano/orchestral/filmish music that can be found here. I feel like I am recharged and have a renewed interest in music altely. Not just making it but listening to it as well. I've started buying music again a lot. I think I am going to go get a portable record player and start digging through vinyl bins again searching for good jazz, funk, and progressive rock. I'm currently wanting a copy of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew on vinyl. If you have that or In a Silent Way, and dont want it/them: let me know. Since I have not had a turntable in some time I have not gotten to listen to the Weather Report album I got from Han. I listened to the samples online and it sounds pretty solid, strong Latin influence/very rhythmic.
I think some friends and I may drive up to the mountains this coming weekend to drink beer and play in the snow. It should be fun. I think I am also going to a gallery opening in Costa Mesa on Saturday after work. If anyone wants to join in for either please let me know. :)
Lastly: I love my apartment/living situation.
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
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"Tulse Luper decided to move as soon as possible to New Zealand so as to be as far away as possible from Belgium."
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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I suppose it is time for a life update:
I have moved. For those of you who don't know. I now live off of Harbor right near the 405 in Costa Mesa. The place is really nice. Lots of space and light. I have my own bathroom, which is also really cool. I am living with Nate. For those of you who do not know: Rory has moved to Santa Cruz.
I am still working where I have been working, so there is no change there.
The new Glider album has come a long way and is hopefully moving along (Rory is working on stuff currently, I hope). The book Katie and I are writing is starting to take shape a bit as well. It has turned into, as we call it, "a schizophrenic Amish road trip".
Wow, I thought I had a lot to say and update,, but I guess I don't. Well, back to not working.
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
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| Time: | 6:33 pm. |
| Music: | Appleseed Cast - Fight Song. |
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Life is good lately. I am moving on December 1st into a new apartment. Rory will soon be moving up north (to Santa Cruz) and I will be living with Nate. We got a place 1 mile from my work, right off the freeway. It's a nicer place than the place I am in now with a more open floor plan. I think it will be really great. I have taken up cooking lately. I have made a Tuscan Turkey soup and Green Olive Chicken Couscous. I think I am going to try to cook a lot more and eat at home, rather than out and about. It turns out I can make stuff that tastes pretty damn good. Plus there are always more recipes to try. I may delve into baking a bit once I move as well. Over the last two days I have been reading (and finished today) The Trial by Franz Kafka. It was really good and I highly recommend it. The new Glider disc will be available soon too. So look for that in the coming week or two. I am happy with where my life is right now. It is looking better every day. Good times. Marissa is moving soon too. That is sad. It always sucks when friends move away. A few are doing that soon. I wish them the best, but will miss them being around. Anyways, time to go take a shower and figure out the rest of my evening.
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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you are lightcyan
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Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.
Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working.
Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.
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So I went and looked at an apartment today. It was so close to my work I could walk to work if I felt like it. The rooms were bigger than my current apartment. It had two bathrooms, which is awesome. It was a little older but had AC/Heat. It seems really solid. They have two units available and a December 1st move in would be possible....Daniel was swamped at work and was unable to check it out. I hope he has not decided to bail. That would be a big bummer. I'm not sure how well he will like the place. But the price is so right and the location so great. Are any of you looking at moving somewhere soonish? If so hit me up (the jobless or those with pets need not apply).
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Glider's music has been used in various campaign videos for Damien Ober, a Libertarian Candidate for the Washington DC position of Shadow Senator. Here are two of them. He's doing a few more featuring our music as well. Check em out if you feel like it.
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
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This is so rad! I cant decide if I like this one (with Mad World playing) or the original version (with original music/sound). Anyways, this was the last one I watched so I'm posting this one.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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As most of you know...for the most part I do not really put much faith in politicians or in politics in general. But this was something I could definitely support. Especially considering the alternatives.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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So the new hair looked better yesterday, but it still looks pretty good. I like it a lot. Click the lj-cut for pictures....( Read more... )
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So it was an interesting weekend. On Thursday I had started having a pain in my abdomen. It was a pretty dull pain. I didn't think too much of it. Later that night I started getting fevers/hot flashes that lasted anywhere from a few seconds to 1o minutes. I went to work on Friday. The pain was a bit worse. The fevers were still coming and going. I wasn't feeling well at all and got up to go over to the water cooler to get a drink. As I took my first sip I was hit by nausea and an intense desire to not eat or drink anything. I did take a few more sips, as I felt I needed it. I excused myself to go outside and get a bit of fresh air. While outside I decided to call my doctors office. I tried to make an appointment but was told they did not keep office hours on Friday and were in fact on their way out. They did inquire as to the nature of my need for an appointment. I explained my symptoms. They told me to go to the emergency room immediately. That it sounds like appendicitis and that my appendix could rupture and I should go now. I went back into the office and told everyone I was leaving. Made the mad dash in the car to the ER. I don't know if it was adrenaline or what, but I was frantic trying to get there and the pain, nausea, and fevers all got worse. Once there they did blood work, a CT scan, had me drink some stuff, put iodine into my IV (for the CT scan), and did urine tests. After all the results came back it turns out that my appendix does not appear to be inflamed or swollen or in danger. They also checked my kidneys for kidney stones and for general health. Everything checked out. I am then told that it could be something I ate, it could be a viral infection, or that there was a less than 1% chance that it still could be appendicitis and is just not far enough along yet for them to tell. If it gets worse I was to come back in 12 hours for a retest. I am to stay away from spicy and fried foods and alcohol. Terese came over, after I got back from the hospital, to keep me company and we watched movies and hung about. That part of the day was nice. The next day I was feeling mostly better. By Sunday almost completely better, just a super dull pain in my abdomen. Today I get to work and the pain is back, but the fevers and nausea are not. I am going to give it another day or two and if it is not better I am going to make an appointment with my doctor to see f we can get to the bottom of this (now that I know it is at least not immediately life threatening there is not as big a rush). Hopefully after a lot of water and eating lite it will clear out and I will be fine.
The rest of the weekend was nice. I did not play the show in Los Angeles with C is for Carlo like I was supposed to (for obvious reasons). They played though. Saturday I mostly stayed around the house with Terese, ran some errands and whatnot. In the evening we went down to the harbor in Dana Point and got dinner at The Jolly Roger. It was the first solid amount of food I had had yet. It was good. Sunday I did something crazy (but that I am happy I did): I cut my hair! By comparison to how it has been for at least 12 years it is pretty darn short. I like it. After the ER trip it was nothing to get my hair cut, lol. I would normally have been terrified to do so. I think it was just time for a change. Sunday night I ate dinner with Marissa, Terese, and their mom and watched a pretty bad movie about Andy Warhol and some chick he exploited. In addition to a lifetime movie about a high school girl with HIV, which was also really bad, but was at least so bad you could find humor in it. Now I am at work. In a little bit of pain, but not terrible. I hope it subsides tomorrow or the next day. Despite the events on Friday I am sad to see the weekend go. I don't really want to be back at work right now, but I'll deal. At least my boss offered to/covered my shift on Saturday night. That was very nice of him.
Maybe if I remember to do so I will upload some pictures of the new hair for those I don't see regularly to check out. In other news: I re-bought a Nick Drake album and a Pixies album. I missed both. Good times.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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1am: I lay my head down to go to sleep. The sound of white noise as if from a TV station that I don't get reception for is in my ears. It is a familiar sound. Years of being in front of amplifiers cranked up to eleven makes you used to it. Off in the distance I hear what sounds like someone banging two trash can lids together. It seems a few blocks away. It continues. I think to myself "wtf is this shit? How am I supposed to sleep with that going on?". It goes on csshhhhhh-kush-csshhhhh-kush-csshhhhhhh-kush......suddenly I realize I am only hearing this sound in my right ear. I think maybe I have lost hearing in my left ear. I roll over on my arm in bed and feel my pulse....it is in time with the trash can sound. Suddenly it hits me: someone is not banging trash can lids together a few blocks away outside. I am hearing the blood rush through my ear pulse by pulse. Eventually I fall asleep. I wake up without the trash can lids but with a pressure in my right ear that has not ceased. Low frequency sound physically hurts me.
My Bloody Valentine was rad. Yes: I did wear earplugs. Earplugs don't help much during 'You Made Me Realize' (which was definitely the high point of the show). I wish Kevin's vocals during 'Soon' had been just a bit louder. Surprisingly I really enjoyed 'Only Shallow'. I was sad that they did not play 'Soft As Snow (but warm inside)', but I did not expect them to. Hopefully the pain/pressure in my right ear will depart soon. I woke up and hit the alarm a number of times. I was ten minutes late to work. It was worth it.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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| Time: | 10:59 pm. |
| Music: | Smashing Pumpkins - Dancing In the Moonlight. |
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I think I want to buy a telescope. That is all.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
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| Time: | 10:44 pm. |
| Music: | Glider - Over the Ocean (Sans Arc Remix). |
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So I am back at the apartment now. I had been house sitting at my mothers for ten days. All in all it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be (in no small part to the company I kept while down south). It is nice to be home though. It feels nice to be in my own bed and (hopefully not tmi) use my own bathroom again. I think the older I get the more of a homebody I become. I really love being in my own space. Especially now, since I rearranged the living room, cleaned up the kitchen, bought new towels for the bathroom and just generally improved my living situation at home. It's really nice. I've been spending evenings (the two I've had since getting back and the few before I left) in the living room snacking and watching TV/reading. This is a pretty boring post, but I just wanted to reflect on how, no matter how much I may hate this apartment, it is home to me right now and in many ways I do love it. I'm comfortable here. I'm happy. Life is good. Have a great evening everyone. :)
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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This is not by me. What follows is a message board post from someone many of you know. I am ommiting the name, however the hilarity will likely remain for some on my friends list....the rest of you may even end up with better hair care, maintenance, and style.....ROFLMAO!!!!!!
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( It's long so I decided to put it behind this cut )
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