hi.

...i went to Disneyland.

It was fun.

Very fun.

i purchased two Ewoks there. They are my my new good buddies.


Been a long time since i checked in over here. Trying to get a job, trying to quit smoking, trying to get up the nerve to use my dad's awesome (heavy!) camera that he gave to me FOR CHRISTMAS. You know, months ago? Trying to keep my penny collection from overflowing the cup i was holding them in; failing. Reading lots of good books. Renting lots of movies. Trying to make the most out of this summer because i know that Nat will be scarce when it is over.
Cleaned the heck out of the apartment today: tossed and mauled half a lemon down the garbage disposal, bleached the kitchen garbage can, vacuumed, bagged up the recycling, and so on and so forth. Brought home a single, lovely red rose in a moment of pure cheesiness. Not sure where i am in my thought patterns these days. "Scatterbrained", i think they call it...

Hoping to post some book covers soon (i know you've all been waiting feverishly!)... and, strangely, compose a list of things to do before i, you know, die. In fact, i can't believe i haven't done it already. But it's time. They are stacking up, by gum. Time to take stock and catch 'em before they all slip away.


And how are all of you? Good? fine. carry on then.

been a long time.

So, you guys should probably watch King of Masks. It's good. It's darn good. And it introduced us to bian lian, which is an ancient Chinese performance art that i'm totally smitten over (except for the misogynistic aspect, which ends up being kind of explainable; harumph). Here is an example of it in action, and feel free to get lost in the related videos on the side there. We had a lot of fun with all of that last night.

Not much to report from SoCal. It's windy these days. i heard a new PJ Harvey/John Parish song on the radio (Black Hearted Love) and it was excellent. We're seeing Rasputina and Ruby Throat (!) at the Casbah on Saturday night. i re-read The Little Match Girl recently, and it made me cry all over again. Damn you, Hans Christian Andersen! i fucking love that story, all 692 words of it.


In other news: here is a video of slug sex. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll do it all. i would just embed it, but it deserves a larger size for maximum viewing awesomeness. When you're done watching, be sure to lift your finger up to your chin and manually shut your jaw. Amazing, no?!

Don't have a lot of time on the computer these days (which is probably a good thing), so i'm keepin' things short. Nat is busy finishing a Mill paper and applying for an RAship this summer. Not to mention applying for a philosophy conference in Geneva this August, so yeah! Very exciting. Wish i could go. Also, it would be cool if money grew on trees. Just sayin'.

Oh! And i spent part of last night headbanging along to the Circle Jerks in the backseat of a car with a rad one-year-old and his (also-rad) mom. i was gonna post one of those songs, but it just ain't the same in the light of day, so i leave it preserved in that perfect moment of time.

Our Song of the Day, instead:



Until next time. Here is something else to keep you busy exploring your world, if you're into that sort of thing. i guess we're more closely related to fungi than we are to plants.