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Awwa, I can't believe you have those songs! I don't even have half of those anymore. I want "The XYZerience!"!
jimmy Not sure if I understood all of that Jeffron, but I'll apply for one of those extended lifes, Heh! Funny! It is weird when you finally hear someone who you've only seen written information, posts from... I mean that in a good way, Jeffron, Heh! Jimmy, I love "Cats with Toys!" I love most of your stuff! I've got a few older pieces of yours, from "The Regs of Noy" or somewhere. I'm thinking of making a bootleg of the stuff I've got, Heh! Just send your name and address and fiffy dawlas to awwa1@yahoo.com for your free CD copy of "The XYZerience!"! The CD will include: "Blue Thoughts" "Buttercup" "Carved" "Cats with Toys" "Edmund Scmitt" "Eigth" "Eric's Fart" "Gas Clown" Gas Rag" "Mania" "Manisf2" "Manifestation" "Meddley" "Not Exactly a Love Song" "Pale Reverse" "Love's Pale Reverse" "Pork Class" "Pricks" "RelaXYZ" "Spy Without Skin" "She Talks 2" and the infamous, "Strange Beans 2!" I can't wait for more from that master of eclectic perversely inticing indescribablely deliscious intellectua! Where can I sign-up for the subscription service? Keep 'em coming, oh master of creatively challenging, experimentally Artistic expression! Oh and thanks for the fast reply on the possibility of setting-up a POV/commercial site here. It may be some time before I take the time to set something up. I'm pretty weak on html, and don't have a fancy program to assist (Front Page, Dreamweaver, etc). But that may happen in a not so distant future. In the meantime, I may try to hard code it. I know enough html to be dangerous and I know a few folks (including some members here), who can set me in the right direction Some of the concerns would include, would setting-up a deal with PayPal or some place similar be the best way to take credit card payments? Do you allow for other than credit card purchases? Does a person have to declare the money transactions, if no where else, to the IRS? Would becoming a business, or having a license be important? How does free lance Art work? Well, you see what I'm saying. Anyone familiar with setting-up something like that, I can use the advice! Oh and, "Der lauf der dinge" is great! I didn't remember where I'd seen the phrase before, so I did a web search and found that link. I saw it at Art school. It's a strange series of objects reacting off of each other like dominoes set in motion. I love the plastic bags twisting and I believe some are lit and drip melted plastic to cause some reaction? I forget. It was an industrial materials meet Rube Goldberg extravaganza! Check it out if anyone has the chance! Peace Out! Awwa \A/
Aw Jeffron got the first audioblog post! That ruled. This one is dedicated to xw, who once told me that Tran Anh Hung was her favorite director (one of my favorites too). I heard this song at the end of the film "Cyclo", four or five months ago. I haven't heard it since then so I reproduced it as best I could from memory. In the film, during the credits, the song was being played by a Vietnamese elementary school class. It was probably the cutest thing I've ever seen, and was a major contrast to the disturbing imagery of Cyclo. I've been searching for the Cyclo soundtrack ever since, because of some symphonic music that was in it by a contemporary Vietnamese composer. Really beautiful stuff. I don't know what the song is actually called, but I suspect it has some political significance, like an anthem or something. It reminded me of kittens running around, hence the name. Anyhow. I used the 12-string guitar, 6-string, vocals and the drums to do this. I had the usual difficulties with synching the drums. Der lauf der dinge.
jimmy Hee hee hee hee. Too fun. You scared my cat.
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jeffron x Song name inspired by still mysterious King James passage. Eric left his electronic drum kit at my house, so I figured fuggit. If you can get through the first 57 seconds it may get better. I didn't actually know I was coming up with something until that point...I was only screwing off and then suddenly I had an idea and went with it. Lyrics off the toppamehead. Toppamehead. Sounds like an old Indian burial ground. No matter how lightly I gripped the sticks or how hard I listened I couldn't stay in time with the guitar, probably because I layed them down first and guitarists tend to weave in and out of time for emphasis. Technology is cool. The ability to be in a band with oneself is both sad and wonderful. I didn't really notice it 'til I had to play along with it. _______________________________________________ Awwa, you're right, 9/11 was no Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor death toll: 2,403 characterisation: Pearl Harbor was a military target. The attack on Pearl Harbor was conducted by an immediately identifiable enemy, a nation state, to paraphrase Andrew Bernstein of Lewis & Clark college. The U.S. was expecting this attack, but was unsure of the locale or the time it would occur. World Trade Center death toll: 3,023 (not current!) characterisation: Not a military installation. The attack was not carried out by an immediately identifiable group. The attack was unexpected. The attack was at the U.S. seat of power, and the attack was on thousands of civilians. (The argument that both attacks arose from our sickeningly twisted foreign policy is natural and agreeable.) Numbers though, do not mean shit. One violent death cannot be weighed against 5,000, if one truly values the future of the human race. I guess when we speak on numbers though, it trivialises the issue by reducing it from human lives to arbitrary symbols. ______________________________________________ Everybody poops. Zen slap made possible by hours and hours of cogitation, non-cogitation, and self flaggelation.
jimmy Jeffron, the creepy imagery! I'm trying to imagine what my reaction would be if I were interviewing someone with that voice and your face. The answer is "yes", Herr Awwa. I'm only posting this here so the rest of you can see that it's an option if you ever want it. So far, the remarkable revisions I've had planned for the site have not taken place. Every time I'm ready to begin, some disaster or series of chores occurs here on the home front, and I am powerless to do anything until all of that stuff is done. I've picked up some new code here and there and some ideas, and I'm anxious to implement them. I hate it when tons of little projects are left half finished. Ack! It blows. Things like the news site and the newspaper are still being worked with. I got a call yesterday from one of the Zamboni people. Have I mentioned them yet? Ah....we meet for breakfast and make up news articles for the paper (and yet no name). We have nearly one hundred of them. Anyhow, he liked xw's zines and offered her an interesting online job-lead for a neat site. Screen_Kiss, who some of you may remember, offered to write for the paper so long as we give her the headlines. She's great so I'm glad she's interested. The paper probably still won't be up for awhile, but oh well. Ok. Post finished! Peace out bro! later skater! Hasta, dude!
jimmy Yeah I could never keep up fake voices either. so much work, sheesh! and I am oh so inherently lazy. And I never fooled anyone with them. Although now that I think about it, my current voice is kind of a fake voice... When I first moved to California from Minneapolis everyone used to say to me, "how long are you visting for?" How irritating. As if I was the only person in CA that wasn't from CA, ah yeah... So anyways, I had a bit of a midwest accent, but really it wasn't THAT bad. But I did start to draw out my vowels more and began saying things like "rad" or "hella" and of course the ubiquitous "dude." (actually I've always said dude...) Now I sound more like a native except that my midwesterness sneaks through on a few words like Oregon and hammock (I pronounce both m's and the o, ham-mock) and some others that I'm unaware. People are never surprised that I grew up in Milwaukee, although they say I don't really sound like it. Of course my generally pleasant demeanor, cornfed look, and strapping german build are probably give aways as well. So I guess I've been keeping up the fake CA voice for about 9 years. My family laughs at how I say "chapstick" now. ah, you just can't win.
Miss Speck and the Giant Librarians All your "selves" have me giggling like a fool. Jeffron, what are you going to do if you get the job, keep the Burroughs voice? If so, I want to call you at work sometime and hear it. LOL. My problem with putting on fake voices, etc. is that I can't keep a straight face. I would be the world's worst comedienne. Nobody would be laughing except me. I couldn't even get through a prank call when I was a kid.
coop I think that's possible, Awwa. I will have to look into it. It is very likely you'll be able to get a sub-domain here if you want it. We can talk details when I find out the details that would make those details worthy of discussing in any detail. Something like http://whateveryouwant.xenius.org is definitely possible though. I'll get back to you on that soon.
jimmy You know what I did yesterday? I hung out in a bar. I hang out in a bar almost every other day, and sometimes I just stay home and drink alone. I actually insert dry days in there, every other day or so. So I hang out in bars. That's a luxury not before afforded to me. In fact I'm probably going broke, slowly but surely (maxed at $5,000 in debt on one credit card, but so far avoiding further credit/debt inticements). And I make enough that I might eventually pay off that debt, except that... I hang out in a bar. It is actually one bar, Main Street Beer Company. Hey, I'm 46/7 years old, I work for the state at a fairly innocuous job, am paid "just enough" that I meet expenses, but little room for entertainment. Entertainment used to entail cable/digital programming on the Tele. But I dropped that bill ($70 per month) in leui of having more money to make Art. I made some Art. I Had photograhically reproduced, several of my ArteMorphs, strange twisted, PC generated Art files. A couple of these made it into a show, and others are hanging in my ($130 per month) studio. There are about twenty of them, (five or seven are sold). yet I am somewhat stalled out... I have no more money to contribute to my cause. I am $5,000 in debt and my resources are limited. I have shown a few in a bar. Well a couple (of basically the same design). Specifically, at the Main Street Beer Company. So I go there, somewhat regualrly, spending the money that might get me out of debt, and onto a decent Art career. Except that it becomes: live life always wanting more, working harder and harder; or settle. Heck, I'm not even settling. I'm just taking the lesser of two evils to me. I am still producing Art, and have plans to show and otherwise exhibit it in new venues. Xenius.org might be the best of all alternatives! But I must ask, is a commercial site available at this space? I am not imposing any kind of expectations on the management here, nor any preconceptions. I am only speaking hypothetically, would it be possible to set-up a site on this provider with a POS, that could potentially make money, and that through the sale of Art? Moving on to other topics... Oh wait, the rest of the story... So I was hanging out in this bar, and then I met the reguklars, and then some of thwem were impresswed my my Art, but so far no0 one there has bought anything... well except for a bartender. that was pretty cool. But no one else there. I guess I just like their beer ($6 for a 4 pint pitcher, and it's decent micro-brew), and am friendlily known by the workers and management there. Heh, I have a key on the register. I'm gonna die more desperate and alone than Burroughs! Heh! At least he got used as a voice in an interview! And hey Jimmy, I clip my toes about once a year! They is some hard Bassssssstttthirds! And my toe is still kinda crooked, kinda funny! But I don't plan to cut it off. I kinda like it and plan to keep it, even if the Jack-Booted Homelend Security Troopers say otherwise! So I was hanging out in this bar and had a conversation that was kinda interesting... And whenever I walk in the door they all say, "Al!" Okay so they know me as Alan. I'm still Awwa, but credit/debit card names speak louder than words. Amd anyway, I hope some of this was amusing. Then again, I promise to get to the point at some ambiguous future date! Thnx Z (Jimmy), Coop, Jeff and everyone! This is a great release! A fun place to read and write! pEACE eVERYONE! Awwa \A/ ps(DARN cAPSlOCK!)
Aw That made me lol, jimmy. I think your self and my self would get along. The other day, I woke up to the phone ringing. It was a telemarketer, which actually might have been the first time in human history anyone was glad a telemarketer had called, because my alarm was not properly set and I would have overslept, and missed a job interview. I hung up on the telemarketer and groggily went to the bathroom to shower and shave. While I was shaving, I chewed out my self for not properly setting the alarm. “You dope”, I said, “what’re you trying to do, make us starve?”. To my surprise, my self replied, audibly, in the voice of William S. Burroughs. “Well, Sonny”, it croaked slowly in the tone of an 80-year old ex-junkie Beat poet, “It’s not like….those…assholes…are ever gonna…hire…you…anyway.” I laughed at that and said to my self, “Ha, I should let you do all of the talking then”. And as I finshed up shaving and thought some more, and laughed some more, and then I thought seriously, “Why not?”. I’ve been looking for a job forever, and I’ve tried everything else, why not let my self and his geriatric, cynical, gravelly old man’s voice have the interview. It would at least be one of those experiences I could look back and chuckle to my self, “Remember the time we did that job interview in the ‘William S. Burroughs’ voice? My self was great. I didn’t think he had it in him, but on the way walking through overcast rain to the interview he practiced, making the sort of observations he supposed Burroughs would. By the time we got to the building he was ready. The job interview was for a part-time admin position with a non-profit that works to reduce infant mortality. There were all these pictures of little babies on the walls of the office, which only made the whole thing more strange and absurd. Imagine a guy with William S. Burroughs voice working to reduce infant mortality. “Mothers….shouldn’t…use….junk.” If someone has never met you before, they have no idea what your real voice is, the speed with which you usually speak, the tone and timbre. I think my self did better than I would have, it was already performing so I didn’t have to be nervous about answering any questions. I sat back and watched and just let my self run the show. Afterwards, I congratulated my self. He said thanks, but he was really exhausted. I haven’t heard him use the Burroughs voice since then, but for awhile yesterday he was polishing a Scottish accent. I wonder if he has something in mind.
jeffron x xw, if you'd advertised just 2 months sooner I'd have gone. Damn, Harvard! New England rocks. I mean, it's so pretty out there. Even their hostels are beautiful. ___________________________________________________________________________ Today I heard radio show callers claiming that protesting the war was "anti-American troops". And the deejays were all for that, even though a few microseconds of cogitation between pumping on the brakes to avoid hitting the car in front of you who has just cut you off because he thought he saw your lane moving an extra 5 ft should be enough to counter that argument. Wait wait wait. So...by not wanting millions of troops (American or otherwise) to go off and die or put their lives at risk for something that is not absolutely necessary, I am anti-troop? Wait wait...I think I'm getting this...Hmm. *whispers to self thoughtfully* Hmm...ok...by not wanting troops to go off and die, I am anti-troop. MMmmm. Oh wait, I think I get it! You're a moron! This would be dj me and the caller: me: Caller? caller: Yes, I'm here. me: I'm just wondering...can you hear me all the way back there in the forties??? Today I was stuck in traffic for exactly 1 hour. I actually cut my nails in the car today. My fucking toenails. Yes. Traffic was bad enough for me to put my left foot on the brake and cut my toenails. I took my shoes off. The man in the dump truck who could see me propping up my feet was afraid. Self and I knew that he had every reason to fear me. So I says to myself, "self? We rock. This is a good thing, you're cutting your nails." And my self said, "hey man, traffic just moved up a foot, let go of the brake." And then my self said, "yeah hold on, just let me get that pinky toe. God, it looks deformed, were you born like that?" And then I was like, "no I wasn't, stupid. Just wait until you cut the nail. You'll see. It's a normal toe." After that I was like, "whoah self, you were right. It is a normal toe. Good god man, how long has it been?!" And then my self was like, "shut up and drive, asshole." Hahehaheheahhea. Man. Self is a total dick sometimes.
jimmy That sounds awesome x-w... wish you had "advertised" sooner, as I have plans for Saturday already. *ducks flying objects* Break a leg, I'm sure you will be fabulous.
coop This is an advertisement. Skip it if you must, read on out of curiousity! I am doing a performance at Harvard March 6th, 7th, and 8th. I know there are xeniuses out there who do live in New England, and others who definitely live in Boston. If you have time, please come and check it out. It's one of my first performances ever, and I'll be performing a spoken word piece. The others performing are also really really awesome! The acappella group Brothers & Sisters of Kuumba is performing and they are incredible, as well as a student at Harvard who in 2000, won the youth grand slam poetry championship! Cut & pasted below: +-+ +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |A| |W|I|N|C| |P|r|o|d|u|c|t|i|o|n| +-+ +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Dramatic scenes, poetry, music, and dance addressing issues at the "InterseXion" of race and gender written, choreographed, and produced by Harvard undergrads *********************** *** Also Featuring: *** *********************** The Spoken Word Society (Thurs & Sat) Brothers and Sisters of Kuumba (Thurs & Sat) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thursday - Saturday, March 6-8 * * 7:30pm all nights & 2:00pm Sat. matinee * * Agassiz Theatre * * $5 students/$7 general (matinee $3/$5) * * * * BUY TICKETS ONLINE! * http://140.247.118.196/tickets/agassiz_events.cfm * or at the Harvard Box Office * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * So if you have the time, please please come. I was at rehearsal until midnight last night, hopefully not in vain performing to an audience of...2 people. But 2 people would still be okay. I know all of y'all are busy but if you can come...definitely check it out! Yeah that was random, I know, but I had to post this a bunch of other places too. Hehehehe.
x Boom! Bleah! Belch! Sorry to occupy so much post time! (with too little to say) I really do believe that as awful and evil as people often are, sometimes things work-out okay, all on their own... Heh! Somehow, that doesn't help my visions of a peaceful future of many cultures gathered together in mutual appreciation! My vision for the future is that all people of Earth will treat each other with respect and equality, appreciating the many positive contributions that these many diverse cultures give to all of humanity. Every person important, all supported, celebrated for their abilities/contributions; all individuals helping create a better, more complete, bigger whole; all of humanity growing in the process/growing in peace. And ultimately satisfaction for every human person. All compensations being at least equal to perceived if not actual value. The person uniting all of the world, would attain a fairly large reward. But then everything else would have to work, or that celebrity might be devaluated. That's if things worked on a level playing field. But of course by now, I'm marked on the TIA/Homeland Security ease droppers, I'm on the list! There are no level playing fields, because there is no true concept of justice. But then all the more to give me money (just to keep me quiet), or if you believe, that I believe, in what I say that I believe. Then who wouldn't pay as much as they could? And then I'd use all of the money to create Eden on Earth. Oh wait, Utopia? Heh! I would be fair... yeah sure! VOTE FOR ME! Well, I guess most of this is based on Heinlein and Star Trek. But I believe that we can all contribute... with value. Then everyone would be due their own. Life is so much more unpredictable! Is it possible to enact laws of behavior? I believe, Yes! But my initial supposition doesn't necessarily incorporate that concept. Perhaps it is impossible to suppose that laws can be written for everyone. Perhaps it is only on each individual level of judgement, that each can receive justice. Peace! Heh! Meth is wearing-off, gotta sleep now! Awwa \A/ (Disclaimer: I don't do Meth!)
Aw Ok cuddlecore, I sent it to the addy you had your email forwarding to. Let me know if you have any issues.
jimmy Anna, I have to take a nap and go to a tutoring gig. I'm ill too. YECH. I'll get back to you at approximately 6 pm PST. Email me at jimmy@xenius.org so that I know where to send your info. If it's so bad that you haven't even got an email addy, answer me here and we'll work something out. A good healthy bowel movement is soft and mushy, having the consistency of pumpkin mash. WHoah. Sorry. That must have been in my c&p cache.
jimmy hey jimmy, i forgot how to check ym xenius email account regularly... before i just had everything forwarded to my old email account but now i want to change it and i forget where the xenius one is. xox anna cuddlecore
Anna And so it begins... Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt. At least this kind of stuff is getting reported, and the resulting protests are getting news time. But no doubt there are other forms of harassment going on, that whole "Good Ol' Boy" mentality of, "You look different, you act funny, you ain't frum 'round chere, ar’ ya?" Most of those won't get reported. I'm just pleased to see them anytime they do make news. When my Mom talked to me about the war being "God's will" (as I said earlier), I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but she started to bring up the fact that she'd been around during WWII, and that she understood rationing, hard times, and the need to stand together to defeat a common foe. I was rolling my eyes over the phone and tried to explain how this was so different, not even remotely similar to that situation. That 911 was no Pearl Harbor, that Osama Bin Laden nor Saddam Hussein were no Hitler, and that there are other alternatives to this problem. But all to no avail, *sigh*. Then I thought today what would have been more apropos (sp?), would have been for me to have answered her "I grew-up during WWII", with an "I grew-up during the Viet Nam War!" Alas, good comebacks are 20/20, in hindsight. Interesting about Jane Addams, I’ll have to look her up. Too bad she had to share the Nobel Peace Prize with a warmonger. Funny how that worked out. At least a few things have changed. I doubt that anyone would tell an American woman today that, “she should find a strong forceful husband who would lift the burden of care from her shoulders and get her intensely interested in fancy work and other things dear to the heart of women who have homes and plenty of time on their hands." Oh wait, that same evangelist that persuaded my Mom that the war was “God’s will” would say that. And this for my Mom, who worked all of her life, getting little compensation or recognition for the work that she did, in a “man’s world.” She at least is a little more liberal in that way. But that’s what I don’t understand, is how some folks are so easily duped. They’re like dogs beaten with a newspaper in one hand and treated to a bone in the other. They never question whether they’d be better off out of the situation altogether. As long as there are people willing to take it, there will be those willing to dole it out! I know, “I’m preaching to the choir!” Peace ya bunch O' Hippies! Awwa \A/
Aw Thank you, Awwa! For some anti-war encouragement, it's interesting to read about Jane Addams. She was steadfast in opposing WWI, even while everyone around her caved into the thinking that it would be "the war to end all wars". (well...until the next one, yeah?). She was told that she should find "a strong forceful husband who would lift the burden of care from her shoulders and get her intensely interested in fancy work and other things dear to the heart of women who have homes and plenty of time on their hands." In 1931, public view had changed so much that she actually was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Unfortunately though, she had to share it with an enthusiastic proponenet of the war, Nicholas Murray Butler.
Anna That's hilarious! Thanks Jeffron! That did cheer me up a bit, even though it rings too true! Despite the darkness that the "real evil axis" is spreading upon the world, there are those out there who feel similar to how we feel and are willing to say so. There may be hope yet, Heh! The hard part is figuring out how to stop someone like Bush and his Corporate money-machine, without resorting to the same tactics they use. There should be a way to channel all of that "evil energy" into something useful, though I'm at a loss as what or how. Peace! Awwa \A/
Aw No worries, Awwa, I'm sure the UN will come to its senses.
jeffron x Congratulations Anna! Too sweet, the heralds of love! It almost feels like Spring! Ahhhh Armore'! Actually our weather is still doing strange things, including getting up to the 50'sF during the day, but dropping back down to freezing at night. But this wasn't meant to be a weather report! Anna, I wish you the best in romance and all future plans! And I'd be in a better mood, if I hadn't checked out these articles... U.S. May Reconsider Iraq War Resolution. Basically Bush doesn't need the UN's approval is what he's saying. He doesn't need anyone's approval, he's the President of the USA! He'll do what he darn well pleases! That's his message, the Bass Turd! Hollywood Actors Raise McCarthyism Specter on Iraq. Ah, the sheep do flock to Bush's gentle shepardship! Don't question the shepard, or you'll get on the list! This country really is going to the wolves! U.S. Sends Bombers to Guam to Deter N.Korea. And this is his idea of how to calm the North Koreans down, send-in bombers! He isn't much of a negotiator, is he? This bullying around other nations with the US military at his beckoned call, is only going to get us into worse trouble. But it's like he doesn't know of any other way to react to anything, except with the use of force! Someone needs to force him to stop! Before it really is too late to salvage the US's standing in the world. No wonder everyone hates us! And it's all so unnecessary! Aw well, sorry to rant again! I gotta go take a chill pill! peace All! Awwa \A/
Aw Thanks, guys! Coop, fortunately the wedding isn't for another 2 years because of school stuff, so I figure I have another year before I actually have to plan anything. My mom and sister, on the other hand, are already making wedding plans for me regardless. I'm pretty convinced that the event is going to be so small that it won't be a pain to deal with. But who knows? That is a funny dream, Coop. Yesterday morning I dreamed that I was travelling in another country, and I came upon these two absolutely gigantic Buddha carvings in the side of a mountain. (Sort of like the ones that were destroyed by the Taliban a little while back). They were so amazing. It was the most pleasant dream I've had in months.
Anna Anna, that rules. Congratulations.
jimmy Hey, congratulations Anna! That's exciting news. The only bad part about engagement, in my experience, is that it soon leads to wedding planning. But I don't want to scare you while you're still sick, heh. I got rid of my own cold from hell at long last, a couple weeks ago, thanks for asking Awwa. :) I didn't get your e-card though. Where did you send it? I had a funny dream last night that I was in a college class (maybe) with several real life friends who shall remain nameless, where I was supposed to write a 500 word essay on what it felt to smell different. Not to smell differently, but to have changed your own scent. I decided to write it about having changed my brand of perfume last year. ("Contradiction" to "Glamorous," in case you care!) Riveting stuff, eh? I never finished the damn thing in the first dream, and then the assignment kept following me even after waking up and going back to sleep. Bah. In case you are in need of more laughing in the face of doom: more ready.gov parodies. Oh, and happy Mardi Gras for anybody celebrating. I always found it really fun to go to Mardi Gras parties and know that being an extremely lapsed Methodist, I could just go out and do it all again Wednesday night if I wanted to. Bwa ha ha.
coop HAHAHAAHH!! You guys are cracking me up...stop it! Laughing makes me cough! *cough cough, har har! cough!* Thank you, Awwa, I am mostly better. My lungs still have not really cleared, but at least all of my other functions are, well, functioning. I'm still trying to catch up with school. God, I'm hating school right now. And I loved it so much in undergrad. I'm sort of depressed, but sort of really fucking happy at the same time. Is that possible? I got engaged on February 15th, which is the source of most of my happiness right now. Then the bronchitis happened and I got pulled under. I think I'm allergic to Los Angeles (not Louisiana. Never been there!). Anyone ever see that movie called "Safe"? Sometimes I freak out and think I'll end up like the main character in that movie. I know I won't, but it's still a lingering thought.
Anna Awwa, man, reading your posts makes me hyper. I totally imagine that you're speaking at 10 times the normal rate and holding a dozen conversations at once. Then when I hear your voice on your cd or wherever, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you sound so hyper. Then when I hear your voice, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you sound so hyper. Then when I hear your voice, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you sound so hyper. Then when I hear your voice, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you sound so hyper. Then when I hear your voice, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you sound so hyper. Then when I hear your voice, you sound so mellow. Then when I read your posts, you so... Test tomorrow, and I'm turning in that awful essay in which I describe the numerous ways the world would be better without a certain ethnicity. Mother would be proud. You know, any strangers showing up at this site would probably be alarmed by those last two statements. Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -nies Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler Date: 1502 1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony 2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance 3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony synonym see WIT
jimmy Jeffron, sorry about the iceslip! I hope your tail bone is recovering! Maybe winter's over, Heh! Well it might be on the wane! Anna, sorry about the illness. You seem to be recovered, I hope so anyway! Oh and sorry about the LA Marathon! (Why is it, I always think of Louisianna when I see "LA"?) I intentionally sabotaged the punctuation of that last sentence. Or I think in Spanish, "La Marathona!" HA! Anyway, I hope life is resembling more the norm for you. I mean that in a good way. A comedian I saw once said, "You can say anything you want to another Italian, as bad as it could sound, it's okay, if you use the right qualifier." (Paraphrased to death! Sorry, I don't have a transcript, Heh!) "Like for instance... your mother's feet are so big, they had to use canoes to make her shoes, but I mean that in a good way." (Pause for laughter). "I don't mean that in a bad way!" "My Ma should be so lucky!" "Don't take this the wrong way!" (Longer pause for laughter). "I was working as a checkout clerk at this grocery store. I worked the express, "ten items or less" line. One day this lady came up to my line. She musta had fifty items in her basket. I said, "Lady, this is the "ten items or less line." See the sign, can't you read?" She looked around and said, "I'm sorry, I'm blind, I can't see." So I said, "Can ya hear?" Pada Boom! Heh! Coop, that's a great site, Talking Heads! But then, you've always had the greatest links! I sent the Czarina and Jimmy a card with GW. He says, "I'm God. And it doesn't matter if you voted for me or not." Heh! Well he did say something like that ("I am everyone's President, and it doesn't matter if you voted for me or not!"), after his election, coup de tyrant (?) cover up! Bass Turd! (I'm watching a fishing show, okay!) I hope that you've recovered from your winter sniffles, Coop! Be well! >Jimmy said: "I think it's 'Krill', Awwa. I think you thought of "brine shrimp" and "krill" at the same time."< And yeah, Jimmy, I was thinking of Krill and Brine Shrimp together, with a brillo pad or two thrown-in, cool2brillo, Heh! Hey, this might seem funny to those of you who are younger. But it happens when you get as old as me, as old as the hills! Well, kinda young hills, but you'll know what I mean when you get here! HA! Kewl2 Bub-Bye! Xeniuphiles unite! Hey that's it, "The Xeniuphile Intelligencer!" More and more naked protests! I love it! It's almost like a 60's "Love-In!" Only instead of having sex, everyone's just united in their shared nakeditty, to oppose the war! It's great! It's like they have nothing to hide! How can this administration adress that idea? If everyone was naked all of the time, there'd be fewer places where anyone could hide a concealed weapon! It'd make pre-flight searches a bit quicker! But, as is the nudist's creed, always carry a towel... to sit on. Heh, our local nudist colony (in VA), "White Tail Park," requires that members carry a towel for when they sit down, Heh! And now they have nudists flights (to Key West, at least). But I believe that you are required to carry a towel for those flights as well. Cream of Consciousness Writing! I'm gonna stop now! Awwa \A/
Aw Coop! Holy cow!! That is just so cool. When I get home I'm going to have a blast with this one!
jimmy Rats Jimmy, you took the picture down before I had a chance to do this to it! (I'm sure I can get another picture of you... bwa haha)
coop This post is being posted at 03:03, 03/03/03... (well a little late, but the date is still right)! Oh wait, that's Pacific Time, so I still have time to post this at 03:03, 03/03/03! So just wait and watch for an update! It'll be so exciting! Aw Well, I missed the 03:03 PST time! I'll just have to wait another thousand years for a similar occurence! Awwa \A/
Aw  we're lost without dreams... horizontal people [3.4mb] This is a candid, first time version of the song with Rachel and Eric on violin and drums and back-up vocals respectively. Poor Eric is fighting the flu, and I think he'd kick me if I didn't mention that he was playing the snare and cymbals first and on another track the bass drum, which is pretty weird to have to play, but it was the only way we could lay it down since part of his set was stolen. This session was played while the lesbians next door continued to beat one another and scream, and they are still doing it now. According to one of my friends (a lesbian), lesbian couples have this reputation because they synchronize menstrual cycles while they live together and go through pms at the same time. (Does it sound like I'm a zoologist? If so, sorry!) Statistically they are pretty violent couples as well, and I guess it's a major problem in the gay community. Anyhow...during the practice recording, Rachel, who was searching for a note on the strings she wasn't supposed to find, bursts into laughter on one part as we continue as though nothing happened. We had to keep it. It was too precious. We were going to redo it and mix it tonight, but the flu got Eric before we could manage. It was alot of fun, and we intend to redo it this week but include the piano...and obviously it would have to be mixed differently. title: "Horizontal People" written:11 minutes ago (no longer true, it was written immediately upon waking up though) Horizontal people open up their doors and the world goes by them in a t.v. fuzz and the sun moves sideways crashes in the mud horizontal people don't go out that much it's just a memory game that we play with ourselves if we forget what we saw then it can't hurt us no more with all the vapours above and the sadness below absynthe and morphine and clove basil and peppermint, just wake up wake up, wake up! there's a welcome mat by your door and the dancing libertines with their strange spells are fingering your vertical hold Horizontal people sleeping on their sides just so they can fake what they think real folks do and in the end the rest can see who'd died wake up, wake up! there's a welcome mat by your door and the dancing libertines with their strange spells are fingering your vertical hold [end song with tv fuzz]
jimmy Stupid LA Marathon! I can't get to campus to work in my studio because all of the streets are blocked off for marathoners huffing up 26 miles worth of smog. I like "Horizontal People", Jimmy. I've been making lots of horizontal paintings. That's what I'm supposed to be doing today, finishing a horizontal painting. -agraham
Anna Jeffron! Thank you so much. I think I even have that program somewhere, the one you offered but wasn't Hive friendly. I'm going to utilize it. I never really knew what it did. I'm so stoked. And your soundcard program, damn...I've been waiting for THAT one. The angry couple next door were fighting and beating on one another during this recording, and it's so violent, but because they're both women, no one ever thinks to call the cops. I won't either. Wow, the sexism is even built into my brain. Of course, if it gets any more violent than it is...anyhow, because Eric and Rachel are coming over with drums and violins and guitars, I'm not going to upload it until tonight when we finish it. I actually dreamt this song because I slept in, so it's not deliberately strange. We were talking about dreams the other day...I was very lucky to have remembered a whole melody from a dream. Usually they're nonsense. In the dream it was being sung by a bunch of Baron Von Munchausen-esque ballooners in their silky tops and with their aviator goggles. Oh and they were very drunk, so I made a special request that we all sound drunk while we're playing. Or just BE drunk, which is what we'll be doing anyhow. When they get here and we finish it, I'll upload it. It should be fun today. Lovely sunday...I was supposed to meet my study group today, but well. I'm slacking and we've been studying all week. (lyrics moved to later post with link)
jimmy Here is Jimmy's song as an mp3 file [2.3 megs]. Bowie Himself would approve. I slipped on the ice and landed on my tailbone. It was really one of those Three Stooges falls, me waving both arms in big circles, trying to regain balance but only increasing the speed with which my ass was inevitably going to hit the ground. I was very still afterward, the pain in my brain saying, 'Look, if you're really hurt, there's no point in moving, and if you're not, well, let's just rest here for awhile'. But I'm okay. Just a little sore. Winter, argh. I looked into uploading Nero Media Player, which is a nifty program that easily converts mp3's to wavs, and wavs to mp3's. Unfortunately the program is made up of lots of little files, so it isn't Hive-friendly. I did upload Total Recorder, which is in the Hive. It's a small [950k] program that records whatever is playing on your soundcard. This is useful if you want to make recordings of streaming audio, or an audio clip from a movie you are watching, or whatever.
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