| the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore |
[Dec. 28th, 2006|09:44 pm] |
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| | Rocdk and Roll Nigger - Patti Smith | ] |
Today I did something I've never done before. I read a review of the new Yo La Tengo album as opposed to just buying it outright. Maybe it's age, moneylessness, the dissapointment I felt after their last one. It's possible my dissipation has become ingrown, which is dangerous and scary and makes me feel fat and miserable. |
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| sweatin' inside |
[Aug. 29th, 2006|12:06 pm] |
Looks like the NFB job didn't pan out. Not even interviewed. Dissapointed but not heart-broken; it was a longshot. On the plus side our team the Raging Bobcats played a fantastic game last night; we lost by two runs but it was an epic battle. I scored three times!
I also figured out the bridge to the second-act of Confederate Honey this morning and am writing away. |
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| No Direction Home |
[Aug. 20th, 2006|01:14 pm] |
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| |  waitin on a miracle | ] |
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| | diminuendo and crescendo in faucet drip | ] |
Great job opening at the NFB's mediatheque centre downtown (the place on john st. where you can watch free movies all day in private viewing booths). I'd be a customer service team leader. I really really want this one - it's perfect for me too. They want a film studies grad who knows about Canadian film history and is also able to manage the centre's educational initiatives (relaying appropriate materials to schools all over Canada) and to ensure the traffic / revenue objectives are met - boom! I've got experience devising lesson plans while doing ESL work, and my sales background will ensure a certain administrative precision. Gosh I'm anxious to get back to work.
Had swordfish for the first time last night. Very tasty.
Also had a dream for the first time in a while; I was at a place that was like a cross between Canada's wonderland and the science centre. The grounds looked like the Sea World from Jaws 3. I was walking around and eventually saw my old friend Chris, who isn't talking to me anymore. I chased after him (through a tim hortons that just appeared out of nowhere) and lost him. Suddenly it was Christmas season outside but the weather was really mild. Then back out into the outdoor theme park. Eventually I ran into my other friend Kris, who's in Korea now (haven't seen him in 3 or 4 years), talked to him for a bit in an underground bat pavillion like at the toronto zoo. He tried to pick up a cute zookeeper and I sauntered off. Then I ran into some black guys who followed me for a few minutes, making fun of me and laughing as they walked behind me. I turned around and said "would it be cool if you stopped laughing at me?" And one guy was surprised and said "uh yeah, ok" and they left. Then I wandered around some more until I came to this path out in the weeds of a marshland, saw kris at the end of this long aluminum walk way pointing out onto a huge dark enclosed pond, like a dock suspended in air. As I walked down kris said he lost the girl he was flirting with. we decided to go back to my place to watch movies and drink. Then on the way back we noticed the bridge slowly dipping into the water. Walking single-file, I hurried to get back to land but the bridge snapped into the water, with the remaining chunk dangling over the mud cliff like a ladder. When I tried to leap for the ladder, it was suddenly weak and broke off in my hands. Really scared, we tried climbing up in the mud and rocks but it was all too loose. Eventually we found some firm rocks and pulled ourselves up. When we walked back through the park everyone was looking at us and apparently we were now legends. And then the bat zookeeper gave me her phone number and that pissed kris off and he left. I did wind up meeting christopher from the sopranos and we got sandwiches, and then it turned into a sopranos dream and I got shot in a mafia gunfight by this guy from my softball team named Tommy. It was at some weird open-concept pub. Eventually I got back home and the Chris I haven't talked to in a while was there and I said "I'm so happy you're here! Where's Katie?" And he said he hated me but that it was ok because he pitied me at the same time. And then I said 'this is a dream isn't it? You're not that blunt' and I woke up. |
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| Believe it / if you need it |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|06:31 pm] |
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| | "Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich | ] |
Anyone else ever felt like your spinal chord touches your brain? I've got the murky deep-breath wearies alluvasudden. Mood just rising and falling. I'm terrified of having everyone go away. Just terrified. Damn country music. What do you get if you play a Charlie Rich song backwards? You get your house back, your job back, and your dog back. |
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| Arthur Lee |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|05:02 pm] |
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| | 'Robert Montgomery' - Love | ] |
I just found out Arthur Lee died last week. Lee's music, particularily with Love, particularily 'Forever Changes' and 'Four Sail', has been such a major influence in my life over the past 5 or 6 years that it's almost hard to reconcile his heart stopping and mine going on.
Had lunch with my step-father Ian. He said he was very proud of me.
Bought Dylan's 'Desire' ($10) and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 'Deja Vu' ($8) on vinyl. Desire skips throughout 'Hurricane' and 'Joey', my two favourite songs on the album.
Laughing to myself, remembering Steve Martin "healing" people in 'Leap of Faith' by smacking their heads. This one guy's deaf and as he approaches, Martin goes "you can't hear me? Well listen to Jesus!" And boxes his ears.
Cried a bit over Arthur Lee. |
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[Aug. 9th, 2006|11:36 am] |
Poll #789129
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 2Which legendary filmmaker has most lost their chops? |
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| taboo you |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|11:11 am] |
Heya,
This is the first time I've kept a journal since school. I tried a couple of times since then but usually it's only to get myself through a boring day in a foreign country. I've travelled alot / I don't consider myself to be special or anything because of it though; I was movied around alot as a kid throughout Europe, taught in Korea for a while, visited friends and family in Central and South America. |
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