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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | | 8:15 am |
History Channel According to this Bastion of Accurate Information, beer is thirteen times more radioactive than the effluent from a nuclear power plant. Current Mood: goofy | | Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 | | 9:41 am |
Dream theme
Been having dreams about wanting to rebuild decrepit structures (a house, a work shed) and being frustated for want of materials. Huh.
Current Mood: ? | | Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | | 9:02 am |
Kerfuffle! Current Mood:  indescribable | | Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | | 8:51 am |
gettin' stuff done
...13, 13, 8, 9 yesterday. Truck canopy doors are ready for trimming, putty and sanding. Maybe wait on the puttying until I cut the recesses for the plexiglass. I could have antoher 'wander' with the router. Did a little sewing last night. I have pockets in my leather coat again, huzzah! Got 12 pair new socks yesterday. Hopefully they make my feet be happy dry feet. Okay, Jaymo, don't be hard on yourself. You want a ciggie with your morning coffee, so have one. Then, get your butt in gear and do good things today!
Current Mood: Zoney-outey | | Saturday, March 1st, 2008 | | 8:20 am |
So much to do, so little time My track record so far, beginning Sat. 2/23 up through yesterday: 20, 15, 9, 9, 14, 9,13. Vast improvement from 30 to 40 a day. Been working wood out in the shop; fun with dado blades and router! Nearly finished framing the arched doors for my truck canopy. I'd put up a fotiegraff, but I not know how. A lot of grafix werk to do as well, but computer got sick and I had to burn my hard drive to the ground. Lost photoshop. Can't get it back yet : ( Went riding yesterday, sunny when I left and then got stuck downtown in the squall. Also got roped into working some when I discovered broken faucet in Shorty's men's room. Oops! Better turn this off and go to work. Saturdays are always tough. Bye for now. Current Mood:  busy | | Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | | 8:41 am |
Cutting Back 20 on Saturday, 15 on Sunday, nine yesterday. And no crappy attitude either. Go me! Current Mood:  okay | | Thursday, December 20th, 2007 | | 1:52 pm |
I just went through 30 years worth of photos. There are dozens and dozens of people I cared very much about whom I will never see again. There are half as many that I didn't care so much for and won't really miss. Some, I barely knew and can't even recall their names. In a way, I feel like I just received news that a score and more of my friends died all at once. I also feel like I've had a small epiphany regarding my current guarded and reclusive nature. I have for years now been quite reluctant to let anyone be close to me or to share my real thoughts and emotions. Many times I felt this was to my detriment and scorned this behaviour privately. I did not understand and would not forgive myself for my many abandonments of social involvement. Over the course of my life I have recognized, appreciated and been a tad prideful about my psychological resiliency and strength. I come to realize I've paid a heavy price for my durability. Hopefully, there is an altruistic reason for my blundering self-preservations. An obvious reason is that there has simply been too much loss and not enough proper grieving. If I reckon my serious injuries as beginning at age six, it is personally astounding how much suffering can be fit into 35 years. As always, I shall carry on the best way I know how. Maybe some good will come of it, regardless of my comprehending the big picture. Current Mood:  guilty | | Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 | | 8:53 am |
Oh well... How is my inheritance like a certain legendary cowboy character actor? It was Slim Pickens to start with and now it's dead. Hopefully, it will come back. I am notoriously bad at putting money back in my savings once it gets out. Current Mood: uncomfortable | | Friday, October 12th, 2007 | | 10:30 am |
Yesterday, I made a computer-go-round. A space saving device that puts my tower on a lazy susan that is mounted to a heavy, wooden box that used to be my toy chest when I was a tot. The box now serves as a small desk cabinet for officey things. I also made a hinged top for my antique radio cabinet. For now, it will be useful as decorative storage instead of breeding spiders in the garage. At some point it will become a guitar amplifier. I thought I was going to get rid of my full-size truck bed toolbox, but that didn't pan out. I ran into one of the Dead Baby guys at Calamity Jane's last night when I was out with Ginger and Raven and Nessa, so I should be able to offload my ginourmous anvil sometime soon. Weather seems to be holding out especially for me to do the outside stuff, so I'd best take advantage. Best of all, I managed to stay cheerful and productive. More of the same today! Current Mood:  accomplished | | Thursday, October 11th, 2007 | | 8:54 am |
Good times! Good times... It's been a bad month so far (and the last couple of weeks of September were no treat either). My income has been truncated despite getting a raise. Business has been slow, and I've lost a shift and a half due to construction. I will lose at least two shifts next week for the same reason. Two nights ago, some chickenshit bastard shoved my motorcycle off the center stand. This will cost anywhere between three and five hundred dollars to repair. I would like to find this person, cut their face off with a dull fillet knife and staple it to their ass. I just received a nastygram from my landlord about late rent. The rent is no more late than it has ever been, but the real surprise is that the rental fee stated in the letter is $205.00 more than usual. Does this mean my rent has been raised with no notice? The owner has previously been so magnanimous as to excuse a portion of the rent when we had a roommate dick out on us, but he is suddenly becoming hardnosed, officious and adversarial. What, I wonder, causes this change? I also find that my vehicle liability and renter's policy has increased by $7.00 this month. I have been a client for over a year with no claims or incidents to report. I was under the impression that good drivers in my age bracket would see their rates go down over time. Apparently, my ass is so fine that folk simply can't resist raping it unlubed. In other, more positive news, I have been making good (if slow) progress at cleaning, organizing and disposing of useless items. Solutions to problems with my projects are being found, and completions are being acheived. In the midst of adversity, I am not losing my cool and I am staying relatively "on top of business". I am looking forward to today as an opportunity to put my best foot forward and get many good things done. I've also managed to conclude this tale of woe on a positive note, which I hope will carry through the rest of my day. Current Mood:  determined | | Monday, October 8th, 2007 | | 8:02 am |
The night before last, I had a very cool experience. I was at the Christoff Gallery in Georgetown and I got to listen to Lionel Hampton played on a Victrola. The last time I got to hear a Victrola in action was at my grandparent's house sometime just over 30 years ago. Kind of amazing how mechanical amplification can be so loud and how faithfully it reproduces the aethereal tonal character of the vibraphone. I was going to go to Laurel's show at the Merc last night, but I ended up not having any cash because I just paid rent and I didn't make any tip money. There was a remodeling project at the bar, and we didn't open until 730 pm. I came in at 11 am thinking I'd be bartending, but instead I ended up with concrete on my boots and good black pants. Today is payday. Maybe I'll just come home tonight and work on something in the garage. Current Mood:  thoughtful | | Friday, October 5th, 2007 | | 11:21 am |
Yesterday was okay. I finished building a bed frame for my roommate. I got three useless, space wasting pieces of equipment out of the garage and out of my life. I verified something that I suspected all along: our garbage man is a lazy, whiney shit. Tag on the can says "please put can by the curb". Oh, so sorry you had to move five extra steps. I'm still using a makeshift lid that doesn't fit properly because the original blew away in the wind due to the fact that you're so fucking lazy you couldn't be bothered to put it back. Hell, one morning I just about drove over the can because it was lying in the street under my truck! You haven't got time to move your pathetic carcass an extra eight feet, but you have time to write and affix a nastygram. To sum up my little rant: FUCK YOU AND EVERYONE LIKE YOU. SHUT YOUR PIE-HOLE AND GO CASH YOUR 2000 DOLLAR PAYCHECK. Now, let's talk about the mail carier... : p What shall I do today? Let's see; I've slept in, washed a few dishes, made myself coffee and had a big ol' poo, informed the world about my lazy trash collector... hmmm. Go to the bank and make deposit. Do laundry. Continue reorganizing the garage. Work on my truck canopy some more if I have decent weather. Put ads on craigslist to get rid of my boat and my truckbed toolbox. If I keep up on my chores, I should be able to take a weekend of relaxation sometime early next year! I feel kinda like a doberman pinscher with that condition where the skull stops growing before the brain does. Maybe I'll randomly bite someone. Current Mood:  crazy | | Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 | | 8:08 am |
Third attempt. Maybe tonight Josh and I will actually go to guitar center to check out interface hardware and software for computer recording studio. Not like I can actually buy anything right now, but maybe find out what will work for me and how much I have to save up. I see from various posts and alerts that October is chock full o' birthdays I'd like to attend; three of which happen this coming Saturday. Happy uterus departure day to everyone, and hopefully I can celebrate with a few of you in person. Frankly, my first eviction was so traumatic that I've been trying to get back in ever since. Current Mood:  sore | | Sunday, September 30th, 2007 | | 8:09 am |
Alcohol cannot heal a broken heart, but it seems to keep the wound sterile. Current Mood:  blank | | Saturday, August 18th, 2007 | | 7:45 am |
Lungs are boiling with mucilaginous goo, but I'm still not sick enough to stop smoking. Frickin' motorcycle still won't work. Got told my eldest brother was in hospital under quarantine. Headache so bad they had him on morphine. Doctors guessing at anything from lyme disease to spinal meningitis. Turned out it was probably nothing more than a weird reaction to a flu virus. If I get that sick, please take me to a midwife instead of goddamn Dr. Frankenstein. Looking forward to this week. It surely must be time to have my foremost emotion be something other than anger, annoyance, or feeling threatened and pressured. Things could be worse, but I've been fairly on top of situations. Many disasters averted in the 11th hour, but it's making me tired and crabby. I just wanna enjoy the little of summer there is left. Latter August and September must be glorious Current Mood:  optimistic | | Saturday, August 4th, 2007 | | 8:02 am |
Yesterday I upholstered my motorcycle seat with black leather. The seams did not end up entirely symmetrical, and the stretching was a little too tight at the front, but it's a helluva lot prettier than the torn up plastic I had been sitting on. During this project I discovered that my sewing machine does have a zigzag stitching function. This feature is handy for patchworking leather and darning-style fabric repair. The bike is now a lot happier. I also did electrical system repair and maintenance, which has restored my low beam headlight. Mainly just needed a new battery, but one thing leads to another. Cleaned all the road grime off the engine and undercarriage. Almost not embarrassed to be seen in public now! Hoop de doo! Current Mood: accomplished | | Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | | 8:13 am |
Yesterday was kinda cool. Mindwrench Industries (that's my graphics company) had it's first album design job since Liquorbox. A simple tray liner and cover for CD jewel case. Pro bono job for my roommates son (who, with a little help from DJ Kuru, pushed out a 9 track production in one day). We did take a hoops break at the park behind Stellar Pizza, but then we watched Millennium Man, had some strawberry shortcake and finished the cover. I think I sweated off about 8 pounds. Most exercise I've had in a while. More good work on the slate for today. Have to replace my truck mirror again. It got smashed out for the third time. If I ever catch someone at it they'll pay for four mirrors on the spot or get reported to the cops. Grrrrr! This has cost me about a hundred bucks so far. I don't know why people insist on racing up narrow 12th av. when 13th goes to the same place and it's much wider. Anyway, I can also maybe get the roof built on my truck canopy today. Have to price materials at the home despot, I didn't end up with much cash for the weekend.
Current Mood: industrious | | Monday, July 9th, 2007 | | 8:54 am |
I suppose it would be too much to ask for things to stay uncomplicated. Blerg! Current Mood:  stressed | | Saturday, July 7th, 2007 | | 8:19 am |
It's been a lively couple of weeks. I went to Las Vegas to officiate a wedding. My first function as a Minister, in the guise of Hunter S. Thompson. Lost a Franklin to the penny slots. Had a good time despite the fact that Vegas is even more wretched than I could have imagined. Memories to last a lifetime, which is to say I never need to go back there. Been doing some exploring and playing about town outside my ordinary bounds. Went on a ride around the sound with Rose and Jeremiah. Got the boat jones in full force again. Finally had a weekend day to myself that wasn't cloudy, cold and wet, and I actually got something done. Basic framework of a custom canopy/boat rack on my truck is now complete. Grilled steak for dinner last three nights. Excellent company. Decent money at work. I need three more months of this. No; this needs to stay this way permanently. Current Mood:  satisfied | | Friday, May 11th, 2007 | | 12:11 pm |
Ah, springtime! That time of year when everyone is playing musical chairs with their sex lives. I am usually amused or tittilated by my observations of the various mating dances I witness, but this year I am finding such goings-on preposterous and repulsive. The art of seduction as attempted by clumsy children trapped in the bodies of young adults. I wonder to myself if my perceptions are skewed by flagging hormones. I'm pretty sure I still know what sexy is and that I simply haven't seen anything like it in a long time. C'est dommage. The pearlescent liquor of propagation flows of its own accord, unevoked. I am in the wrong place and time. I shall go forth questing for the portal to a parallel realm where things have not gone awry. The very place I came from before in blundered into this bizarro universe. Should my sojourn avail me no prize, I will dwell among the mutants in solitude. Current Mood:  silly |
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