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Archive for October, 2004

Can’t You See We’re Dead?

• Sunday, October 31st, 2004 • No Comments

My head is slowly imploding.

Halloween audio posts! Pay attention!—->


Rilo Kiley Show Saga

• Saturday, October 30th, 2004 • 4 Comments

There are moments at a show where there is someone performing on stage that are so absolutely amazing that they seem to take a little piece of your heart and mind when they walk off stage. One of these moments occurred last night at the Rilo Kiley show I went to at the Epicentre in [...]


Lunar Eclipse!

• Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 • No Comments

Hay guys! Look! A total lunar eclipse! Last one until 2007! Super cool!


The Final Cut

• Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 • No Comments

I went and saw The Final Cut last night. It was OK. For those not in the know, it stars Robin Williams, an awful Mira Sorvino, and a menacing Jesus, I mean, James Caviezel, and was written and directed by first timer Omar Naim.

The movie stars off with a “traumatic” scene from early in the [...]


Blips On Screen

• Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 • No Comments

I say, I also run a yearly class on optimism and positivity, which I will also let you enroll in for free, if you like.

She laughs, Brad teaching a class on positivity, I think that would be kind of ironic, don’t you think, Ivan?

He chuckles, Yeah, maybe.

I sit, indifferent. I smile, No one can be [...]


This Day Sucks

• Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 • No Comments

That is all.


The Good/Bad

• Sunday, October 24th, 2004 • 1 Comment

and she said,
“you have plenty of time
to do other things.”

“not really,”
i replied,
“i spend all
my time
thinking.”

“well,
you think too much.”

“one cannot think
too much
as long as one is always
thinking of
the good that is
and
the bad that isn’t.”


Tempting Fate

• Sunday, October 24th, 2004 • 4 Comments

I stopped at a gas station yesterday to ‘fill ‘er up’ as they like to say, or as someone, somewhere, likes to say. I get out, and this normal looking hispanic guy comes up to me and asks me if I would give him a ride home. He said he’d give me a few bucks, [...]