ihavebeenfloated

I find myself becoming increasingly annoyed by the conversations people have when I hang out with them. This happens at least once a day. I’m sitting somewhere with someone or a group of people and lips start flapping and I just think, “Man, I’d really rather be anywhere but here right now.”

When I was hanging [...]

This is why I love Flight of the Conchords.

I saw this MySpace picture of this girl with “Est. 1977” tattooed in script on the lower back of her neck. I totally need, in a heavily serifed movable type, “Est. 1985” right above my crotch. Low enough that I can pull down a bit of my [...]

I shaved my head this morning. As low as I can go without being totally bald. It was a battle, not shaving it totally bald with a razor.

2 hours later: Sigh.

2 and a half hours later: I hurt myself really badly a few months ago. The pictures of it were here, yet I never told [...]

There’s an analogy here, about swimming in a lake and getting swept out into a river, my body bouncing off the rocks, not so much swimming anymore but getting sucked along a torrential path of doom and fear. Except, my body is actually bouncing off the rocks, it’s like I’m made of NERF. And the [...]

Two and a half years is not a bad lifespan for a fourth generation iPod. “Floated”, it was named, lived a long happy life by my side. It played music for me, it kept me company, and yet, in those two and a half years, I don’t think I ever actually won a game of [...]

This was directed toward a friend of mine on MySpace, who does nothing but harass me about giving her some shit she gave me back and post endless amounts of PETA2 bulletins and all sorts of other “YOU’RE KILLING THE PLANET, LARRY!” bullshit. I got fed up and left a comment on her myspace saying [...]

When I was living in Chula Vista, my social life was nonexistent and that manifested itself in somewhat odd ways. Once, after a trip to Target where I had a personal style epiphany—I was listening to Rilo Kiley and wondering if I should fancy myself a scenester after I went to one of their shows [...]

It’s amazing how your assessment of a situation can change within minutes. I wrapped up last night feeling like I made some tangible difference in regards to various issues I’ve been having. I woke up this morning feeling comfortable and relaxed, which is fairly typical, but usually the anxiety and worry of what I’ve got [...]