Thursday, February 24, 2005
Monday, February 21, 2005
Friday, February 18, 2005
Calling all Talking Heads fans
David Byrne from the Talking Heads will be presenting his latest art project, "I (love) Power Point!", at UC Irvine. It sounds really interesting. It is on March 10th from 7:30-9:00 and it is free. It will be in the Humanities Intructional Building, Room 100. For more information check out the UCI website or call me. To print up a map of the campus go to http://uci.edu/campusmap. If anyone wants to go, let me know! -a
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
annlynn music space
i have new inspiration. josh and i re-established the annlynn music project after two years of crying about it, and it's very uplifting. click on the poorly lit photo for others, and check out my-space soon. i know i said my-space, on blogger. send me to hell.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Monday, January 31, 2005
tom petty cover band
who wants in?
just joking. but seriously.
vocals-
rythm guitar 1-
rythm guitar 2-
lead-
sitar-
keys-
bass-
drums-
black woman-
dancing midget 1-
dancing midget 2-
must be willing to travel short distances, drink lots of beer, be not attractive, and kick huge amounts of ass!
just joking. but seriously.
vocals-
rythm guitar 1-
rythm guitar 2-
lead-
sitar-
keys-
bass-
drums-
black woman-
dancing midget 1-
dancing midget 2-
must be willing to travel short distances, drink lots of beer, be not attractive, and kick huge amounts of ass!
Friday, January 28, 2005
i'm losing it
matt and i finished the last episode of Smallville season 3 last night, and it has put me in a state. season 3 has been pure intensity and the final episode left us at the edge of a gigantic chasm. things happend that we never thought possible. some of our biggest fears were realized. we were distraught, naturally, and frantically paced the room muttering, "what is going on? what is going to happen to our beloved friends in Smallville, Kansas? we need some explainations, some answers!". so we made a call to tim, a fellow Smallville fan who has been watching season 4. he didn't answer his phone. we sat at our table, racking our brains. "is there anyone else we can call?....no, there isn't anybody...we're alone." we stayed up a little while longer, hoping tim would call back, but finally fell into a restless sleep.
but today the clouds have parted. i'm subbing at the high school right now. during my last period i looked around the classroom, and a thought occured to me....Smallville is a WB show....high school kids watch WB shows....i will make them give me answers! so i cleared my throat and said, "may i have your attention for a moment please. i need to know if anyone in this room watches the television show Smallville?" (i asked this with great authority) hands went up! "thank-you. i need to see you students at the front of the class please." i heard muttering as the students came up, "what about the o.c.? what about summerland?". i ignored their mutterings. i can't be bothered with such shows, Smallville is it. it is "the one".
so i asked my blessed angels a few questions. i decided not to let them tell me too many important details; i intend on watching season 4 myself. but i found out what i needed to put my mind at ease. so thank-you my angels, wherever you are. many treasures await you in heaven (or krypton).-a
but today the clouds have parted. i'm subbing at the high school right now. during my last period i looked around the classroom, and a thought occured to me....Smallville is a WB show....high school kids watch WB shows....i will make them give me answers! so i cleared my throat and said, "may i have your attention for a moment please. i need to know if anyone in this room watches the television show Smallville?" (i asked this with great authority) hands went up! "thank-you. i need to see you students at the front of the class please." i heard muttering as the students came up, "what about the o.c.? what about summerland?". i ignored their mutterings. i can't be bothered with such shows, Smallville is it. it is "the one".
so i asked my blessed angels a few questions. i decided not to let them tell me too many important details; i intend on watching season 4 myself. but i found out what i needed to put my mind at ease. so thank-you my angels, wherever you are. many treasures await you in heaven (or krypton).-a
Thursday, January 27, 2005
me in honey
i guess it finally happened. i've been listening to alot of r.e.m. lately, hold the laughter. it's been a little painful because of my long time ignorance. though i don't care much for mr. stipe, i'm still coming around, starting with "out of time" and "monster", thank you wife. any other suggestions (this is where josh talbot names off like 30 albums, because i must say, i hear tons of talbots influence with them), or questions? comments?
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
just sad
i was thinking yestarday about this time when i shit my pants. 5th grade, i'm on the bus and i really got to go. the bus rides like an hour long, then the walk home. so i'm walking down the street like i'm trying to hold a tennis ball with my knees. and as this nice man and his daughter walk by me it happens. it all just happens right then and there. and i'm just staring at this guy half laughing, half crying. it was pretty sad.
Monday, January 24, 2005
yet another
what is your biggest fear?
what do you hate more than anything?
why am i being so negative?
what do you hate more than anything?
why am i being so negative?
Friday, January 21, 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
05' firsts
so far this year what, when, who, where, or how was your...
first kiss-
first person you thought about kissing-
first movie-
first new album-
first good meal-
first fight-
first intoxication-
first really good laugh-
first intrument you played-
first thing you bought-
first naked ass sighting-
first swear-
first apology-
and first whatever you want?
first kiss-
first person you thought about kissing-
first movie-
first new album-
first good meal-
first fight-
first intoxication-
first really good laugh-
first intrument you played-
first thing you bought-
first naked ass sighting-
first swear-
first apology-
and first whatever you want?
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
a dream
maybe i've been playing too many computer games, but i wanted to share a dream i had because it was so vivid and felt so real, which they usually do. i will read this later and realize how stupid it is but what the crap.
it was late at night. i was standing on the hill in my grandma's backyard in san diego. but rather than seeing some of carlsbad and the ocean, i was looking down on greater los angeles. i was accompanied by some members of my family and their friends, none of whom i knew. the sky was completely dark, no stars and no moon. nothing but the twinkling orange and yellow lights of the city. i was distracted from the low mumble of conversation behind me by a quiet buzz coming from the city. it's volume grew and it's pitch rose gradually, when i realized it was an air raid siren. another sounded and few miles south, followed by another just blocks away. an inexplicable fear came over me.
seconds later, the sky turned orange with anti-aircraft artillary, spraying upwards from several different locations. they were weaving back and forth, almost beautifully, as if someone had lost control of a fire hose, spewing sparks this way and that. our eyes followed the yellow streaks into the air. then, screaming from all sides came a massive onslaught of american military aircraft of all shapes and sizes careening over and under and around each other. they dropped bomb after bomb after bomb with amazing precision. giant clouds of fire and smoke rose from the city floor, enveloping the surrounding sky scrapers. on the roads in view just below we saw marines scattering into and out of buildings.
with no explanation i was enlightened.
terrorists had rapidly developed a vast tunnel network beneath the buildings, streching from one end of the horizon to the other, with concealed entrances peeking through the earths crust every so often. the government, finally reacting, had been aware all along. after the bunker busting weapons had pierced their targets, the planes vanished, as quickly as they had appeared, and the fires slowly subsided. the sound of air raid sirens was replaced by car alarms, and sceams of panic. i could hear children crying.
i lay in bed that night, in the guest room lit by the glow of the city. i was kept awake by the whistles of military police taking prisoners, and the distant roar of military tractors demolishing buildings. the noise faded and i slept.
i awoke the next morning to see that the land scape that had once been los angeles was gone completely. in it's place were green rolling hills, patched with plump avocado trees, glowing in the warm sun. the ocean was bright blue, and the birds flew high in the air.
just then, ryan wormsbecker came from behind and offered to light my cigarette, but when he lit it, it turned into a laffy taffy. though it was charred on one end, i still ate it, and we stared peacefully off into the distance.
i guess that was lame but for some reason i had to do it.
it was late at night. i was standing on the hill in my grandma's backyard in san diego. but rather than seeing some of carlsbad and the ocean, i was looking down on greater los angeles. i was accompanied by some members of my family and their friends, none of whom i knew. the sky was completely dark, no stars and no moon. nothing but the twinkling orange and yellow lights of the city. i was distracted from the low mumble of conversation behind me by a quiet buzz coming from the city. it's volume grew and it's pitch rose gradually, when i realized it was an air raid siren. another sounded and few miles south, followed by another just blocks away. an inexplicable fear came over me.
seconds later, the sky turned orange with anti-aircraft artillary, spraying upwards from several different locations. they were weaving back and forth, almost beautifully, as if someone had lost control of a fire hose, spewing sparks this way and that. our eyes followed the yellow streaks into the air. then, screaming from all sides came a massive onslaught of american military aircraft of all shapes and sizes careening over and under and around each other. they dropped bomb after bomb after bomb with amazing precision. giant clouds of fire and smoke rose from the city floor, enveloping the surrounding sky scrapers. on the roads in view just below we saw marines scattering into and out of buildings.
with no explanation i was enlightened.
terrorists had rapidly developed a vast tunnel network beneath the buildings, streching from one end of the horizon to the other, with concealed entrances peeking through the earths crust every so often. the government, finally reacting, had been aware all along. after the bunker busting weapons had pierced their targets, the planes vanished, as quickly as they had appeared, and the fires slowly subsided. the sound of air raid sirens was replaced by car alarms, and sceams of panic. i could hear children crying.
i lay in bed that night, in the guest room lit by the glow of the city. i was kept awake by the whistles of military police taking prisoners, and the distant roar of military tractors demolishing buildings. the noise faded and i slept.
i awoke the next morning to see that the land scape that had once been los angeles was gone completely. in it's place were green rolling hills, patched with plump avocado trees, glowing in the warm sun. the ocean was bright blue, and the birds flew high in the air.
just then, ryan wormsbecker came from behind and offered to light my cigarette, but when he lit it, it turned into a laffy taffy. though it was charred on one end, i still ate it, and we stared peacefully off into the distance.
i guess that was lame but for some reason i had to do it.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
oh there's more
why do i live every minute paralized with a fear of doing anything even remotely healthy or progressive or good for myself? why is this painful state of immobility so comforting?
Friday, December 31, 2004
carlo rossi
it's snowing and raining real ugly like, and something tells me that those who were coming up to kiss at midnight with us are not coming. so this morning my wife and i figured that if no one shows, we will spend the evening with uncle carlo, and ring in the new one with black and milds and a love game. oh yes... we will. this is not to say that it would be wonderful to have our friends up, so if you are considering braving the roads (which really aren't bad), than do it, you have a place to stay.
and to comment, rather than something you want to change, please mention one thing you would like to see stay the same in the new year. mine would have to be... the continuing of my book obsession. i've never been a reader until just recently, and it is extremely fulfilling. so i hope that continues.
and to comment, rather than something you want to change, please mention one thing you would like to see stay the same in the new year. mine would have to be... the continuing of my book obsession. i've never been a reader until just recently, and it is extremely fulfilling. so i hope that continues.
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
who found who's hair in who's bed?
there has been so much time to do nothing lately. a tsunami, so to speak, of completely random thoughts has risen and submerged my over-populated third world mind, leaving debris, and washing many rationalities out to sea to die and decompose. hence this post.
1. seeing as how i "wished" a "happy" new year just before christmas, i find it appropriate to say finally merry christmas, given that new years eve is pretty much here. i hope everyone had a nice time with their friends and families, and recieved everything on their list and all that hot air. mine was nice. i recieved a really beautiful acoustic guitar from my wife, you know, since it's just now getting cool to play the guitar, i thought i would give it a go. our family gave us a cruise to mexico along with my brother and his wife, and my mom and dad. your probably saying, "must be nice". in responce i say,"yes it is very nice". i've never been on one and i am excited to drink alot of free drinks, and disrupt the perfect balance of the massive vessel with my not-tan and not-in-shape body. so any way, merry christmas.
2. while on the subject of holiday merry making, i'm having a hard time understanding christmas shopping, just being in the stores, and the days after, returning gifts and such. i described it to amber as "the mystery of successful human co-existence, a.k.a. why are we not extinct?" i was amazed that in the midst of the panic, we lemmings didn't frenzie up and walk off a cliff together. just a thought.
3. and speaking of tsunamis, i really heard this on the radio, "the latest prediction is that the death toll in south east asia will reach 100,000 soon, due not only to the initial impact of the waves, but from disease and polluted water and resources. in other news, liza minelli fell off her bed yesterday and hit her head, sustaining minor injuries. arriving at the hospital she told reporters that she felt some-what weary but otherwise fine."
this is a fantastic example of how handicapped the priorities of the "fair and balanced" american media are, for the most part. as funny as that is not, i thought it appropriate to mention.
4. let's see, what else. we tried to come up to big bear last night but were turned around at a point in the road that was bursting at the seams with inteligent life staring in awe at their instructions on how to install tire chains, so we went to panda express and then to victorville to come home. we awoke this morning to the same residents of los angeles filling our streets with cars stuck in snow. so i weaved and honked in the only language they understand, and proceeded to take back roads, which i will do for the next week most likely. is there anyone who can relate? nate this is where (if you get this far because it's boring by now) you describe the i'm sure lovely situation at leroys.
5. being married is cool, but taking part in the physical and organic act of marriage is even better.
enough is enough, and i think i'm there.
1. seeing as how i "wished" a "happy" new year just before christmas, i find it appropriate to say finally merry christmas, given that new years eve is pretty much here. i hope everyone had a nice time with their friends and families, and recieved everything on their list and all that hot air. mine was nice. i recieved a really beautiful acoustic guitar from my wife, you know, since it's just now getting cool to play the guitar, i thought i would give it a go. our family gave us a cruise to mexico along with my brother and his wife, and my mom and dad. your probably saying, "must be nice". in responce i say,"yes it is very nice". i've never been on one and i am excited to drink alot of free drinks, and disrupt the perfect balance of the massive vessel with my not-tan and not-in-shape body. so any way, merry christmas.
2. while on the subject of holiday merry making, i'm having a hard time understanding christmas shopping, just being in the stores, and the days after, returning gifts and such. i described it to amber as "the mystery of successful human co-existence, a.k.a. why are we not extinct?" i was amazed that in the midst of the panic, we lemmings didn't frenzie up and walk off a cliff together. just a thought.
3. and speaking of tsunamis, i really heard this on the radio, "the latest prediction is that the death toll in south east asia will reach 100,000 soon, due not only to the initial impact of the waves, but from disease and polluted water and resources. in other news, liza minelli fell off her bed yesterday and hit her head, sustaining minor injuries. arriving at the hospital she told reporters that she felt some-what weary but otherwise fine."
this is a fantastic example of how handicapped the priorities of the "fair and balanced" american media are, for the most part. as funny as that is not, i thought it appropriate to mention.
4. let's see, what else. we tried to come up to big bear last night but were turned around at a point in the road that was bursting at the seams with inteligent life staring in awe at their instructions on how to install tire chains, so we went to panda express and then to victorville to come home. we awoke this morning to the same residents of los angeles filling our streets with cars stuck in snow. so i weaved and honked in the only language they understand, and proceeded to take back roads, which i will do for the next week most likely. is there anyone who can relate? nate this is where (if you get this far because it's boring by now) you describe the i'm sure lovely situation at leroys.
5. being married is cool, but taking part in the physical and organic act of marriage is even better.
enough is enough, and i think i'm there.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
2005 and so on
the year is coming to an end in a little over a week, and i've been thinking about things that i want to change, things that i have allowed to go on long enough. i can't tolerate resolutions. i think they only set you up to fail, and in my experiences that failure leads to the things i wanted to change only growing worse. but i'm going to be twenty five soon and i want the self respect that i've always imagined comes with the age. that said, i am going to openly and honestly spend the next year, and those ever after, attempting the following...
-to stop fantasizing about the past
-to consume the present
-to grasp the future
-to stop thinking about smoking every fucking step i take
-to cure this crisis of faith, and establish a true reason to be happy
-to pursue romance and passion in my love life
-to put my wife's needs before my own
-to stop being so selfish
-to no longer justify meaningless dispair, which leads to my laziness
-to stop eating things that make me over weight and sick
-to improve my personal hygene, and give a damn about my appearence
-to not wear the same clothes every day
-to not be an asshole behind peoples backs
-to cherish my friends
-to rid myself of any lust, and respect other people
-to understand money, and not envy it
-to stop shaking
-to be more brave
-to accept failure and move on positively
-to laugh more
-to cry more
-to take vitamins
-to return phone calls
-to be ontime
-to stop lying, and be sincere
-to love people the way they deserve to be loved
pardon the honesty if it was offensive in any way. my hope is that by being openly forthright, i can more successfully do so in my mind.
-to stop fantasizing about the past
-to consume the present
-to grasp the future
-to stop thinking about smoking every fucking step i take
-to cure this crisis of faith, and establish a true reason to be happy
-to pursue romance and passion in my love life
-to put my wife's needs before my own
-to stop being so selfish
-to no longer justify meaningless dispair, which leads to my laziness
-to stop eating things that make me over weight and sick
-to improve my personal hygene, and give a damn about my appearence
-to not wear the same clothes every day
-to not be an asshole behind peoples backs
-to cherish my friends
-to rid myself of any lust, and respect other people
-to understand money, and not envy it
-to stop shaking
-to be more brave
-to accept failure and move on positively
-to laugh more
-to cry more
-to take vitamins
-to return phone calls
-to be ontime
-to stop lying, and be sincere
-to love people the way they deserve to be loved
pardon the honesty if it was offensive in any way. my hope is that by being openly forthright, i can more successfully do so in my mind.
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