| recent "going-ons" in my life:
- my tireless job search has resulted in success. success meaning i no longer
start my days at 2 in the afternoon, waking up only to eat, read...and do
crosswords and sudoku...for a month. i now specialize in behavioral therapy with
developmentally delayed and more specifically, autistic children. hi-five to
me! i have a caseload with clients and all that jazz.
- steve irwin's untimely and freakish death by sting ray has left a part of me
feeling very empty. the world has lost a great wildlife icon and i am
saddened.
- i've gained a couple of much-needed "el bees" and a nice uneven tan
due to an unfortunate fishing excursion with a most unfortunate friend. his
name is quy. from the waist to the knee, i’m like a different person. i don't
enjoy the sight of the creamy white thighs staring back at me in the mirror. i
don't like it one bit, and i try not to look for too long if possible.
- i saw my friend's first gig with his new band at a cramped artsy cafe in the
recesses of downtown oakland
this past weekend. they ended their set with a song based on the untimely
death of yet another icon...selena, the famed tejano songstress. it was
inspiring because it loosely captured the essence of selena and the memory of
her which lives on in the hearts of her devoted fans. it was a bizarre event of
songwriting from a prog-rock band with a lead vocalist/keyboard player who
happens to hail from texas (coincidentally, the home of the queen of tejano music
whose likeness happens to be captured in a bronze statue in corpus christi), but i enjoyed every bit of
it. the show was kick-fucking-ass. i am now almost inspired enough to try to
teach myself to play the guitar again. you know...not to be in a band or
anything. i just want to have it sit in the corner of my living room where
people will inquire to who it belongs to. and my response will be
"me," which, consequently, will bring up the question, "can you
play a song?" to which i will respond by playing a little "stairway
to heaven" or maybe a couple of chords from some nirvana song. that's all i want,
really.
- my driver’s side window has started to make real ugly
noises when it is being rolled up. my guess is some defect in the power
mechanism most likely due to some hell-bent evil car fairy intent on making my
life a little more miserable than it has to be. i say fuck car fairies and fuck
spending more money on this poor excuse for a car.
- my ever growing fascination and inquisitive nature about
all things shark has reached new levels of crazy. i am sufficiently well-versed in the behavior,
feeding styles, and general temperament of great whites at the moment (who, by
the way, have been dealt a colossal injustice by media, misinformation and
plain ignorance). but my interest is in all sharks and i intend to see them in
their natural habitat some time in the near future (in or out of the water). i’m
starting with the channel islands and the farallons and who knows where the
fuck afterwards…south africa, micronesia.
who’s on board? don’t worry, i own a ton of books about sharks…i know what i’m
talking about.
- oh, i went to rock the bells. the line-up was ill. the weather
was hot. i took my shirt off despite better judgement. i saw the visionaries
and immortal technique live for the first time. that was raw.
- i went to the canes one night where my friends made fun of
my experimental do. it’s gone now. not because of the teasing, but because of
the job interview. I still cried a couple of black emo tears that night. muchos
gracias mis amigos.
- quy took me on a date when i first came back into town. we
had food and drinks at ruby’s and watched nacho libre at a local movie theater.
it was extremely sweet and i enjoyed the night immensely. the only reason i
didn’t put out that night was because…well…i like girls. oh yeah, and because i
don’t like quy. i’m just kidding quy if this ever gets around to you. i know
you like girls too, but that was totally a fucking date, bro. |
