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2006-02-16T07:56:33Z

we're coming to la this weekend to see ricky before the big london move.

i fucking hate la.

los huevos submissive

2005-05-02T09:49:49Z

eh.

2005-04-25T08:01:51Z

my roommate and i spend a lot of time debating the merits of the dallas cowboys versus those of the detroit lions and after this weekends draft we have very differing views of our teams chances in the upcoming season. the lions picked up another quality receiver and some pretty legit defensive help while dallas grabbed up defensive ends with their two first round picks (in a draft with a million mediocre defensive linemen). and i have to say the cowboys secondary is fucked irrespective of any formation shift (from the 4-3 to a 3-4). and the cowboys certainly arent going to win many games on the offensive side of the ball. and fuck damn it.

my viola squad had a poor performance in a draw against bologna sunday. theyre likely going to be relegated to serie b and thatll suck because theyll lose miccoli, pazzini, bojinov and maresca, among others. that, and i dont want to see serie b games when im there. however, roma also lost and theyre only 5 points i think from the relegation zone and itd be classic to see them fall for the first time in 50-some odd years.

the giants arent really even worth mentioning.

duke has 3 mcdonalds all americans in their recruiting class and two of them are rated in prep stars top 20. sean may finally fucking left unc.

hurry up

2005-04-07T08:24:40Z

ran into a little league baseball game at golden gate park today. we picked teams to cheer for and named them. my team ("bluth company") mercy-ruled their opponents ("win, but have fun") in two innings. #12 has a sweet bat.

spent the rest of the day lounging in the sun and reading death of a salesman because i keep seeing it around in random places. good day.

when i came home i found out i cant go to florence unless i pass my italian class.. which shouldnt be a problem since i live with a romanista. scimmia di ballo! also received my midterm grades finally.

a trick is something a hooker does for money... or cocaine

2005-03-29T12:35:12Z

"thou shalt protect thy father and honor no one above him unless it beith me, thy sweet lord"
-gob

birmingham city sucks

2005-03-23T10:13:53Z

daniele wrote my italian midterm and the professor singled it out on the course website as "worthy of everyones attention" (however you say that in italian).

zach morrised.

now i just have to wait for some small slip-up on my part, slaters spite, jesses conscience or.. general interaction between the professor and myself ends up in my lack of command over italian being exposed.

remember that guitar thing that happened at every commercial break? "bwow da na nuh nuh nah nuhhhh"

surely i can win your heart

2005-02-16T09:42:46Z

sadie

its me. we go to cafe d'melanio every week on thursdays at the same time. i have a sociology class that ends at twelve-thirty and you must have a similar schedule. you get the same thing each week, so do i. thats how i know your name -- for the first two weeks you were the 'ham sandwich girl' until i was able to decipher what that little asian woman behind the counter was yelling out: "sadie! sadie!" -- and youre quite quick to pick up your order unlike some of the other patrons. i think we'd get along well.

youre very pretty. what do you listen to on your ipod?

i thought about tripping you so that we'd have to have some interaction, but decided against it. once i waited around an extra three minutes or so after my meal was done and youd gotten up to go to the restroom so that i could see you one more time, but you spent too long and i became bored. what were you doing?

ifanotherstew @ 2004-06-04T10:40:00

2004-06-04T17:41:55Z

rant

2004-06-02T03:00:32Z

stop going to see day after tomorrow you assholes.

hows your girl?

2004-05-31T03:49:56Z

how about myspace.com crushes these days? im smitten by this girl and this girl. the latter one likes mr. show. FUCKING AWESOME! and the former, well, i probably wouldnt even want to talk to her; just wander around with her for a bit and look at her.

savvy shopper

2004-05-26T01:34:16Z

i have a soft spot for the feeling i get when i think of being a pre-teen sprawled out in the living room floor at 8 on a wednesday or thursday night watching the wonder years or northern exposure. soft enough that whenever i see "the complete first season" of any show i even half-regularly watched as a youngster, i must purchase it. especially so when borders inundates me in a sea of "buy 3, get 1 free!" posters. im just incapable of passing up a good deal -- or a pair of orange pumas (regardless of how many pairs i currently have). oh money.

but i hereby vow never to buy another film that has a sentence in the synopsis that begins: "When a hotshot journalist..." ever again. no matter how cheap it might be.

on a sidenote: stop taking pictures of yourselves in your bathroom mirrors with your cameras at stupid angles. we'll see you at the deerhoof show and marvel at your indieness accordlingly.

soundtrack for sunday night

2004-05-24T04:40:10Z

jackson browne, somebodys baby (link)
dismemberment plan, the city (link)
jimmy buffet, jamaica farewell
mirah, cmon miracle
cat power, i found a reason (link)
pedro the lion, amazing love
the microphones, in the air
the buzzcocks, what do i get?
the weakerthans, left and leaving (link)
flaming lips, a spoonful weighs a ton
modest mouse, blame it on the tetons
peter frampton, show me the way
neutral milk hotel, two headed boy pt. 2
the velvet underground, jesus
lynyrd skynyrd, freebird

with selections available for your listening pleasure.

maybe i should get an ipod like the rest of you suckers.

for ricci

2004-05-24T02:22:53Z

DESCRIBE YOUR:
[Wallet]: mont blanc
[Jewelry worn daily]: --
[Shoes]: green diesels
[Weapon]: --
[Favorite shirt]: gray wool pullover
[Perfume/Cologne]: --
[Piercing]: --
[What you are wearing now]: jeans/t-shirt
[Makeup]: --
[On my mind]: dinner, catching up with a couple of old friends
[Wishing]: someone wanted to play foosball
[Talking to]: chad
[Eating]: --
[favorite movie]: the sacrifice, andrei tarkovsky
[something you're looking forward to in the upcoming months]: seeing ben, living with good people
[The last thing you ate?]: orange chicken
[Something that you are deathly afraid of?]: black people
[Do you believe in love]: yes
[Do you believe in soul mates]: no
[Do you believe in love at first sight]: no
[Do you believe in forgiveness]: yes
[What are some of your favorite pig out foods?]: crap at dennys
[What's something you wish you could understand better?]: motivation

LAST TIME YOU:
[Cried?]: no idea
[Gotten sick]: sometime in december
[Ate?]: earlier today
[Been kissed?]: last time i been kissed. weeks. weeks!
[Felt stupid?]: today
[Told someone you loved them]: last july? or thereabouts.
[Met someone new?]: today
[Moved on?]: --
[Talked to an ex?]: friday
[Talked to someone you have a crush on?]: sometime early this week
[Hugged someone?]: i hugged markus sometime last week
[Fought with your parents?]: cant remember
[Done something your parents said no to]: no clue. spent their money on something stupid, id guess

ETC:
[Would you rather be with friends or on a date?]: date
[Where is the best hangout?]: hunington park
[Do you have a job?]: yes
[Who Do you like being around?]: --

[Do you argue the most with?]: people with personalities similar to mine
[Do you always get along with?]: carey
[Makes you laugh the most?]: hunter
[Has been there through all the hard times?]: geeby
[Has the coolest parents?]: me or crash
[Has the coolest siblings?]: me
[Is the most blunt?]: ben
[Is the smartest?]: hard to say
[Who is your role model?]: francois truffaut
[Have you ever cried over the opposite sex?]: yes
[Ever wanted to get revenge on someone because they hurt you]: no
[Rather be the dumper or dumped?]: whatever
[Rather have a relationship or a "hookup"?]: relationship
[Ever liked your best guy/girl friend?]: i guess. a little.
[Want to get married?]: maybe
[Want kids?]: maybe
[Do you believe you know the person whom you will marry at this point in time?]: who knows
[What is your favorite part of your physical appearance?]: my big eyes
[What is your favorite part of your emotional being?]: my empathy
[Are you happy with you?]: i could change some things
[Are you happy with your life?]: for now

ifanotherstew @ 2004-05-21T21:35:00

2004-05-22T05:08:01Z

listening to big star while packing for the move next week. too sentimental for boxing everything up, but cant... help... listening.

they say my love for you aint real
but you dont know how real it feels
all i want to do, is to spend some time with you
so i can hold you, hold you

your sister says that im no good
id reassure her if i could
all i want to do, is to spend some time with you
so i can hold you, hold you

plans fail everyday
i want to hear you say
your love wont be leavin'
your eyes aint deceivin'

fears will soon fade away
smile now, dont be afraid
all i want to do, is to spend some time with you
so i can hold you, hold you

let me whisper in your ear
dont you worry they cant hear
all i want to do, is to spend some time with you
so i can hold you...

ifanotherstew @ 2004-05-20T18:41:00

2004-05-21T01:56:22Z

man. a hundred and fifty bucks for chappelle live? i dont know. im considering selling his phone number that i acquired through his customer history profile at work. ill also consider giving you his address (to an entire floor of some building in nyc). pay for my ticket, call with offers (ayaka and friends!).

speaking of expensive shows, who wants to see the fucking pixies in berkeley in september? someone cough up some money for one of the shows at the greek and go with me. what a great venue to see the pixies.

the shins, pedro the lion, the decemberists, restiform bodies, beulah all coming up. ill see.. at least one of those. maybe.

indolent

2004-05-18T19:48:14Z

at this moment my head is so clear that i can think the most subtle thoguhts without tiring. as i lie there in this position, letting my eyes wander down my breast and legs, i notice the twitching motion made by my foot at each beat of my pulse. i sit up halfway and look down at my feet, and at this moment i experience a fantastic, alien state id never felt before; a delicate, mysterious thrill spreads through my nerves, as though they were flooded by surges of light. when i looked at my shoes, it was as though i had met a good friend or got back a tornoff part of me: a feeling of recognition trembles through all my senses, tears spring to my eyes, and i perceive my shoes as a softly murmuring tune comning toward me. weakness! i said harshly to myself, and i clenched my fists and said: weakness. i mocked myself for these ridiculous feelings, made fun of myself quite consciously; i spoke very sternly and reasonably, and i fiercely squeezed my eyes shut to get rid of my tears. then i begin, as though id never seen my shoes before, to study their appearance, their mimicry when i move my feet, their shape and the worn uppers, and i discover that their wrinkles and their white seams give them an expression, lend them a physiognomy. something of my own nature had entered into these shoes -- they affected me like a breath upon my being, a living, breathing part of me...

-knut hamsun

ifanotherstew @ 2004-05-17T00:29:00

2004-05-17T07:34:54Z

this new apartment is going to be bad for my liver. and my lungs. and its going to impair my ability to get out of bed in the morning.

my friday night!

2004-05-15T06:42:51Z

annie hall / allen, woody
event horizon / anderson, paul
the seventh seal / bergman, ingmar
the silence (V)
through a glass darkly (V)
winter light (V)
that obscure object of desire / luis bunuel
children of paradise / carne, marcel
wages of fear / clouzot, henri-georges
umberto d. / de sica, vittorio
alphaville / godard, jean-luc
band of outsiders
8 1/2 / fellini, federico
the running man / glaser, paul
aguirre, the wrath of god / herzog, werner (I)
cobra verde (I)
fitzcarraldo (I)
my best friend (I)
nosferatu, phantom der nacht (I)
woyzeck
the 39 steps / hitchcock, alfred (II)
the lady vanishes (II)
notorious (II)
rebecca (II)
spellbound (II)
re-animator / gordon, stuart
a midsummer nights dream / hoffman, michael
city of lost children / jeunet, jean-pierre + caro, marc
kwaidan / kobayashi, ?
a clockwork orange / kubrick, stanley
full metal jacket
the hidden fortress / kurosawa, akira (III)
ikiru
sanjuro (III)
the seven samurai (III)
yojimbo (III)
m / lang, fritz
the testament of dr. mabuse
the thin red line / malick, terrence
heat / mann, michael
american beauty / mendes, sam
run ronnie run / miller, troy
cube / natali, vincenzo
stories of floating weeds / ozu, yosujiro
tokyo story
night and fog / resnais, alain
the tin drum / schlondorff, volker
falling down / schumacher, joel
tigerland
bergman makes a movie / sjoman, vilgot (V)
the vanishing / sluizer, george
the sacrifice / tarkovsky, andrei
solaris
the stalker
from dusk till dawn / tarrantino, quentin
woman in the dunes / teshigahara, hiroshi
the 400 blows / francois truffaut (IV)
antoine and colette (IV)
bed and board (IV)
love on the run (IV)
stolen kisses (IV)

chappelles show season 1
upbright citizens brigade season 1
mr show season 1
mr show seasons 2-3

I / herzog/kinski collection
II / hithcock criterion box set
III / kurosawa criterion box set
IV / adventures of antoine doinel criterion box set
V / bergman criterion box set

if you want to make god laugh, tell him your future plans

2004-05-12T04:08:55Z

-woody allen

i saw the sorrow and the pity yesterday while i was picking up a couple of dvds at borders. it made me realize that the last week or so of my life could be about 30 minutes in the middle of an early woody allen film. and thats crummy because if it were part of a woody allen film -- id be woody allen. walking home today on van ness i used "annie hall" as a verb in one of my thoughts.

ifanotherstew @ 2004-05-11T11:44:00

2004-05-11T18:46:21Z

i have no idea.

ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baaaa

2004-05-06T04:32:54Z

Ice-age heat wave, can't complain.
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan.
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.
I move on to another day,
to a whole new town with a whole new way.
Went to the porch to have a thought.
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop.
You don't know where and you don't know when.
But you still got your words and you got your friends.
Walk along to another day.
Work a little harder, work another way.

Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan.
We'll float on maybe would you understand?
Gonna float on maybe would you understand?
Well float on maybe would you understand?

The days get shorter and the nights get cold.
I like the autumn but this place is getting old.
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.
The days get longer and the nights smell green.
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
Walked on off to another spot.
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want.
Did I want love? Did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
Outside, water like air was great.
I didn't know what I had that day.
Walk a little farther to another plan.
You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

I know that starting over is not what life's about.
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud.

ifanotherstew @ 2004-04-29T19:36:00

2004-04-30T02:40:53Z

today i sold over ten thousand dollars in cartier watches and i also introduced myself to mike lowell of the florida marlins when he entered the store (fresh off his ninth inning homerun earlier that day against the giants).

im getting a fat paycheck pretty soon.

NICE

2004-04-23T18:00:36Z

stewball strikes

2004-04-22T19:10:00Z

i need to get a lot of things done today, but ive somehow justified spending the last two hours in bed watching baseball. need to see carey, should get some groceries, have to clean my apartment. ill probably go see carey and thats about all ill get done. oh, and of course, since i dont work until tomorrow afternoon, ill be attending thirsty thursday at wiswells apartment. so, ill see carey, eat a burrito and then go get drunk.

also, for those of you that have met and fallen in love with eric (the homeless person that routinely sets up shop in front of the book store here on van ness) -- hes disappeared! a couple of weeks ago i ran into him and he was talking rather incoherently about some sort of court date he had coming up. from what i could understand, he'd recieved a few tickets for trespassing and was concerned he might go to jail for up to six months. well, i hope youre just in jail and not dead. maybe ill see you again soon.

ifanotherstew @ 2004-04-13T23:39:00

2004-04-14T06:44:05Z

ive seen you laugh at nothing at all
ive seen you sadly weeping
the sweetest thing i ever saw
was you asleep and dreaming

you may not be beautiful
but its not for me to judge
i dont know if youre beautiful
because i love you too much

ive seen you laugh at nothing at all
ive seen you sadly weeping
the sweetest thing ie ver saw
was you asleep and dreaming

ive seen you when your ship came in
and when your train was leaving
the sweetest thing i ever saw
was you asleep and dreaming