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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
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that last post was a bit heavy handed. here's something a bit light-hearted, yet somehow terrifying.
santa claus, that lovely old man we all want to visit us this month. i've been thinking. that cat knows EVERYTHING about ALL OF US. he knows everything we do, he knows what we want. he always wears red. santa is a communist big brother.
SO. who wants to help me start the santa revolution? anyone? we'll over throw capitalism world wide and leave it all in santa's capable all knowing gloved hands. besides, how scary would a secret police made up of elves be?
happy holidays and good luck on the end of the semester.
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fancy meeting you here. i can't actually believe i'm posting in this thing again, especially after so long. been away at college, having a blast.
not at the moment mind you. this current moment seems filled with nothing but suck. funny how that's led me back here, huh? so ironic huh alanis morrisette (sp)? no, you dumb, dictionary needing musician, it is not even coincidental now is it?
(actually, i'm here because i was reading mitch clem's blog, but i'm posting because i feel shitty.)
anyway, 15 page paper needs writing, so here i am procrastinating. so, beyond the paper, my world is crap cause i'm now addicted to cigarettes, but i only feel bad because of, well come on guys and gals, why does anyone have an lj? to whine about the opposite sex, that's why.
yeah, so i guess shit's complicated. was a bit demoralized, but maybe i'll be able to work something out. but last night i definitely wished i had another bottle of whiskey to go with my melancholy folk/blue-grass. oh well. those of you whom i may have whined to, thanks for being good to me and putting up with it. mix crushing disappointment with a lot of alcohol, you get wallowing self-pity. alcohol's gone, stress and angst remain. whatever, break's comin' up. it'll be good.
does anyone even check lj's anymore? lemme know.
hope all y'all're doin' well. oh, for some reason i've started saying y'all. i'm from virginia, i'm allowed to, but it's kinda weird, y'know?
listen to my last radio show of the semester if you can. this thursday 8-10 AM. stream it live from www.wobc.org and IM a request if you like. the station screen name is wobcdj.
well, belarusian nationalism waits for no man, i better run after it. (actually, belarusian nationalism just failed, hopefully unlike my paper.)
wow, therapy in blog form. i'd forgotten this. actually, lately i've been doing shamanic meditation for my self-healing and it's been fantastic.
out.
-brent
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
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it has been months since i have written in here.
i spent the day driving around, gathering all of the small little insignificant things that will soon become the most important items in my dorm. silverware, a lone chair, my great grandfather's trunk. i am quite excited about the trunk. it's beat all to hell, and it's about 100 years old, seriously. my great-grandfather was a famous magician in his day, he was the first person to catch a bullet with his teeth (this is apparently his claim to fame). now, while this trick hasn't been passed down the line, one of his old traveling chests has, and it has now descended the generations to me. my father and all his sisters took this to college, and now so will i. i know that it is magic. it's about one fifth the size of my dresser (which was full), and all of my clothes fit in it. all of them and them some.
anyway, it's time for me to leave and i'm excited. i just wish that moving ahead didn't mean leaving some things behind. SO, there will be much partying and reuniting during christmas break. until then, make sure you post you're college mail box so that real mail may be exchanged.
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
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so i'll start checking this thing again. i've been neglecting it like none other.
anyway, most of you know that i'm in love with a band called Rogue Wave. they are coming back to town. they play a show at wolf trap on August 1st and i would very much appreciate a concert buddy.
any takers. anyone just wanna see a good concert? comment and i will even give you both their CDs. perhaps personally, perhaps via yousendit.com. so ask and you shall receive.
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| Time: | 10:37 pm. |
| Mood: |  contemplative. | | Music: | "germany to germany" - ratatat. |
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i haven't been on lj in what seems like the longest time. i think i'm drifting away from it in general.
that having been said, i suppose i should say things about my weekend.
friday: my parents made me get a haircut before graduation. i asked for a trim; apparently that translated as buzz cut to the woman cutting my hair, because that is essentially what she did to me. 15 seconds after sitting down the right side of my head had been practically shaved, at which point she asks, "is this too short?" what do you say to that? i asked for a trim not for a haircut that's up to code with the marine corp! "yes my hair is TOO FUCKING SHORT BITCH! what are you gonna do about it!?" needless to say, i was pissed and still am. i still cannot look in the mirror without muttering (or sometimes shouting) FUCK!
saturday: basically one of the best days of my life. i went to see Rogue Wave and the Stills with mizuho and lauren. the stills were really good live. and rogue wave...ahh. i didn't want it to end, there were so many songs i wanted him to play, but alas he couldn't, and it all came to an unfortunate end when his string broke. luckily he was done, but no encore. i got home around 2:30 after just barely catching the Last Train on the orange line, making a 7-11 run, and driving people home, but i felt fantastic. i still do.
sunday: so my ears are still a little shaking from the onslaught of rock last night. even at my very last concert here in virginia things sounded a little far off, a little fuzzy. it's hard to tune like that. i found out that we were playing an entire symphony that i didn't even have the music for...but it was pretty easy, and i sight read it very well. the concert was not the best, i didn't expect it to be, but leaving was sort of sad. i won't be seeing those friends who i've played with so long, the ones i got lost with in the rain in kyoto...(actually, the very next day we got lost and it started snowing in kyoto...weird weather)
mixed emotions.
so, i have now seen 2 of the bands off my top 5 list live, and i am very happy.
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i heart huckabees is best watched with a small group of friends and not your little sister who doesn't really get it. hopefully she will eventually.
"if you look close enough, you can't tell where my nose ends and space begins."
ib exams are winding down some.
since i feel a great deal of apathy right now, i'm going to go gain some empathy be playing mendelhson...and maybe greig. we'll see.
adieu.
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| Subject: | back |
| Time: | 11:46 pm. |
| Mood: |  calm. | | Music: | the smiths - "asleep". |
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i got back yesterday but just didn't feel the need, you know. well the trip had it's moments, but honestly all those moments could have been reciprocated at home, perhaps better. all and all it seemed a bit of a waste. but hey, i'm not one to complain about skipping school for two days. hung out with some cool people and learned important lessons.
lesson one: there is no promised "cool" part of the boardwalk. it just ends with a sewer pipe running into the ocean between two large floatation devices. (it looked rather similar to a large penis.)
lesson two: if it rains hard enough, it does not matter what you do, you will be thoroughly soaked.
oh well.
i finally got my iPod fixed. they ended up just giving me a new one, so i spent a majority of my day fussing over it. as a result, i am way behind in the english department, but i must say, i really don't care. school really is over, essentially, so late work won't kill me.
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i haven't updated in some time. so here's an overview of noteworthy stuff from spring break.
hurray for sleeping in!
franz ferdinand is AMAZING in concert. i think they played every last song from both their albums. when they started talking to the audience though, i could only understand every third word or so. conclusion: go back to britain.
death cab played a pretty good set, but they had nothing on franz my friends.
and also, while the concert itself was great, i really learned that being seated for a concert is just not the same as standing in front of the stage. you can't go wrong with a pit.
also. i beat kingdom hearts 2. and jesus that game has a vice like grip on my very soul. unfortunately i haven't beat sephiroth yet, so the quest continues. the upside is i beat it with 90% complete, so yay me! watch your back sephiroth, i'm coming with ultima for fenrir. (p.s. if you got that, +5 points you gamer you.)
now, i have two easter questions:
1. what the hell does a large bunny have to do with jesus rising from the grave?
2. what the FUCK is a BUNNY doing with EGGS?
GASP! the easter bunny isn't a bunny! he's an evil reptillian alien here to conquere the world with smelly vinegar food coloring and assorted candies.
now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to prepare for our impeding doom by ingesting massive amounts of jellybeans and cadbury eggs.
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today's concert was...oh it was awesome. we've never played the symphony or the adagio better before. PERIOD. this is the second concert i've actually requested a recording of. the first one was a year ago from the japan concert (oh yeah, one stop world tour!). anyway, i don't think i've ever been happier playing a piece of music in orchestra as today because i so love dvorak's eighth.
and so now i must force myself to do work i have put off for far too long. ugh, i'd much rather still be reading saul williams. i picked up SHE again, and read a little more than half of it during intermission downstairs/backstage.
the poetry of saul williams and dvorak's pastoral symphony; today was the first real day of spring.
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
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| How to make a brent |
Ingredients:
5 parts mercy
1 part courage
5 parts energy |
Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Serve with a slice of lovability and a pinch of salt. Yum! |
Personality cocktailFrom Go-Quiz.comaround the tracks it goes and all i want is to get off but not yet. i might go crazy i am so close was? but the next station is further away than crazy hurryhurryhurry i gotta get off before it gets out bursting from my head like those flowers from the ground explosive laughter histerical repetition like rainrainrain dripdripdripdrop and in this year of maybe maybe may be glorious taking me away from this machine paradise and won't you join me?
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crushed.
blank.
hw sucks.
accomplished.