summer
originally posted 07.19.2002
but yeah. i'm looking forward to summer. and i'm talking about real summer. i'm talking cruising through the 'burbs with the windows rolled down listening to bling bling thug-hop or rap-core which is only acceptable listening material for cruising and trying to front to 13-year-old thug wannabees or slackers with 3-foot chain wallets. i'm talking about epic skate sessions and evening soccer games. i'm talking coming out after dark because it's too damn hot to do anything during the day. i'm talking tofu-dogs adn that cheap, bright-yellow mustard that's fifty cents a jar. i'm talking about "celebrating your nation's independence by blowing up a small part of it." i'm talking about taking the day off and finding a swimming hole where you can drop from large heights into odd-colored water that is probably way too shallow for safety. i'm talking about hiking through the woods and not noticing the bug bites or the poison ivy because the woods are just that beautiful. i'm talking about finding some run down diner or convenience store and making it your place for the summer. i'm talking about life's only headaches being the ones you get from drinking your misty slush too fast. i'm talking summer, man, summer. and i'm glad i'll spend it with you.
posted by geoff on 7/20/2002 03:10:00 PM
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reboot
trying to get started writing in this journal again is tough. hell, i don't even read other people's journals like i used to. i don't think it's that i have less free time, it's just that, well, i think at least, since i'm back with most of my friends, i have less need to document my life as much. for me, one of the best things in life is the magic of a shared experience. something epic, or habitual, that people will remember and talk about whenever they find themselves in the company of their co-conspirators. when your co-conspirators aren't around, i guess you just have to compensate. that's a theory anyway.
went to a show last night. saw local shredders the awakening, and el scorpio. i've always really expected the awakening, byt was never super into them, but tonight, they actually blew me away, and i just kept thinking, "damn this is hot". unfortunately, well for me at least, they're going on tour so i won't be able to see them for awhile. oh well, at least there's silencio, my new favorite band. they play rich, technical music that combines elements of metal, jazz, math rock, and indie rock into a sweet package. seeing bands like them makes me want to quit playing guitar. also listening to sage francis a ton. he's this white, straight-edge, vegetarian rapper from providence, ri. if the straight-edge/veggie thing wasn't enough to make me like him, he also has amazing lyrical skills and enough insight to say something with the skills. oh yeah. down for converge after seeing them rock at more than music as well as jawbreaker because they've been on the house cd player.
anyway, i wanted to write more, but i'm exhausted ... tomorrow for sure.
posted by geoff on 7/20/2002 03:08:35 PM
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quote of the day - "you would have to kill me ..."
originally written 06.24.2002
You would have to kill me and prop me up in the seat of my car with a smile painted on my face to get me to go near Hollywood.
- philip k. dick, author of the short story minority report, now a major hollywood motion picture
my time in pa
originally written 06.24.2002
last week when i was in PA, I
- skateboarded with tim in my driveway
- stayed up all night listening to hardcore records, watching donny darko, playing pool, and watching the us get beat by poland
- talked about tech, life, and whatnot into the wee hours of the morning with patrick
- wrote an xmms plugin to append the currently playing MP3 song title to my e-mail signature
- watched wonder boys, dancer in the dark, and a bunch of neo genesis evangeleon episodes
- got called gevin by tim after he snorted lines of sugar
- wrote nice car batman on piece of paper and stuck it to the windshield of some boy racer's car in the parking lot of the middlesex diner
- made a box monster costume to make fun of peter's short lived stint working at carlisle cardboard container. unfortunately i had to leave before i got a chance to wear it
- listened to some of tim's ever-expanding record collection
- enjoyed the fruits of my mom going into maximum baking mode: vegan cherry pie, chocolate cake, and chocolate chip cookies
- played soccer with tim, mario, peter, patrick, josh, chris, and brian and ate boca burgers cooked over a fire afterwards
- got rid of ms windows on my workstation
- watched a really bad harrisburg senators baseball game with my parents. snickered as my dad told the confused parking attendent that he had a bruised patella
- beat peter at scrabble because he gave up to get some sleep before an early shift at the box factory
- read the minority report short story and optic nerve, love and rockets, and lone wolf and cub comics.
- went to the mall and record stores with kavein, tim, and david. acted obnoxious and had a wonderful time
- colored a picture of a burning american flag at the burger king on above excursion
- went to church with my mom, got scolded for giggling with tim, talked to old people
posted by geoff on 7/20/2002 03:08:34 PM
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