Fallen Thoughts

:: 12.24.2001 ::

ah, Christmas Eve.. I'm loving it. everyone's in such a great mood and it's highly contagious. kinda makes me wish every day could be Christmas Eve.

just got back from a nice meal at my Granny's house and exchanging gifts with Shelly. I'm SO damn broke right now, but I did what any good guy would do and made a nice variety package for her... couple of old Dead shows, some candles and holders, little assortment of incense, some candy and a little angel bear to be there for her when I can't (she lives up in Athens..).

did a lil' shopping last night too and got a few things for my family. that's the one bad thing about this time of year. I'm always last-minute and usually broke. always makes me feel bad when I can't get nice things for all the people I care about..

*this is when you guys chime in with "GET A JOB!"*

..but I managed to do pretty good. I just hope everyone likes their gifts..

Merry Christmas to all and best wishes for the New Year!

:: posted by Michael at 9:46 PM (0) comments [+] ::

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found this funny lil' piece of polikicks...

Over 5,000 years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel, "Pick up
your shovels, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the
Promised Land."

Nearly 5,000 years later, Roosevelt said, "Lay down your shovels, sit
on your asses, and light up a Camel; this is the Promised Land!"

Now, Dubya wants to steal your shovels, kick your asses, raise the
price of your Camels, and mortgage the Promised Land.

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Dubya also wants to change the Republican Party emblem from an
elephant to a condom, because it stands for inflation, protects a
bunch of pricks, halts production, and gives a false sense of
security while one is being screwed.

:: posted by Michael at 5:54 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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once again, mays has brought me to a story. yeah, I'm in a great mood to tell this.

got wasted the other night.. started watching 'Memento' and I fell into a deep sleep on the couch. started having this FUCKED up dream. I got in some vehicle with someone whom I can't identify, being that I never saw their face. all I kept hearing were these really monotone phrases come from them. anyway, we start chasing some woman across this field. driver starts flooring it and we're heading right for this lady. we get to her at the edge of this field and narrowly miss her.

mind you, this is all VERY realistic. not one of those half-and-halfers. this is one of those dreams that you wake up and feel bad about the shit.

anyway, when we miss her, we fly into this row of big pine trees. if you'll remember, driver floored it, so we're going about.. 80. so we slam into these trees and I freak out.. but just as I'm about to die, everything hits super-slow motion. all of a sudden, we're just coasting through these trees and they're all crashing around us, but we're good. still slow-mo, but I'm relaxed seeing that nothing is really happening. blaze a trail through this forest, pop out into this little beach scene with a huge house out on the water with this long dock leading up to it. we keep sailing in this thing we're in and crash all through this house, diving under water.. just all out.

now y'know how in certain parts 'Memento' the main character has the "serious voice-over thought process" scenes? well that was the monotonous voices I kept hearing. whoever was driving had the main character's voice and was saying this weird things to me, which I'm sure isn't weird in the movie.. but when you're in a vehicle crashing through shit and chasing women across fields, ANYthing is weird, especially when you're talking like a B-rate movie action star's subconscious.

well the monotonous voice somehow carries over and everything that was going on turned into this big, tripped out dream sequence. I don't really remember all the things that were in it, but I just remember everything kinda floating around in space __really__ slow. think 2001: A Space Odyssey.

well the dream ended with this infant tumbling through mid-air, head over heels. he slowly flipped into a large sheet, but the sheet looked like a big piece of notebook paper. the sheet caught it and just cradled it up. and then I woke up.

talk about a head-trip? hellooooo Swiss cheese head. so yeah, that's my 'Memento' story.

:: posted by Michael at 2:29 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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looked down at the bottom of the page lately?

mmmhmmm. finally smarted up and gave props to BlogBack for being such a great comment provider. especially in these times of comment troubles on the frontlines.

speaking of props, these kids have their shit together. fine webwork, I must say...

:: posted by Michael at 7:09 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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woo! look at me go.

sorry I haven't been servin' it up as of late. much like my good friend sharon, I've realized that when the interesting stuff is happening in my life, I don't have the time to write about it. then when I'm bored out of my simple mind, I write for days on useless topics.

and so is the fate of you, the reader, to peruse my babblings.

:: posted by Michael at 7:03 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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oh, and one more thing...

I got over 100 hits yesterday! amazing. my stat meter has to go by tens now.

keep reading, y'all.. itah makesah meah hAppy.

:: posted by Michael at 4:44 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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I'm wasted. it's 4:30 in the AM. I have a final and 2 makeup tests tomorrow.

why do I do this to myself? spice. I like the spice. without it, life would be... bland.

still trying to get over this little bout of sickness, as well. nose is running as I type. the Alka-Seltzer did OK, but I really think riding dirt roads, smoking cigarettes, and drinking beer helped much more. thanks, Cristobal del Oeste. of course, the liquor probably helped, too.

I sound like an alcoholic. the funny thing? I rarely drink. ah well.. feelin' good.

:: posted by Michael at 4:37 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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it is finals week. I haven't studied very much. at all. I'm sick. I haven't had a lot of sleep.

I'm drinking a glass of Alka-Seltzer Plus and it's about to make me gag. they should seriously have a merger with Kool-Aid for the sake of all those in search of quick cold relief. my Dad gave me some home remedy earlier about gargling warm, salty water, but something just doesn't strike me right about gargling warm, salty liquids.

must've been a bad beach experience. *wink*

ok, I'm gonna finish this nastiness and try and get a nap. send some comments my way. it'll ease the pain.

:: posted by Michael at 11:12 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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mays brought up the subject of lighters over on his page. got me to thinking about these lighters I have that I love.

yes, I have a lighter collection. no, I didn't put little labels on the bottoms of each telling what concert encore I lit it for. to go ahead and fully unglorify the collection, it's amassed mainly from my (un)knowing habit of pocketing lighters that I borrow.

anyway, the ones I love are these little round lighters that I've only seen twice. EVER. so, of course, I now own them. my scanner is on the rocks right now (there's another story), but I managed to do some homework and come up with these .gifs to illustrate my babies.



aren't they just great?

:: posted by Michael at 4:12 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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made a few changes here and there. all the settings on here were pretty last second, so I went back through and dropped in a few things with a bit more meaning to me. now if I could just get a tight lil' loop playing while you read my rants.

• changed the title
• changed the description
• arranged my link list
• republished my archives

go me.

:: posted by Michael at 4:02 PM (0) comments [+] ::

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I was just rummaging around over on Chad's page and found that he had me linked.

then I hovered on my name and lo and behold, what do I find?

And you thought you were messed up. (peacack.blogspot.com)

yep, that's the title. thanks, Chad. excuse me while I go have myself committed. ;^)

:: posted by Michael at 4:10 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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a little riff I messed with the other night mixed with some inspiration of a nice afternoon.

First Layer

a few rough spots, but I just did one 'take'. have a listen if time permits.

=)

:: posted by Michael at 1:32 AM (0) comments [+] ::

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