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Dissed Connections

Shawn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:38:33 +0000

Me: sitting at Epoch trying to enjoy my cup of light roast.

You: rambling on about your stupid E-cigarettes to anybody and everybody you can. The way you rave about them leads me to believe one of two scenarios: 1) you are so hungry for someone to validate your lifestyle, or 2) you are on the e-cigarette vendor’s payroll. Sure, you’re not burning anything and stinking up the airspace, but it’s still an addiction.

Attention Whoring for Dollars

Shawn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:52:56 +0000

It is not even 6 o’clock and the sun is already setting. This cake is a lie!
You. You are:
1. grand
2. spiffy
3. busy
4. _______ a goat.
May cause nervousness or excitability. Please exercise caution when operating a motor vehicle.
I found a dollar in the dryer. It must be my lucky day.
You ain’t preggers and living in a 27-year-old single wide with an unemployed drunk named Von Ray, are you?
I pieced together my music studio. Maybe the investment in gear and assembly will net me some musical material.
Guzzling water and hanging christmas lights in your closet on cold meds is no way to go through life, son.
Attention, passengers, this is the captain speaking. If you look out the windows to your left you will see the 8th wonder of the world, the Grand Toadcicle of Monte Cleavis.

Red Whine

Shawn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:40:27 +0000

So, remember last week when I was waxing intoxicated about being happy? Well, that one drink of wine was enough to disturb the oh-so-delicate balance of bacteria in my mouth and throat, and suddenly I got sick. I should know better than to drink so little. Why drink once when I could drink twice? That’ll kill everything! Spent the rest of the weekend feeling rather ill, some kind of respiratory virus, doc says. Sadly, it ruined my weekend plans.

Finally on the mend, I was ready to attack life again and jump back into my work and projects…and then 5 A.M. this morning happened. Woke up feeling a gut cramp, and then a gurgle, and then OMG. Let’s just say that I was a blackwater generator today. Called in sick, and my coworker was like, “Yeah, you just hang back and take care of that…we’ll be fine today.” So I feel like hell right now. Trying to eat something, but my stomach is still revolting against the idea. I need water, carbs, electrolytes. If only I could hold it down.

I’m a lot better after the 4 hour nap this afternoon, but the dehydration headache sucks. Feels like a hangover, which kinda is what hangover is…dehydration. I think I’ve lost four pounds of water over the past day. Nice. So today is chillout day at the homestead.

Ah, thunderstorms moving in. That rumbling is a humbling sound.

o/` Red, red wi-i-ine / Stay close to me-e-e o/`

Shawn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:14:03 +0000

Will be sleeping good tonight.

Also, Big Love was a good show. Season 2 is ca-raa-zy.

Also, the Virgin Suicides soundtrack is dreamy.

That is all.

District 9

Shawn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:54:46 +0000

If you have not seen District 9, you have done yourself a disservice. To give you an idea of why you should see it, watch this trailer. Failing that, you should know it was produced by Peter Jackson whose WETA effects studio was at the beck and call of new director Neill Blomkamp. It takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa, where an alien ship appeared in the sky 20 years ago. Inside the ship were malnourished alien refugees. They are taken down from the floating ship and given temporary housing in a refugee camp outside Johannesburg, but remain there, within its fortified walls, 20 years later. The city’s residents grew impatient with their presence and hired the MNU corporation to “evict” them to a new camp farther away from the city.

Shot in documentary style. Effects that work. Good writing. Everyone is dirty; with ringing echoes of apartheid, there are no clear protagonists. And that’s the most difficult part of the movie, taking it well beyond what you’d expect in your usual summer blockbuster. It actually has thoughts. I’m as surprised by this movie as you are, or will be. Hadn’t heard of it until friday when I read a review, and then later overheard someone who’d seen it rave about it. So I had to see for myself. Hopefully, there’s a cinema near you that’s playing it; damn shame it didn’t get full release.