Thursday, February 5, 2004
	: 12:44 : More files from LA
	Usually as I'm in Los Angeles during regular bouts of Must Get Out of NYC Symdrome, I write posts (with the gloss of my eyes rolling far back into my head) about the baseless mystisicm, the brain melting sun, the traffic, the traffic, the traffic. But as I'm here for less than 12 hours, I've noticed some things about this fuel-injected wasteland that just work with me. In no particular order, with none to very little irony: 1. In line at the DMV at the crack of dawn this morning (see post about me leaving wallet incl. driver's license in cab in New Year's Eve), I meet the DP (Director of Photography you philistines!) on Mystic River and we banter about Clint and the desolution of Bohemian culture in NYC while on line. I almost wished the line were slower. 2. The local bodega has a juice bar and I pick up a fresh-from-the-morning orange-strawberry juice for two dollars (two dollars!). 3. Without my bulky North Face parka and three layers of fabric on my hips I have a body. 4. My skin begins already to be "olive" again, instead of the pale green I get from east coast winters. 5. My hippie clothes blend into the scenery, instead of illiciting somewhat patronizing compliments from the Kate-Spade-Ladies at my work: "I love that big safety pin (holding the sleeve together). Where do you even find those these days!" 6. My dog. My dog. My dog. The last one : : Some Thing is Different The next one : : Sitting Through The Whole Thing!

	The Local Conditions
	› Weather -> rain all the way to the train station, and then some › Hair -> it smells good anyway › Hearing -> Elton John - Madman Accross the Water › Reading -> Tom Wolfe, ed. - The New Journalism › Wanting -> World peace, personal peace, and this stuff from amazon.

	Quid Pro Quo
	› Personal Computer by Mac OSX. › Content Management by Movable Type. › Hosting by Modwest (which rocks hard like they do in Montana). › E-mail me

	-> Web Portfolio -> Archives -> Writing Portfolio Posts you might want to read: 02 15 04 Nostalgia by Numbers 02 10 04 Twenty-Nine Palms 06 26 03 The Mexican Hound 05 03 03 What I did over Spring Break 03 26 03 This Week 02 16 03 Somewhere Near The Rally 12 22 02 Fresh Food 11 03 02 Birthplace of the Disco Skate 09 26 02 Weekend of Weird 10 14 01 Notes From the Underground

	Picture du Jour
	Denied

	Just One More Thing...
	June 25 : Mmmmm... Snickers Ice Cream Bars... June 17 : At The Races!!" May 7 : John Kerry Is A Douchebag But Im Voting For Him Anyway.com good stuff April 14 : Slate on TV Donald Fires Himself Why the two Apprentice finalists are so un-Trumplike. By Daniel Gross March 23 : Girl's pants catch fire on E train "She was wearing a puffy white parka and a pair of jeans that apparently had been intentionally ripped in several spots, leaving jagged, fringe patches. It was not clear if those were the same pants that had caught on fire. " March 10 : More proof of my dorkiness, but this is pretty neat. March 5 : Snoop & the Olson Twins... speechless. February 12 : Sweeeeeeet. After 3 months of constant phone calls, whining, yelling, and a blow-job to the super (no - he don't have that much clout, but i did answer the door in a towel and it may have helped), I'm getting a new stove!! Woo hoo!! Apple Crisp for everybody!! February 10 : I was working 'till 11PM while my boss was at the MSG Chris Rock show, but this NY Observer piece (oh well - link expired) made me feel like I was there for like a minute..