In the first two years of high school I wasn’t workin with much. In the second two, I worked with Repo Man.
Some people had a lot of friends. I had few. Some guys were in a band. They were cool. Or they could skateboard good. I couldn’t skateboard good. I could just skateboard. Or they [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Favorites'
Repo Man Filming Locations Part 1 — Absolutely Nothing To Do with Actual Filming Locations
September 17th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
Tags: repo man
Oh Yes! (Fern’s, and Taco Beach, Long Beach, CA)
August 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
Boring
A few nights later I went back to Fern’s. It was a Friday.
Same skate stickers. Same 25 oz Busch. Same dude who was there a few days prior. Apparently.
“Hey!” some dude said. “You were here a few days ago! You came up and talked to me.”
“…Yes! Thank you for remembering. Please excuse me for forgetting [...]
Tags: ferns·long beach·taco beach
Oh No! (Fern’s, Long Beach, CA)
August 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
Whatever beer is cheap.
That’s how my conversation with the bartender began.
Most legs drove me crazy at that time. This was two days ago. The bartender’s legs drove me crazy at that time. This was two days ago. She wore a short dress to make sure she drove me crazy. She walked to the other side [...]
Tags: dive bar·long beach
Imaginary Murder in Long Beach, CA
July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
Is that a normal conversation? I ask that question a lot down here. Now that is crazy. I say that a lot down here.
Like yesterday. I walked down the steps. I live on the third story of a not complex apartment complex. It’s three stories total. One long staircase leads from my doorway to the [...]
Tags: long beach
Why I Hella Moved To SoCal And Shit
June 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Favorites, Uncategorized
I used to think I was overly sentimental. Then I looked up sentimental. Then I looked up nostalgic. Then I realized I was not overly sentimental. Then I realized I was overly nostalgic.
Like during the past week. I was overly nostalgic about moving out of Northern California. Or maybe it was appropriately nostalgic. I don’t [...]
Tags: long beach·peninsula·san francisco·san mateo
I Like Twitter. I Admit It. And I’m Going To New Orleans And Shit.
April 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Favorites, Travel
Someday I will post a list. It will be called Things Increasingly Vogue To Hate That I Don’t. Toward the top of that list — containing Britney Spears, light beer and Christian people — will be twitter.
Twitter.
I originally read about it in the Economist. I checked it out. I thought it was cool. I started [...]
Tags: neworleansroadtrip
Coffee or Tea
April 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Favorites, Humor, Memoirs, Personal
I must be the only one in my family who drinks coffee. Well, my father drinks coffee. But he’s not really, “in my family.” He’s just my dad — an extreme individualist who lives in the mecca for such people, Los Angeles.
My mother inherited her drinking habits from her own mother, who is British. So, [...]
Zumba: Farewell to Dignity
April 6th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
“If you are stuck in a rut, the best way out is to do new things. This is especially true if you don’t feel like doing those things.”
-Ian Bowman, 2009
Well, it might have been 2008 or 2007 when I originally said something like that, but fuck it you get the point.
Zumba in a nutshell is [...]
Tags: zumba
As Good Of A Time As Any For An Introduction (To My Son)
April 1st, 2009 · 9 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
I was 21 years of age. I was not particularly smart at that time. I’ve written about many things on here, but never that era. Never have I begun something “I was 21 years old…”
That was an embarrassing time period.
I could not bring myself to write about it.
Well, until now. I’m over it.
(Only a few [...]
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Rejection
March 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Favorites, Memoirs
Check out this cool letter I received from AEON yesterday.
Cool, huh? My favorite sentence is the middle one that begins, “Unfortunately, we regret to…”
Just kidding, that is not my favorite sentence.
I’m not a big fan of any sentence that begins with “unfortunately” and “regret to.” I am also not a smart man. I am [...]
Tags: aeon