December 2008
11 posts
Artichoke Hearts, Hearts of Palm & Olives
So I was going to attempt to make a list, but I decided it’s not possible, because I believe a “list” implies 5 or more. For those that know my eating habbits - they know that I like what I like and its very rare that I try anything knew. I am an extremely adventurous person, but for some reason my taste buds are on adventure free lock down. This year will go down in history for...
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control...
– Jack Kerouac
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Found a First Aid Kit to Heal My Ears from...
Hands down my best discovery this week was First Aid Kit. I was cruising the YouTube trying to find a Fleet Foxes live video … then all of a sudden I clicked play and 2 extremely young girls appeared sitting on a tree stump in the woods covering ‘Tiger Mountain Peasent Song’.
I have to say it is pretty rare that I find a female vocalist I am ever head over heals for … but...
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Tonight I Chose DOUBT Over MILK
My friend Janie rephrased my sentence perfectly in saying - “Kron just came to an astonishing realization - despite how strong her desires might be, rent is just too high at the archlight”
Tonight I contemplated movie hopping to avoid the “outside world”. I went to the movies to see MILK, but something turned me onto the plot of DOUBT when I read the summary on the...
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cutting and erasing and listening
cutting (not the kind people do to inflict pain on themselves) - the kind I do is chop up magazines and letters from newspapers until I can see a story or make a story out of images and letters and collage it all together.
erasing - since my memory is outstanding and sometimes pyscho-like I tend to erase things that I have control over when I want to feel as if “it” is going to just...
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Slumdog Millionaire & blah blah blah
Last week I went to see Danny Boyle’s new film - “Slumdog Millionaire” - the cinematography was ridiculous - ridiculous in a really good way. The visuals and scenery in the film reminded me a bit of “City of God” mixed with “Blow”. The camera angles and visual focuses totally were influences from “The Beach”. When Latika (the lead female...
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Top 10-ish Songs That Provided Me Comfort While... →
I am certainly not admitting to having road rage, but I do sit in a lot of traffic being a Los Angeles driver, so as any L.A. local can contest—patience and comfort in the car is a virtue. I feel that because I do so much driving I am qualified to make suggestions on how songs in particular the 11 listed below may effect one behind the wheel. Whether or not it was a direct result of my iPod...