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15 July 2009 @ 10:24 am
Reposted from Facebook: just took my first formal kenjutsu class in quite some time. yeah, it feels good to be back where I belong...
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Current Location: ninpo bugei dojo
Current Mood: is "sword cut-y" a mood?
 
 
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If we bear responsibility for failing to regain control of a situation, must we not equally bear responsibility for losing control of the situation in the first place?
-Steven Pearlman
 
 
Current Mood: Maybe...
 
 
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Don't ask me, I have no idea where that just came from.
 
 
Current Mood: asparagus
Current Music: tinnitus, spinning platters and the street below
 
 
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I kid you not! This show has not been cancelled like our last three were. That's becasue this show was thrown together at the last minute when some other show was cancelled. I would have preferred to have given a little more notice, and if you're busy on MySpace you may have seen a bulletin in the last day or so, but I was just advised by a close friend that the world does *not* in fact revolve around MySpace. Say what? :p

So come out to Bordello in downtown LA this saturday night won't you? We'll be introducing three new songs from our upcoming album!



And in other news: I've got a girlfriend now. Actually it's been official for two months now. She's my first real, honest, fully-disclosed (for a change) actual relationship in four years. (not that I never dated anyone of value) Her name is Milisia and some of you already know her. Others will get to know her soon enough. Unfortunately not at this show because I'm taking her to LAX tomorrow morning to get on a plane for Houston. *sigh* We'll reconvene in NorCal in a week and spend the rest of the month in San Francisco with bunny and everyone up there. Hi bunny! :D

And in other other news: I think having a girlfriend for the first time in four years is turning me into a softie. I recently bought a dwarf hamster. That's right, a *dwarf* *hamster*. :p He's super super cute and does fun stuff. He has a wheel and tubes and everything. /shrugs

That's it for now...
Fin
 
 
Current Location: Bordello, downton LA
Current Mood: developing
Current Music: in developmennt
 
 
the_fin
04 November 2008 @ 08:46 am


Just kidding, I voted for change. ;)

 
 
the_fin
23 October 2008 @ 01:32 pm
I get to play Call of Duty 4 on my lunchbreak! :p
 
 
Current Mood: ninja
Current Music: rat-a-tat-tat!
 
 
the_fin
14 October 2008 @ 10:01 am
( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )
 
 
Current Location: Whirrr, click!
Current Mood: political
Current Music: 3hree
 
 
the_fin
18 August 2008 @ 12:38 pm
I'm hungry and I want a nap. :p
 
 
Current Mood: hungry/sleepy
 
 
the_fin
04 July 2008 @ 12:32 pm

Got this from "Red" Seth Schwarts. It is a magnificent implement, made by the renowned and world famous Jim "Atar" Hrisoulas (www.atar.com). In the brief time I've had it, it woulds seem I've already put it through a lifetime more than it ever saw in Seth's hands. And so, it needed to be repaired. /shrugs :p I just received word from Chris as to why the repairs have taken so long.


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Current Mood: triumphant
Current Music: fucking jazz....
 
 
the_fin
03 July 2008 @ 03:39 pm

- The practice of solving all of the world's problems the hard way.

My latest endeavor is now functional and is the direct result of solving a coding issue which has been vexing me (part time, as I have many other things to) for a couple of months now. Something about the entire world taking July 3rd off as part of their  July 4th holiday this year has left me with several undisturbed hours to hammer through it. Not a big deal, but I figured it out. So there. :p

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I went willingly.

You see, with the acquisition of my latest tax writeoff toy, I can do everything I'm already used to doing from wherever I end up )

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Current Mood: it's kind of a salad bar right now with some sweet, some Bitter®, some exciting, some bland...
Current Music: Enduser - Hidden Wrath
 
 
the_fin
13 May 2008 @ 11:11 pm
when shared in good company. :)  
 
 
Current Mood: pleasantly satisfied
 
 
the_fin
13 May 2008 @ 03:00 pm

Any organization that espouses a supposed "truth" that cannot be promoted by its adherents without the need to attack their critics is indistinguishable from a cult.

-a brand new chadism

 
 
the_fin
22 April 2008 @ 10:46 pm
...  
“When this day is gone, your life thereby decreases.”
 
 
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SEE US LIVE WITH NEW MODEL ARMY and Vale 

This Wed, April 2nd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa!!

As the local "add-on" act for this major club tour, we're not on the actual bill, but we will be there and we go onstage at 9:45 PM! 


This is a must-not miss (the marketing guys made me say that) chance for all my OC friends to see me perform at a show that's seriously worth going to!


Now I already know that lots of the people reading this post on LJ will already know who New Model Army is, but I'm not going to fault anyone for not knowing. For those that don't: If you listen to any kind of punk, post-punk, indie-rock or alternative music, then chances are that either the bands you listen to now are direct contemporaries of NMA (who's first album was released in 1984) or were directly influenced by them. it's a major honor for Idiot Stare to have a chance to play on the same stage as these guys, even if they themselves are not familiar with us. Those of us from the deeper, darker and edgier parts of underground alternative music still tend to be major NMA fans, just as we are of The Cure, The Smiths, U2 and other bands from the same era who found greater commercial success in the States, even if it's not the music we listen to most often. The front-men of Idiot Stare and my prior band STG are both over the top NMA fans, adoring their vision, their sound and their poetic, political and humanitarian lyrics. And it shows in the songs they write. I myself had to review their catalog and rediscover which of their songs I even knew. Hey, it's my journal, might as well be honest. :p

This is our last show before we go on break to produce our next album, so you need to catch this show!

Click here for all the info you need!


 
 
Current Mood: Not looking forward to being in Costa Mesa again...
Current Music: New Model Army - White Coats
 
 
the_fin
Last night I was the victim of my second car accident in less that two months: Jan 18 & March 12 (just before midnight). Fortunately, I walked away from it with less wear and tear than your average punk rock show. )
 
 
Current Mood: go figure
 
 
the_fin
10 March 2008 @ 12:59 pm
"Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command" -Alan Watts
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Current Music: rVnt - Lies of Omission
 
 
the_fin
08 March 2008 @ 01:14 am

A week ago today I lost my wallet. That is to say, I couldn't find my wallet a week ago today *after* I had already come home from everything I had done that day, with a solid and complete memory of handling it (and my change) the last time I dealt with money last Friday.

There was no way in hell it just jumped up and ran away. )
 
 
Current Location: The Pit and the Pendulum
Current Mood: Bent now, but fine by morning.
Current Music: Drive Heads against the Platter
 
 
the_fin
16 February 2008 @ 09:05 am
I still see you everywhere. I really wish it would stop. more than usual today as I'm stuck in Seattle with my latest adventure having completely fallen apart. the reason I'm here will be over by time I finally get there. Pasco, WA. seeing someone here milling around Sea-Tac who looks so much like your mom didn't help. seeing someone who looks like the one you said you wouldn't but you did anyway didn't help either.

PS get the fuck out of my dreams. You're not welcome there.
 
 
the_fin
07 February 2008 @ 03:57 pm
look like C-3PO on the promo art for Fools Gold?

Kate Hudson is C-3PO!