suspected causes of early fall ickiness

a) unusual sleeping habits
b) infrequent eating
c) visit to nursing home
d) messy bedroom

its rock star obsession thursday at plainparade!

the parallels to gregg foreman are astounding… its more than just a bad haircut.

he was more observant than i thought

courtesy of the daily news and dee snider (of twisted sister fame).

what i did on my summer vacation

i breathed in the gunpowder, somewhere over the ben franklin bridge. not even two seconds ago, the sky was storming purples and greens, chemical sparkles all over due to the fireworks display going on at penn’s landing.

labor day’s the last official gasp of summer, and now, as i sit in my parents kitchen with the window open and listening to the crickets, i can feel it. there’s that academic smell, of new textbooks and supplies; finally i realize that a big chapter in my life, an ugly and beautiful chunk of it, is done.

tommorrow, ill hear the bell on the high school field and listen to my brother scurry off to college, i wont. ill probably wake up and check my email. what i do after that, i dont know. taking it a step further and applying it to the rest of my life, i dont know what i do after that.

this summer’s been a fucking mess in so many ways, and still managed to be completely perfect; im completely looking forward to the crisp blue skies and my red sweater with the holes everywhere, not because it will imply change. no, unlike others, im not interested in a constant fluxus. i dont want to climb the ladders of social satisfaction and change friends as if changing the gears on the car i drove this evening.

i would like, to evolve. i want this story to stop jerking around, im not a captain beefheart song. some cohesion, would be nice.

how to make me eagerly overexcited

do exactly as ted leo, and play the opening chords to stiff little fingers “alternative ulster” while setting up.

tonights show, definately among the best ive seen this summer.

cleaning house

click on each image to read.

reproduced from details magazine, february 1993.

also found: a zipatone catalog with tons of awesome fonts, and an andy warhol book. i dont even know what im saving anymore.

only some apply but…

YOU KNOW YOU’RE OUT OF COLLEGE WHEN…

1. Your salary is less than your tuition.
2. Your potted plants stay alive.
3. Shacking in twin-sized beds seems absurd.
4. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
5. You have to pay your own credit card bill.
6. Mac & Cheese no longer counts as a well balanced meal.
7. You haven’t seen a soap opera in over a year.
8. 8:00 AM is not early.
9. You have to file your own taxes.
10. You hear your favorite song on the elevator at work.
11. You don’t get carded anymore.
12. You carry an umbrella.
13. You learn that “bachelor” is a nicer term for JACKASS.
14. “Extended childhood” only really pertains to your salary, which is a little less than your allowance used to be.
15. “Twenty-something” means over-qualified, under-paid and not married.
16. Your friends marry instead of hook-up & divorce instead of break-up.
17. You start watching the weather channel.
18. Jeans & baseball caps aren’t staples in your wardrobe.
19. You can no longer do SHOTS and smoking gives you a sinus attack.
20. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.
21. You stop confusing 401K plan with 10K run.
22. You go to parties that the police don’t raid.
23. Adults feel comfortable telling jokes about sex in front of you.
24. You don’t know what time Wendy’s closes anymore.
25. Your car insurance goes down.
26. You refer to college students as kids.
27. You drink wine, scotch and martinis instead of beer, bourbon and rum.
28. The beer you DO drink doesn’t have to be what’s on sale.
29. Your parents start making casual remarks about grandchildren
30. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of Taco Bell.
31. You’re on the computer more than you’re on the telephone.
32. You no longer go out for something to eat in Pajama Pants and your sorority/fraternity sweatshirt. [uh, has NEVER applied to me]
33. “The Walk of Shame” is now that long walk from the boss’s office back to your cubicle.
34. You’re actually glad to hear to hear those two words you hated for 4 years - “LAST CALL!”
35. The friends you’re making now just don’t seem to measure up.

joey rocks

hardly cool? i think its totally cool. gotta love these NJ high schoolers. i guess all the piss and vinegar isnt gone.