Wednesday, August 28th, 2002
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5:54 am
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2002
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5:24 am
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i am so very confused with my life. i can't even begin to sort out everything i am thinking right now. nor can i decide what to feel about a couple of people around me. well perhaps "decide" is not the proper word usage, because you can't really decide how to feel. i wish it were that easy. however i am starting to believe that no matter how much you trust them, everyone will inevitably let you down. maybe i need to begin setting far lower standards for the people that i know. that way, i can only be pleasantly surprised by the actions of those around me. i suppose it isn't that easy either...
current mood:  cynical
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Monday, August 26th, 2002
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6:39 am
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in the last twenty-four hours i have been through so many emotions...both very good and bad...but overall tonight just made me so angry and disappointed on so many levels, yet on my way home i couldn't stop thinking about the beauty that exists in the world around me and in some of the people in it. i feel so alive.
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Sunday, August 25th, 2002
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4:43 pm - my crazy dream
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my night's sleep was basically a nap. i went to go to bed at 9:00am but turned on the tv and watched the last hour of the goodbye girl because i like that movie. went to bed at 10am and woke up at 2:00.
i had this ridiculous dream that i went out to meet people at hormel, and i was talking to doug and stuffed polar bears (as in taxidermy stuffed) kept falling out of the sky. we couldn't tell where they were coming from, they just were. all of a sudden we were talking and standing in about three feet of water and over the span of what was probably 10 min there were about 8 polar bears just scattered around, but because they got wet they started stinking and falling apart. so i left and went home (to sanger street).
i went on the porch with my mom, and then doug, dan, sarah, josh, pater, and jared showed up with 4 female japanese foreign exchange students and 2 huge uhaul trucks because someone was moving. we were outside goofing around and then they left and my mom went with them and i took the exchange students upstairs to use the bathroom and i turned on the tv and on the news they showed this big ufo (not your typical ufo, more like a highly decorated carnival-style mother ship) that was basically flying over us and got clearance to land at logan airport. the news reporter was saying how the streets were empty. i thought it was funny how everyone in the uhaul had no idea what was going on. the japanese girls were pointing at the tv and freaking out and asking me what was happening. i tried to explain it was aliens but they didn't understand. i got really frustrated and said "just stop being so fucking foreign for a second! there are fucking aliens on tv!" and then i woke up.
current mood:  amused
current music: pixies-where is my mind
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Saturday, August 24th, 2002
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3:42 am - my tasteless attempt at self-amusement...
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what's the difference between a red '57 chevy and a dead baby?
i don't have a red '57 chevy in my garage.
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what's worse than a pile of dead babies?
the one in the middle trying to eat it's way out.
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how do you find the live baby in a pile of dead ones?
you jab them all with a pitchfork.
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what's the difference between a dead baby and a watermelon?
one's fun to hit with a sledgehammer, the other is a watermelon.
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i know at this point you must be asking yourself, "what's funnier dead babies?". my friend, the answer is simple: dead babies wearing clown suits.
goodnight.
current mood: amused
current music: white stripes- offend in every way
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Friday, August 23rd, 2002
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1:52 pm - i know it's long, but believe me you need to read this.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some actors use their eyes. Others perform from the heart. In "Puppetry of the Penis," David "Friendy" Friend and Simon Morley rely on an organ not previously known for its acting skills.
In their wildly popular stage show, the well-endowed Australians twist and shape their penises into a series of "installations" -- a hamburger, the Eiffel Tower, the Loch Ness monster -- to the gasps, guffaws and sometimes pained expressions of audiences on three continents.
The show opened last week in Los Angeles with performances sold out in advance despite up-and-down reviews that spent a lot of time making puns and revealing plot twists and turns.
As Daily Variety critic Timothy Gray reported: "In the history of theater, there have been some great titles -- 'The Tempest, 'A Doll's House,' 'Death of a Salesman' -- but few names have summed up the content of a show as succinctly as 'Puppetry of the Penis;' anyone buying a ticket will pretty much know what they're in for. It's not exactly theater and it sure ain't high art, but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind experience. Something to tell the grandchildren about."
Wearing nothing but shoes, socks and fantastically decorated capes, Morley and Friend practice what they call "The Ancient Art of Genital Origami," or "dick tricks." The show originated in their native Australia as a series of barroom tricks.
'EDUCATIONAL'
The contorted creations are projected onto gigantic 16-foot screens behind the performers to give every audience member a front-row peep.
"When you see it on a 16-by-16 screen which is completely filled with penis it's more than just an internal exploration," Morley said. "It's quite educational for a lot of women -- especially lots of older ladies who have only seen one or two penises in their lives."
His partner totally agreed. "For them to have a look at a penis on a big screen three stories high -- it's quite an experience for them. It demystifies it," Friend told Reuters.
The men consider themselves a sort of perverse alternative to "The Vagina Monologues," the hit play about women musing about their sexual organ. "We're the men's version because girls like to talk about it and boys like to show it," Friend said.
"It is secret man's business -- we've brought it out of the closet and taken it way too far," Morley said.
Morley also claims that the show is "completely non-sexual. For a couple of guys prancing around the stage naked, it's actually a very clean show. We don't say any swear words."
Morley and Friend, who are in their early 30s, hooked up in Melbourne in 1998 after crafting their performances independently at pubs, girls' nights out and bachelorette parties.
The path to stardom included stops at far-flung cattle stations where they performed on stages fashioned from bales of hay and sheets and an audience member shone a flashlight on their genitals.
"My mother has been to the show now," Friend said. "She just wishes it was someone else's son. She said, 'I thought it was very funny but I still prefer musicals."' Morley's mom had not seen him naked since he was a baby, the performer said.
The London show and tours in Canada and New York elicited lukewarm reviews but fervid responses at the box office.
A New York Times reviewer wondered why the "juvenile novelty act" was so "dumbfoundingly popular," but night after night of sell-out crowds kept the off-Broadway show open for 11 months. The production's West Coast debut has been its most profitable North American stop, with shows sold out for weeks in advance, a spokeswoman said.
WHERE'S THE PUPPETS
"There are no puppets and there are no strings," Friend declared at the opening of the show. "We should all be expecting full frontal male nudity!"
With that, the buff performers throw back their capes and give the crowd a lengthy gaze at the true stars of the show. They keep up a running patter of puns as they twist and squeeze their members into unlikely shapes that they insist are not painful.
"For all the lovers in the room, will you please cop an eyeful of the Eiffel Tower!" Friend says. "If you look close enough you can actually see the people milling around on the top."
The two men said that they foresee an extended run of the show in Los Angeles and then they plan to mount a production in Denmark if they are not destroyed by puns first.
"I once had this 80-year-old lady come up to me after a show and say, 'Son, I've been waiting years to laugh at a penis like that.' That's job satisfaction," Morley said.
...too funny
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6:06 am - i am finally going to go to bed
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"..dive straight in on your girlfriend
making her feel like there's going to be a war
dive straight in at the deep end
making you feel like there's going to be a war
as i turn to you and i say
thank goodness for the good souls
that make life better
as i turn to you and i say
if it wasn't for the good souls
life would not matter
one good day of the week
and i'll be up again
one good day of the week
i'll be higher than the government..."
current mood: hopeful
current music: starsailor-good souls
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3:18 am
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sometimes when i think of all the people and friends that i have loved i wish that i was able to bottle time. i wish that i could keep each one at their most beautiful moment where the world and all the other complications didn't get in the way, and just keep them locked just like that completely in my memory forever. i wish i could keep them all there at their most perfect moment and just visit them when i went to sleep at night and there would never be any distance between us and we would never grow apart from one another. and it will just always be ok. i wish there was never any bittersweet memories about the people you love, that it's just purely happy and perfect for always. i wish there was always someone there to hold you when it's 3 in the morning and you can't stop crying. i think that is what i would most want heaven to be like.
current mood:  sad
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Saturday, August 17th, 2002
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4:17 am
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Friday, August 16th, 2002
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3:06 pm - i need to take a goddamn shower
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i've been feeling kind of down lately, but thanks to a conversation i had last night i am feeling better. for the first time in weeks i woke up in a really good mood this morning. thankyou. we should do that again some time..
concerning the random, i woke up at 2:00 today. i had a very strange dream before that i was in the lobby of the museum of science and the white stripes showed up and i was like oh hi how you guys doing? and meg was being a wicked bitch to me. and then they started playing and all the kids in the red and white all came running in like on the mtv awards and i was just like "what the fuck" "what is up with all these losers" then i got all panicky and wanted to wake up because i realized it was too weird to be real. i'm so glad it wasn't.
current mood: happy
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Tuesday, August 13th, 2002
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10:13 pm
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10:09 pm - i had an interesting day at work....
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Fire Prompts Evacuation Of Meadow Glenn Mall
Tue Aug 13, 2:56 PM ET
What started as a small grease fire at a restaurant in the Meadow Glenn Mall quickly roared out of control during the lunch hour Tuesday, prompting the Medford Fire Department to evacuate the mall and sending two firefighters to the hospital overcome by heat.
Medford fire officials said the fire at the Friendly's restaurant was reported about 12:50 p.m. and then spread through the roof of the building, causing more than $100,000 in damages.
Two firefighters who responded to the two-alarm blaze were overcome by heat working on the roof and were transported to Lawrence Memorial hospital where they were being treated for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
The mall was evacuated and remains closed.
i don't have to work tomorrow.
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Thursday, August 8th, 2002
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9:44 pm
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Friday, August 2nd, 2002
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9:20 am
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Sunday, July 28th, 2002
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12:18 pm - i'm crazy but i get the job done. yeah i'm crazy but i get the job done...
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when i got home this morning i decided not to sleep. instead, i cleaned my room for 5 hours. it may not have been the smartest idea that i've come up with, but the room sure does look nice. i tried to wake up mike right now. he refused to get up. i think i am going to sit in my room until i find something else that is wrong with it because i really don't want to fall asleep until nighttime. legit.
current mood:  exhausted
current music: ben folds- philosophy
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Friday, July 19th, 2002
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9:26 pm
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my mom and i went online and established that the product is definitively an electronic insect repellent device. i went out into the yard to check it and its surroundings out, planning a sting operation to kill the sound. on my way back into the house i stepped in a whole, and sprained my ankle. while i was lying on the ground "writhing in pain" i was bitten by a mosquito. the thing is noisy and not even useful. the irony, the horrible irony!
current mood: bitchy
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6:44 pm
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the noise is still killing me and it's even worse now because the air conditioner is no longer on so all the windows are open. i feel like i am going insane. thie high pitched pulsating beep is making me want to kill myself. legit. i am soooooo frustrated. i want to kill my neighbor.
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Thursday, July 18th, 2002
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1:35 am
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the noise is coming from something in my neighbor's yard and it is very loud. it was driving mike insane earlier. i shut all the windows on the first floor and turned on the air conditioner to make it quieter but i can still hear it clearly in the kitchen and here in the computer room. the living room and the basement are the only places in the house where you can't hear it. so i can't sleep in my room, i have to sleep in the living room on the couch. if this does not end i will go on a rampage and kill my neighbor and his family.
current mood: annoyed
current music: ben folds- zak and sara
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2002
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1:54 pm
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there is this high pitched/pulsating noise, that my mom can hear to but we don't know what it's coming from so we can't make it stop. this is a shame because the noise is highly irritating.
it's my day off. i want to go break things.
current mood:  mischievous
current music: modest mouse- heart cooks brain
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2002
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1:16 am
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nice night isn't.
oh and by the way dan, road to perdition is based on a 1998 graphic novel written by max allan collins (same guy who wrote dick tracy strips) and illustrated in black and white by richard piers rayner. just thought you'd like to know.
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