I was born to hustle roses down the avenues of the dead. – Charles Bukowski

I loved that man’s poems before I knew much about him. Turns out he was kind of a jerk, but still like the poems.

He lived in a rooming house while he was writing some of the poems that I like best. I used to live in a rooming house, but I never wrote any great poems. I currently live in an apartment, but I haven’t yet written any great poems here. I do have some loud people living above me. They stomp around a lot. Today finally put a picture to the loud stompers. It is a nice couple with a really cute little kid. It is hard to hate them now that I have seen them. I was a little surprised at how small they are. Why is it that small people make such loud noises? Maybe they want to be noticed.

Now I need to get to work writing some great poems.

B 7

I 24

N 32

G 51

O 68

BINGO!

On another note: I noticed that the site wasn’t rendering well in Internet Explorer, so I made a couple of changes and hope that is now fixed. For those of you looking at this website with Internet Explorer, shame on you. You should try Firefox.

Here are some pics from yesterday’s reunion.

First off, the Illini Football team sucks.

Drove up to my parents house after the football game. Was listening to and interview with the Vertabrats on WPGU. They played a couple of songs. As the DJ said (many times) they were awesome.

When I got out of range of WPGU, I poped in a couple of CDs. Elsinore was able to get me through most of the journey, and then Lorenzo Goetz was able to get me back up and going as I was coming into more traffic. It was a good ride home. Time passed pretty quickly.

Saw a lot of my family tonight out for pizza. Tomorrow is the family reunion. I haven’t been up for quite a while so it will be nice to see everyone.

What is the best thing about today?
Why are you bothering me?
If you were a tree, would you let me climb you?
Man, your band rocks. What is it like to Rock?
How many pecks of pickled peppers would Peter Piper pick?
What is your favorite color?
Funny haha, or funny queer?
What is your favorite band?
Drunk enough, or should I buy you another?

I got my comments section working, so I thought that I would ask a few questions, so you the non-existant reader could play along too. Fee free to answer any/all of these questions. You may also ask questions, that I may answer on a latter blog.

Jabberjaw, and the Dukes of Hazzard got together to get Grape Ape. Snarf came by and had a triscuit. Brainy Smurf hit that shit. Silverhawks are still looking for Stawberry Shortcake. Three Snorks rode the Great Space Coaster to the visit the Herculoids in the world of Make Believe. Transformers, more than meets the “I”. I care. Care Bears hate the Gummy Bears. Fraggle Rock is not as cool as it used to be. Casper ain’t so friendly when he gets into the Scooby Snacks, but knowing is half the battle. I always wanted to be Captain Caveman and Friends. Spiderman had Amazing Friends. Eat me, I’m a Danish. Space Ghost rocking out at the School House. You remember when Degrassi kids were in Jr. High. Alanis Can’t do that On Television, but she can sing about going down in a Theater. Just say No! Green Eggs and Ham is your brain on Drugs. Brainy Smurf hit that shit, again – Bitch!

I finally got YouTube to work in my blog!

My parents came through town today.

Here are some pics with me and my mom and dad.

One with my mom.
Here is one with my dad and I.

My life is so sweet, I am thinking of selling tickers. $20 to spend the day with me. Get in early because space is limited.

It is five years after the terrorist attacks. Nothing happened today. Some people seemed to be a little out of it. Deep in thought. Don’t think people were too worried, but they took time to look back.

I am saddened that the country seems depressed. The US was founded on high ideals, but I feel that those ideals have been diminished. I wish that some one would come along and bring back the hope in the country.

For some reason I am feeling the opposite. Don’t know why, but I have been pretty happy for the last few days. Good things keep coming. Positive things follow a positive attitude. I want to keep surrounding myself with good people.

Go Bears. They held the Pack scoreless today. Favre’s only game without a score. He is looking old. It is sad to see some one who was once so good, and now is just past his time. Bears looked good. Grossman might turn out to be OK. I am still holding judgement.

Went to the Supersuckers concert at the Highdive tonight. Eddie Spaghetti is the lead singer, and he opened with an accoustic show before the band took the stage. It was a good night. Shot some video of the show for Brian Crowdson’s website Banddot.com.

Well it is offically September 11th. Five years after the Towers fell. I wonder if anything will happen. Reminds me of T.S. Eliot:

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Hopefully it is just a wimper. We’ll see.