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Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
[written on sunday 4/22, just getting around to posting it today - i'm in the middle of a 13-day work marathon...]
following the spirit of kdogg's advice on my myspace comments ... the radio k top 7 is rockin my solo sunday brunch. hearing all kinds of early-90's sounds in 2day's hitz: belly, velocity girl; and, literally, low. but the real music for channeling spring magic is animal collective and their side project panda bear.
last saturday at work mary the maintenance lady came to the membership desk to show a polaroid she had taken recently of a wild turkey that had wandered into her yard in minneapolis' gritty, urban phillips neighborhood. this did not prevent kung and i from being surprised that monday - the day of the virginia tech shootings - to see a tall, grim-reaperesque turkey trotting nonchalantly through the grounds in front of mctc on hennepin avenue downtown. in all our years in the twin cities neither mary, nor kung, nor i had ever heard of wild turkeys in the urban core. the following days found me surprisingly affected by the shock of monday's news, and i KNOW i know i know that this is only a coincidence, but that knowledge did not prevent a chill from going down my spine when i learned that virginia tech's mascot is a turkey.
following the spirit of kdogg's advice on my myspace comments ... the radio k top 7 is rockin my solo sunday brunch. hearing all kinds of early-90's sounds in 2day's hitz: belly, velocity girl; and, literally, low. but the real music for channeling spring magic is animal collective and their side project panda bear.
last saturday at work mary the maintenance lady came to the membership desk to show a polaroid she had taken recently of a wild turkey that had wandered into her yard in minneapolis' gritty, urban phillips neighborhood. this did not prevent kung and i from being surprised that monday - the day of the virginia tech shootings - to see a tall, grim-reaperesque turkey trotting nonchalantly through the grounds in front of mctc on hennepin avenue downtown. in all our years in the twin cities neither mary, nor kung, nor i had ever heard of wild turkeys in the urban core. the following days found me surprisingly affected by the shock of monday's news, and i KNOW i know i know that this is only a coincidence, but that knowledge did not prevent a chill from going down my spine when i learned that virginia tech's mascot is a turkey.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
e komo mai spring! finally hit yesterday w/ temps in the high 60's, literal CROWDS of people on the trails around lake calhoun when i walked down there w/ seger, who is so very happy. the feeling of lightness and elation grew today as i dusted + busted out my bike, got my taxes in the mail and cruized the DUDES in uptown. took seger back to the sparkling lake where we both dipped our feet in the clear, cold water. uptown hipsters were out in force on alt bikes, wispy mohawks and the like fluttering in the breeze of motion, wan hair finally breathing free after a cold season of confinement under quirky caps. today is the day steve would usually be home from hawai'i to do his taxes, but he and his tax guy figured out a way to do them over the phone to allow him to stay and keep working on that awesome remodel job - so he can make some money to pay taxes on next year. so we're sailing into a new era of tom-A-hawk solo. spring has also brought renewed pangs of missing kdogg, but lo + behold i return from the lake to find a fresh spring mix from kdig hisself sprouting out of my mailbox! [incl bole 2 harlem, the ponys, ghostland observatory, homeliss derelix, amadou + mariam, and illinois ... thanx K!!!] as the world thaws magic is flowing, the bunny has returned to the garden and i am even somewhat overwhelmed by it all. to celebrate and channel the mana, the traditional tax day party will go ahead in stevie + kdogg's honor: this time w/ kung + his boyz @ an open bar party tonite @ temple. c u there!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
a belated happy easter story for you: there’s a bunny that’s been hanging out in our garden; regularly, and in the same spot. was very eastery this weekend until i forgot about it and took one bigboy tom-A-hawk hOp, from the last step on the deck to the sidewalk in the backyard while i was sayin goodbye after a little party w/ dustin on saturday - and scared it away. was hoppin, i mean hopin it would come back but i never saw it again, until i kicked a lawnchair off the deck this morning (i had my reasons) and scared it away again. tom-A-hawk! but it didn’t run all the way out of the yard this time, it stayed and i think gave me a little attitude even. which i believe is progress. [easter sunday i kept my phone off, played guitar, did qi gong + caught up w/ my fambly on da landline. then i went to kung's for drunken ham leftovers.]
whoa i’m still hangin on to hawaiian time bigtime + i’ve been back for a almost a week. sleeping til noon - noon-thirty. tried my hardest to go to sleep at a reasonable hour last night (11:00) and get up at a more respectable local hour this morning - i did better but i still slept until 10:30. and since it’s been kind of a nonstop party since i got back last wednesday i’m trying my hardest to stay in tonight - it’s freezing rain out there! it’s tuesday! but it IS $1 beer night at the eagle...
whoa i’m still hangin on to hawaiian time bigtime + i’ve been back for a almost a week. sleeping til noon - noon-thirty. tried my hardest to go to sleep at a reasonable hour last night (11:00) and get up at a more respectable local hour this morning - i did better but i still slept until 10:30. and since it’s been kind of a nonstop party since i got back last wednesday i’m trying my hardest to stay in tonight - it’s freezing rain out there! it’s tuesday! but it IS $1 beer night at the eagle...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
last week was doors, doors, doors at work - got 'em all done and installed 2 of 3 upper cabinets before friday, my last day on the job (for now). surfed pops again thursday before work, canoes friday morning. much mahalos to kevin + frank for fireworks, honolulu city lights and dinner at their place up in st. louis heights on friday - nice to meet bob + hans, who publishes da kine mag + had copies of their 100th issue pre-release-hot off the press. after classic saturday morning westerns we let kurty take us out to aina haina. met up in the da water w/ jimmy + his boyz for a fun sesh on a new break: waves were nice + big (most 2 big 4 me!) - hung out on the shoulder, got some very fun carvin lefts. aloha kurty surf club dinner party at ken+ken's sat nite - he's moving to portland OR - wot's up w/ dat? love da smoking lounge retreat parties in ken's bedroom, where this time ken read a very satisfying passage out of a kem nunn surf noir, the dogs of winter ... "The first big swell came early that year, a gift before Christmas, wrapped in cloud..." [he's got me reading tapping the source - i guess kem nunn is working on a show for hbo or something. also, surf bud jake has me reading the surfing detective series - maxin out on surf lit!] no surf yesterday or today, goin to myevolution at da maddog saloon tonight, 1 more surf n da a.m. den pau.
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