THIS PARTY'S GETTIN' RAW LIKE SUSHI, SO HATERS TO THE LEFT!
christ. i just got back from a walk at Washington Park, where there were about a million picnics and family reunions and that kind of thing. i encountered an adorable little black boy on a trike. he flashed me a toothy grin, which i returned. his mom or grandma or something SCREECHED at him (and i quote:), "DENZEL, YOU GET AWAY FROM THAT WHITE WOMAN THIS INSTANT BEFORE I WHOOP YOUR ASS!"
WHITE WOMAN?!? there were probably 50 people within a quarter mile of me. what the fuck did she think i was going to do? that is one of the more hateful jabs made at my be a complete stranger, i have to say. i gave her a damn dirty look, but kept walking. meh.
this has been a frustrating weekend. i had so much crap to get done, and though i was working the entire time i feel like i barely made a dent. >sigh< well, shit happens.
here are a few points of interest:
-i saw a deer in milwaukee! it was prancing through "honey creek parkway," which is kind of near 'tosa outpost. i was biking at about the same pace a short distance away, and we traveled that stretch together. that was awesome. i felt for a second like i wasn't so terribly far from the untamed beauty of the north.
-i am going to make a committment right here and now to start taking all my meals at the kitchen table like a civilized person. i've been eating way too much in front of the tv, which is just generally not good for various reasons. not least of which is that my tv is in the bedroom nowadays and i'm pretty sure that treating your bed as a table is a disaster waiting to happen.
-i am unexpectedly disappointed with janelle monae's new album, "metropolis suite II & III." i was hoping it would keep in the tradition of "many moons" and "sincerely, jane," but it's way more R&B and ballad-y. ah well. lots of times i'll dislike an album on first listen that i grow to love with time. we'll see.
-i am equally unexpectly impressed with conor oberst's new album, called "conor oberst." there was a big article in rolling stone about him going to asia and talking to shaman and being "born again" and probably taking lethal doses of acid so i figured it would probably be a pretentious piece of crap. but actually the tunes are chill and folky and similar to those of "i'm wide awake it's morning." they're.. uplifting. heh. so kudos to him. now i'm kind of intersted in seeing him at summerfest. he's playing on thursday night and i DO have friday off work..
i don't suppose anyone would be down for coming with, eh?
WHITE WOMAN?!? there were probably 50 people within a quarter mile of me. what the fuck did she think i was going to do? that is one of the more hateful jabs made at my be a complete stranger, i have to say. i gave her a damn dirty look, but kept walking. meh.
this has been a frustrating weekend. i had so much crap to get done, and though i was working the entire time i feel like i barely made a dent. >sigh< well, shit happens.
here are a few points of interest:
-i saw a deer in milwaukee! it was prancing through "honey creek parkway," which is kind of near 'tosa outpost. i was biking at about the same pace a short distance away, and we traveled that stretch together. that was awesome. i felt for a second like i wasn't so terribly far from the untamed beauty of the north.
-i am going to make a committment right here and now to start taking all my meals at the kitchen table like a civilized person. i've been eating way too much in front of the tv, which is just generally not good for various reasons. not least of which is that my tv is in the bedroom nowadays and i'm pretty sure that treating your bed as a table is a disaster waiting to happen.
-i am unexpectedly disappointed with janelle monae's new album, "metropolis suite II & III." i was hoping it would keep in the tradition of "many moons" and "sincerely, jane," but it's way more R&B and ballad-y. ah well. lots of times i'll dislike an album on first listen that i grow to love with time. we'll see.
-i am equally unexpectly impressed with conor oberst's new album, called "conor oberst." there was a big article in rolling stone about him going to asia and talking to shaman and being "born again" and probably taking lethal doses of acid so i figured it would probably be a pretentious piece of crap. but actually the tunes are chill and folky and similar to those of "i'm wide awake it's morning." they're.. uplifting. heh. so kudos to him. now i'm kind of intersted in seeing him at summerfest. he's playing on thursday night and i DO have friday off work..
i don't suppose anyone would be down for coming with, eh?