Periscope Depth

but if that's what you had in mind, well if that's what it's all about

Okay friends and hangers-on, it’s survey time: Do I need a haircut? Follow-up question: does this guy need a haircut? Answer independently or relative to each other as needed.

that ain't no DJ, that was rock and roll

5:35: I get home from work and bring in the mail. Sitting down on my bed, the day catches up with me and I slowly slump over. Just a minute to rest my head, maybe, before I take on the evening. 6:55: I open my eyes. Crap. I snag a handful of snacks to clear [...]

because I don't mind if you don't mind

Dear everyone who matters, This LJ notwithstanding, I don’t talk a lot about myself and what drives me. I’ve always been the quiet type. And about jiu-jitsu, which I’ve been studying for seven and a half years – longer than I went to any single school or held any one job – I tend to [...]

if you like making love at midnight

(1) Has January felt like a long month to anyone else? I think back on some of the big things I’ve done recently and they’ve all happened in 2008. Not that I’m complaining; I prefer to stretch each second between here and the grave as long as possible. But it’s hard to believe there’s still [...]

I could say it ain't so, but darling, what's the use?

Sifting through the frozen tundra, I uncovered this weekend’s media blow: Nine Stories, J.D. Salinger. It’s probably better that I didn’t read this as a teenager, when Salinger’s “you think everything’s normal but it’s not” storylines would have steered my writing style down regrettable paths. However, it’s good that I read it now, having made [...]

nothing else would fit right, or seem so directly applied

I got this job.

when I want my opinion, I'll ask for it

I’m tired of having opinions. I’m going to let the Internet make my opinions for me. Topic: I don’t vote, on the grounds that the statistically miniscule impact my vote would have on an election isn’t worth the effort (there are tens of millions of voters in any national election and close elections are decided [...]

cash rules everything around me

So I was sitting on the roof of the Temple, cooling my heels and drinking an Ecto Cooler Hi-C, when the devil appeared behind me. “Hey Satan,” I said. “Hey Professor,” he said, sitting down next to me. He kicked his feet over the side. “I guess you’ve heard that shit’s pretty bad, what with [...]

the heat is on

Updated the default pic. There are some awesome promo stills on Marvel’s website of Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony in a half-assembled exoskeleton. But I can’t turn them into the userpics I want. So I’m settling for merely phenomenal red and gold. Saturday, MICHELLE BONCEK, Kristen and Anna reunited for Spinning Hardcore. Joanna, Brain, Grace, [...]

an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

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