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brad's on a flight home right now.
he gets married Wednesday.
my birthday is Friday–
so maybe i need to have a birthday party/bachelor party for us.
i hear a girl i graduated with works at Deja Vu, the local strip joint. that could be interesting.

on sale now. i know you know what i'm talking about. go get em. go. now.

so here's the full line-up for coachella:

Radiohead
The Pixies
Kraftwerk
Wilco
The International Noise Conspiracy
The Rapture
Desert Sessions
Sparta
Hieroglyphics
Kinky
Deathcab for Cutie
Peretz
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
MIndless Self Indulgence
The Future Sound of London
Stereolab
Laurent Garnier
LCD Soundsystem
Living Legends
Sander Kleinenberg
The Black Keys
The Sounds
Howie Day
Junior Senior
Mark Farina
Moving Units
Sahara Hotnights
Electric Six
The Stills
Seb Fontaine
22-20's
Da Lata
Juana Molina
Phantom Planet
Dios
Jem
Q and not U
Stellastarr
Erase Errata
The Section Quartet
DJ Icon
Dizzee Rascal
The Cure
The Flaming Lips
Air
Belle & Sebastian
Basement Jaxx
Paul Van Dyk
Bright Eyes
Atmosphere
Thursday
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Cursive
Le Tigre
The Crystal Method
Adam Freeland
Mogwai
Ash
2 Many DJ's (Soulwax)
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Muse
Sidestepper
Donald Glaude
The Thrills
Broken Social Scene
Richard Fearless
The Sleepy Jackson
Ferry Corsten
Prefuse 73
!!!
The Cooper Temple Clause
Sage Francis
T. Raumschmiere
The Killers
Home Town Hero
The Section Quartet

if you're not going to this, you're crazy.

oh damn. thom just killed himself over jenn. i swear, what is this world coming to.

haha. one of the best profile's i've read in a long time :

Here are some updated pointers for a better life:
1. Tight pants and white belts don't make you smart.
2. Sick tat, bro.
3. There is a fair chance that Ulysses (dog on left) has been to more shows and is a bigger scenester than you.
4. If you didn't go to "Argle-bargle summer camp 1974"…why are you wearing the t-shirt?
and finally..
5. I read Nietzche and Marx too. *yawn* Stop trying to be deep, dark, and mysterious, because sensitive artists are a dime a dozen.

2 weeks until i'm 23. yuck.

chearbayb: you there?
spirainfinitas: yeah
chearbayb: wanna hear a funny story?
spirainfinitas: yes
chearbayb: Ok so, today Emily opened up a bag of fruit snacks
chearbayb: and she's like "Gross, Jenny do these have mold on them?"
chearbayb: and they do, like completely covered in mold
spirainfinitas: hahahahaha
chearbayb: and then lacey goes, "oh man"
chearbayb: And I'm like "What"
chearbayb: and she's like, "I ate a whole bag of those earlier. I sucked the white off them, i thought it was powdered sugar."
chearbayb: hahahahahahhaha
spirainfinitas: omfg!

So I guess I better do an update on this past weekend because it was truly stupendous. Trev and I started off by heading down to grand rapids friday night. We met up with elizabeth at her place [cool loft, can't believe she's moving out]. Did some bar hopping but didn't find one we'd have liked to stay at so we drove over to good ol' Billy's Lounge, a jazz/blues club we frequent. Did some drinking. Did some dancing. Had a good time.

Saturday we chilled out at her place while she worked and watched some movies [ie, army of darkness…] and at about 4 we went and got in line at the church to see Micheal Moore speak. Of course it was freezing outside and we had to get there about an hour and a half early. Thank gawd for that though because there were about 3000 people who didn't get in. Including elizabeth because she got out of work late. But the speech was totally, completely exhilerating. I've never felt so in-touch with so many people before….ever. And to top it all off, it was sorta ironic that it was in a church. He was at the podium where a priest/pastor/whatever would stand. Everytime he cursed, he'd look up at the painting of jesus and wince…or make lightning bolt animations/sounds. The church was beautiful. Most of the people were pretty cool, too, because a lot of them were Kendall art students. Though there were people of all demographics there, surprisingly enough. Grand Rapids is an awesome town. Despite it's relatively high republican population, it has a pretty big counter culture. Later that night we went and bought the Dane Cook CD/DVD and laughed half the night away. And then I fucked the rest of the night. Gawgeous.

^micheal…cool church

if you live near one of these areas [or even if you don't] give one of these numbers a call. it's fucking funny shit.

* Boston: 617-861-3962

** New York: 212-660-2245

New Hampshire: 603-413-2340
Rhode Island: 401-648-6543
Maine: 207-376-0768
Atlanta: 770-908-7383

San Francisco: 415-356-9833

Denver: 303-607-7527

Los Angeles: 310-217-7638

Washington DC: 202-452-7468

Chicago: 773-509-5027

Seattle: 206-376-9798

*** Miami: 305-241-0033

*** Orlando: 407-338-0036

Baltimore: 410-347-1488
Virginia: 703-912-1725

Detroit: 248-262-6861

Houston: 713-866-6249

Dallas: 972-504-6270
Phoenix: 602-230-4210

Las Vegas: 702-386-5397

New Jersey: 201-808-6011

San Diego: 858-492-8002

spirainfinitas: what's up this weekend?
chearbayb: ummm, nothing that i know of. My brother might come up to get a tattoo, i'd like to do something (drinking or snowboarding specifically) but who knows
chearbayb: nothing in stone
chearbayb: maybe the braveheart on friday, we have a new friend who invites us there a lot
spirainfinitas: who's that?
chearbayb: the guy who works at the walmart pharmacy. We call him Pharmacy Guy, but his real name is Adam
chearbayb: nice guy
chearbayb: we're in there a lot for lacey's meds, for like 2 years now
chearbayb: so we've just gotten to know him over time
spirainfinitas: hahahahaha
spirainfinitas: that's awesome
spirainfinitas: that's a good story. keep it
chearbayb: ha, i guess. We just kinda meet people everywhere we go. That's just how we are. Lacey's drunk and hot, and I'm personable
chearbayb: It's not a bad mix
spirainfinitas: hahahaha
spirainfinitas: maybe i need a drunk and hot friend
chearbayb: i think that needs to be you
spirainfinitas: then meeting people would be easy
chearbayb: i think you are the drunk hot friend
chearbayb: you problem is, you're not drunk enough
spirainfinitas: OH! is that it?
chearbayb: yep.
chearbayb: fix that
spirainfinitas: will do. i'll start now. with beam. and then 7-7's.
spirainfinitas: and then i'll drive to your house.
chearbayb: haha sick, it's 1pm
chearbayb: and then you'll die

i'm going to coachella this year.

here are some of the bands said to be going:

radiohead
the pixies
electric six
the international noise conspiracy
trail of dead
atmosphere
the cure
the thrills
the yeah yeah yeahs
bright eyes
death cab for cutie
the stills
broken social scene
strongly rumored:
outkast
the shins
pj harvey
massive attack

lets all meet in Indio, CA may 1st and 2nd. ; ]

why do i delay? got so much shit to do and i always wait until the last minute. guess that's the way it's always been and always will be. at least i've got my astronomy reading pretty much wrapped up. the other classes can fucking wait until the day before exams ; p

no one wants to do anything during the week and i get really bored. everyone should randomly call me and save me some sanity: 904/476.5793. seriously. tell me stories. tell me your problems. tell me you hate me.

check this shit out:
[y.20q.net](http://y.20q.net:8095)

fun. in a nerdy sorta way.

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what happened? i'm really confused about today.
and i have an accent? hahahaha.

Though I've always enjoyed the style of Whitman and Ginsberg, I've never really toyed with it on my own until last night. May-be crap, but it is still my own:

You for who I have searched and gone to such lengths to make my presence known,
You for whom I have pondered, albeit without any cost to you; though in contrast,
I've dream'd more so than lived: fairly I proclaim my own self-loathing for this, before any other should tell me to feel likewise,
For with whom I would need to agree, as if neon lit or milked sickness, true;
Though the pleasure would not be theirs while worn on my sleeve
I have experienced such pleasures as friends quite dear; through symposium and in private, I have enjoyed their simplified answers to my woes (they have humored me so!),
But there is an ache in me that will not be massaged by the occasional high spirit (though temporarily by the intoxicating variety),
A child I am in my selfishness, though I know the prayer of the Buddha,
But if there ever was anything so intoxicating as to have me throw away a True path, this Love would undoubtedly be it, leaving me forever unchanged and unfolded.

stole this from thisdamngirl

bold the places you've visited:

1) Alabama, 2) Alaska , 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) Indiana, 15) Iowa, 16) Kansas, 17) Kentucky, 18) Louisiana, 19) Maine, 20) Maryland, 21) Massachusetts, 22) Michigan, 23) Minnesota, 24) Mississippi, 25) Missouri, 26) Montana, 27) Nebraska, 28) Nevada, 29) New Hampshire, 30) New Jersey, 31) New Mexico, 32) New York, 33) North Carolina, 34) North Dakota, 35) Ohio, 36) Oklahoma, 37) Oregon, 38) Pennsylvania, 39) Rhode Island, 40) South Carolina, 41) South Dakota, 42) Tennessee, 43) Texas, 44) Utah, 45) Vermont, 46) Virginia, 47) Washington, 48) West Virginia, 49) Wisconsin, 50) Wyoming

my backyard, today after much snow…

so i had an interesting week/weekend.

the week started out kind of weird with maria and i hanging out a couple of days. very sweet girl and cute as hell but i'm not so sure she's the opposing puzzle piece. but i guess we'll have some fun.

stopped by jen's place because she said she had a christmas present waiting for me…and it was a wonderful scarf! i love hand-made gifts.

thursday morning i received an email update for a show going on at the diaper so i started to make plans to get a semi-large group to go. thought i'd steal the suburban [gross, right..] for the night and pile 'em in. well as it turns out, jonathan is busy with his up coming play [as always] so him and ashley are out, trevor is out cold with some sort of sickness, can't get a hold of jess , so by this point i'm thinking all's lost. but indeed i was wrong! bergey was the only one who pulled through. so we said fuck it and went anyway…and rocked the joint like the true gangstas that we are. heard some great bands such as HUGS, The Setup and The Sea The Sea. I was so impressed with The Sea The Sea that I saw them again at Mac's Bar friday night. Kind of slow there, but still a great show. Met some random people that night that invited me to their place…drank, played some jams…and ended up crashing on their couch. [to they i am truly thankful, for i was smashed. glad i didn't get raped.] drove to a holiday inn the next morning and got a room, watched some movies and made good use of the hot tub and sauna. relaxed most of sunday-day and finally ended the weekend with watching Big Fish with trev and liz. Wasn't a horrible movie but i have to say that i was kind of disappointed because i had high expectations. but i had a good night, no less.

hrm. so that's an update.

why is speech spelled with two e's and speak has an a? that is the dumbest thing i have ever contemplated. english is absolutely, astonishingly ridiculous.

this has been the laziest weekend of my life. i've basically just sat around rolling cigarettes, drinking wine and having conversation with my mother. my brother eric just got his first tattoos yesterday and though they are somewhat generic, i almost feel that everyone has to have at least one. i'm proud of my lil bro :*) also saw some photos of brad's tattoos at the shop. it was kind of weird. he called yesterday and informed us that this week he's moving to camp babylon and then to kuwait and will be headed for home by either the end of this month or early february. i haven't heard that happiness in his voice in so long….i can't wait to see him.

also, the last couple of days have been very spring-like and it's had me feeling like it was actually coming; but that's just a dirty trick because we all know that michigan summer doesn't come until may. i think we're about to get slammed by snow storms. i hate snow. i can deal with the cold. i just don't want any damn snow. yes, las vegas, take all of it!

school starts the 13th for me and i'm kinda excited about my classes, though i have 1 more class than i did last semester so i hope i can do as well. i took an art class in place of a true speech class–i wonder how i'll do! i'm also taking cultural anthropology, a soc class, and astronomy [which i'm geeked about.]

hope everyone has a wonderful night. goodbye 2003 :*)

i was just thinking how much i can't wait for spring to come 'round. "sentimental shit. love, karin". what a great idea. so hey, does anyone remember these albums?

Swervedriver: Raise
Dinosaur Jr: Bug
Superchunk: No Pocky For Kitty
Alcohol Funnycar: Time to Make the Donuts
The Meices: Tastes Like Chicken
Love Battery: Dayglow
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin: God Fodder
Samiam: Clumsy
Jawbreaker: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Shellac: At Action Park
Big Black: Atomizer
Seaweed: Spanaway
Hum: Downward is Heavenward
Fluf: Classic Years
Overwhelming Colorfast: Two Words
Tad: Inhaler
Mudhoney: Self-Titled
Nada Surf: The Proximity Effect
Buffalo Tom: Let Me Come Over
Built to Spill: Keep it like a Secret
Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle
Treepeople: Actual Reenactment

jeez. where has the time gone.

"i need the smell of summer…"

it's almost 2004. i should have graduated this year. fuck.

this too: