Here comes the joker
with his silly grin
he carries a martini
made of bathtub gin
Wendy's on the windowsill
Waiting to be let in
And were all in the bathtub now
Making Bathtub Gin
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Get Trished.
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The Joker
is enjoying:
making bathtub gin:
the joker
31, Pisces
Denver, CO
Windowsill Wendy
is enjoying:
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29, Capricorn
Denver, CO
"Music is a spiritual expression of what's in your heart. Music as a way of getting rich is a pretty new thing, and I often wonder if the mega-bucks glitzy atmosphere is making the quality of music suffer. You have to work really hard to get around that and remember why you're in it in the first place: because you have to be. It's like an addiction. You can't go a day without picking up your guitar. To me, the only commercial goals that are really valid are, 'Boy, I wish I didn't have to go to work. I wish I could do this all the time."
-Trey Anastasio
"Impose rules to make life simpler. Break them to make life more fun."
-Jon Fishman
Friday, January 30, 2004
Enemy #1
posted 2:06 PM by the joker
This weekend:
-going to see an emo band tonight. thats right. indie. emo. im trying to walk the balance beam between hippy and hipster...i need more balance on the hipster side, i guess.
-there is a Chinese New Year celebration thingy at SMU this weekend. The Year of The Monkey...sounds like a good time.
-The Superbowl...ummm...i guess ill go to a party and watch it...twist my arm. But im not really into it. really.
-at some point this weekend i need to do some homework and send out some e-mails & resumes to try and get some informational interviews in Denver/Boulder next month. cross your fingers.
-Everyone wish Bongo Juarez a big happy birthday today! Mr. Juarez and his Bongos are 28 today.
-these balls are way cool to play with.
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Thursday, January 29, 2004
VEGAS RUMORS CONFIRMED!!!
posted 3:31 PM by the joker
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I can't get out of bed today
posted 2:02 PM by the joker
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
What's Your Favorite Kool-Aid Flavor?
posted 5:06 PM by Anonymous
Apple
Berry Blue
Black Cherry
Bunch Berry
Cherry Cherry
Cracker Cola
Eerie Orange
Frutas
Golden Nectar
Grape
Grapeberry Splash
Great Bluedini
Incrediberry
Kickin-Kiwi-Lime
Lemon-Lime
Lemonade
Man-o-Mangoberry
Mountainberry Punch
Oh-Yeah Orange-Pineapple
Orange
Pina-Pineapple
Pink Lemonade
Pink Swimmingo
Purplesaurus Rex
Rainbow Punch
Raspberry
Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry
Rock-a-dile Red
Rootbeer
Scary Black Cherry
Scary Blackberry
Sharkleberry Fin
Slammin' Strawberry-Kiwi
Soarin' Strawberry-Lemonade
Strawberry
Strawberry Falls Punch
Strawberry Split
Strawberry-Raspberry
Sunshine Punch
Surfin' Berry Punch
Tangerine Tropical Punch
Watermelon-Cherry
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Monday, January 26, 2004
People sleep…Sleep in the daytime…If they want to, if they want to…
posted 10:12 AM by the joker
The thing that really amazed me about the party was how everyone really seemed to embrace the whole break your resolution idea. We made posters with a chart to keep track of everyone’s resolutions, and how they were going to break them. I made sure to have the I-zone camera out so people could have their picture next to their name…in all, we ran out of film (I bought 60 exposures)…I thought that only a few people would sign the poster, but there were actually people looking for more film later in the party. Amazing. Who knew crafts where such a good time?
Another fun highlight for me was the Super Jam. Bongo and I started out with 2 other buddies that we play music with regularly, and I think that jam sounded pretty good. Then after about 15-20 minutes we put down the instruments and opened up the jam to the other musicians at the party. Lucky for me and everyone else I have a lot of talented friends, and most of the time everything sounded great. But there were a couple of jams that were bad, really really bad. Which was actually kinda funny and entertaining, because telling a happy loud drunk to get off of the drums can really liven up a party.
The last few people finally cleared out about 4am, we had no problems with the neighbors (which continues to amaze me that no one calls the cops when we are playing loud music and 30 people are standing out in my front porch passing pipes around) and I finally got to sleep about 5:30 am Sunday morning but feel fine today. All in all, very good times.
Oh, and did if forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis, home of Elvis, and the ancient Greeks…no I mean, did I forget to mention that there was a lot of girls kissing one another? Oh yeah, I guess that should be mentioned too.
Bill’s pictures are here, and Indigo has some here.
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Friday, January 23, 2004
I can't fully explain why i like this so much, but i like it
posted 9:56 AM by the joker
http://badgerbadgerbadger.com/
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Thursday, January 22, 2004
If I had a host of ghosts - Living on my street - I’d jive and strive to stay alive - And offer them some meat
posted 10:55 AM by the joker
The Apprentice has to be the best show on TV. Seriously, im hooked. I really want the girls to lose next week, just so they can take the catfight to the board room. I really want to hear Trump put some of those women in their place. And last night- Sam- the man with the napoleon syndrome- got fired and stared down Trump with devil eyes. Oh, the drama! I love it that I have TiVo and can record that shit.
This weekend I am having the “Break your new year’s resolution party.” I am a little nervous, cause it seems like there will be quite a few friends in attendance, and I hope that the house is large enough and we will have enough booze for everyone. I think that the resolution that I will be breaking is to “stop hitting on other people’s girlfriends”- we are going to put together a big board for people to write their resolutions and how they are going to break them, so that everyone can help everyone else out…haha. Should be a good time.
I don’t know if its just cause im older or what, but when did presidential politics get to be so much fun? I mean, its like a new comedy show or something. Howard Dean’s head could explode at any minute; John Kerry looks like Frankenstein; Congress is about to stand up and give a “Heil hitler! to Bush; and John Stewart and the Daily Show is covering it all…im laughing so hard my sides hurt.
So, I shaved off my beard. I know I said I was going to post pictures and document it and all that, but im kinda sick of looking at my nasty face. Its not you, its me.
Real American Heroes
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Monday, January 19, 2004
Its hard to make the good things last...
posted 10:45 AM by the joker
a random thought that i have been thinking a lot about lately is the idea that "its hard to make the good things last" and "nothing lasts for long"- the idea that the best things in life- love, friends, a work situation, whatever, never last forever. if you are lucky, you can spend a lot of your life with someone, but the situation and the way you feel about that person will change. so really, in theory, you should live your life just doing what you think you should do, instead of thinking that you shouldn't leave a place or a person cause you have something right now- like a relationship you are in or maybe there is something else you are in and its awesome right now, but there is no guarantee (and in reality) it probably wont last forever, so you should just enjoy it while you can. and if it ends cause you move, or if it ends because of something else that you do, well thats fine, cause it wasnt going to be like it is forever anyway. it has to end somehow, so we need to just live our lives and be happy with things the way they are now, and not worry about how they are going to be if you change something. cause really, it isnt going to last forever, so you might as well be the person that does the changing and be in control...im not saying that you should live your life without consideration for other people or right or wrong- im not saying that at all- im just saying that a lot of the things that i wish could have lasted forever havent, no matter how hard i tried to hold on to them- so now maybe i need to not be afraid of the change and not take things for granted as much. if its good now, appreciate it, cause sometime sooner rather than later you may be sad that it isnt like it was. but thats ok. nothing lasts forever.
dont know if im making any sense, but thats what ive been thinking about.
thats what i got for now.
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
The Robot
posted 2:03 PM by the joker
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Miami Heat
posted 3:46 PM by the joker
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From MSNBC, via Bongo Juarez
posted 9:14 AM by the joker
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Monday, January 12, 2004
Possibly the best late January party idea ever contained in this post
posted 9:27 AM by the joker
Saw Big Fish yesterday afternoon. I give it 2 thumbs up. It is less psychedelic than I expected, and more of a tear-jerker than I expected, but I liked it a lot.
The great beard experiement is going strong. I havent shaved since Dec 26th, and I thought that I would just keep it till last week, but the more it grows in, the more I like it. I also like very much that the beard seems to polarize people. Some people don’t like it at all- mostly stuffy corporate office type people- and they tell me so. But I don’t really like them, either. But the ones that do like it and comment on it- friends and acquaintances that are hippy indie hipster girls, are the ones that I want to get bonus points with anyway. So I am going to keep it for a little while longer. There is also talk of a really bad progressive shave-off, involving a Fu Manchu and a thin moustache, which of course will be documented here if and when it happens.
Bongo Juarez and I are in the planning stages of our next house party…right now the front runner idea is “Break your New Year’s resolutions party.” I'm thinking of a poster chart that people can sign to let everyone know what resolution they are breaking tonight, as well as a plate in the kitchen with cigarettes, condoms and bread- everything you need to break that resolution!
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Thursday, January 08, 2004
Rambling ahead: The great life planning thing.
posted 10:47 AM by the joker
I took the crazy long road trip around Christmas and New Years to think about some options and try to figure out what to do. I think I get my best thinking done driving alone sometimes. I feel like I am at somewhat of a crossroads of my life, where anything is possible, but this is also somewhat confusing because of the unlimited options that seem to exist.
Here is what I have figured out so far:
1. I want to move to Colorado (Denver, Boulder, Golden, etc.) and am planning on doing this in May/June
2. I want to go to Bonnaroo 2004 again and go “on tour” and play for the month of June this summer (follow Phish or the next best option). I figure I will never have the opportunity to follow a band again, and It is something that I have always wanted to do, so I am going to go for it.
These are really the only 2 things that I have figured out that I am going to do, and I AM GOING TO DO THEM. This isn’t just some pie in the sky half cocked idea, I really am going to quit my job in Dallas this summer, go on tour, and then settle in Colorado.
The second part of this, what kind of job to get and go for, is what is up in the air and will take up a lot of my time for the next 6 months. I had some good meetings with some SMU Alums that were very encouraging and want to help me in my job search. I have also been meeting with some contacts in Dallas, who are, for the lack of a better word, mentors. They all are very encouraging and give me a lot of good feedback and things to think about, but at the same time, it really kind of pisses me off. They all ask the same questions: “What do you want to do?” or “What do you like to do?” or, my favorite, “Follow your dream.” Which seems like it should be easy to answer, but to me is the hardest fucking thing to figure out. I think im getting closer to figuring that out, but I also think im swimming in a sea of dreams and ideas that I will never figure out. In some ways I feel like my Graduate degree opens a lot of doors, but also closes some others- I feel like I have higher stakes now and the level of job I am going for raises the difficulty and effor required to find it.
The meeting that I had this morning, with the president of the ad agency I used to work for, was particularly frustrating and enlightening at the same time. (for those of you keeping score at home, this is also the same president of the company that Windowsill Wendy currently works for.) I went in there because I knew he would shoot me straight, and sometimes its easier to learn things about yourself from others than looking at yourself in the mirror…sometimes things are so close to you and under your nose that its really hard to see it for yourself.
Anyway, I know im rambling so Ill wrap it up- From the meeting this morning my head is swimming and im more confused than I was before. It seems like everything I have to do in 2004 is in conflict with each other- don’t quit a job before you have another one lined up/you have to move somewhere to get a job in a new city—don’t worry about money/you have to think about paying back your MBA loans, hold out for and only accept a job that pays you what you are worth—follow your dreams, don’t care what your parents want or expect/be the good son and make your parents happy—anyway, all I can say is that if there is someone out there that really has their life all figured out, I salute you. Im having a hell of a time myself.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004
City By The Lake
posted 8:04 AM by Anonymous
1. Wake up
2. Hit snooze button
3. Wake up again, get out of bed
4. Take a shower
5. Shave
6. Get dressed
7. Put on my jacket and scarf
8. Walk two blocks to train stop (Southport stop, Brown Line)
9. Wait for train, catch train
10. Ride train to Belmont station, transfer to Red Line
11. Get off downtown at Grand stop
12. Walk 5-6 blocks to my workplace
13. Defrost on elevator up to the 16th floor
14. Walk to desk
15. Sit down
16. Turn on computer
It’s important to note that number 8,9 & 12 involve walking outside. On a day like this it’s BRUTAL. Not only is it -1, but it snowed all day Sunday which means there’s ice and frozen snow all over the sidewalks. Your eyes actually tear up and slide down your cheeks as the cold wind hits your face.
Although some of you think Chicago is always painfully artic-like, we experience mostly mild winter days (Average Temp: 40 degrees). Sunday’s snow was our first major snow of the season. Negative temperatures don’t occur very often. Last Friday it was almost 60 degrees!
Regardless, today’s high is supposed to reach 17.
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Monday, January 05, 2004
Pics from New Year's Eve
posted 10:26 PM by the joker
Perinable S and his lovely beautiful girlfriend cooked us dinner and served some drinks before the show. They are so cute i dont know whether to love them, hate them, be jealous, proud, or all of it.
The CheezLog, eating some banana bread pudding that was DAMN GOOD.
The CheezLog is a professional scarf model.
Balloon Drop at Midnight...
The White Stripes Rock...
I think Meg looks like she has lost some weight. She looks really good. I dont think the Red/Black pants on Jack are a good look, though.
It took an hour for the lovely beautiful girlfriend to get her coat out of coat check after the concert. The CheezLog practiced his "im tired of waiting with this scarf on" pose.
There they are, with coats. Isn't it cute and sickening how her hair is so perfectly out of place?
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Friday, January 02, 2004
Hello from Chicago
posted 1:00 PM by the joker
On the 31st I flew to Chicago and we saw the White Stripes and the Flaming Lips on New Year's eve at the Aragon Ballroom. Before the show, Perinable S had use over at his new badass condo apartment and he and his lovely beautiful girlfriend cooked for us. Yum Yum. Wwe left his apartment very full with strong buzzes and took a cab across town to the show. So far, so good.
The Lips opened the show, and played only 7 songs. I definitely could have heard more from them, but I was satisfied with what we got. The Lips have about 15-20 people on the side of the stage that dress up in mascot costumes- you know, big furry animals dancing around on the side of the stage- and at some point 4 of the women that were wearing costumes took them off to reveal that they were only wearing panties and pasties on their breasts- it was quite festive to have women dancing topless on the side of the stage with ridiculous animal costume heads on.
The White Stripes came out and rocked. Meg White looked really hott, and I couldn't take my eyes off her playing the drums. She sometimes would kick the bass drum and pound the snare with one hand, and then just swing her head and shoulders to make her hair dance and flow everywhere. It was great. At midnight Jack White played "I can tell we are going to be friends", then got the Flaming Lips out on stage for Auld Lang Syne>Seven Nation Army. Rock and Roll! There was a balloon drop and all that fun. The show got out about 1:15 AM. I got pictures of it all, of course- ill post when i get back home.
Now here is where the buzzkill comes in. The beautiful and lovely girlfriend of Perinable S checked her coat, and it took 1 hour to get it after the show. 1 hour of standing around, waiting in line after an awesome show on New Year's eve is torture. CheezLog and I were ready to go out and drink all night, but by the time we were able to get in a cab it was 2:30am, we were all tired and the momentum was lost. But overall it was a great night, just the end wasnt so great. But thats the way it goes.
Yesterday Cheezlog got an XBox, and we have been playing Halo all day today and some last night. It is addictive. There are a few other good stories from the trip, Ill try to fill you in soon. Hope everyone is having a great 2004 so far...I know I am.
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