Journaling on estrip is free and easy. get started today

Last Visit 2023-10-24 10:24:29 |Start Date 2004-10-05 20:47:01 |Comments 383 |Entries 482 |Images 556 |Sounds 11 |Videos 14 |Mobl 14 |Theme |

03/10/05 04:00 - ID#36537

Midnight Midi

Everything I Own / Bread

::DOWNLOAD MEDIA::



You sheltered me from harm.
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
The finest years I ever knew
Were all the years I had with you

I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
Just to have you back again.

You taught me how to love,
What it's of, what it's of.
You never said too much,
But still you showed the way,
And I knew from watching you.
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that can't let go.

I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.

Is there someone you know,
You're loving them so,
But taking them all for granted.
You may lose them one day,
Someone takes them away,
And they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.


for Mom


print add/read comments

Permalink: Midnight_Midi.html
Words: 200
Location: San Francisco, CA


03/08/05 06:17 - ID#36536

Will blog 4 food

Freelance Writer/Blogger Needed - eHomeUpgrade.com

Ok, it's only $5/entry, 3-5 posts/day, but that would buy a lot of Palak Paneer plus a little something to wash it down. Also, they mention "Freebies: gadgets, memberships, trials, trade show/press event invites, etc." as a fringe benefit.


print addComment

Permalink: Will_blog_4_food.html
Words: 59
Location: San Francisco, CA


03/06/05 10:19 - ID#36535

Good old fashioned fun

SF Fetish Ball 2005http://www.sffetishball.com/
March 10-13

Kinksters Rejoice! The San Francisco Fetish Ball is now four years old, and the last three years were just a warm up for what's coming in 2005! No city embraces kink like San Francisco, so get ready for the most over-the-top pervy event in the world! As you read this, the SF Fetish Ball 2005 team is assembling a world-class lineup, and we mean world class! From London, New York, Boston, Los Angeles and, of course, San Francisco the most beautiful models, fabulous DJs, renowned performers, photographers, personalities, and many other glittering stars from the fetish firmament will be on hand to keep the party rockin' and shockin' all night long! You won't want to miss the 2005 San Francisco Fetish Ball! It's sure to be a night to remember -- one everybody will be talking about for years to come.


(e:j3sse) are you sure you can't come a few days earlier? You're gonna miss it!


print addComment

Permalink: Good_old_fashioned_fun.html
Words: 164
Location: San Francisco, CA


Category: web

03/03/05 03:51 - ID#36534

Requiem for a blogger

Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31

For 11 years, Justin Hall was dedicated to documenting his life online. Composing more than 4,800 pages from nearly a decade of constant writing, which he posted on his site, www.links.net, Hall became a pioneer among online diarists and Web loggers.

For Hall, nothing seemed to be too embarrassing or too personal to write about -- with photos and links. From romantic relationships to his father's suicide to a bad case of shingles, he shared himself with a fairly substantial audience. Thousands of people read his site every day.

Then, in mid-January, he made a short film called "Dark Night'' and released it on the Internet. He replaced his ever-changing home page with a fixed red heart filled with question marks.

And like that, his Web site moved from the present to the past tense. He left a search bar next to the questioning hearts, letting readers sift through the archives.




print addComment

Permalink: Requiem_for_a_blogger.html
Words: 181
Location: San Francisco, CA


Category: estrip

03/03/05 02:51 - ID#36533

This is my world

image


and of course, my alternate universe -

image



I thought this was going to be a better time of day for lighting, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any photo tips for reducing screen glare would be greatly appreciated. Although, maybe that's part of the charm.


image
Escher-esque shot of Elmwoodstrip.com displayed on Elmwoodstrip.com on my screen


image
And a long-shot for good measure

Really, I'm not obsessed or anything. I swear!

print addComment

Permalink: This_is_my_world.html
Words: 81
Location: San Francisco, CA


02/26/05 07:00 - ID#36532

a rush of blood to the head

omg. I either just had my first hot flash, a post-fever aftershock, or a seriously unfamiliar flush of abashes (I would have said abashedness, but dictionary.com says abashes and who am I to argue). Who would have thought I could be stricken down to my cynical core by a single post? Not me.

Thanks (e:Terry).

Ok, back to business. This is what I was going to post. Music band fonts Beware some of these fonts only contain the characters needed to make the band's name (Slayer, for instance). But others contain the full character set, or at least a usable one.

image

p.s. - I think posting under multiple aliases on
e:west
, then citing my various selves on the homepage, may be getting to me. Also doesn't help that Brenda & Kathy are still in New Zealand. Their dog is good company, but not much of a conversationalist. Too many one-sided contemplations.

I gotta get me some (e:peeps).

Twist-out


print addComment

Permalink: a_rush_of_blood_to_the_head.html
Words: 175
Location: San Francisco, CA


02/21/05 01:03 - ID#36531

Cognitive Dissonance

You just know you're in for some fun when the help document for your problem starts like this:

Solution:
"How you fix the problem depends on your situation. Read "Decide what to do" for a description of the possible situations and what to do."

I think some hardware and software manufacturers must have majored in psychology:

ATHERTON J S (2003) Learning and Teaching: Cognitive dissonance [On-line] UK: Available: :

"Ordeal is therefore an effective -- if spurious -- way of conferring value on an educational (or any other) experience. "No pain, no gain", as they say.

  • the more difficult it is to get on a course, the more participants are likely to value it and view it favourably regardless of its real quality.

  • ditto, the more expensive it is.

  • the more obscure and convoluted the subject, the more profound it must be.


Mark and I seem to have fallen into our old patterns (well, most of them anyway). Which means we're both sitting in front of our own or each other's computer.


p.s. - congratulations to Basra!


print addComment

Permalink: Cognitive_Dissonance.html
Words: 185
Location: San Francisco, CA


Category: friends

02/26/05 04:49 - ID#36530

Memory Lane

So I saw my friend Andy (best music buddy[inlink]twisted,59[/inlink]ever) while I was in Boston earlier this week. It reminded me again how guilty I felt - and still feel I guess - about messing up "the balance" by leaving Boston after 20 years. Not just with Andy but with everybody. I guess anybody who leaves a relationship feels that to some degree.

Anyway, it was school vacation week so I met him and his kids at the Children's Museum on Tuesday. As we were getting our hands stamped I noticed he still had a fresh stamp from TT the Bear's Place where it turns out he had gone to see Colin Meloy of The Decemberists the night before. Between mediating the older and younger kid's turns and dodging the hordes of other kids also on school break, we caught up on music.

I asked him who he went to TT's with and he said no one. He just went by himself. He's been going to shows on his own lately. As he put it, everybody goes to sleep, Daddy goes out, Daddy comes home, everybody's still asleep, works great!

Considering we started hanging out because we kept showing up at the same shows alone, it's ironic the night after I got back to SF I ended up going to see Mission of Burma alone. I don't know what this all means, but it seemed worth noting.

I was also reminded that the last time I went to the Children's Museum was when my former company, ATG, had a Halloween party there. That was back in the dotcom heyday. I wish I'd had a place to blog then when life was interesting.

Probably the only other time I've been to the Children's Museum was when my Dad and brother drove up from South Carolina to visit me, also during school break. Somewhere I've got a great photo strip of my brother from one of those photo machines there (in black and white - that's how long ago this was). If I find it maybe I'll add it here later. (*see below.)

image
Andy, John and James in front of the Boston Children's Museum

image
Blurry reflection of me taking a picture of them in the fun mirrors

image
I took the T to South Station to get there. I used to take Amtrack to Baltimore from South Station back when travelling by train was cheaper than flying. God, I am so old.

image
Oh, this is the tea cozy I made that Mark is so crazy about. I don't get it personally. This would have been a good follow up to the Valentine post I accidentally deleted about how gifting changes throughout a relationship. But you'll just have to forget about that! Whoever you are. Does anybody read my journal on east? Maybe I should just stick to west.

Note to self: in addition to not blogging when wasted[inlink]ajay,276[/inlink], it's probably best not to blog when still semi-delirious from the plague.

Later.

  • p.s. - I found it. The photo machine starting taking pictures before he could climb into the booth. That was funny.

image

print addComment

Permalink: Memory_Lane.html
Words: 543
Location: San Francisco, CA


02/21/05 06:22 - ID#36529

Ex tone

omg. I just found out my ex has his ringtone for me set for the theme from the exorcist. Please tell me that's just a play on "ex" and "exorcist." Somehow I don't think so.

Come on, I'm not that bad!

Pix of Mark's toaster collection[inlink]twisted,71[/inlink]from eBay:

image

image

I could have sworn he told me had 70 of them. Now he says it's only 40-50. That's still a lot of toasters.


print addComment

Permalink: Ex_tone.html
Words: 74
Location: San Francisco, CA


02/11/05 09:47 - ID#36527

Career Opportunities

Ok, so I'm back combing the job listings on craigslist, and there are some legitimate (you'd think) categories that just have the most bizarre posting titles. Am I reading too much into these?

Fri Feb 11

Erotic/ Adult Models FEMALE wanted for an internet content provider

FEMALE BLONDES needed for a CONVENTION


Maybe I should think about updating my resume.

print addComment

Permalink: Career_Opportunities.html
Words: 63
Location: San Francisco, CA


Search

Chatter

New Site Wide Comments

sina said to sina
yes thank you!
Well, since 2018 I am living in France, I have finished my second master of science,...

paul said to sina
Nice to hear from you!! Hope everything is going great....

paul said to twisted
Hello from the east coast! It took me so long to see this, it might as well have arrived in a lette...

joe said to Ronqualityglas
I really don't think people should worry about how their eyelids work. Don't you?...