(e:holly) said taking pictures of people's art is stealing. I don't really agree but it made me feel paranoid about filming the stuff.
The freakin' scientologists have littered the streets with their trash.
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06/11/2006 16:59 #32659
Allentown Art Festival And MIACategory: festivals
The Allentown Art Festival is getting so crazy. It is bigger and bigger each year. It actually feels like you are at some big city festival. I think Buffalo is really growing. At the same time, having it so big seems almost detrimental to shopping. You seriously feel like you are holding everyone uo when you stop for a second.
(e:holly) said taking pictures of people's art is stealing. I don't really agree but it made me feel paranoid about filming the stuff.
The freakin' scientologists have littered the streets with their trash.
(e:holly) said taking pictures of people's art is stealing. I don't really agree but it made me feel paranoid about filming the stuff.
The freakin' scientologists have littered the streets with their trash.
06/11/2006 01:48 #32658
Birthday PicsCategory: birthdays
We had my Dad and Uncles Birthday Party today. It was much colder than last year. While there we went to a garage sale and got some furtniture for real cheap. The kid who was working the sale asked me if I likes sports. I said not really. THen he asked, "well do you like to read?" So anyone, who knows me can guess my answers. He was actually trying to sell me a book about sports
This photo was an accident. I can't believ how scared my aunt looks. It is so funny.
Story Time
We watched a bunch of old family films. It was great to see everyone so young. Even Nonna was in the films, all of which were shot before I was born.
I couldn't believe it when shooting the squirrels randomly came up after writing about it this morning (e:paul,4428) Does anyone else remember Mr. Barry from Kenmore Middle?
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This photo was an accident. I can't believ how scared my aunt looks. It is so funny.
Story Time
We watched a bunch of old family films. It was great to see everyone so young. Even Nonna was in the films, all of which were shot before I was born.
I couldn't believe it when shooting the squirrels randomly came up after writing about it this morning (e:paul,4428) Does anyone else remember Mr. Barry from Kenmore Middle?
The fun of amphetamines
Syphoning Wine
06/11/2006 00:31 #32657
As Seen In CheektavegasCategory: robotic animals
My mother has a robotic animal fetish. She bought this robotic singing pink flamingo for my aunt. They are best when the batteries start to die and they get the satanic voice. This one only gets the voice when it turns it's head to the left.
06/10/2006 13:02 #32656
Behind the Grainmills, Over The BridgeCategory: animals
I was pretty moved by (e:byllic,5). I reminded of all the crazy animal cruelty kind of things I saw in my life. It seems that animal cruelty and railroad track's/urban rural strecthes go hand in hand. I remember seeing numerous dead and butchered animlals behind the grain mills on Military Rd near the end of Tremont Avenue in Kenmore.
Back then it was always blammed on the Satan worshippers. Does anyone else in Kenmore remeber the wave of "Satan worshippers" from the 80s. What was up with that? I wish I was old enought to know if they thought they were real or if it was the adults perspective n the goth kids. I remember my best Friend James' babysitter got murdered back there too.
Yet I remember spending lots of time there because it was a combination of remote from the eyes of our parents and dangerous. It also had the entrance to the sewers which which played by and inside of plenty. As far as I was concerned it was as close to being in Goonies as I was gonna get.
As an industrial wasteland, I am sure it killed many more people than the satan worshippers ever did (e:paul,397)
The most graphic memory I have was going fishing with my Dad at Buckhorn State Park. I actually spent a lot of time there because the metro bus would take us to grand island, or because we would walk over the nasty bridge from kenmore. It was pretty far. I think Grand Island was one of the only places I ever hitchhiked in Buffalo. I remember it seemed so rural to me as a kid.
Anyways, I kept seeing fur in the water floating down the river and eventually followed the floating chunks to their source. A black garbage bag full of a large chopped up dog. Who chops up a dog and sticks it in a garbage bag at a state park? That image haunted me for a long time.
(MAP TO: BUCKHORN)
As a kid, I too was repsonsibile for a bit of the cruelty. I distinctly remmebr dresing up like "indians" and making bows and arrows out of sapling branches and heavy duty rubber bands. Then me and my friends would shoot the freakin' squirrels. I remember hitting the first one and feeling like it was really wrong.
I think it was because back then all the adults I knew hated the squirrels and talked about shooting them. Eiother way it was wrong and I feel guilty now.
Back then it was always blammed on the Satan worshippers. Does anyone else in Kenmore remeber the wave of "Satan worshippers" from the 80s. What was up with that? I wish I was old enought to know if they thought they were real or if it was the adults perspective n the goth kids. I remember my best Friend James' babysitter got murdered back there too.
Yet I remember spending lots of time there because it was a combination of remote from the eyes of our parents and dangerous. It also had the entrance to the sewers which which played by and inside of plenty. As far as I was concerned it was as close to being in Goonies as I was gonna get.
As an industrial wasteland, I am sure it killed many more people than the satan worshippers ever did (e:paul,397)
The most graphic memory I have was going fishing with my Dad at Buckhorn State Park. I actually spent a lot of time there because the metro bus would take us to grand island, or because we would walk over the nasty bridge from kenmore. It was pretty far. I think Grand Island was one of the only places I ever hitchhiked in Buffalo. I remember it seemed so rural to me as a kid.
Anyways, I kept seeing fur in the water floating down the river and eventually followed the floating chunks to their source. A black garbage bag full of a large chopped up dog. Who chops up a dog and sticks it in a garbage bag at a state park? That image haunted me for a long time.
(MAP TO: BUCKHORN)
As a kid, I too was repsonsibile for a bit of the cruelty. I distinctly remmebr dresing up like "indians" and making bows and arrows out of sapling branches and heavy duty rubber bands. Then me and my friends would shoot the freakin' squirrels. I remember hitting the first one and feeling like it was really wrong.
I think it was because back then all the adults I knew hated the squirrels and talked about shooting them. Eiother way it was wrong and I feel guilty now.
zobar - 06/10/06 17:02
Yeah ... Satan worshippers ... I remember them. There were railroad tracks behind my mom's house, and people were always talking about the Satan worshippers who hung out up there and did unspeakable things.
[map]St Lawrence Ave[/map]
I always heard stories about somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody who found their hideout on the railroad tracks and it was full of cats killed in bizarre ways. It never made much of an impression on me, because you could barely tell that anybody was ever up there, much less cat-torturing Satan worshippers.
Also: Goonies was the best; my favorite was Data [natch].
:::link:::
- Z
Yeah ... Satan worshippers ... I remember them. There were railroad tracks behind my mom's house, and people were always talking about the Satan worshippers who hung out up there and did unspeakable things.
[map]St Lawrence Ave[/map]
I always heard stories about somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody who found their hideout on the railroad tracks and it was full of cats killed in bizarre ways. It never made much of an impression on me, because you could barely tell that anybody was ever up there, much less cat-torturing Satan worshippers.
Also: Goonies was the best; my favorite was Data [natch].
:::link:::
- Z
byllc - 06/10/06 13:35
I can definately relate to the "Goonies" analogy. I spent most of my childhood running around trains and grain elevators looking for "One Eyed Willies Treasure" wow thats sounds so dirty as an adult:} . I am glad that people share my experiences with animals and learned similar lessons. I had a few people look at me like I was really odd when I told them the turtle story. I think I feel a little sorry for those people because no one goes through life without somehow harming another creature. The people who don't get my point are probably the people who have never felt bad about it.
I can definately relate to the "Goonies" analogy. I spent most of my childhood running around trains and grain elevators looking for "One Eyed Willies Treasure" wow thats sounds so dirty as an adult:} . I am glad that people share my experiences with animals and learned similar lessons. I had a few people look at me like I was really odd when I told them the turtle story. I think I feel a little sorry for those people because no one goes through life without somehow harming another creature. The people who don't get my point are probably the people who have never felt bad about it.
It is fine to walk and take your time and look. But if you stop to look you should go into the tent. What annoys me is when people stand around and just talk and clog the street. I think people forget that the rules of traffic still aplay when you walk in the street in stead of drive. For the time I was there it was preaty crowded. Glad you four had fun it was nice having a little chat.
seriously... there is SO MUCH crap there. Like those freaking "street signs" with the palm tree on them... that say "florida" pointing one way, 'tiki bar' pointing another... I think they are so dumb and ugly (just an opinion, sorry folks) and I just can't believe how many people I saw carrying them around... I bought a cute little miniature of a crab. Matted and framed for $40, I didn't think that was so bad for original art, but everyone else seemed to think I got ripped off. Whatever.
hey paul.
congrats on the closing date. let me know if you need help moving and stuff. seriously.