Brimstone_Johnny's Xanga

Alive and mostly well

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:39:23 GMT

I don't write here much any more, sadly. Now, I spend all my time being lazy on facebook...

Warhol for President. Even if he's dead!

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:36:04 GMT

I don't understand anything except GREEN BILLS. Not negotiatiable bonds, not personal checks, not Traveller's Checks.

And if you give anybody a hundred-dollar bill in the SUPERMARKET, they call the manager.

Money is SUSPICIOUS, because people think you're not supposed to have it, even if you do have it.

-- Andy Warhol, from 'The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)

Sad to say: he wrote that in 1975, and it's still how I feel today.

New Day Dawning...

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:42:05 GMT

Sorry - needed a title, and thusly appropriated one from Bob Mould and Husker Du. A new day dawning. Combine that with 'Could you be the one?' and I sense once more the undercurrent of pining I feel.

Today was an amazing birthday. The earth has finished its jaunt around El Sol; a new year finds me with a new job, new money, new options, two amazing sons with a wonderful friend.

Today, everything seemed to fall into place. My sons, their mother, MY mother, and myself all ventured out for lunch at PF Chang's. We had a good lunch all in all; Juju slept, and Collier... well, I think he's overly alert like his father, and wants to be obtrusive and watch the world.

April and I stopped over for my next birfday treat: cupcakes from the Cupcakery. My favorite.

The rest of the day was rather blurry for me. It is a long story, but... I know we did all we could, and it all finally quieted down.

Don't, don't start.

So much I want to write, but I've lost track.

This song says it all...

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:29:12 GMT

I'm not sure what it says exactly, but I still love it.

from an email I wrote

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:53:51 GMT

As usual, a muddled train of thoughts in my head. I was thinking of all the artificial destinations we create for ourselves, all of this sense that 'Once I reach this milestone, then X or Y will happen.' We tend to feel that, 'If I have this person's affection' or 'If I achieve this', that somehow those things are real, are stopping places where we can rest, can catch our breaths before we shoulder our heavy loads and move on again.

I thought about that while in the shower, thinking of how merely earning one person's affection, let's say, never really manifests the benefits we feel it should. Does it create a small amount of anxiety and disappointment? Probably. It's like the line from the Sandman: "The price of getting what we want is getting what we once wanted." To me, that means we never receive what we want in the present tense; for example, the girl you've always wanted to love you will only notice and fall for you when you've given up on that notion and moved on, or perhaps the dream job you want opens up, but only after it's been merged and changed and is not the dream job you wanted.

This says it all today

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:41:26 GMT

Thi

Monday, May 12, 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:58:43 GMT

Babies are doing very well. Getting bigger, stronger.

I shouldn't have laughed at this that I found on myconfinedspace.com, but Lord help me, I thought it was great.

And of course, this picture makes me awwww alot.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:50:41 GMT

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:52:43 GMT

According to the "Which Big Lebowski character are you?" quiz:

Why don't you check it out? Or we cut off your Johnson!

Too funny

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:14:12 GMT

For those of you who haven't seen my interview with April on WBIR about the twins...

Hiliarity

Yes. I do say that I am leery to pick up babies because they're not structurally sound.