"dreaming in between the sheets"waiting for birds to sing deciding what to do with time enacting on the decisions i happen upon listening to the mockingbird biting into a green lime stretching limbs like branches feeling the air like a dog out of a window my breatdth escapes the width of my scope pretend to write poetry: even if it doesn't work you can always remember: it doesn't matter.
someone mediocre, someone special, someone a lot like you and me.
of montreal, chris brokaw,jeffrey valentine, saves the day, the helper monkeys, the deftones, nada surf, yo la tengo, pedro the lion, the headphones, evan dando, talking heads, emmylou harris, ween, beck, nick drake, bonnie prince billy, the beatles, elliot smith, patsy cline, merle haggard, brian eno, david bowie, tool, the melvins, pink floyd, the beach boys, leo kottke, jim o'rourke, jawbreaker, ed harcourt, fugazi, primus, neko case, nico, patricia barber, the flaming lips, amongst others.
the color purple, naked lunch, the apartment, stop making sense, true stories, dune, steel magnolias, east of eden, a streetcar named desire, a hard day's night, nightmare before christmas, matchpoint, the squid and the whale, brokeback mountain, the notebook, transamerica, the weatherman, the hours.
fuzzy reception makes for bad tv watching, however, simpsons and the occassional antiques road show make up for it.
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