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billy fabs

I DON'T CARE ABOUT FEELINGS

About Me

loveable if you're drunk

My Interests

watching the mets; reading the dugout; american history and its influence on regional personality

I'd like to meet:

kevin starr, david wright

Movies:

the 400 blows, rosemary's baby, contempt, punch-drunk love, sunset blvd, all about eve, chinatown, safe

Television:

the wire, arrested development, freaks and geeks, american office, friday night lights

Books:

amy hempel, james baldwin, anne carson, david wojnarowicz, jd salinger, dennis cooper. on tap: munro, didion, faulkner, gaitskill, oates.

Heroes:

juan cabrillo, frederick eaton, william mulholland, owens valley

My Blog

today's illustrative IM moment: baseball is gay

5:25 PM Stan: text from ned:  "I had a dream that i was in the left field boxes at shea dressed like steve bartman heckling alou... He came over and threw beer on me."5:26 PM me: i...
Posted by billy fabs on Sat, 05 May 2007 06:24:00 PST

today's IM responses to ghatus: PELFREY YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Stan: oh wow they pulled himme: UH NO SHITStan: sorry kidme: GOOD CALL WILLIEStan: i mighta left him inme: just to see how high his ERA could get?Stan: already down ...
Posted by billy fabs on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:28:00 PST

today's illustrative IM moment

mark: when you're here you should see your godson me: yeah that'd be good mark: also there's this really cute boy you should meet he's a friend of brent's right up your alley me: uh, a friend of brent...
Posted by billy fabs on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:33:00 PST

today's illustrative IM moment (hair)

Stan: i need to take a hatchet to my hair asapis it hard to cut your own hair?me: not reallyi was planning on cutting my hair tonightStan: maybe i'll go buy clippersme: that's a go...
Posted by billy fabs on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:16:00 PST

tonight's drunken illustrative indelicate IM moment

Anderson: Do the people in your band realize you can't carry a tune? me: fukc you i can sing Anderson: Baby you can do a lot with that throat but singing ain't one of 'em me: wtf are you talking about...
Posted by billy fabs on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:54:00 PST

tonight's drunken illustrative indelicate IM moment

me: doesn't that sound great mark: are you drunk me: i'd say those are pretty good odds mark: ok well i don't know if i need any more beej tips considering i've had sex with the same girl for eleventy...
Posted by billy fabs on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

everything i know i learned in elementary school

(or, how a discussion of chinese handball [specifically the los angeles variation!] turns into another excuse to talk about regional differences and/or bash massachusettes)me: that's pretty nifty...
Posted by billy fabs on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:35:00 PST

today's illustrative IM moment

me: wow, michael chang is coaching a female tennis playerStan: whome: peng shuaiStan: she places the tennis ball where it'd be most harmonious on the courtme: oh just for this...
Posted by billy fabs on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

today's illustrative IM moment

joe: i will watch the rest of them toingtme: where are you atjoe: #16mac stood up to the copsme: oh rightman the next one is straight fiyahjoe: i bet.that show is the shit.me:...
Posted by billy fabs on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:42:00 PST

regional style/fashion (or how i spent today)

me: i think anyone from northern california is genetically able to wear a sweater with flairjoe: hahahaflair?!is it kind of an attitudinal thing?Stan: hahayes and nome: why noStan: ...
Posted by billy fabs on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:31:00 PST