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Lee

I am here for Friends

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Joanna Newsom. Billy Collins. Nosson Slifkin. The Arcade Fire. Noam Chomsky.

Music:

AC NewmanAdrian BelewAimee MannAni DiFrancoAnimal CollectiveArcade FireBastard FairiesBeatBeatlesBebel GilbertoBeckBeirutBeulahBic RungaBilly BraggBjorkBlack Box RecorderBloc PartyBlurBrian EnoBright EyesBruce SpringsteenCat PowerClashCommonCrosby, Stills & NashDanielsonDavid BowieDecemberistsDeerhoofDestroyerEcho & the BunnymeneelsElvis CostelloElysian FieldsFiery FurnacesFinn BrothersFlaming LipsGenesis (Gabriel-era)Gillian WelchGrandaddyHawksley WorkmanHaydeniLiKETRAiNSInterpolIris DeMentJamJoanna NewsomJohnny CashJoy DivisionKate BushKing CrimsonKinksLefty FrizellLisa GermanoMary TimonyMCRMerle HaggardMiles DavisMirahThe NationalNeil YoungNeko CaseNew PornographersNick Cave and the Bad SeedsPeter GabrielPJ HarveyRadioheadScannersSecret MachinesSelecterSondre LercheSpecialsSplit EnzSpoonStewSt. VincentSufjan StevensTangerine DreamTapes 'n TapesTegan and SaraThe Kid and Nic ShowT-RexTV on the RadioU2UltravoxVashti BunyanWalkmen WaterboysWhite WhaleWilcoHank WilliamsWillie NelsonWolf ParadeXXTCYes

Movies:

Akira Kurosawa. Majid Majidi. Pedro Almodovar.All the movies that you walked out on because they were weird, boring, or offensive are on my top-movies-of-all-time list.

Television:

Dexter.

Books:

Philip K Dick. James Blaylock. James Hillman. Marion Woodman. Zelig Pliskin. Nosson Slifkin. Isaac Bashevis Singer. Billy Collins. Dorianne Laux. Dave Eggers. Luis Alberto Urrea. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Salvador Plascencia.

Heroes:

My Dad. My Mom. My Sister. My Brother. My Daughter.Lydia Cacho. Meena. Evo Morales. Father Greg Boyle.

My Blog

Whoops.

So I have been so good about backup. Every week I've had my iPhoto library, gigs of pics from the past four years, backed up to another drive. And my Documents folder, with all sorts of poetry and tax...
Posted by Lee on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:03:00 PST

Glasses against Glass

Glasses against GlassI was with herall the way homeat least when I was asleep.And the bus kept braking and turningand my head would nodnot down, but to the leftso my head and glasses would strike wind...
Posted by Lee on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:17:00 PST

iLiKETRAiNS

How come no one told me about iLiKETRAiNS? Oh, right. Never mind. iLiKETRAiNS is an English group, which works for me -- I am genetically predisposed -- but also, listen to this blurb from their websi...
Posted by Lee on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:52:00 PST

The Green-haired Witch and the Jar of Marmite

There's this green-haired witch I met recently, and she invited me to this Halloween party, and there were lots of nice and cool people there, and I had a good time. But BEFORE she was a green-haired ...
Posted by Lee on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:28:00 PST

From Job 14

Iyov is one cool book. Man, born of woman, short of days and full of fear. As a blossom, he emerges and is cut off; he flees like a shadow and does not stand. Do You open Your eyes also on this one an...
Posted by Lee on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:29:00 PST

Wildfires

The moon is out and it's orange, there's so much stuff in the air, so much 'particulate matter.' I can feel it in every breath and my lungs hurt when I take a full breath. My car was covered in fine a...
Posted by Lee on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:51:00 PST

My Listening Habits Laid Bare Again

I did this months ago and figured I'd update it--iTunes can tell you playcount for songs, but can't roll up the numbers by artist or album. iTunes Statistician figures that stuff out. Anyway:The arti...
Posted by Lee on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:01:00 PST

SLC, LDS, TB

So I had a business trip to Salt Lake City yesterday and today. First time there, didn't see much, but there was a storm, there was snow mixed with rain, and the mountains were all dusted with snow. V...
Posted by Lee on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:10:00 PST

Failed Incantation

I wrote this as a spell a couple months ago when it seemed that the right little bit of magic placed just so could steer a certain wonderful woman to me. It failed. At least so far. IncantationI write...
Posted by Lee on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:12:00 PST

Why am I awake?

I fell asleep watching the new Dexter. Then I woke up. Now I'm here. Came back from Hartford today and had a nice time on the plane watching the country roll by beneath me. There's a lot of it. It's m...
Posted by Lee on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:15:00 PST