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About Me

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.. gnomic :: NO-mik :: adjective Etymology:: Late Latin gnomicus , from Greek, gnmikos maxim + -ic
:: 1 :: characterized by or expressive of aphorism or sententious wisdom especially concerning human condition or conduct ::
:: 2 :: expressive of what is true generally, universally, or always -- used of certain tenses :: ..
I sooooooooooo don't know if I care if you care.
:: things I'm thankful for today ::
:: gil scott-heron ::
:: friends; old and new ::
:: my computer has healed itself ::
:: a day spent in bed without sickness or worry ::
:: late-night conversations with beautiful girls ::
:: a little peace ::
:: my health and the continued health (however relative) of those I love ::
:: cold beer and fans on hot days ::
:: my talents and the inspiration I find in the talents of others ::
:: wisdom ::
:: Knowing that my wisdom is never going to be enough ::
:: free speech ::
:: free listening ::
:: the opportunity to see regardless of my will to do so ::
:: postcards and the pen pals who send them ::
:: mistakes, regardless of how much shit I have to eat because I make them ::
:: tom waits ::
:: an angel at angel's share ... and other places ::
:: sara ::
:: david is back ::
:: hootch ::
:: the new sharon jones and the dap kings ::
:: brisk winter mornings ::
:: the ability to piss off good people out of assorted brumal ruts, funks and anti-social states ::
:: the hooch is back. Long live the hootch! ::
:: that vanessa refuses to get off my back ::
:: that she can take a joke like liston could take a punch ::
:: that I can still be thankful for things I've lost, or for things that have lost me ::
:: wood ::
:: girl wood ::
:: long walks in the drizzle just because the conversation really shouldn't end ::
:: candy-coated cashews giving off steam from a waxy bag ::
:: post-moving day whiskey ::
:: ice cold radishes with kosher salt ::
:: doing dishes at sunrise ::
:: a day off ::
:: knowing that a day off is a pretty big deal despite how gay it sounds ::
:: new goals ::
:: just the thought of a momocycle road trip extravaganza ::
:: The rare and wonderful moments when you can't remember why you hate everyone ::
:: annoying, smart-mouthed, water-breathing winos ::

My Interests

:: buy my shit and keep me off the streets ::

bourbon :: writing :: the 15 seconds of bliss nestled between waking up and remembering why you didn't want to :: a six pack of pabst on a hot day while slaving over an overheated engine :: reading :: peace :: music :: motorcycles :: vespas :: reasons to keep fighting :: time :: fate :: karma :: etymology :: doors :: detritus :: small, pretty things :: things that glisten :: hard won battles and the folks that lost them :: passing notes in bed :: holding hands under tables :: the tension before a first anything :: the feel of inner thighs :: poloroids :: stencils :: things that don't need explanations ::

I'd like to meet:

tight-lipped drifters :: mongols :: mongrels :: seamstresses with overactive imaginations :: don delillo :: william safire :: hand and feet models :: bakers :: night watchmen :: polar explorers :: bus drivers :: ballerinas :: alcoholics :: long distance conversationalists :: long-necked gazelles :: peaches :: dolls :: miscreants :: lovers of grey days and the people who love them :: clueless amblers :: prophets :: sages :: long limbed mini drivers :: mechanics :: gluttons :: mafia dons :: lighthouse keepers :: stoics :: sidney poitier ::

Music:

:: ac/dc :: ahmad jamal :: air :: al green :: angie stone :: aretha franklin :: art blakey :: augustus pablo :: bach :: barry white :: bartok :: beastie boys :: beatnuts :: beck :: beethoven :: bellini :: ben harper :: benjamin biolay :: billie holliday :: billy eckstine :: billy paul :: bizet :: bjork :: black eyed peas :: blackalicious :: bloc party :: blondie :: blues brothers :: bob dylan :: bob marley :: booker t and the mg's :: brahms :: bernstein :: brand new heavies :: :: calexico :: the cars :: ccr :: charlie parker :: chet baker :: chopin :: chris isaak :: coleman hawkins :: combustible edison :: concrete blonde :: cure :: curtis mayfield :: dave brubeck :: david byrne :: dean martin :: dears :: deathcab for cutie :: debussy :: de la soul :: depeche mode :: desmond decker :: dire straits :: django reinhardt :: doves :: dream warriors :: duran duran :: dusty springfield :: dvorak :: edith piaf :: elo :: ella fitzgerald :: elliott smith :: elvis costello :: english beat :: eryka badu :: esquivel! :: etta james :: fat albert and the junkyard gang :: fela kuti :: fishbone :: fisherspooner :: flaming lips :: frank sinatra :: frank zappa :: frankie goes to hollywood :: franz ferdinand :: fugees :: george clinton :: jay berry :: joao gilberto :: gil scott-heron :: gladys knight and the pips :: gorillaz :: harry belafonte :: hayden :: iggy pop :: india arie :: inxs :: isaac hayes :: james brown :: jamiroquai :: jane's addiction :: jeff buckley :: jill scott :: john coltrane :: john frusciante :: john lennon :: jonny cash :: joy division :: jungle brothers :: jurassic 5 :: keren ann :: kermit's rainbow connection :: king curtis :: kool and the gang :: lauryn hill :: led zeppelin :: lee perry :: lenny kravitz :: lester young :: lionel hampton :: los lobos :: lou rawls :: lou reed :: louden wainwright :: louis jordan :: louie prima :: lulu :: otis redding :: madness :: mahler :: marcus shelby :: massive attack :: mc solar :: michael franti :: miles davis :: modest mouse :: morcheeba :: morphine :: mos def :: mozart :: muddy waters :: nat king cole :: neutral milk hotel :: nick cave :: nina simone :: nin :: orchestra baobab :: peter tosh :: pink floyd :: pixies :: postal service :: primus :: public enemy :: puccini :: queen :: rachmaninov :: ramones :: ravel :: ray charles :: red hot chilli peppers :: rolling stones :: roots :: rufus waiwright :: sam and dave :: sam cooke :: sarah vaughn :: schubert :: serge gainsbourg :: shostakovich :: sly and the family stone :: smashing pumpkins :: smiths :: smog :: specials :: spoon :: squirrel nut zippers :: st. germain :: stars :: stevie wonder :: stone roses :: tchaikovski :: tears for fears :: tenacious d :: thelonious monk :: thethe :: thievery corporation :: tribe called quest ::tom waits :: tosca :: u2 :: velvet underground :: verdi :: violent femmes :: who :: wilson picket :: white stripes :: xtc :: lips blowing on bellies :: glasses clicking :: subtle whispers :: skin against sheets :: big laughter ::

Movies:

:: highly recommended ::
breathless
:: queued ::
Hitchcock
:: 25th hour :: ascenseur dans l'echafaud :: the great escape :: barfly :: west side story :: glengary glenross :: carlito's way :: amadaeus :: breakfast @ tiffany's :: an affair to remember :: bring on the john cassevetes :: donnie darko :: sexy beast :: fight club :: la confidential :: la story :: amoros peros :: jesus' son :: north by northwest :: young frankenstien :: jackie brown :: resevoir dogs :: baraka :: double indemnity :: true romance :: le samurai :: blade runner :: wild at heart :: blue velvet :: memento :: the center of the world :: 21 grams :: lone star :: the royal tenanbaums :: matrix :: hurley burley :: the devil's advocate :: run lola run :: annie hall :: new york stories :: basquiat :: the usual suspects :: pulp fiction :: the hard eight :: twelve monkeys :: brazil :: the hudsucker proxy :: john hughes shit :: glory :: being there :: bitter moon :: ghostbusters :: dummy :: ghost dog :: down by law :: rumblefish :: kalifornia :: heathers :: it's a wonderful life :: pale rider :: blackboard jungle :: to sir with love :: amelie :: one flew over the cukoo's nest :: blazing saddles :: ferris :: the wall :: vertigo :: the lion in winter :: short cuts :: the goonies :: the three amigos :: wings of desire :: dead man :: raging bull :: twelve angry men :: queen margot :: coffee and cigarettes :: name of the rose :: lock, stock and two smoking barrels :: the way things go :: raging bull :: chinatown :: pi :: requiem for a dream :: bottle rocket :: serpico :: seven samurai :: naked lunch :: the spanish prisoner :: requiem for a heavyweight :: princess bride :: alien/s :: fisher king :: blue/white/red :: malcolm x :: gattica :: bullets over broadway :: zelig :: 8 1/2 :: city of lost children :: jesus' son :: the machinist :: mystery train :: serpico :: requiem for a heavyweight :: rumble fish :: raging bull ::

Television:

buffy :: fat albert :: battlestar gallactica :: charlie rose :: red dwarf :: globe trekker :: samurai jack :: the saint :: the prisoner :: teletubbies (The baby in the sun is wicked) :: courtship of eddie's father :: bewitched :: good times :: jeffersons :: i spy :: simpsons :: family guy :: adult swim :: twin peaks :: old anime ::

Books:

:: highly recommended ::
just above my head :: james baldwin

:: currently reading ::
players :: don delillo
old journals :: mcp ::
back issues of harper's from the toilet tank :: assorted over-educated but well-meaning white folks ::

:: Amis :: Baldwin :: Carver :: DeLillo :: Crouch :: Dostoyevski :: Becket :: Camus :: Bukowski :: Exuperey :: Algren :: Fischer :: Burroughs :: Bowles :: Kant :: Dick :: Sartre :: Voltaire :: Miller :: Nin :: Kerouac :: Fante :: Hughes :: Kennedy :: thompson :: Kandinski :: Gorey :: Wallace :: Dahl :: Mamet :: Salinger :: Saroyan :: O'Connor :: Robeson :: Rand :: Capote :: eco :: stephanson :: murakami :: palahniuk :: kosinski :: kundera :: welsh :: nabokov :: lethem :: auster :: wright :: bellow :: ellison :: baudelaire :: vonnegut ::

Heroes:

squat old chinese ladies who kill live chickens on the steps of the downtown-bound bus :: pops :: lil' man :: bodega guys :: well-liked stoics :: the shithouse :: khara ... whether she likes it or not :: Karolyn :: anyone who has ever put up with my nonsense ::

My Blog

:: sold ::

For those of you who've been steadfastly stashing pennies in the "gosh, I sure hope that box on Marcus' profile doesn't get snapped up before I can amass enough copper-coated zinc disks to buy it myse...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

:: even newer box ::

No time to post photos here at the moment, but I dropped some on my profile. You likey?
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:27:00 PST

:: new box ::

The show was great. Hope you cats can dig it....
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:23:00 PST

:: contest update ::

I won.Thank you everyone.
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:59:00 PST

:: pops ::

The old man and I spent the majority of our time together in front of mirrors. There were haircuts (me) and pre-work shaves (him) and drowsy Sunday afternoons where we'd just sit and stare, watching f...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:12:00 PST

:: rooftops ::

Charlie lives on the third floor. He enjoys walks through his neighborhood, counts stars late at night from the edge of his rooftop, splashes in puddles with bare, calloused feet. This is a rangy, pow...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:46:00 PST

:: slump ::

There's a moment when you realize what is important. This is what you tell yourself, the assurance that makes breathing again possible. The buildup is torture. Your heart sags, deflated, defeated, exh...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:40:00 PST

:: word of the day archive ::

nos"to"ma"ni"a (nos-tu-ma-ne-uh):: n. 1:: intense homesickness; an irresistible compulsion to return home. 2:: an abnormal desire to go back to familiar places. har"ri"dan (hae-rE-dEn):: n. ...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

:: where i'm coming from ::

alone also with the horizon. the waves come from the invisible east, patiently, one by one; they reach us, and then, patiently, set off again for the unknown west, one by one. a long voyage...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

:: i pester myself ::

langston hughes :: been scared and battered. my hopes the wind done scattered. snow has friz me, sun has baked me, looks like between 'em they done tried to make me stop laughin', stop lovin', stop li...
Posted by :: bonhomie :: on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST