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Jof

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

Music:

bob dylan, leonard cohen, eric andersen, ani difranco, david bowie, die aertzte, the eels, tom paxton, placebo, the ramones, the clash, the smiths, the weavers, dar williams, traveling wilburys, the band, rick danko, jonas fjeld, the gourds, phil ochs, the cure, bitch and animal, rufus wainwright, johnny cash, tom waits, lee hays, woody guthrie

Movies:

rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, any katherine hepburn, benny and joon, don't look back, masked and anonymous, lost in translation, 8 1/2

Books:

from dawn to decadence, journey to the end of night, montaigne, shakespeare, the dharma bums, franny and zooey, the western lands, portrait of the artist as a young man, neverwhere, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, desolation angels, an unfortunate woman, lolita, diane diprima, philip whalen, virginia woolf, kerouac, vonnegut, iris murdoch, im westen nichts neues, oscar wilde

My Blog

arrival

city streets are best when curving audaciously when tricks of the passing nights take you round and round city streets when the moon is hidden and sulking, such disregard for the air the seasons the k...
Posted by Jof on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:30:00 PST

water god

entwined entranced entrapped in a kind of lace the suffocates. words spoke and never heard not with sound just echoes muffled into chaos. An awareness of too much equates to understanding of nothin...
Posted by Jof on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:56:00 PST

November City

Feet scurry over wet ground In the dreariness of melting snow and magic lost. The Gypsy child on the bridge lies on a cardboard box With another box on top for warmth, And the call to prayer beg...
Posted by Jof on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:14:00 PST

sitting in the blue cafe

Gray Wednesday in grimy Skopje Looking with a tired mind and drooping eyes Out from the café, gaze reflected in the glass, in my mind at least. And my boots are wet from the slush of snow. The music ...
Posted by Jof on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:13:00 PST

kocani, wednesday

left for kocani yesterday afternoon. the drive is between 1 and 2 hours, can go either way depending on how fast you go and whether you pass all the trucks. a small bumpy road, and macedonia by the en...
Posted by Jof on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:53:00 PST

a day to wander

wannsee was deserted today, just the thick smoky gray of the water blending with the mists in the trees, blending with the heavy sky, and a few fishermen on the pair, one in the mud. A man fed the bir...
Posted by Jof on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

random

stolen messiah broke down angel rips his throat apart, I read it in the headlines with the shattered chain of love and "that's what you get" i got it all right, oh I understand for ...
Posted by Jof on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sunday night boredom

I walk confused into the room, well I'm always confused, and she says "oh thank god, that shit is gone from your eyes." Is it? who knows? i fell asleep for awhile, maybe my makeup came off on my pill...
Posted by Jof on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a strange situation

It's been awhile, since I've been friends with people who will call you a dork for reading on a saturday night, or for reading ever. It was a relatively sober day yesterday, only a beer and three smir...
Posted by Jof on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST