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Haakon

Champagne for my real friends. Real pain for my sham friends. -Francis Bacon

About Me

-Writer -Dj -Occasional Musician -Historian

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Britishness

The other day, I finally got to see "Love is the Devil," the biopic about one of my favorite artists, Francis Bacon. I've wanted to see this movie since it came out in 1998, and thanks to netflix, ...
Posted by Haakon on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:08:00 PST

The Birthday Party, and other bands

So, it's my birthday on sunday. I think I will mark it by doing absolutely nothing. I was going to have a get together, but considering how that turned out last year, I don't see any point.
Posted by Haakon on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:38:00 PST

After more nog

Dammit, James Brown is dead. For real this time. He gave us "Sex Machine," for pooks sake.  
Posted by Haakon on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:30:00 PST

Later on, post-nog

When I was about 7 years old, every sunday afternnon, after a very boring time in church, my brother and I would come home, and on our old black and white television, watch old episodes of "...
Posted by Haakon on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:15:00 PST

Fuckin' nog

Got some fuckin' nog in me. Hell yeah.
Posted by Haakon on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:05:00 PST

Bowl! Bowl like the wind!

Well, it's been a week since I started my job at Benchmark. I started on Monday, which was orientation day. That consisted of being told everything they told me 4 years ago. I am so knowledgable in el...
Posted by Haakon on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:53:00 PST

The candy man isn't here

Well, as befits being a temp, I was laid off with all the other temps on friday. So, while I am no longer, job wise, the candy man, I am still, philosophically, the Candy Man. Though I hope that doesn...
Posted by Haakon on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:07:00 PST

Dance it out

Various things annoy me right now. And that is why house music has been soothing this savage beast.So, here has been my remedy, the new Moby Video (with Debbie Harry doing the vocals):http://www.youtu...
Posted by Haakon on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:23:00 PST

Scary Leathertte

It has been freakishly busy 'round here. Last weekend, I took off for Chicago by myself, for a bit of wandering and such. It was a decent train ride down, though the lack of smoking made me mighty irr...
Posted by Haakon on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:08:00 PST

Mazzy the 13th

Much has transpired around Casa Bye-Nelson off late. We are both busy with our individual and communal endeavors, and the Little Man has been educating himself as well. Hopefully he is a more apt pupi...
Posted by Haakon on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:35:00 PST