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robinjohnstone

About Me

www.robinjohnstone.net

My Interests

good posture with a glass of wine thrown in

I'd like to meet:

The four people between me and Kevin Bacon

Music:

rock and roll and all things derivative of the blues. duh.

Movies:

a few

Television:

on hiatus...

Books:

I'm waiting for winter vacation.

Heroes:

everybody has a little hero in them...when living without fear.

My Blog

My dearest Alabaster,

Well, my daughter, sure was a surprise when you came into the picture! Just kidding... You have probably been wondering where you got that unusual name. Well, dear, I was a creative kid. And at some p...
Posted by violet on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:04:00 PST

Tim Russert and the Meaning of Life

58! 58? That is entirely too young to die. This guy is one of those types of celebrities that may not garner mass discussion amongst the young folk, but in my office full of news junkies, it's quite t...
Posted by violet on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:28:00 PST

Wow, and alright America!!!

I spent a couple hours this afternoon listening to fundraising calls to high-level Obama supporters. And I was actually quite moved. I have been listening in to the campaign for the last couple of day...
Posted by violet on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:40:00 PST

Morbid or Morose?

I get those two words mixed up. I  think I am one of them. Because of the stuff I think of. Like this:  I am pretty sociable person. I like parties, and meeting people, congregating, sociali...
Posted by violet on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:50:00 PST

Well, Good Morning to You, Too!

One of my first tasks that I complete each morning when I come to work is listening and entering information from our "Do Not Call" line. My company calls people on behalf of charities, asking them to...
Posted by violet on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:55:00 PST

A Tree in the Forest

I think people are missing the point in the whole reincarnation discussion. I hear people say that if they could choose, they'd come back as a tree. A big, giant sequoia. Why in the high holy hell wou...
Posted by violet on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:28:00 PST

Y2K

I stopped at the ATM this morning on the way to work to deposit some checks. I'll be honest, I've been sitting on these checks for several days because of the proverbial fear of the "atm balance recei...
Posted by violet on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:08:00 PST

This might only make sense to me

I had one of those lightbulb going off in my mind moments last night. I wasn't even thinking about the thing that flashed into my head, I was no where near it... I was chanting, and my mind was wander...
Posted by violet on Fri, 23 May 2008 04:08:00 PST

This was my piece from Chicken Scratch

There was a point in the year 2007 when I realized that you don't necessarily have to be a veteran or schizophrenic to become a homeless person; sometimes people just make a long series of bad decisio...
Posted by violet on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:57:00 PST

I love L.A.

I remember how cool it used to be to say "I hate Los Angeles". Especially in the time leading up to moving here, when all my college hipster friends loved to shit talk LaLaland, even though they had n...
Posted by violet on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:48:00 PST