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Ben, a small island

it's only an island if you look at it from the water.

About Me


My Interests

the colors red, orange, and blue

I'd like to meet:


and a capybara .

Music:

melvins, beatles, p-funk, metallica, daniel johnston, roy orbison, fugazi, CCR, portishead, beefheart, jesus lizard, high on fire, other stuff

Movies:

d. hawks

Books:

sebald, wodehouse, philip k. dick

Heroes:

hendrix, van gogh, nietzsche, people who sing and dance and don't give a fuck, also mr. rogers

My Blog

it’s good to be home


Posted by Ben, a small island on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:25:00 PST

in 24 hours

i will be back in a civilized country.
Posted by Ben, a small island on Tue, 27 May 2008 05:42:00 PST

in another life

Manky and It's Shoved live 04.26.00...
Posted by Ben, a small island on Sat, 24 May 2008 10:41:00 PST

"he must have elected to go everything on the penny."

said by a voice in my dream last night about a man i pass on the street who is neatly adjusting his very fancy long wool navy blue dress overcoat.
Posted by Ben, a small island on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:35:00 PST

the tree i want to be

Swedes find 'World's Oldest Tree'The 9,550-year-old spruce in Dalarna, Sweden, first took root at the end of the last ice age.(Photo: Leif Kullman)A tree said to be the oldest on the planet - thought ...
Posted by Ben, a small island on Fri, 16 May 2008 02:16:00 PST

today i counted to

100.
Posted by Ben, a small island on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

l. p. f.

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Posted by Ben, a small island on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:08:00 PST

a glossary of rhetorical terms with examples

Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence. *Let us go forth to lead the land we love. J. F. Kennedy, Inaugural *Viri validis cum viribus luctant. Ennius *...
Posted by Ben, a small island on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:00 PST

once again, i am revealed to have been stupid

"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know." - Ernest Hemingwayi used to puzzle over this statement for hours. how could anyone know what was true? how could it...
Posted by Ben, a small island on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:22:00 PST

tire swings

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Posted by Ben, a small island on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:14:00 PST