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SkunnyWundy

When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea. Save on the Undertaker's bill and let

About Me

Look at me!! No wait.... DON'T!

My Interests

Light. Breakfast. Coffee. A Good Think. A hop in the Shower, with a bit of whistling. That's nice. Diversions. Tea. Indulgences. Passion. Traversal. Lunch. Thanatopsis. Anticipation. Trivialities. Wind. A light snack. Creation. Potboilers. Irons in the forge. Dinner. Admiration. Dwindlings. Desert. Halcyon. Hope. Sympathy. Smoldering. Bed. Worries. Regrets. A glass of milk. Darkness. Stillness. Tree frogs. Dreams.

I'd like to meet:

who could possibly introduce me to & And while I'm at it: Rumi for smalltalk. Isadora Duncan for a little footsie. Rabelais for a good saunter. Bruegel for a game of hopscotch. Remedios Varo for a tarot readin'. Ingrid Bergman for a pillow fight. Clara Bow for a foul-mouthed game of poker. Grace Kelly for a.... well anything really. *sigh* The Solid Gold Dancers!!!

Music:

My favorites change on a daily basis. For Rocker/recent stuff, I like The Clash, The Ramones, The Notwist, Gogol Bordello, Slayer, Pixies, Kyuss, LCD Soundsystem, Circulatory System, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lali Puna, Dan Melchior's Broke Revue, Brainiac, Espers, Melvins, Big Business, Vetiver, JSBX, Depeche Mode, Stiff Little Fingers, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Beck, Beirut, Morphine, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Zeni Geva, Guided By Voices, L7, Iggy Pop, Ween, Flaming Lips, Dio, Polly Jean Harvey, Cowboy Junkies, Jolie Holland, The Shins, Sun Kil Moon, Soundgarden, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Bad Brains, Clinic, Anaal Nathrakh, Old Canes, Primus, Jurassic 5, Digable Planets, Tribe Called Quest, Nick Drake, Smashing Pumpkins, Joanna Newsom, Q-Tip, The Be Good Tanyas, Fugazi, Misfits, Dawn Landes, Aphex Twin, Ditty Bops, Angels of Light, Ms. John Soda, Roots, Cat Power, the Decemberists, Boris, Black Flag, Rachels, Sleater Kinney, Gang of Four, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, My Bloody Valentine, Feist, Blondie, Tori, Joni, Old Liz Phair, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Califone, Dirty Three, Pere Ubu, Tin Hat Trio, Kazuki Tomokawa, Neurosis, High on Fire, Swans, Big Black, Jesus Lizard, Andrew Bird, etc. Classic wise, I love Tom Waits/Bob Dylan, Muzsikas, De Danann, Liam O'Flynn, Good Ol' Stones, Tommy Peoples, Bukka White, Robert "Pete" Williams, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappely, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Dusty Springfield, Led Zep, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Beethoven, Bach, Doc Watson, Uncle Dave Macon, Andrews Sisters, Harry Belafonte, Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, Benny Goodman, the Staples Singers, Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Incredible String Band, Alexander Spence, Love, Dr. John, Felix Lajko, Marta Sebestyen, ELO, Shakti,etc.+ All of my musician friends, especially my parents!

Movies:

Seven Samurai, Fireworks, Black Cat/White Cat, My Bloody Valentine, Three-O'Clock High, Staying Alive, Wages of Fear, Carrington, Over the Edge, Watership Down, Spirited Away, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Wings of Desire, Andy Warhol's BAD, Female Trouble, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, etc. I work in a video store, so I'm not even gonna get started.

Television:

None for 4 years, baby! I do, however, keep up to date on 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica' via the In-tor-nett!

Books:

Rabelais, Kazantzakis, Bukowski, Murakami, Big Books, Small Books, Choose Your Own Adventures, Paperbacks, Hardbacks, Journals, Coffee Table Books, Graphic-Type Novel Comic Book Thingies, Books that make me look Smart and... Stuff.

Heroes:

Martyrs, Fools, Altruists, Sweethearts, Lovers, Cynics, Dreamers, Musicians, Kitty Cats, Bunny Rabbits, Monsters, My Mother My Father, My Friends, and sometimes even myself for managing to do what's right, even when I catch all kinds of shit for it.

My Blog

Can’t Tell

Sometimes I think the plain I'm onIs different from y'allsAnd I yearn to find the common planeWhere grass and flatspace falls.I rub my feets in greasy grassAnd write upon the leavesWhich I send to you...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Sat, 31 May 2008 12:45:00 PST

Laundry pool

This was too awesome. I got up this morning to getsome laundry done before my momma came into town,and as I strolled into the Town & Country LaundromatI found that the whole facility was flooded w...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:13:00 PST

Them big ol 25 cent words

Lord above forgive this lowly simpleton for going on one of those "know what I hate?" type of rants, but the world of pop-psychobabble is one of those things that cockles my dukes to fist wavin'! Now ...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:31:00 PST

Blanket

My childhood dream was a hilltop home LawmowerCarwashTractor Where they would say I lived alone LawnmowerCarwashTractor The first words that I ever know'dLawnmower CarwashTractor On the pale blue blan...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:47:00 PST

Anti-Semitism in the World of Bears?

So I'm working in the video store, shelving a massive stack of children's films, ranging from Angelina Ballerina to Yu-Gi-Oh, when I start to shelf a familiar title, and notice something shocking and ...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:28:00 PST

The perfect ending...

These days I've been obsessed with endings. I think about them on the way to the car, on the way down hallways, hell, on the way to anywhere. I find that they add that fairytale touch to just about an...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:50:00 PST

I'll Take It!!

I will admit, I'm a bit of a fool When it god-damn comes down to it. I joke and jibe and pull a face but please don't misconstrue it. When changes come i bend and bow or do my best to fake it. If fate...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:59:00 PST

Hyurr-hyurrr, *snort* lookit these!

Golly! Look at all the fun you can have in a Mac store. Boggles the mind. Really. WHOA DUDE!!! AWESOOOOOME!! Me yellin' at Julia for wearing white shoes after Labor Day. Me & Cara try out the "...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:26:00 PST

Foodseyefear!!

These quinces makes me winces!   These here pears doth be makin' me scared!!   Them thar Durian's makes this boy prurient! For DEATH!! Bananas Foster, that fruit imposter!! When beset u...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:36:00 PST

And the years melt away....

So I shaved my beard off. What can I say, it was itchy and required too much effort to maintain. Plus my blond hairs made it kind of uneven. And I was tired of getting cheese picked out of it by vario...
Posted by SkunnyWundy on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:40:00 PST