Touch of Gray profile picture

Touch of Gray

I UNDERSTAND

About Me

Male
Old enough
D-town, CA
United States

Last Login: Tomorrow
I like to watch paint dry. I am derivative, read between the lions. I am methodical and impulsive, paradoxical topical and toxical(to coin a new word) A middle class middle age fan of the middle ages and middle America. Go Poets. Squirrels dominate. WE HAD A NICE RUN.....SO IT GOES lovely_layouts_75

My Interests

getting into peoples' heads play, ref, coach basketball eating weird stuff, watching USC lose

I'd like to meet:

More people, until I understand

Music:

ENO, the Sab Four, The Verve, The Kinks, The Residents, Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division, good ole Neil Young, Pixies, Sonny Bono

Movies:

HAROLD AND MAUDE, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Tombstone, The Matrix, burnt offerings, the year of living dangerously, red asphalt, Eraserhead, grand canyon, heathers, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, Being There, Field of Dreams, Chasing Amy, Wrath of Kahn, Disney murder movies such as Snow White, Bambi, and Old Yeller

Television:

misc. sports, Seinfeld, Simpsons..history and discovery channels, the Iron Chef, Sister Sister, Get Smart (please put on DVD), Twilight Zone, Conan

Books:

cook books, map books, Lord of the Rings, Grapes of Wrath, 1984, Dune, any Vonnegut, my poetry

Heroes:

hmmmm, well, uh, my master, understand?

My Blog

Overskies

Clouds in the background, overhead, overskies Shadows haunting every move The mistakes that echo in our canyons Even when you are alone   Like the weight we carry The rock in our shoe That...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:55:00 PST

Jaded is the Color

 Trying to grind it out, hash it out And at that age it feels all done before Jaded becomes the color of choice Pain outweighs joy just enough And wise words become a twisted metaphor Ja...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:02:00 PST

JUST A FISH

Swimming back and forth Actually happy to see me And lower my blood pressure And be beautiful What more could one ask Of anything Keep swimming little fish I can still see you Nothing else mat...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:15:00 PST

The Big Spin

I wasn't looking when they spun me aroundNo one told me where I was boundLike Peter Gabriel on his backWould they show mercyOr would they attackA clear visio...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:57:00 PST

BEAT ME INSENSITIVE

Beat me when I least expect itFor maximum effectThen tell me that you love meYou actually mean it  My skin is so thickI crumple under its weightYou can't hurt meBut I can't be moved&nb...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:32:00 PST

Fine Resolution

I made a resolutionBut it was too fineI could pick up every dot on the screenCould not monitor the monitorI wished I was out of focusMy fine resolutionCaused undo stressSo I have a new visionA new cha...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:55:00 PST

THROW THEM A ROPE

  Help them they are drowning Throw them some meds. It hits them in the heads And they brag about it like some right of passage Like that first buzz Like losing your virginity. Truly losi...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST

Verbal Gymnastics

Obtuse and obliqueThe message we seekIn cryptic undertonesFiltering the intentional leakLooking for hidden agendasAmongst the bombastFrom propped upHollow icons of the pastSpeaking English as a second...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:56:00 PST

Dry and Aqueous Humor

Fertile hens do not begBloodshot are the whites of eggsAs red as I've seenFry 'em in ViseneAnd the postman of the yearWas posthumously namedIn the dead letter fileTo late it cameDolphins with aqueous ...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:12:00 PST

I AM A MOMENT IN TIME

Thinking of one thing at a timeI can hear what you sayAs the world rushes by meIf I really listen I can't seeBut only noticeWhen I really see the world I can't listenBut only hearHow lucky I am&.one t...
Posted by Touch of Gray on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:28:00 PST