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ghost of steve

I am here for Friends

About Me

in no hurry/ bar stool safety testing/ weekend brunches/ random scene jumping/ sunday drives/ bookstore browsing/ political-sociological-nothingofimportance discussions/ import-microbrew sampling/ active striving/ cooking dinner while listening to NPR and a bottle or three of wine/ card playin/shit talkin/ music snobbin/ exploring neighborhoods/ travel addiction/ technology love-hatin/ bouts of productivity followed by bouts of procrastination (or vice versa)/ more to do-see-hear-taste-try-jump-glide-experience

My Interests

your girlfriends and all of their emotional baggage.

Music:

sampling: trace/ wilco/ king britt/ thievery corp/ portishead/ farina/ outkast/ flaming lips/ andy c/ plastikman/ old ravey mixtapes of dj's you don't really remember but it sounded really good at the time/ tribe/ ella fitzgerald/ dan/ flaming lips/ afro-cuban allstars/dirty dozen brass band/ muddy waters/ duke ellington/ k&d/ devotchka/ telafon tel aviv/ chopin/ roots/ beatles/ blackalicious/ sister nancy/ pixies/ datsuns/ z-trip/ shadow/ TBC

Movies:

welcome to the dollhouse/ full metal jacket/ american psycho/ rules of attraction/ ghost world/ city of god/ kill bills/ goodfellas/ 12 monkeys/ dream with the fishes/ american beauty/ fear and loathing/ raising victor vargas/ city of lost children/ run lola run/ donnie darko/ brazil/ big trouble in little china/ better off dead/ requiem for a dream/ magnolia/ a river runs through it/ la haine/ spirited away/ big fish/ tsotsi/ strangers with candy/ pan's labryinth/the getaway (the original)

Television:

food network and animal planet. no correlation.

Books:

the kite runner/ the phantom tollbooth/ life of pi/ anthem/ jitterbug perfume/ hot water music/ the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime/ there are no children here/ dune/ the time traveler's wife/ breakfast of champions/ welcome to the monkeyhouse/ dark tower/ the diceman/ less than zero/ the piano tuner/ the alchemist/ just a couple of days/ poe/ choose your own adventure/ running with scissors/ dress your family in corduroy and denim/ the corrections/ my rap sheet

Heroes:

the future 'me' that saves myself from making unwise beer choices

My Blog

farewell corporate grind

no longer will i toil under your unblinking florescent glare, stare out the window at the offices of other downtrodden souls, make the harrowing journey through the cramped quarters of the blue line, ...
Posted by ghost of steve on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:13:00 PST

dear autumn

you have overstayed  your welcome. i urge you to leave us with your: mounds of snow, blistering cold wind, and overall icy disposition.i am looking forward to meeting you 'winter', with your impe...
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:34:00 PST

i hate being wrong-rant

ever just look up and see the writing on the wall? you ignore it because you don't want to believe it, but its constantly there so eventually you have to acknowledge it.its been awhile since i've been...
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

-open letter to the blue line-

Dear Blue Line,    I am writing this letter of gratitude to you for the countlesshours of joy, suspense, and general excitement that you bring intomy otherwise slow paced dreary life. &...
Posted by ghost of steve on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:53:00 PST

sunday intonation review

everybody there looked like the 'don't's section' in a super deluxe edition of vice mag. i signed up for a peta petition and then devoured a bbq pork pita sandwich later on.that was pretty much the hi...
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:56:00 PST

KFC Magic

I saw this commercial where they have this strange new 'dish' where they mix up mashed potatoes, chicken strips, gravy, corn, and  top it off with a three cheese blend. I immediately shot up from...
Posted by ghost of steve on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:50:00 PST

the lackadasical life

there was this time i saw a guy sleeping on a bus bench. he was using a sweatshirt as a pillow and he was in no hurry to be anywhere.
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

another 'blog' attempt

seriously, how is that some people are able to fill pages and pages of stuff in these things? i think that once i hone my blogging skills, i will be champion. hopefully there will be a prize. or ...
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i guess i'm gonna try to start 'blogging'

'blog'...what the hell is that stupid internet
Posted by ghost of steve on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST