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L E V

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About Me

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My Interests

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Gold Toe socks. Brylcreem. Florsheim shoes. Black Ace combs. Dr. Grabow & Captain Black. Original flavor Listerine. Zippo Lighters. Diners. Switchblades. V-Neck T-Shirts. Raincoats. Pocket protectors. Briefcases. Being late for the 5 O'Clock train. KUSF.

I'd like to meet:

"Friends are like a box of chocolates: If you bother to look at the box you know exactly what the fuck you're going to get"

Movies:

I saw "I'm Not There" last night and it would make little sense whatsoever to anyone who didn't know a lot of shit about Bob Dylan in the first place.

Television:

The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, Dragnet. I only watch it to watch the commercials.

Books:

None.

Heroes:

Rod Serling. Kurt Vonnegut. Matt Groening. Steven Merritt. Alfred Hitchcock. Egon Schiele. Marlon Brando. Iggy. Ziggy. Fugazi. Adam West. Willem DeKooning. JFK.

My Blog

A very surreal day in Boston...

I was back in Boston for the Holidays, visiting the parents. The day after Christmas, I had to return a gift I had gotten from the Leavitt & Pierce Tobacconist (See last year's blog about this pla...
Posted by L E V on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:24:00 PST

The Actual Dr. Lev

I've been goofing around with the bad advice column "Ask Dr. Lev" for a while, I never expected anyone to actually ask me for help. This kid, who I'm pretty sure is French, wrote me this question and ...
Posted by L E V on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:14:00 PST

Amazing comment debate on YouTube

Salutations All- One of my animations, "Subtext" has been on the front page of YouTube for about 19 or so hours, in which time it has been hammered with comments. Many of them were the standard i...
Posted by L E V on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:22:00 PST

Speechless.

A gal I once admired from afar posted this bulletin today. Reading it was kind of  like watching the Mona Lisa take a shit. "...yes, darling ____ got into a brawl with some trick bitch who cut ...
Posted by L E V on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:13:00 PST

Dyslexic Entertainment

I frequently misread signs. It happens all the time. Often, I'ts a source of great amusement. The first one I remember well is when I was in a train station and there was this great big billboard tha...
Posted by L E V on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:07:00 PST

DESCRIBE FRANCE LEV...

Q: GEE WHIZ LEV, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FRANCE?A: Simply put, sixty percent of the men you want to kill, and seventy percent of the women you want to have sex with.-L
Posted by L E V on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:08:00 PST

What I did in Boston when not doing family stuff

A Boston Report: Walking around Boston is a weird thing for me, as I have not lived there in about 8 years or so, and most of the places I used to hang out at are gone. Boston is of course a histori...
Posted by L E V on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:25:00 PST

HOW TO DO THE 'CURE' THING TO YOUR HAIR

Lev is sort of an ex-goth (Oh, really? Say it ain't so) and today, I got asked to share the secrets of  the classic Cure/Siouxie  hairdo. Submitted for your approval. -L ------------------...
Posted by L E V on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:10:00 PST

When Lev called Cingular...

This is a true story: The Camera feature on my Razr Phone broke, so I was on the line with the warranty people. The gal was saying "I understand how frustrating this must be for you...", to which I r...
Posted by L E V on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:21:00 PST

Bullshit Advertising

I was always amused by the little ad phrases they put on clothes, at least dumb clothes they have at Marshalls or Ross or whatever. The tags that say "Official Issue" or "Certified Garment" or "Rip-St...
Posted by L E V on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:04:00 PST