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Name: Brandon
Country: United States
State: Mississippi
Birthday: 7/27/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: music, sushi, beer, bright eyes, Pedro the Lion, radiohead, country music, quebec, elliot smith, t.s. eliot, wilco, rem, the weakerthans, wilco, buzzcocks, the cure, american history, african studies, french, natalie portman, amelie, fried rice, studio apartments, reading, feminism, ryan adams, the oc, coffee, dr pepper, caffeine, sartre, existenialism, sleeping, countering sleep with coffee, switchblade knives, monkeys, Wunderlust, odd pop culture references, mcsweenys, tea, comfortable shoes, slips of paper with random statements
Expertise: esoteric knowledge
Occupation: Student
Message: message meEmail: email me
Member Since:
11/27/2003
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| 1. How tall are you barefoot?
6' even
2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
you can smoke it?
3. Do you own a gun?
nope
4. Rehab?
I've heard of such things
5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"?
yes... quite yes
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
I absolutely love them from that street vendor on Jackson
7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
Anything but "Little Drummer Boy" because that is the worst song ever
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
coffee, if I'm awake in the morning
9. Do you do push-ups?
those cool little ice cream things from my childhood that had the Flintstones on them?
10. Have you ever done ecstacy?
no
11. Are you vegan?
I have been
12. Do you like painkillers?
they're quite fun
13. What is your secret weapon to lure the opposite sex?
if I tell is it really 'secret'?
14. Do you own a knife?
for culinary purposes only
15. Do you have A.D.D.?
I take Adderall occassionally, but not for ADD.
16.Date Of Birth?
July 27, 1982
17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
I hate TV news
it's too damn late for surveys
I wish I was asleep
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought.
beer
cigarettes
more beer
19. Name three drinks you regularly drink:
beer, bourbon, coffee
20. What time did you wake up today?
1:30 p.m.
21. Current hair?
short
22. Current worry?
everything
24.Three favorite places to be?
my bed
Jubilee
lounging on a comfortable couch
25. Least favorite place to be?
the Levee
26. Where would you like to go?
NYC
27. Do you own slippers?
nope
28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Hell
29. Do you burn or tan?
burn
30. Last thing you ate?
leftovers
31. Would you be a pirate?
Only off the coast of Somalia
32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
now
33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't sing
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
death
35. What's in your pockets right now?
I'm not wearing pants
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
the drunk kids outside of the Levee, because they are ridiculous
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
these cool cars and trucks, no name, just that.
38. Worst injury you've ever had?
Kick to the balls, maybe?
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Daft Punk is playing my house... (5, including the extra one in the living room)
41. Who is your loudest friend?
eh... no clue
42. Who is your most silent friend?
Nick (?)
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
me.
45. What is your favorite book?
"All the Kings Men" restored edition
46. What is your favorite candy?
I don't eat candy
47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
no one would marry me
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
E-Bow the Letter
49. What were you doing 12AM last night?
hanging out at L&M
50. Do you love the pain a tattoo brings?
no tattoos. | | |
| Because it's hard out here for a pimp...
Alright kids, after a six year tenure in Oxford, this shit is starting to wan. The plans are, as of right now, moving to a different locale at least 600 miles away from the Velvet Ditch when the lease runs out on August 1.
Here's a list of places I'm considering*:
- New York City, preferably Brooklyn
- Seattle
- Portland
- D.C.
* Any places not on this list that I should consider should be poorly argued and the defense of why I should move there should be as irrational as possible.
I am serious about this move, and I'm going to turn tricks for the moving expenses if that's what it takes.
And before anyone comments, no I have no job prospects nor do I really have an inkling of how expensive shit is in those places. | | |
| Apparently, the good people of this fine town have a difficult time comprehending a large 3' x 3' sign in the front window declaring that Square Books is closed (actually, we have two signs, two saying we're closed). Every 10 minutes or so, some person -- usually really old and confused or young, blonde haired and confused -- wanders in the door and stops. The sight of books askew and shelves out on the sidewalk are enough to send them into shock. Like deep shock. Like a 5-year-old seeing his mommy getting raped when he was trying to watch Bob the Builder shock level. Then, they snap out of it enough to say "Oh, are you closed today?" I try to be nice and considerate toward these lost souls, but come on people... there are two very large signs with "Sorry we're closed" in big letters.
I'm halfway tempted to tell some of them that we were bought out by Barnes & Noble and we're moving down on West Jackson right by the new Goody's and Wal-Mart Supercenter. That would kill some of the crunchy kids. And I would laugh.
It's always a bad sign and the indicator of a long day ahead when your boss brings in a 20 pack of Budweiser into the store. | | |
| I woke up this morning at 8:30 or so, got up, got dressed, and walked
outside. Much to my amazement, it snowed (not much snow, what
northerners would refer to as a "dusting"). What really amazed me was
that I came home only like six hours before that.
I hear back from Square Books today about whether or not I have a job. | | |
| Wow... thanks Wal-Mart! From the Washington Post:
Wal-Mart
apologized yesterday after its retail Web site directed potential
buyers of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Planet of the Apes"
DVDs to also consider purchasing DVDs with African American themes.
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The
world's largest retailer said in a statement that it was "heartsick"
over the racially offensive grouping and that the site was linking
"seemingly random combinations of titles."
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The company
said it was alerted to the problem early yesterday afternoon after word
began spreading among bloggers. When visitors to Walmart.com requested
"Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series" on DVD, four other movies
were recommended under the heading "Similar Items." Those films
included "Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream/Assassination of MLK" and
"Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson."
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Why do I think that they were only "heartsick" because they got caught? Fuck Wal-Mart
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