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got some friends i'm thinking about / rambling

some peeps in phoenix are making a movie... and great photography, and my boy matt is throwing down some great artwork... all my luv goes out to him. a lot of my west coast (phoenix, LA) friends are going to coachella... i'm jelaous. but its all good...

i went to the 1st and 2nd coachella in '99 and '01.

its been exactly five years since i last shaved my head, so last week i went and did something stupid and shaved it again. yucky. i look like a rat. some people dig it, most probably not, but my hair grows fast so whatever...

got a "web" friend that i was out of contact with for a while... and now we are chatting again. its good, cuz they are beautiful and so am i.

kim captured my shaved head on film.

hmmm... let's ramble... single lines:

the senate is trying to dismantle FEMA
the weather today in bham is incredible
there's an art festival in linn park tomorrow
caldwell park, across from my cribb, is in full effect
spring is good
kim is cute
the record is done, now its time for sound design
i'm looking for bands / models to beef up my portfolio
i'm going to be doing some drinking this weekend
i went straight edge for a while
i'm going to eventually move to europe

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