Oh, Hello!

Hey, Look

2007-07-17T03:05:12Z

by Simon Rich
[from the New Yorker]

What I imagined the people around me were saying when I was . . .

Eleven:

“Oh, man, I can’t believe that kid Simon missed that ground ball! How pathetic!”

“Wait. He’s staring at his baseball glove with a confused expression on his face. Maybe there’s something wrong with his glove and that’s why he messed up.”

“Yeah, that’s probably what happened.”

————

Twelve:

“Did that kid sitting behind us on the bus just get an erection?”

“I don’t know. For a while, I thought that was the case, but now that he’s holding a book on his lap it’s impossible to tell.”

“I guess we’ll never know what the situation was.”

————

Thirteen:

“Hey, look, that thirteen-year-old is walking around with his mom!”

“Where?”

“There—in front of the supermarket!”

“Oh, my God! That kid is way too old to be hanging out with his mom. Even though I’ve never met him, I can tell he’s a complete loser.”

“Wait a minute. He’s scowling at her and rolling his eyes.”

“Oh, yeah . . . and I think I just heard him curse at her, for no reason.”

“I guess he’s cool after all.”

————

Fourteen:

“Why does that kid have a black ‘X’ on the back of his right hand?”

“I bet it’s because he went to some kind of cool rock concert last night.”

“Wow. He must’ve stayed out pretty late if he didn’t have time to scrub it off.”

“Yeah, and that’s probably why his hair is so messy and dirty—because he cares more about rocking out than conforming to society.”

“Even though he isn’t popular in the traditional sense, I respect him from afar.”

————

Fifteen:

“Hey, look, that kid is reading ‘Howl,’ by Allen Ginsberg.”

“Wow. He must be some kind of rebel genius.”

“I’m impressed by the fact that he isn’t trying to call attention to himself.”

“Yeah, he’s just sitting silently in the corner, flipping the pages and nodding, with total comprehension.”

“It’s amazing. He’s so absorbed in his book that he isn’t even aware that a party is going on around him, with dancing and fun.”

“Why aren’t any girls going over and talking to him?”

“I guess they’re probably a little intimidated by his brilliance.”

“Well, who wouldn’t be?”

“I’m sure the girls will talk to him soon.”

“It’s only a matter of time.”

————

Sixteen:

“Hey, look, it’s that kid Simon, who wrote that scathing poem for the literary magazine.”

“You mean the one about how people are phonies? Wow—I loved that poem!”

“Me, too. Reading it made me realize for the first time that everyone is a phony, including me.”

“The only person at this school who isn’t a phony is Simon.”

“Yeah. He sees right through us.”

Drip, Drip, Drop?

2007-03-27T19:04:22Z

Drip, Drip, Drop!

Hey, it's good to be home (which hawaii finally feels like). I don't know what it is about this place but it's so much easier to make music here. I just kind of sat down yesterday afternoon and a bunch of hours later I had an 8 and a half minute song that I'm really really happy with. Like any song I'll probably still change it a little, but I hope that in it's current state it brightens your break as much as it did mine.

Kids up in Portland: Have a lot of fun and take lots of pictures
Kids in Marin: I'm jealous, go on some hikes and have fun

See you in a small handful of days

boom ts pants ts boom ts pants ts

2007-03-19T06:39:33Z

I cannot fucking wait to get back to burning man. I've already got a solid group of guys from here planning to go, if anybody's so much as considering it, talk to me and get your ticket and we should party.

Also: Pop on march 31stttt..1.`.~~ get a ticket before they cost $60 at the door.
Also: Haha I still have a livejournal

oldest trick in the book

2007-03-19T05:53:28Z

I looked online today to see if anybody had figured out an easy way to bring ipods back to life after they catch the dreaded click of death, and came across an article somebody wrote about throwing theirs out of a 3 story window due to frustration, only to find that the impact somehow fixed it. I figured it was worth a try (my ipod hasn't been able to turn on all year) so I threw it at the ground pretty hard, and the hard drive actually started up, but it still couldn't play any music, so I banged it around a little more, and now it works perfectly. With all this newfangled technologons it's easy to forget how humans have traditionally fixed broken electronics, but I guess the old tricks still work.

So as a blanket response to any technological problems, if it looks like it'll still be in one piece after you hit it really hard, and it doesn't work any way, you might as well give it a whack and see if a little entropy can sort it out.

happy b-lated st. p'z day

bouncyfish @ 2006-12-25T16:26:00

2006-12-26T02:32:09Z

JAMES BROWN IS DEAD (the musical)

I didn't even know this song existed until I heard it yesterday.... BEFORE he even died, but I guess it's true now.

Merry Christmas and happy times to everyone, I need to catch up on a lot of hanging out with all of you when I get back

What are you doing in my house

2006-12-20T23:52:53Z

Woo, I'm in Hawaii for the week, which probably should be more exciting, but I think I'd rather be in California hanging out with buddies than being stuck on an island. I guess it's nice to spend time with my family, and it really clears your head to be this far away from everything. I've had plenty of time to waste on stuff like this song, which I think is pretty cool. It's kind of like a sequel to this other song I made senior year, which I made because every other song I was making was too repetative and sounded the same. If you have time, give both a listen and tell me what you think.

I'll be back home right after Christmans, so I'll see you all then.
Also:

ALSO

2006-09-27T17:42:45Z

bouncyfish @ 2006-09-24T20:04:00

2006-09-25T03:05:31Z

FUCKING PLURRRRRRR

Hello from Irina.

2006-07-07T18:46:28Z

Hello my friend! I am sorry. This my third letter to you. It is
similar to that two letters did not reach you. I decided to test the
destiny and to get acquainted with the man on the Internet. This third
letter to reach you will would be desirable to trust me that. I allow
to you mine email and if you will want can answer: biglove1@eastlinecorp.org
By the way my name is Irina and i live in Kazan city in Russia. I like
to get acquainted with people and to get pleasant acquaintances.
I shall wait your letter.
Bye!

lookin good

2006-06-08T12:00:03Z

And away we go

2006-05-23T18:58:30Z

Yeah.

bouncyfish @ 2006-04-21T12:32:00

2006-04-21T19:35:25Z

Somebody definitely just shouted "MEGAPHONE!" through a megaphone, and left it at that.

bouncyfish @ 2006-04-07T03:21:00

2006-04-07T10:21:31Z

Be safe

bouncyfish @ 2006-03-29T04:03:00

2006-03-29T12:05:27Z

It'd be pretty cool if I got tired beore 4 am without having to have not slept the previous night. Then maybe I could wake up before noon sometime.

I'm totally writing a 10 page paper

2006-03-21T06:46:51Z

Tyler is dancing, ducks are swimming.

bouncyfish @ 2006-03-15T02:08:00

2006-03-15T10:10:51Z

I just had a teacher email me and warn me of "Impending doom" in one of my classes... it's going to be a really really rough end to the quarter. I'm probably going to go into hibernate and do work all the time mode - this should be great

bouncyfish @ 2006-03-13T16:39:00

2006-03-14T00:42:52Z

I forgot my laptop charger, but I can at least borrow somebody else's every once in a while
I forgot the cord for my new digital camera, but I guess I can go back and get that
But the one thing for which there is no remedy, is the fact that I forgot to see Back to the Future the Musical.

Are these guys serious

2006-03-08T20:56:37Z

I read the comics for the first time in a long while today, I've never looked at Rex Morgan before.... I thought it was some super hero thing but I'm pretty sure it's just a comic about golf.

Oh okay

Cigarettes

2006-03-07T03:51:14Z

Discuss.

I'm pretty happy with the little girl's face

2006-03-02T09:07:52Z

bouncyfish @ 2006-02-23T10:38:00

2006-02-23T18:39:07Z

DRIVE BY BODY PIERCE

Happy Two Days Before Valentine's Day

2006-02-12T19:45:44Z

1200x900 makes my tummy feel warm!!
Click on it for the bigger one.

When the hell did this happen

2006-02-10T13:48:23Z

So I've been feeling really tired and out of it a lot this week, and as a result I haven't been able to get much work done.... I've just felt worn out and have been going to be early. That is, until tonight, when I forced myself to get some work done, and I was feeling all around crappy until around 2 am when I started to feel like I was finally waking up. Now it's 5:42 and I'm entirely alert and actually able to focus. I really don't have any idea why I've suddenly become nocturnal, or whatever this is, but I've gotten more work done in the past couple hours than I have all week. This is kind of ridiculous. Whatever it is, I'm taking advantage of the ability to get shit done.

And no, I'm not a crackhead or anything.

By the way: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works (both of 'em).

This is the part where I name more albums I like and you don't care.

2006-02-09T06:04:59Z

Shpongle - Nothing Lasts: Really really creative continuous CD of... I don't even know what genre. Lots of latin influence, but man, the whole thing is really trippy and catchy and awesome.

Pendulum - Hold Your Colour: Highly refined, amazingly energetic drum and bass. I've been listening to this way too much lately. Saw them live, blew my mind.

Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman: Underworld has always been awesome but I just forgot for a while and started listening to this one again. Really "chill," as it were.

Swayzak - Snowboarding in Argentina: Also chill... Perfect for driving really really late at night and not really paying attention to.

Now you name some things I should like, too.

I bought a shirt

2006-02-07T22:04:46Z

On the internet

Hope it doesn't suck