<p>its a vegan food pyramid. its a good idea. but i think their ratios are weird. for example, should we really be eating more breads than leafy greens?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153389182/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/76/153389182_90e7b86c4a_o.jpg" alt="vegan food pyramid"></a></p>

from here: http://vegan.uchicago.edu/nutrition/01.html via: steff.

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>and what if you died here tonight, what would you have changed?</i> by James Miska</p>

<p>one morning we woke up and there was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingy">dinghy</a> in our front yard. (<a href="http://www.geocities.com/movie_starzz/BenandMatt/mallrats.txt">a dinghy IS a row boat, stupid-head</a>.) it was tied to the doorknob so it wouldn't float away, i guess, and its still sitting there now.</p>

<p>
  our confusion in the "morning".<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383056/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/46/153383056_e07fd4474e.jpg" alt="what the hell is this boat doing here.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>
  tied to the doorknob.<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153382994/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/48/153382994_8f0ac46ce8.jpg" alt="rope tied to doorknob.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>
  nate and i in the tunnel of love.<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153382922/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/68/153382922_616b3a17d7.jpg" alt="nate and shane in the tunnel of love 1.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>
  nate and i in the tunnel of love. still.<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153382963/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/58/153382963_fdd5720c4f_o.jpg" alt="nate and shane in the tunnel of love 2.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>
  captain posi matt and his first mate shaners. at least their butts.<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153382874/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/73/153382874_eebcf962a1.jpg" alt="captain matt and admiral shane 2.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>
  captain posi matt and his first mate shaners.<br>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153382838/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/59/153382838_e0590b8cf8.jpg" alt="captain matt and admiral shane 1.jpg"></a>
</p>

<p>we already got sailors hats and have big pirate plans for the boat. including, but not limited to, a new paint job.</p>

<p>
  ps. we also now have a tramapoline in our backyard. you're jealous.
</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Die Jugend Marschiert</i> by Propagandhi</p>

<p>remember that episode of friends where they had the list.</p>

<blockquote>
  <dl>
    <dt>Chandler:</dt>
    <dd>Well, we have a deal where we each get to pick five different celebrities that we can sleep with, and the other one can't get mad.</dd>
    <dt>Ross:</dt>
    <dd>Ah, the heart of every healthy relationship: Honesty, respect, and sex with celebrities.</dd>
  </dl>
</blockquote>

<p>well, even if you don't actually remember watching it, the idea of <em>the list</em> is kind of a pop culture phenomenon now. so here's my list as of now, at least. some come and go. some are always solid. in alphabetical order.</p>

<dl>
  <dt>audrey tautou</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tatou">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0851582/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>charlize theron</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlize_Theron">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>elisha cuthbert</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Cuthbert">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0193846/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>jennifer connelly</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Connelly">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000124/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>jessica alba</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_alba">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0004695/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>kiera knightley</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira_knightley">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0461136/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>maggie gyllenhaal</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Gyllenhaal">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0350454/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>monica belluci</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Bellucci">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000899/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>natalie portman</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/">imdb</a>

</dd>

  <dt>scarlett johansson</dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/">imdb</a>

</dd> </dl>

<p>so that's it. tell me what you think. or better yet, tell me your list. boys and/or girls.</p>

<p>so go write yours up on your site, blog, myspace profile or here in the comments.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>XO</i> by Fall Out Boy</p>

  

        
  Ok, here's my list:
  Angelina Jolie
  Sarah Silverman
  Jennifer Connelly
  Kiera Knightley
  Rosario Dawson.
  booya.

<blockquote>
  <p>It's got me on my knees in a bathroom, praying to a god that I don't even believe in, "Dear Jesus.. are you listening?" If this is the one chance that really matters, don't let me fuck this up. If you had told me about all this when I was fifteen, I never would have believed it.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>two bands that are really great in my book have new records coming out real soon.</p>

<p><a href="http://againstme.net/">against me!'s</a> is called <a href="http://www.againstme.net/searching.html">searching for a former clarity</a>. you can download a couple of the mp3s from the <a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/albumdetail.php3?cat_num=684&amp;sd=QyY8XNHRMXIAAEnnIKE">fat wreck chords site</a>. i've already heard a copy of it and its ... growing on me. see the problem is i had heard a demo of a bunch of the songs that ended up on the record. and honestly, i think the demo versions are way way better. they just seem more alive. more vital. however, the songs that are new to me on the record i really like. so i imagine the rest will grow on me.</p>

<p>the other band releasing a new record soon is ... ::drumroll:: ... <a href="http://www.propagandhi.com/news.shtml">propagandhi</a>. goddamn, this band is so effing good. they don't release new material or tour nearly often enough for this boy. it called Potemkin City Limits. more info <a href="http://www.g7welcomingcommittee.com/news/">about it here</a>. <a href="http://www.americasarmy.ca/">preview of one song here</a>. also, there's word that chris hannah is out of the band doing other things, but apparently he is on the recording. i wonder how the new dude sounds.</p>

<p>ps. i know i mixed my metaphors / song references on this post. so cram it.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Exhaustion</i> by Against Me!</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383251/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/64/153383251_32a245db4e_o.jpg" alt="captain america by jack kirby, maybe"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://troytotheworld.com/troy_story.php">brandon troy</a>, i'm looking at you, especially.</p>

a bonus treat for you.

<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383242/">three</a>. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383270/">more</a>. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383289/">pictures</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
  On this Day of Rememberance<br>
  let us not kneel and pray for the dead.<br>
  Let us stand and activate for the living,<br>
  To rescue those about to die.
</blockquote>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Ordinary People Do Fucked Up Things When Fucked Up Things Become Ordinary</i> by Propagandhi</p>

<p>this is hi-freaking-larious. someone actually used a picture from my <a href="http://veganstraightedge.com/2004/11/2/all-hallows-eve-in-sf-2k4/">halloween costume</a> to backup their superhero story.</p>

<blockquote>MC: If I tell you it kinda defeats the purpose of the joke. But if you must know before visiting the link, you asked what the Chocolate Thunder's suit looked like...so it is simply a link to an image of a pathetic costume. As I said, nothing to be scared of. *sound of a balloon deflating*</blockquote>

<p>...<a href="http://misterchris.blogspot.com/2005/07/art-of.html">just go read it</a>. its really funny.</p>

<p>he has no comments or trackbacks turned on. so my only hope is that some he googles himself and finds this:</p>

<blockquote>misterchris. Internal chaos released in a controlled environment.</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153384637/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/45/153384637_1eda65dfa7.jpg" alt="superhero-belt.jpg"></a></p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Bookworm</i> by Kid Dynamite</p>

<p>i know <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina">its terrible</a>. thousands of lives are changed forever. thousands of lives have been lost. people are starving. warlords are cropping up. i can't say words that will match the horrificness of what's happened in new orleans and the rest of the gulf states. everyone has said it more than i could anyways.</p>

but this isn't about that.

new orleans can show us a lot of what ifs... in action. the kind of things we only imagine possible scenarios when the lights go out. god, i don't know. we can't predict all the ways that things are gonna fall apart. but shouldn't we be learning some lessons from this? not just for the next natural disaster, but for when we can't start a car, let alone power a water purification plant.

come on, man. i can't quite articulate what i want to say here.

ps. listen to this radio interview with the mayor of new orleans. 14 minutes long. powerful stuff.

pps. i heard some friends of mine say the other day, not jokingly at all:

three generations from now people will search for the lost city of new orleans. it'll be a modern atlantis.

<p>i saw <a href="http://www.thecorporation.com/">the corporation</a> again today at <a href="http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/index.jsp">the library</a>. man, i love that movie. if you haven't seen it, please do. it just might change your life. brandon troy, i'm looking at you.</p>

<p>dinna myspace commented me this picture. and i don't have myspace. so, i moved it here. thanks, dinna.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153385771/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/73/153385771_ebbca69a2a.jpg" alt="me eating at the dinna party.jpg"></a></p>

<p>ps. we totally posed this picture.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Paranoiattack</i> by The Faint</p>

<p>there's this band called 'Imogen Heap'. they have this song called 'hide and seek'. unless you go find it someone how (buy it, download it, borrow it from a friend, request it on the radio), its the most beautiful thing that you'll never hear.</p>

<p>my friend, <a href="http://myspace.com/xsadiehawkinsx">courtney</a>, told me about it. little did i know, i already knew it. it was playing during the last episode of <a href="http://www.fox.com/oc/home.htm">the o.c.</a> last season.</p>

<p>so go on. get it by any means necessary.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Hide and Seek</i> by Imogen Heap</p>

<p>i love flickr. i had forgotten how much i love it. but now i've remembered and been uploading like mad.</p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/39114149/"><img class="noborder" src="http://static.flickr.com/21/39114149_096f5b59db_m.jpg" alt="safety first, motherfucker"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/39113747/"><img class="noborder" src="http://static.flickr.com/24/39113747_d661f4df32_m.jpg" alt="bks capital letter in vegas hotel"></a><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/39113994/"><img class="noborder" align="top" src="http://static.flickr.com/25/39113994_a5f16aa44f_m.jpg" alt="goonies never say die"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/39113260/"><img class="noborder" src="http://static.flickr.com/25/39113260_20707d5b2c_m.jpg" alt="do NOT fuck with us"></a><p>my flickr page is here : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/</a>. i also added a little button kinda badgey thing on the side of this site.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>Chapelhill</i> by Rosa</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383603/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/74/153383603_be4624da6d_m.jpg" alt="joker cover of some batman issue" style="float:left;"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383705/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/153383705_fca8aa4f6a_m.jpg" alt="young avengers issue six cover"></a></p>

<p style="clear:both;"> ...</p>

<p>i understand if you might have trouble processing this, so you might want to sit down. or if you're sitting, stand up walk around your desk, then sit again. i finally, finally got one of those super coveted jobs. i now work at a comic shop. yes, that's right a comic shop. the strict work policy still exists. comic shops and apple stores were always the exceptions.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <i>7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)</i> by Fall Out Boy</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/37471925/in/set-827434/" title="lagoon? we fucken run the joint."><img src="http://static.flickr.com/24/37471925_7cef67c5d8.jpg?v=0" width="446" alt="crew shot at fountain at lagoon"></a>.<br> in case you didn't get it, fools, you gotta click on the picture. it'll take you to my flickr account : <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/">http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/</a>.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year</em> by Fall Out Boy</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383851/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/73/153383851_e93118f4c6_o.png" alt="danae kelly fighting the man"></a></p>

<p><a href="http://freespeechdefense.net/">danae kelly</a>, a real good friend of mine is sitting in federal prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury. here's what wikipedia had to say about the grand juries:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Criticism of the Grand Jury</strong></p>

  <p>Some argue that the grand jury is unjust as the defendant is not represented by counsel and/or does not have the right to call witnesses.</p>

  <p>In practice, a grand jury rarely acts in a manner contrary to the wishes of the prosecutor. Judge Sol Wachtler, the former Chief Judge of New York State, was quoted as saying, "A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich". As such, many jurisdictions in the United States have replaced the formality of a grand jury with a procedure in which the prosecutor can issue charges by filing an information (also known as an accusation) which is followed by a preliminary hearing before a Judge at which both the defendant and his or her counsel are present. New York State itself has changed procedures that define how grand juries are formed to no longer require jurors to have former jury experience.</p>

  <p>In some rare instances, the grand jury does break with the prosecutor. It can even exclude the prosecutor from its meetings and subpoena witnesses and issue indictments on its own. This is called a "runaway grand jury". Runaway grand juries sometimes happen in government corruption or organized crime cases, if the grand jury comes to believe that the prosecutor himself has been improperly influenced. They were common in the 19th century but have become rare since the 1930's. [1]</p>

  <p>In all U.S. jurisdictions retaining the grand jury, the defendant has the right under the Fifth Amendment not to give self-incriminating testimony. However, the prosecutor can call the defendant to testify and require the defendant to assert the right on a question-by-question basis, which is prohibited in jury trials unless the defendant has voluntarily testified on his own behalf. Other evidentiary rules applicable to trials (such as the hearsay rule) are generally not applicable to grand jury proceedings.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>the feds have been using grand juries against animal rights / eco-defense activist for years now. danae, like all political prisoners, needs our love and support now more than ever.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Ed Is Sexy</em> by Against Me!</p>

i'm sorry that we don't live in a world where its easier for my friends and compañeros to quit their jobs and not have to worry about where the next meal comes from or where they'll sleep and stay warm that night. work is the most inefficient intermediary i can possibly imagine. and its no fun.

<p>UPDATE: i have since deleted this account. [i bought back in.]</p>

<p>well, kinda.</p>

<p>i started a <a href="http://myspace.com/myspaceequalsdeath/">myspace account</a>. b/c i was tired of explaining why i DON'T use myspace. all my reasons are there. so if you care, you can read it. or not.</p>

at a fruit stand. whose main business is in apples.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153383595/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/72/153383595_019aa20f0e_o.png" alt="comiccon.png"></a>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards</em> by Discount</p>

<p>mom,</p>

<p>i know you don't wanna believe that the world is changing. but it is. this isn't a wingnut weirdo phase i'm going thru. i just got lucky to have to good fortune to hear about it a few minutes before it happens.</p>

<p>but here's the score. we (we in the global sense, not the national sense) are reaching the defining era of our time. not 'our time' like my lifetime and yours and kids being born now. but our epoch which will be defined by the coming events. <strong>we are running out of oil.</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The disparity between increasing production and declining discoveries can only have one outcome: a practical supply limit will be reached and future supply to meet conventional oil demand will not be available.</p>

  <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1464050,00.html">-the guardian</a></p>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  <p>Cheap oil underpins our current lifestyle. It provides cheap transport by car or bus, cheap food, cheap goods, cheap manufacturing, cheap energy, and cheap products. It runs national and international trade.</p>

  <p><a href="http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=794&amp;p=business&amp;a=1">-yemen times</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>we depend on oil (and to a smaller degree other fossil fuels that are also rapidly running out) for almost every single facet of our way of life. that way of life will very forcibly come to a painful, irrevocable end. <br>soon.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1464050,00.html">i'm not the only</a><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7203633?rnd=1120192595115&amp;has-player=unknown"> that thinks so either.</a></p>

<p>
  love,<br>
  sb
</p>

<p>i was waiting for someone to make a wordpress dashboard widget. and someone finally did. sweet.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/blogs_forums/wordpressdash.html"> go here to get it.</a></p>

<p>
  what do you wanna be?<br>
  <b>GOOD!</b>
</p>
<p>
  what do you wanna stay?<br>
  <b>CLEAN!</b>
</p>
<p>
  what do you wanna have?<br>
  <b>FUN!</b>
</p>

<p><strong>i just wanna have good clean fun.</strong></p>

<p>apparently, ricky rudd does, too.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153384458/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/49/153384458_356509d254.jpg" alt="nascar picture.jpg"></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153384377/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/70/153384377_2ef8869bec.jpg" alt="good clean fun note.jpg"></a></p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Since U Been Gone</em> by Ted Leo</p>

<p>lazyweb bug report.</p>

do this in this order:

<p>
  </p>

1. create a custom tag. let's say code. description: code. opening: <code>. closing: </code>.
2. create a keyboard shortcut for that. let's say, command /.
3. now make another custom tag. let's say, li. description: li. opening: <li>. closing: </li>.

<p>now look at your custom tags. and notice code no longer has a shortcut. this is true with any number of custom tags. it's really frustrating. b/c i have quite a few custom tags that i've made that i use a lot. and anytime i identify a situation that i repeat a lot i try to make a shortcut and 'tag' for it, though they're not always actual html tags.</p>

<p>i really love <a href="http://ranchero.com/marsedit/">marsedit</a> (made by <a href="http://ranchero.com/">ranchero</a>). and use it (and <a href="http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/">netnewswire</a>) every single day.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Get By</em> by Talib Kweli</p>

<p>it seems like there's only one girl whose ever really stayed true to me no matter what. and she takes up too much of the bed for how small she is.</p>

i love seeing her this happy.

<p>pssst... she's a dog.</p>

<p>Currently playing in iTunes: <em>Shock Body</em> by Talib Kweli</p>

<p>when every thing's been said. all the blogs have been wrote and read. what a geek with a rebel alliance tattoo to do?</p>

<p>relate it to spiderman, of course.</p>

<p>i said it before. spidey was right. this story, like all stories worth telling, is about a girl. don't believe me? read this tiny (non spoiler) excerpt from the script of sw:e3:rots.</p>

<blockquote>
  <dt>ANAKIN</dt>
  <dd>You are so beautiful!</dd>
  <dt>PADME</dt>
  <dd>It's only because I'm so in love ...</dd>
  <dt>ANAKIN</dt>
  <dd>No, it's because I'm so in love with you.</dd>
  <dt>PADME</dt>
  <dd>So love has blinded you?</dd>
  <dt>ANAKIN</dt>
  <dd>Well, that's not exactly what I meant ...</dd>
  <dt>PADME</dt>
  <dd>But it's probably true!</dd>
</blockquote>

<p>turns out he was, indeed, blinded by love.</p>

<p>file this story under classic tragedy up there with hamlet and oedipus.</p>

<p>and spidey was right about another thing. things always get worse before they get better. for denizens of the star wars galaxy. things get a <b>LOT</b> worse before they get better.</p>

seems like that peter parker knows a thing or two about a thing or two.

<p>i had a girlfriend once with whom i had a good relationship with up to a certain point. then it reached that point where we started falling apart and we tried to fix it and it wasn't happening. so we <em>should've</em> let go then. but we held on for far too long after that. that remaining time was prolly the worst time of my life. lots of lines were drawn in the sand. all of them were crossed. friends, mainly on her side but also on mine a little, were drawn in and caught in the crossfire. some of the meanest things that have ever been said to me, about me or by me were said during that time. and the thing is most of the things said were genuinely meant. so needless to say, i lost a lot of friends during the period over all that drama.</p>

<p>now, i'm back in the btown (home of all the drama) now. i've been back here several times since it all went down, but have always avoided the shows and spots where i might see 'the kids'. this time, however, things are different. i feel like enough times has passed that a) the kids that cared about whatever bullshit don't live here anymore, b/c its a college town and very transient with a high turnover rate or b) the kids that are still here that ever did care, don't care anymore. also, i dunno i feel really good about my life right. except for my girlfriend being <a href="http://web.ask.com/web?q=how+far+is+buenos+aires+from+salt+lake+city&amp;qsrc=0&amp;o=0">6,223 miles away</a> from me. i'm happy with my living situation. my roomies are so radtackular. work is going well. the weather is my favourite time of the year. i'm starting to do some of those bigger projects i've been wanting to do. i'm paying off some debts. things are looking up generarlly. </p>

<p>and like spider-man said in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785110623/002-4857944-5955262?v=glance">spider-man: blue</a> <em>things always get worse before they get better</em>.  (now i know don't have to face down <a href="http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/sandman.html">sandman</a>, <a href="http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/venom.html">venom</a>, <a href="http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/greengoblin1.html"><strong>green</strong> goblin/s</a>, <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LynxBlade/Hobgoblin.html"><strong>hob</strong>goblin</a>, <a href="http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/carnage.html">carnage</a>, <a href="http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/doc_ock.html">doc ock</a>, <a href="http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/electro.html">electro</a> and a slew of other baddies, but i did live thru a couple shitty relationships, have had friend after friend sell me out or change their mind like the wind blows, lived with drug addicts, rednecks, assholes in general and have had my girlfriend move away, far far away more than once.) things got bad, real bad, for a while. now they seem to be getting better. i'm happy about that. </p>

<p>so i've derailed a little. i was saying basically it's been long enough and i feel good about my life that i feel like i can re-approach these friends. love lost but not forgotten, right? absolutely. we picked right back up where we left off. there were even the couple few that were on the opposite side of mean things said (by me or them) but none of it mattered anymore. we were bigger and more important than any other that. there wasn't any awkwardness from old drama. the only awkward was from just being different people than we were three years ago.</p>

<p>because there's nothing we can't do.</p>

<p>Song playing in iTunes while i made this post: <em>Weelson-Feelips</em> by Soophie Nun Squad.</p>