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Name: Justin
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Birthday: 1/23/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: Music (ie. Tom Waits, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Over the Rhine, Pedro the Lion, The Shins, Radiohead, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Folds), books, film, eating, beer, philosophy, writing, politics (proud democrat), Christianity, humanitarian work
Expertise: Journalism, songwriting, composition, guitar, learning piano, eating, sailing (seriously), inattention
Occupation: Student
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
12/10/2004
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| It has been a while. I have little to say. BUT I do love being a vegetarian and I also love sleeping according to a normal pattern! It makes me feel so energetic and useful! You should all try it! I know it's a foreign concept to college kids like ourselves, but it is really quite cool. Responsibility isn't as bad as I thought, it is actually ass-kicking. And so are you, maybe. | | |
| Well, I fell asleep at 11 PM...and by gum, I woke up at 2 AM completely
alert. I ate some Ants on a Log...here, let me give you the
recipe for these "Ants on a Log" that I speak of:
Ingredients
-One very long piece of celery, particularly one that hasn't fermented with time
-2 Tbsp. of Crunchy Peanut Butter. Now, peanut butter should be
"crunchy" because there are peanuts mixed in with it. If it
crunches because there are Legos in it then I really don't know what to
tell you other than...weird...go make a sandwich (just not a cruncy
peanut butter one)
-Now, unless you live in Nebraska you don't use actual ants for this
recipe, just like you don't use an actual wooden log. No, you see
it's purely metaphorical, similar to "Pigs in a Blanket", which demands
neither a swine nor a quilt for it's creation, though eating linens is
likely more healthy than eating a hot dog. Not only does the
linguistic metaphor usage in the culinary art of creating "Ants on a
Log" make eating more fun, but more philosophical as well.
-Exactly 7 raisins. 7 is a lucky number, and also chases away
spirits...and I don't mean "The Christmas Spirit", I mean Lucifer,
Legion, and Richard Simmons.
Directions
1) With great finesse
(not to mention with pants on...again, unless you live in Nebraska),
spread the Crunchy of the Peanut of the Butter onto the glorious celery.
2) Then, place the 7 Satan-hatin' raisins upon the peanut butter
3) Stuff that log and all its ants into your face like it ain't nobody's bizness...
I
hope this snack adds to your Christmas at least 10 extra points on the
ol' Yuletide scale. If you have any recipes please share
them...and, if you have any ingredients I would appreciate them
also. Seriously, I'm shocked that I managed to find the ants or
the log for that matter (raisins and peanut butter, for those bereft of
a creative mind). Yep, Christmas tends to be costly, and in turn
demands that we sacrifice certain resource; namely food, energy, and
overall health if you are a Stover. Ok, take care party people.
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| Hi,
It's like 3:29 AM. I am really bad at sleeping. However,
usually I can do it after at least 2 hours of trying. Boy,
I haven't been able to during vacation. Not at all, nope. I
just keep thinking about stuff and reliving old favorite
memories. This is the last winter break I"ll probably ever have,
so I'm hoping it will be a good time. I really have very
little to say. I really love life, but I wish I could pay
attention to it with more ease. Shit man, this was a weird
semester. A really good one. It still makes no sense to me
at all. None. Nope. Best one I've ever had. No
sense. And now I can't sleep at all. Why must people be so
wonderful? Seriously. I hate sleep. I miss Grand
Rapids, but I'm glad to be in Maine right now. I need to help
people more...I base the quality of my life too much on the surreal
memories I"ve had...I don't know, maybe the fact that I shared them
with others in some way helped them. Who knows. I like
being a vegetarian. I think I"m gonna go to this cool coffee shop
not far from my town which is run by Franciscan monks...they make great
cornbread...
Is there anything more wonderful than the Charlie Brown Christmas
Special. I mean, seriously...it's all about imperfect people
attempting to re-enact the story of Christ, and their difficulty in
doing this. Then, just when all hell breaks loose a child (my man
Linus) takes the stage and reminds us of the very person who was born
into our world to offer redemption to these very imperfect people,
regardless of their screw ups...
Beautiful...I love you
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| Hey,
Still only 3 subscribers, but oh well...Rome wasn't built in a
day. But I think New Jersey was. Anyways, the muse hit
pretty strong today. I wrote a nice little number about the
difficulty that the oppoite sex have communicating with each
other. I think it's one of my better ones. I've also had an
impossible time sleeping...all these memories that were long forgotten
have been coming back. I've also been realizing how crucial it is
at this point in my life to make wise decisions. Today I went to
a movie rental place to get the 4th season of sopranos. For some
odd reason it hit me that the woman (who was probably 10 years older
than me) at the counter also had to make decisions in her life.
Decisions that somehow led her to her current life (including job,
relationships, location, etc.) I'm not looking down on either her
or her occupation. Perhaps she couldn't be happier. But
man...maybe the decisions of other people prevented her from getting a
college education, or maybe she just has never considered a life
outside of the small town of Lincoln, Maine. I am constantly
thanking God for life and the many surreal moments that I have
experienced. You know, city life, love, and the openness of
attending college...the possibilities which seem without limit while
you're there. Is my good fortune the result of God's providence
and prayer, or just luck that others are bereft of. Who
knows...I'm gonna go eat some gummy chews.
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| Hey,
I'm back home. Today I built a 4-track analog recording studio in
the basement. It is SO cool...I've got a nice red color motif,
with wall-to-wall carpets/blankets to insulate the sound. It
sounds SO warm in there....an incredible ambiance. And let me
tell you, I am gonna record some of my BEST damned songs. Also, I
set up my brothers stereo so I could listen to all the vinyl records
that he gave me last night. There are some GEMS in this
collection...like Tom Waits "Alice" (ON VINYL!!!)...Toad the Wet
Sprocket's "Fear"...Beatles "Rubber Soul"...THE SINGING NUN!!!!
Wow...it's like heaven.
I will have a more thought-provoking entries in the days to come.
My lovely friend Jess called today...we're going to Polar Express
tomorrow. Besides that, I do not plan on hanging out too much...I
just want to read and record, record and read...and start my new
vegetarian diet. Mom is gonna go veg also, apparently. Good
ol' her.....ok, I love you. Bye bye.
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