it was both shocking and stunning to be convinced that i was slightly incorrect about a detail of some importance.

i also learned that just because i think the things i say have zero impact zero punch or zero resonance

sometimes even a slow ball can fall in there for strike three

the other day when i was possessed by the devil i wrote some very mean things

tip of the iceberg devil writings and only because i saw most of the iceberg did i think that it wasnt so frightening and yet alas i was mistaken.

im a terrible man. im going to hell. theyre gonna make me write on the paper down thur since im clearly in tune to the drumbeat of hate anger and all things evil.

last night i did laundry in the wee hours in hollywood at the lucys 24 hour. they have a 24 hour subway sandwhich place in there so you put your loads in then get a sandwhich and when youre done the clothes are ready to go in the drier and you put em in there and then you go and treat yourself to a candy bar at the gas station followed by a fillup and a car wash.

the wacky people in the lucys at 2am are better than any television show. and you are out there with them as theyre arguing and recovering and hiding and scamming and you say if you were a millionare these are the people youd never run into. and if you did at this hour youd be scared.

people are never washing the things that i am.

this fat guy was on his cell phone gleefully talking about a man with a small penis and a seperate woman with a tiny vagina. are his friends that close that they discusss these things? the tvs blast spanish stations. the arcade games simulate war sounds. and none of the machines look or sound alike.

this little girl walked up to me as her mom folded towels and said whose your favorite movie star. and because she asked it so honestly i answered back just as honestly, wc fields. and her mother called her over in spanish.

– raymi the minx, bitches

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“That’s How People Grow Up”

I was wasting my time
Trying to fall in love
Disappointment came to me and
Booted me and bruised and hurt me

But that’s how people grow up
That’s how people grow up

I was wasting my time
Looking for love
Someone must look at me and
See their sunlit dream

I was wasting my time
Praying for love
For a love that never comes
From someone who does not exist

And that’s how people grow up
That’s how people grow up

Let me live
Before I die
No not me
Not I

I was wasting my life
Always thinking about myself
Someone on their deathbed said
There are other sorrows too

I was driving my car
I crashed and broke my spine
So yes there are things worse in life than
Never being someone’s sweetie

That’s how people grow up
That’s how people grow up

That’s how people grow up
That’s how people grow up

As for me I’m okay
For now anyway

the part of me thats a scorpio. and i know that since i was born on the cusp i am part scorpio but who are we kidding, unless you fuck me over and you force me to weild my hidden tail of hate, for the most part im a libra and i love the world and all i want is love peace and chicken grease which is why these playoffs are killing me.

all drama kills me. ironic i know when you consider who my undercover employer is but being in the xbi is a great way to avoid drama in your real life because that world is so unreal that you cant take it personally when someone tries to shoot you. you deserve it there.

heres how much i hate drama. i used to date the cutest girl youve ever seen. she would do all the things i loved. shed dress up in outfits, she was affectionate, she was smart, she could put her hair in any style and assume that role all night. loved it.

but her life was filled with so much drama that i had to tap out almost immediately. even if i didnt work for the xbi, wouldnt life throw us enough curveballs as it was? did i really need to have that creep into my sanctuary? my hidden lair?

home is where you go to lick your wounds after the M-F battle. its not where you have to strap in for emotional thrill rides. just put on that crazy wig and dance around the coffee table ho and stop fucking crying!

likewise baseball is supposed to be a casual event that you do in the summertime with your friends and maybe you pay enough attention to figure out of the ump has a tight zone or a loose one that day but thats about it.

to have the cubs in the playoffs. and having to face the likes of brandon webb. thats just too much emotion for me to deal with. and i have enough problems.

a true libra likes peace love freedom. thats it. i have a gigantic tv. soon i will get a bigger one. thats where the drama goes. i love gangsta rap. thats where more drama goes.

all i want in my life is for the girls to keep sending me dirty pictures in my email, and for the cubs to start winning games a million to nothing.

thats all.

i promise i will never be bored.

doesnt mean im a communist”

whats funny about that line is – billy bragg is a commie. aint he?

if theres one thing that i agree with matt good about its billy bragg

and so when i went to the myspace of Roxie Rocket, drummer of the all babe rock group Rocket, and heard this song i was all this sounds very familiar.

and lo it was Rancid guitarist Lars covering Billy Bragg.

a sign that things will be good tonight?

please Lord. please.

and later i had some car problems but things just work out. i have to keep reminding myself of that. things will work out.

i get very anxious because, well, the xbi trained us to live in the absolute moment because at any minute it could be over for us. any second the bomb could go off in our head or the poisoned dart could whistle through the jungle, or the trap door could open below our feet.

but every day i go to sleep and strangely i wake up.

and there used to be a time when i would wake up alive and id be so happy.

lately i wake up alive and im happy for a second but then i get so mad.

last friday i woke up to see if LAist would have a miracle and lo, there was a miracle. sunday i woke up to see if the Bears would have a miracle, and instead there was a tragedy.

today i will wake up and know that the Cubs are playing game one out in Zona and i coulda been there but i chose to stay home and save up for Toronto and i will watch the game and scream and yell but when i wake up i will be happy because the cubs are in post season play.

the Tribune allowed for players to get acquired, last winter, something that Cub fans have wanted year after year after year. and those players, like Soriano and Lilly have really paid off.

its a good time to be a cub fan because we do have a good team. we do.

no really, we do.

zulieka + LAist got more hits on friday than the best LAT blog got all month + hi flagrant

how much do you wanna bring?

i believe theres a little arcade fire in all of us.

if we wanna use it. but rarely do we ever. and if we do its usually for some lame boss or someone who doesnt appreciate it, or care.

october is an excellent time to bring a little magic, i believe.

and i also believe that there should be replay in baseball.

10/2, 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 – Morrissey @ The Palladium
10/2 – Nick Lowe, Ron Sexsmith @ Safari Sam’s
10/3 – Datarock, Foreign Born, Honeycut @ The Echo
10/3 – Mark Ronson @ The El Rey
10/5 – Metric @ Henry Fonda
10/6 – Bloc Party, Justice, Satellite Party, Kinky, Autolux, Celebrity Skin @ Detour Festival
10/6 – Lukas Rossi @ Viper Room
10/6 – Steve Miller @ The Greek
10/7 – Black Crowes @ The Orpheum
10/7 – The Shins @ The Greek
10/8 – The Used @ Grove of Anaheim
10/8 – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Black Fag @ Knitting Factory
10/9 – Bat for Lashes @ Troubadour
10/10 – Beirut @ The Avalon
10/10 – The Willowz, Wounded Cougar @ Safari Sam’s
10/11 – Ozma @ The Knitting Factory
10/11 – Pansy Division @ Spaceland
10/13 – Devendra Banhart @ The Orpheum
10/14 – Dengue Fever @ Old Pasadena
10/15 – Rilo Kiley, The Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party @ Santa Monica Civic
10/15-16 – Black Francis, Eastern Conference Champions @ Safari Sam’s
10/17 – The Subways @ Spaceland
10/18-21, 24, 26, 27- The Eagles, Dixie Chicks @ Nokia Theater
10/20 – West Indian Girl @ Spaceland
10/20 – Weird Al @ The Greek
10/21 – The Go! Team @ The Echo
10/22 – The Firey Furnaces @ The Troubadour
10/23 – Jesus and Mary Chain @ Wiltern
10/23 – Interpol @ The Forum
10/25 – Josh Ritter @ The El Rey
10/26 – Uh Huh Her @ Knitting Factory
10/28 – Hot Hot Heat @ Henry Fonda
10/29 – Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon @ Nokia Theater
10/29-30 – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Sports Arena
10/30 – Neil Young @ Nokia Theater
10/30 – Broken Social Scene @ The Orpheum
10/30 – Shelby Lynne @ Ivar
10/30 – Thurston Moore w/ Scores @ The Echo
10/30 – Rooney, Polyphonic Spree @ Grove of Anaheim
10/31 – Danzig @ The Greek
10/31 – Regina Spektor @ Grove of Anaheim

except i was in a different country than america a year ago last week. i was in beautiful toronto. and i met the supermodel missc who i was very nervous to meet.

and what was funny about that night was earlier in the evening another very pretty girl said tony pierce tony pierce and hugged me and she was one of those people who think its ok to just hold your hand. and she was cute and id read her blog before and i was drunk so i letter hold my hand.

and she was all omg i cant believe youre here in canada eh and i was all omg youre way hotter in person. and one thing led to another and she was showing me her bush, or lack there of, outside the bar that we were all drinking at.

and i was all wowee baby. lets get a room. and she was all silly i gotta man. and the whole time she kept holding my hand. i was very confused and then a joint appeared and we shared it and she said ok i gotta go home to him.

and then missc showed up and i was all humina humina. and sometimes a very different tony pierce shows up and says step aside stoned drunky, im gonna take it from here, and sometimes hes a total dumbshit and sometimes hes right on the money and that particular night he was totally right on the money but missc had to keep looking over her shoulder because she also had a man

except her man did not want to come into the place where we were drinking, he just wanted to stand by the door and stare at her and freak her out and make her feel uncomfortable meeting me for the first time and in retrospect that was probably fine because girlfriend is fine.

the other day she did the thing that JaG did and here it is. and im very happy that she has a fireplace. youd think those things would be standard in every canadian igloo.