2003-07-02 - 1:02 p.m. -



Iggy & the Stooges are back together, making new recordings, & playing some shows together.

the world just became a much noisier (& much cooler) place.

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interesting night last night.
the police chase going past the coffeehouse was topped only by the major accident involving 3 cruisers & a pickup truck moments later. very scary few moments� 3 police officers were sent to the hospital. (they should all be ok)

worst part is, they were trying to steer the chase away from the city streets & into a less populated area. it worked, but people got hurt in the process.

like them or not, the police don�t get paid enough to put themselves in front of speeding cars. sadly, that is part of their job. (& you think your job sucks)

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the chaos seems to be returning to people�s lives again. hoping this is just a brief setback & not a sign of things to come. spring seemed to bring a reprieve from all the negativity of the winter. i was hoping that summer would stay positive, but the past week, things have started to take a downward turn again. i don�t know about the rest of you, but i don�t want to go through all that crap again.

i don�t know if i could handle all that crap again (& that is what scares me.)

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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
-Mark Twain

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looking forward to sitting & painting tonight. hoping i can take my mind off the hook for the night & just immerse myself in color & texture. (sounds like an acid trip, don�t it?) if it stays nice outside i may even drag my paints to the front stoop & work out there. have to see what the evening brings.

i have a backlog of pieces i should be working on, so perhaps this will be the night i get back up to speed on things. or i could end up just sitting around watching trash TV & wasting a good evening. who knows what the Gods of Cargo will bring.

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lots of shit going on in my head, but nothing i really feel like trying to hammer down right now. sometimes i leave the box closed knowing there is hope in the bottom of it, but not wanting to sift through everything to get to it. sometimes it is better to just be still. sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing.

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more later.
hope you all have a good evening.
(& get well soon silent one)

be well.