Thursday, January 31, 2002
When I call someone on the phone, after they say “Hello?” and I say “Hello!” and they say “Hey, how are you?”, I always assume that they mistook my voice for someone else’s. So I offer a disclaimer, “This is Jeff,” before going on with the conversation.
I don’t know where I got the name “Jill” when I posted a correction of my completely false assumption that Alice at Strange Brew was a Mac user.
Does the fact that the person who pointed out this error has a “mac.com” email address mean that she’s a Mac user? I wouldn’t even speculate. [...]
I liked the spot because it had a panoramic view of the city. Once though, I looked more carefully and noticed that I’d been turning in my seat, away from a building that covered half of the scene. I was disappointed - “That’s no panorama!” How could I fool myself into thinking [...]
Saturday, January 26, 2002
Finally, regarding the Eyes Adrift show:
It was an early show, starting at around 6:00. The downstairs was filled the all ages crowd wearing their Sublime and Nirvana t-shirts. A short 40-year-old man in a mohawk shared his pipe with a couple of teenagers. But there were a couple of girls hippy dancing [...]
Saturday, January 26, 2002
My acceptance of Robert’s optimism is just naive wishful thinking. For the last week or so, he’s been saying that he was supposed to get a subsidized apartment on February 1. But I ran into him yesterday (he’s turning up most days now) and he immediately handed me his case worker’s card and [...]
Saturday, January 26, 2002
Three posts today, following up on the three posts from the day before yesterday.
First a correction: I don’t know why I assumed that Jill Alice at Strange Brew was a Mac user. A quick look finds that, aside from today’s denial of my assumption, she has blogged no acknowledgement of any OS affiliation.
Thursday, January 24, 2002
The Stranger reports:
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has formed a new band with Meat Puppet Curt Kirkwood and Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars. Eyes Adrift is the name of this project, and you can catch the guys’ first local show this Friday, January 25, at I-Spy.
That’s terrific! Curt Kirkwood [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Robert tracked me down at Vivace. He basically confirmed his continuing purgatory. The end is nearer than the beginning; he’s supposed to have his subsidized apartment on the first and he says that his church may start paying him for his work setting up the mission and some janitorial work.
He seems a little [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Thank you to the bloggers who’ve recently added this site to their links lists. Validation is good!
Strange Brew
The Jer Zone
Jeff Schuler
Interestingly enough, all three appear to be Mac users. (I avoid eye contact and begin whistling tunelessly, trying not to betray my Windows dependency.)
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Meet. Notice a rapport. Have a series of sharp conversations over two days.
Say Goodbye. You’re asked, Maybe you can email me sometime?
Weeks later you get the address from a friend. It’s time to say something, but you don’t know what - Hey, remember me? Decide that you’ll work out something [...]