The time has come for this to end.

Folks, this website will go into an official retirement.
Its been a crazy few years, 6 years I believe.

I'll keep the content up, as my older posts can be quite amusing.

I want to re-focus my writing and commentary, and I think a re-birth is appropriate.

my new website is http://apogees-and-nadirs.blogspot.com

props to you, come follow me down this new path, if only for a moment.

alextheasiankid

2001-2007

Labels: goodbye, new beginnings, rebirth

  ¶ 3/06/2007 09:27:00 AM 0 comments

  this just makes me laugh

in my living room , next to the stereo, I have two albums next to eachother.
On the left is Stevie Wonder's ?Talking Book". On the left is the Clash "combat rock" I think lyrically they actually complement eachother, both albums making political statements.

but, what really makes me laugh is seeing them next to eachother like so:



















i can imagine stevie and the clash sitting in the same field, stevie on the bank, and the clash of course on the train tracks. and stevie wonder just hit joe strummer in the eye with a rock.

ok, i'll get off this now. i think i'm going craaazzyyy!  ¶ 11/20/2006 06:40:00 AM 0 comments

  there are many cool things about echo park.

of the many exciting and strange things that fascinate me daily, the most mundane of things excite me the most.

for example. Having to walk/jog/run/limp/wheeze at least twice a day around echo park lake, I notice and can recognize many of the ducks and geese that make it a home. I especially like the huge gang of geese, and the clan of mallard ducks. I really love this black goose. It's eyes have this cool white outline that also extends in a line around the head. it looks like it is wearing goggles. These folks always seem to be cruising about, doing what they do.

today was really cool though. I guess alot of the pacific northwestern (and other northern areas prob canadian and alaskan) duckies and birdies are apparently making their way down south to mexico I guess. There were so many more birds of many varieties today. I kind of wish I knew more about ornithology.

fishing is very popular at echo park lake, its of the catch and release kind, I don't know if i'd eat anything that lived in the water anyway. Usually, I see the typical fishing pole, or a old fashioned huck finn stick and string. But today, I saw a hybrid of both. These cute old korean men had these fishing poles that looked like fiberglass. One end extended over the water obviously and had one end of the fishing line attached. The otherend was two pronged stacked vertically with one sticking into the ground and the other one acting like a sort of counterbalance. This thing was huge, and the old men would deftly swing the weighted line in this shallow arc into the water. very cool.

in the morning, I always see the same dogs and walkers. on saturday and sunday morning, I get up much later and see a different crowd. i actually get into conversations on these days. the week days at 6am are strictly for exercise for the colonel and I.

had practice again today. yesterday and today was the first time i've played out in at least a month. It felt rusty, but it was fun. we were joined by a new guitarist. i actually got to play back up bass, not lead bass. I like both. I love being the main riff maker, but its nice to back up and support a guitar player once in a while. I am much less self conscious when i'm doing that.

i played with the doggie alot today, went around silverlake with rach, took him for a walk around the park, wresteled, shoved eachother around etc..

hector my neighbor came over and I helped him with his math homework for a little bit.

at the last minute, sherie told me of this awesome thing called cut and paste that was up the street from my house (my rant on being uninformed culturally in LA is coming some other day). Basically it is a live graphic design competition. The competitors had 15 minutes to create from scratch an image based around a theme. crazy. it was like a sporting event, but with a row of macs and tablet monitors instead of jocks and a few dj's instead of cheerleaders. example themes were time travel and alternative energy.

lots of hip folks, lots of tattoos and neat hats. good music. eric nakamura of giant robot fame and buff monster were in the judging panel. apparently there were free drinks, but we got there too late to cop from widmers. its all good.

it was too warm and crowded in there, I felt a bit claustrophobic (my rant on my ever developing and growing claustrophobia will also come another day).

now, i'm chilling on the couch, as colonel mustard makes the best of a long pillow. i could sleep in any position right about now.  ¶ 11/11/2006 11:15:00 PM 0 comments

  i need a new drug, one that won't make me sick...

huey lewis had it right.

for some people, its appearance, consumerism, religion...

what do I need to find to help me basically feel, and to quote office space "like i've been fishing all day"?.

what is the fight for really? do I give into my jaded sense of reality? am i supposed to live with the contradictions and hypocrisy that lies in my very own body?

it is sad when my faith in humanity is slightly restored because I was given a bit of a break at a grocery store (ask me privately) based on a little white lie.

how fucked up is that? because I basically lied my ass off, I was lucky enough for this very nice man to believe me and cut me some slack.. of course, i could say that he had no obligation to help me, and I didn't ask for it. nevertheless, that guy was a good guy.

my weekend was fun. it was also very tiring. my two very close friends from KC came into town. memories to be shared later.

i need sleep  ¶ 11/05/2006 11:37:00 PM 0 comments

 

Rachel and I would like to introduce you to our new family member:

Colonel Mustard!

after finding out that a dog we fell in love with was already adopted on saturday, we were pretty upset. Of course we're happy he found a good home, but we really wanted him.

Just our luck that on sunday was a huge Pet adoption fair at the La Brea tar pits.

This is where we found this guy. He was so quiet and calm, and very shy. Apparently he had just been picked up by animal services 5 days ago. I could imagine how traumatized he was. After filling out the paperwork, he was reluctant to move from his spot under the table on the grass where he lied. It took an employee to help him into the car.

THe first few minutes were tense for him, but he soon warmed up, rachel was sitting in the back comforting him.

When we went home, we led him into our living room. At first, he looked scared and timid. Then all of a sudden he looked around. It looked like he realized that our home was his home now, and he got so happy, licking us and exploring our apartment.

that afternoon he mostly slept on his new bed. it was as if he had not gotten decent sleep in ages.
leaving him this morning was tough, and when rachel came to visit him at lunch he was scared, in the corner.

i can't imagine what cruelty he experienced, but we both promise to love this dog so much. colonel mustard deserves it!


  ¶ 10/16/2006 05:15:00 PM 2 comments