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30 june 2002 sunday

goodby june 2002 and hello 2002 july.



29 june 2002 saturday

went back to my old stomping grounds (a.t.t.) at the 
row to meet jimmy to see enigma.  enjoyed the film and had a nice
visit.  my how things have changed and stayed so much
the same.



28 june 2002 friday

some useless information:

when oscar wilde wrote the importance of being earnest
the actual word earnest supposedly was slang for
homosexual, i.e. the nineteenth century term for gay.  
he was later imprisoned for being earnest.

tell me. how exciting is that?




27 june 2002 thursday

word for the day: auspicious

thought crime for the day: it's been so long since anything
auspicious occurred in my life i've almost forgotten the
feeling.


 

26 june 2002 wednesday

as the world burns
the days and nights melt waxily together into one
seemingly unending short attention span wasted like
so many recycled dinosaurs.

and i'm sick to death of hearing about missing
babies.



24 june 2002 monday

thanks to terri for squeaky tiles and ceiling fans
that rotate counterclockwise.



23 june 2002 sunday

my worst fears came true with lilo.




22 june 2002 saturday

ok i'm gonna do something totally unexpected.  
i'm gonna break my disney boycott, which i've 
stuck by since 1991.  i read roger ebert's review
of lilo & stitch and his words made me want to see it.  
so blame ebert for causing me to break my vow.  
at least i didn't break my leg.  

besides it's about hawaii, my adopted home, so 
i better see it just in case i have to go to a 
game show and answer questions about it.

we'll see how this goes.  maybe sometime i'll tell
you the reason why i try to always boycott disney.

post-view reaction



21 june 2002 friday

minority report 

it's summer solstice !!!  the longest day, the shortest night, 
the sun stands still.  

let the heat begin.




20 june 2002 thursday

went to see the bourne identity again in hopes that seeing 
it a second time would be at least as or hopefully even more 
palatable and/or understandable the second time around. 

thankfully this movie was, for me at least.  it 
actually was better the second time.  maybe it was 
simply since i already knew what was happening--or 
had happened--or would happen. and for some reason 
the gratuitous violence didn't seem so ridiculously 
violent--for some reason. 




19 june 2002 wednesday

TV is chewing gum for the eyes. 

-Frank Lloyd Wright, architect (1867-1959)




18 june 2002 tuesday

from electronicintifada.net
  
*****************
HEAR PALESTINE
*****************

Tuesday, 18 June 2002

**************************************************
Israeli State Terrorism
**************************************************

*Israel Assassinates Two Palestinians in Hebron and
Bethlehem* 

Israeli occupation soldiers assassinated Youssif
Bsharat, 22 years old, from Tammoun, Jenin, by
opening fire at him several times. 

Witnesses reported that the car that was transporting
Bsharat was stopped near the northern entrance to
Hebron, and ordered him to get out of the car before
opening fire at him several times. Those who
accompanied Bhsarat in the car were arrested. 

Walid Sbeih, 30 years old, from al-Khader village,
was shot dead yesterday evening in Bethlehem. Israeli
Special Forces targeted Sbeih with 10 bullets.

Israeli soldiers also invaded al-Khader, opened fire
randomly towards homes and arrested dozens of youths.
Israeli armored vehicles also invaded Beit Jala last
night reaching the Orthodox Club area.

--------------------------------------------------

*Ongoing Israeli Military Invasions and Attacks in
all Palestinian Cities*

Jenin
-------
Dozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles under
the cover of Apache helicopters invaded Jenin from
the west this evening under intense fire.
 
The Israeli army invaded Jenin over six times since
Saturday.  The occupation army invaded residential
areas east of Jenin this afternoon and raided several
homes, before withdrawing.
 
Yesterday evening, Israeli tanks invaded the city
from the south and remained in the city for a few
hours. 

Israeli tanks and armored vehicles withdraw to the
edges of the city when not invading. 


Hebron
---------
Israeli tanks intermittently invade residential areas
in Hebron and open fire randomly. 

A number of people were wounded this morning when
Israeli soldiers opened heavy machine gun fire
towards homes in Abu Sneineh residential quarter. 

Israeli soldiers reached the center of the city
today, physically attacked a number of Palestinian
civilians and arrested five.
 
The Israeli army tightened the imposed closure on
Hebron and closed all its entrances.
 
Late last night, the Israeli army invaded Doura town,
south of Hebron and raided and searched homes. 

Israeli soldiers also raided homes and arrested
people in Beni N'im, Nouba and Kharas towns in
Hebron. 


Ramallah
-----------
One Israeli armored vehicle and a number of military
jeeps invaded the Urabi area in Ramallah this
morning. 

All entrances to the city are closed with sand piles,
while Israeli soldiers open fire at civilians and
civilian cars attempting to cross.
 
Military reinforcements were carried out between
Jerusalem and Ramallah. There were reports of
presence of Special Forces disguised as Palestinians
in the area as well as several new military
roadblocks. 


Gaza Strip
------------
The Israeli army wages intermittent military attacks
on certain residential areas in the Gaza Strip. 

This evening, the Israeli army shelled and attacked
with heavy fire al-Namsawi residential area and the
Khan Younis western refugee camp. The same area was
attacked at dawn today. The random shelling 
resulted in severe material damage and a state of
panic and fear among the residents. The shelling came
from `Neveh Dkalim´ settlement and al-Tuffah military
roadblock. Similar attacks were carried out 
the night before.

Israeli soldiers based in `Netsarim´ settlement south
of Gaza City this evening and earlier this morning
opened fire randomly at al-Zahra' city residential
area. Similar attacks were carried out last night. 
No casualties were reported.
 
Late last night, Israeli soldiers attacked
residential areas in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza
Strip with heavy machine gun fire. Israeli soldiers
based near `Dogit´ settlement north of Beit Lahya
opened heavy fire randomly in all directions. 

The Israeli army imposed a curfew on the Rafah sea
area today and carried out raids and arrests. 

The Israeli army also invaded Wadi al-Silqa area near
Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, today. Israeli
bulldozers destroyed a large number of olive and palm
trees in the process. 


Qalqilya
-----------
Israeli soldiers prevent movement to and from
Qalqilya and its surrounding villages and chase those
attempting to cross through side routes. 


Nablus
--------
Israeli soldiers prevent movement to and from Nablus. 


Tulkarem
-----------
Israeli soldiers based at the edges of Tulkarem
opened machine gun fire randomly towards residential
areas today. The closure imposed on the city was
tightened even further. 

**************************************************

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17 june 2002 monday

it's a sad day when you don't even 
care enough to write anything about 
anything.




16 june 2002 sunday

happy day dad.




15 june 2002 saturday

the bourne identity.




14 june 2002 friday

windtalkers.

speaking of hot air, long live bill maher to the
delight of misanthropes everywhere.

The original broadcast airdate for this editorial
[on politically incorrect] was Friday, May 17.

•••

Before we begin the discussion tonight, I would just
like to take a moment at the top of the show to say
to everyone who's contacted me in the last few days,
people I know and people I'd never met but feel like
I know - thank you - for your kindnesses, your
support, and in one case, a hooker, but I sent her
back because one, I don't use hookers, and two, it
turned out we were both with the same agency. But
it's the thought that counts, and on that note, I'd
also like to thank ABC for the tote bag.

One comment I've heard repeatedly in the last few
days in, ah, bars and public libraries - OK, not
public libraries - but in bars, where you get some
honesty because drunks are honest, is: Now that
you're free, why don't you run for office? Which,
coming from television, I can't figure out if they
mean that as a step up for me - or more like, "Hey!
man, you can always be a congressman."

Anyway, the comment makes me laugh because I truly
believe of all the people in the whole country who
could not win an election, I am very near the top of
the list. Somewhere between Father Geoghan and Al
Gore. And the reason is, I have at one time or
another, insulted everybody - and I'm proud of that.
Politically incorrect means not political, not like a
politician, and to give you an idea how unlike a
politician I am, I don't even have a wife to cheat
on. So when people say, why don't you run for office?
Or, why'd you get fired?!

Folks, let me sum it up for you: I think religion is
bad and drugs are good.

I think America causes cancer, longevity is less
important than fun, and young people should be
discouraged from voting.

I think stereotypes are true, abstinence is a
perversion, Bush's lies are worse than Clinton's and
there's nothing sexy about being old or pregnant.

I think September 11th changed nothing and if I had
known the onset of war would add 100 points to George
Bush's IQ, I would have started one.

I think pornography stops rape, AIDS ribbons are
stupid, and flag burning makes me feel patriotic.

I think death is not the worst thing that can happen
to you, people have too much self-esteem, and being
drunk is funny. I think children are not innocent,
God doesn't write books, and Jesus wasn't a
Republican.

I'm for Mad Cow disease and against suing tobacco
companies.

I think girls hate each other, no doesn't always mean
no, you have to lie to stay married, women's sports
are boring and the Olympics are gay.

We'll be on for another six weeks.

- Bill Maher





13 june 2002 thursday

still more deep misanthropic thoughts:

Instead of getting married again, I'm going 
to find a woman I don't like and just give 
her a house."

lewis grizzard



12 june 2002 wednesday

more deep misanthropic thoughts:

Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension 
and you get a headache, do what it says on the 
aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away
from children."

anon.




11 june 2002 tuesday

deep misanthropic thoughts:

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather 
who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming 
like all the passengers in his car."


anon.



10 june 2002 monday

when constipation attacks the results can be devastating.  
when it attacks your kitchen sink the plumbing bills could 
wipe you out.  but what is a person to do?  pour ex-lax 
down the drain?  

yesterday it happened to me.  it was a day-long event.  it's 
happened before and at that time it was a three-day ordeal 
and it finally ended up with a visit from the plumber.  
i prayed it wouldn't happen again.  i ran the garbage 
disposal as much as i dared and nothing happened.  and as the 
long day passed no movement was apparent. so late that night 
i did a drastic thing.  i got a big spoon and started hacking
and digging in the drain.  after several half-hearted attempts 
spoonful after spoonful of vegetable matter began to make 
itself an available mess.  but i could sense that i was making 
progress of some sort.  

after digging and scraping all i could from the drain 
i tried the garbage disposal again.  i flipped the switch.  
the drain disgorged a torrent of dark brown water mixed 
with mangled veggy parts.  it was disgusting.  i just sat 
there and watched as the smelly dark water swirled violently 
in my kitchen sink. i had visions of plumbers ripping 
out my pipes, searching in vain for the clog and wiping their
desperate grimy hands on my clean dishtowels.  

then as my thoughts came back to the present and the 
tempest in the kitchen sink, i heard what resembled 
the sound of a mechanical cough of sorts, and then another.  
as i watched the torrential black water level began to fall.  
it was going down.  the drain seemed to be opening back up.  
my head began to clear.

after several minutes of running the disposal and rinsing 
more water from the tap down the drain it was finally clear 
and i could finally think again.  

the moral of the story is: don't put onion 
skins in the in-sink-erater.  they won't go down.



9 june 2002 sunday

my kitchen sink is clogged.  my brain stops working 
when my kitchen sink gets clogged.  now what?




8 june 2002 saturday

divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood




7 june 2002 friday

bad company

an insult to chess hustlers everywhere.



6 june 2002 thursday

the previous (4 june 2002) entry was about a war 
that ended a long time ago.  this diary entry is 
about a war that started about that same time, 
but continues to this day.


welcome to jenin, where some strange correlation 
between islamic jihad and israeli defecation 
seems to exist.



4 june 2002 tuesday

in the interest of voyeurism and lack of nothing 
better to do at the time, and since this is a 
diary page, i'm including an excerpt from a 
sixty year-old diary of a recently expired 
honolulu resident.  he wrote this journal during 
the battle of midway. so here it is:  midway diary.



3 june 2002 monday

spirit: stallion of the cimarron

please don't take me back to never-never land.




1 june 2002 saturday

undercover brother

i'm wiggin' out.



31 may 2002 friday

it's a war zone out there.  no matter where you go 
people are tossing nukes around, or at least talking 
about it.  and the worst thing is many of the most 
powerful people in this country can't even correctly 
pronounce the word 'nuclear.'  maybe that's why they 
made this movie, the sum of all fears, to educate 
the higher-ups.  
but somehow i think that's just wishful 
thinking on my part.



30 may 2002 thursday

it was a bright, hot, muggy day.  i just wanted to go 
somewhere dark and cool.  so i went inside the theatre, 
instinctively, like a bug crawls under a rock. 
unfortunately, the new guy was beneath that rock as well.



23 may 2002 thursday

today's geology lesson:

this is a picture of the universe as a baby.


(oops. picture gone.)

at this time, supposedly, it was still in diapers (300,000 earth years 
after the biggest bang.)



19 may 2002 sunday

did you miss me?  yahoo did maintenance this weekend
so this website was not available.  meanwhile, i did
nothing.  just nursed my foot.  will it ever get
better?  i certainly hope so.  it does hurt less,
that is until i unelevate it.  maybe someday it will
get well and i will be forced to create something new
to complain about.  

saw two movies.
about a boy, which was about a boy and hugh grant 
wishing he were still a boy with no life. and i saw 
attack of the clones, about another boy who refused 
to grow up, george lucas.



15 may 2002 wednesday

oh my god it's another day....



14 may 2002 tuesday

what the hell happened to the last three days? 
oh yeah i remember i was reclining my foot.

yesterday i did it again. i went to the movie.
there's nothing else to do.  i saw high crimes 
with judd and freeman, for the second time no less. 
it didn't seem any better the second time but at
least it wasn't worse.

my foot today seems noticeably better for the first
time that i can remember since fracturig it.  how
long as it been--nine or ten days.  it is still
swollen and even if the pain is less intense and
more bearable it has crept up into my lower leg.  
why i do not know.  maybe its gangrene.



11 may 2002 saturday

sometimes i wonder if my foot is getting better or
worse.  usually after the fourth day i can notice
some improvement.  i've lost count but this is beyond
day four.  if i don't keep my foot propped up on
something the pain becomes almost unbearable in just
a few minutes.

yeah i know. blah blah.

saw unfaithful last nite.  (luckily i can prop 
my leg up at the movie theatre.  it's actually almost
more comfortable than home.)  it was like revisiting
madam bovary in world lit class.  put me in a
time warp.  i was having memories of collegiate
adventures as well as watching a movie.

two for the price of one.

...........

this article, new science, was in the  new york times.  
i wonder if this scientist guy is for real?  
it would be a relief of sorts to be able to  go through 
a significant paradigm shift.





10 may 2002 friday

my how time flies when one is having fun.  

my foot is keeping me hobbled.  luckily i don't have to walk 
on it.  but i do seem to need to keep it elevated, which puts 
a big damper on most other activities.  i can't even sit at my 
computer for more than a few minutes without being attacked by 
blinding foot pain.  so i'm stuck using this wireless keyboard 
webtv thing to access the internet.  at least i have that i 
suppose i should be thankful....




7 may 2002 tuesday

my left foot--hurts.  but it's not as bad as it was
yesterday. i think.  it is swollen.  i'll probably
develop club foot and limp for the rest of my life.
a bonified freak.




6 may 2002 monday

all my children is quite a bore these days.  the plots need 
some new twists.

today in the shower i slipped and hurt my foot.  it hurt really bad 
but i just ignored the pain and hurried to finish my shower because 
i still needed to fix something to eat and get to the dr. and pick 
up my pain pills prescription before the office closed.  they close 
early.  

as i chopped some veggies and cooked and later washed some dishes i 
noticed the pain in my foot was not diminishing like a normal every-
day bump or strain pain.  it was getting worse.  i propped it up while 
i ate and that seemed to make it hurt even worse still.   

i hurried faster because i was late and moving slower than usual and 
didnt stop to worry about my injury, i didn't have time.  i couldn't 
be late and miss my meds, and i definitely needed those pain relievers 
now.

i finally dashed off and rushed to the dr.  thank goodness i use a 
power wheelchair.  i don't think a normal human would be able to 
walk at this point.  it's about a ten or fifteen minute stroll and 
i made it to the dr. with about fifteen minutes to spare before 
they closed.  good no problem.  i picked up the scrip and headed on 
to my next destination which was of course the pharmacy.  

the weather was cloudy and damp, my favorite.  but today the damp 
weather just sunk into my what-must-be-broken foot bones as i 
traveled and the pain increased.  

i dread going to the pharmacy because i'm laid off from work and 
my medical insurance is past due to expire.  my scrip is monthly and 
its expensive with no insurance.  normally i pay 11 dollars as a 
copayment but that was when i was working.  now i'm just a bum 
waiting for my social security disability to kick in.  and even 
after that my ends won't be meeting.  medicare doesn't begin for 
two years.

i dropped the scrip off at the pill window.  the wait was half an 
hour and in the meantime i needed to get cat food at huckelberry's, 
a natural foods store in this neighborhood the next block over.  
my cat is natural so i think it wise to give her natural cat food.

the trip from the pharmacy to the food store went quickly.  it was 
still drizzling and my foot was still pounding.  i got to the store 
and bought the cat food, plus some olive oil, and headed back to the 
pharmacy.  on the way back to the pharmacy i noted my foot still 
hurting really bad, even worse than before.  when i got to the 
pharmacy my scrip was ready.  

the cashier asked me if i had new insurance and my heart froze.  
i expected this to happen and still it felt like my best friend 
died. 

i told her no i'd pay cash.  my foot was really hurting.  i paid 
for the pills.  the pill bill was 176 dollars for sixty pills.  
one month's supply.  oh my god i didn't realize it would hurt 
so bad.  my foot was pounding as well.

i started home and made it about ten feet outside the door before 
i stopped and popped one of those priceless pain pills.  i didn't 
care about money any more.  all i knew was throbbing.

after getting home and calming down from the trip i decided i would 
go to the movie.  maybe that would divert my thoughts from my 
throbbing foot.  of course nothing new is playing at the theatre so 
i just decided to take my chances and go to whateve was playing at 
the time i got there.  

the trip to the theatre, about ten or fifteen minutes in the 
opposite direction as the dr. was grueling.  every bump pulsed 
into my foot.  but i made it and wound up going to see 
changing lanes for the second time.

during the movie my foot still throbbed.  the film helped avert 
my attention sometimes i suppose.  but i needed more pain relief.  
so i opened the brand new sixty pill prescription in the middle of 
the dark theatre and promply tilted the bottle and poured pain meds 
onto the floor while watching the movie.  i stopped pouring when 
i heard pills tinkling against my wheelchair footrest.  needless to 
say i was aghast.  i looked down at the floor in the dark theatre 
and as my eyes adjusted i saw four little bb size circles resting 
in the filthy theatre carpet.

i climbed down out of my chair and picked them up and put them in 
a separate bottle so as not to infest the clean unpoured pills.  
i suffered through the rest of the movie wondering what would 
happen next.

after getting home i counted my pills and as near as i can tell 
didn't lose too many.  one or two maybe three.  i sometimes don't 
count well during times of deep depression and paralyzing pain. 




5 may 2002 

today another first time ever was accomplished.  
i finally actually paid money to go see a woody allen movie, 
hollywood ending, and incredibly enough i enjoyed it.




4 may 2002 

i went to see this movie, deuces wild, because 
i wanted to see how people supposedly dressed 
the year i was born.  indeed.




3 may 2002 

something tells me that spiderman is gonna be a box
office success. i was kinda of bored at times.




1 may 2002 

tonight's movie, jason x was definitely a chuckle.
unfortunately that's about it.




28 april 2002 sunday

everything i write here is a lie.  
that's not true.



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