Went to this cat shelter the other day. I seriously wanted to take half a dozen home with me. It was really and incredible lesson in humanity. There were half a dozen voulenteers taking care of the about fifty cats each and every one with a care remeniscient of a mother with her children. I'm thinking I may voulenteer there.

Lates,
Erasmus / 

This, in fact, is a bird house constructed by m_g's grandfather, note the baby, moose. 

And where would the rock be w/out red bull 

...still more triple rock. ROCK! (that's a shout out to Mr. Peter Lake) 

News flash! The Triple Rock Social Club - still intact. Beautiful, wonderous saturday morning coffee after a ribaldrous night - hoo ha! 

Fun-fun. Yah, so at my favorite laundry shop they's got those bouncy balls for sale in an actual vending machine. Anyone want to start a petition to require all cities to have an automat? Lates, Chromeeyes 

Catch-up Blogging. Here's what we all really need; more orange county chopper stuff. As I see notable merchandise in this line I'll be sure to let you all know so that you too can get your grubby paws on a piece of the action-pact action;) 

Yeah, so I'm posting from a mac, you'll have to copy and paste the fing link, but seriously people this is kicking.

http://dollmaker.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cat/dark1.html


lates

De-Vile Herns

Hey, a little friday fun,

First, here's a couple of my favorite comics - ever.

penny-arcade
inaguration

Anyway, I'm looking forward to another weekend that I don't work which well, I hadn't had for like six months until january. I think I'll let that sink in and just make the best of it.

Anyone up for lyle's and the country bar on saturday better let me know pronto!

lates,
Erasmus

post script: Did anyone get a free ipod? I just started another one of those things for a motoraszor phone - I'm not even sure it's compadibe w/my service, but cool as hell.

New Hotness

Yeah, so first, thanks go out to a_ron for the flashy new header, which was really wanting revision anyway.

Right, so, as the e_beth said I really need to change the color of my links, if nothing else, just so I can; anyone got any pointers? I can't seem to find where the link color is specified in the template.

Anyway, after heading back from madison I'm alright here back in the tc - all escapist fantasies aside, because as silver pointed out they are nothing but trouble in the real world and my assertion that escapist fantasies are a mechanism by which we visualize and then actualize real change is a theory that tends to lose all relevance when juxtaposed with being where you are; that is if you get my drift.

Lates,
Erasmus

......and here's the shorts - seamless 

messerschmidt couching it 

Nothing pretty to wake up to 

A_ron 

Los 

Here's out and the short shorts 

Enroute 

Coffee and chess.... 

Yo,

I'm migrating there's like a high here of like two below - that's cold, even for a northwoods boy like myself. So, for the weekend, I'm heading to madison city in sconnie, which has a forcast high of like seven above - better but not balmy. Have a swell weekend my pretties and I'll check back as I can.

Lates,
Chromeeyes

ps em kt is in the know now.

chatterbox, chromeeyes, and briliant death 

chatterbox chromeeyes with a furry lamp 

more billy J. 

the billy johnson road (strip) show 

Yeah, so this is what saturday after a night with a dog with a bleu telephone loks like. 

The aftermath of a dog with a bow. 

It's a dog......with a bow or two.......with a bleu telephone - compliments of art for sale at the chatterbox. 

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Gecko
2. Chromeeyes
3. Erasmus

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. charm
2. good looks
3. modesty

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. procrastination
2. uncertainty
3. indecision

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Polish
2. Dutch
3. Belgian

THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:
1. bees
2. needles
3. other drivers

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. phone
2. deoderant
3. good pants

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Grey Stocking Cap
2. Underwear (strategically an "earth tone color")
3. This great grey turtleneck zip up pullover

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1. Aesop Rock
2. Old 97's
3. Mortal

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. labor days
2. four leaf clover
3. Bullet with butterfly wings

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
1. not smoking
2. c2
3. writing significantly daily

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I'm a morning person.
2. I've traveled to russia
3. I blamed the dog for my own flatulence.

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. eat raw beef
2. follow columns of numbers or letters across a page
3. concede to living life in a logical manner

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. snowboardn'
2. music
3. literature

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. take a road trip
2. figure out the rest of my life
3. smoke a cigarette

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. economist
2. ski bum
3. chef

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. new zeland
2. new york city
3. morroco

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. ski in the southern hemisphere
2. travel europe
3. publish a novel

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY:
1. musebomb
2. viciouslamb
3. silver

Ya, so I saw the billy johnson (strip) road show last night with some friends - I'll put up a few picks later on....as they become available - sorry, but the browser I'm using doesn't support all the features I've usually got. Good times, plus we went to chang mai thai ahead of time and I got the thai basil fire noodles with fried tofu - Ummmm! Some of the pictures are from the night before at the Chatterbox.

later,
Erasmus

Sportscenter Complaint

Alright, so I'm an avid football fan and I watch espn, especially sportscenter with my morning coffee. I like it, but lately during the basketball hightlights the announcers have been using the word "facial" to describe someone gettting dunked on. I'm alright with the word facial and all that it implies, but I'm not alright with it being used as such. I remember when I was like ten and cuss words and naughty words came into popularity among my peer, specifically the phrase, "go suck an egg." Now, at the time, I didn't realize that that phrase meant to go suck your momma's tit or some such nonsense, but regardless, using it as a synonymn for "piss off" was a little embarrassing the first time I used it in front of an adult who asked me what it meant. I fear for the children. Bodily fluid deposition should not be synonomous with playground chatter as it will be if the propogation of this "facial" term becomes commonplace. Additionally, I do buy into the objectification of women through porno thing and the facial in terms of pornography is the apex of what I see as the hierarchtical structure between men and women that pornography portrays and proliferates. The metaphore of an agressor soiling a submissive victim is in no way a progressive or healthy movement in the english language or the way in which sexual relations are pursued between men and women. While the term "facial" may intimate an agressor/victim relationship due to its literary history I would have no issue, for example if the term were used in a neutral context such as a jump ball whereas the meaning of the word would change, but to use it in terms of a situation that entails subjegation is both inappropriate and irresponcible.

In other pseudoerotic news, apparently erotic photo hunt has become the new bartime past time, I'll have to check, but I think I've written a "deposition" regarding that bar/coffee place phenom elsewhere (likely lj). Overall a great time killer though...or something.



ttfn,
Erasmus

Lunch before the snow. 

Additional stuff - just trying out this new ap. 

Yeah, so yesterday I got a camera and went snowboarding. Here's the start to a whole new reconstitution chapter. Enjoy. 

Aught Five

Yah!

So, the new years scrambled by - rushed by the year to come.

...it started with Mtt reminding me to "touch Cleopatra's spleen", which is of course a mnemonic from the night before that I can only recount making sense in light of the stage lights and furry pants of wookie foot - I'm sure I'll be able to decipher it with time, but for the love of God, just give me a bit of it, time that is. Something to behold truely.

Anyway, I spent the days surrounding the passing of the new year moving my girl in and looking for a digital camera, I think I'm going to invest in a cannon sd200 due to it's compact size and action pact(sic) features. If anyone knows about a better value out there let me know.

My heart was with y'alls in Madison; wish I could have celebrated with all y'all, but had I, I'd have said the same about the celebrations I missed here in the TC, so I'll just wax a little vicarious bit in the picture post a-ron set up and toast my latte to the corkboard in the foreground.


Olay!

In Touch


First off sorry for being tough to get a hold of. Second, hey to all y'all who are trying to get in touch with me via the internet with which I'd been so out of contact with during the Stuff Yo Face Stupid holiday weekend (a little pre and post as well). Anyway, I'm working the details out, but looking fo some mo. I'll be getting in touch after work today, so give a ring or I'll do the same.


Best Regards,
Chromeeyes.

The Horrors of "The Patriot"Yesterday I had some driving to do. Had a job interview for some holiday work at a catering company and then met my father for dinner in Eau Claire. Anyway, I probably put in about five hours of drive time and prompted by some interpersonal election night discussion thought that I'd check out some talk radio so I could listen to Kerry and then Bush talk about election results. First off, I think Kerry may have won the election if he'd managed to give a speach that conveyed his humanity and deep rooted concern for the country as well as his concession did. Maybe I just didn't tune in enough, but I thought I saw something genuine that I hadn't before. Regardless, the conservative talk radio was frightening. The narrow margin of victory in this election for either candidate should be a cause for concern, not jubilation. I believe the differences between the two candidates were not marginal, but the victory was marginal. The two points of discussion were: 1) relief the the president will still be in power for four more years and 2) How the election results are a sign that the left has isolated itself from anyone, but itself and that the american people want a president who is not afraid to let his personal moral convictions reflect his policy. The latter is a dangerous conclusions considering the results. The discussion should be not what the split means, but ways in which we can reconsile and mend the division. The gloating, while denied as such, is unwarrented considering the margin and genuine concern is needed at this point in time. Anyway, my foray into the blantenly conservative press has presidence, for years I've kept and eye on the weekly standard, just to make sure I know how far off the far off is, maybe it's time to be afraid; I'm afraid of both sides if my perceptions on the backlash are correct.out,Erasmus