Okay okay

I think I have the job I wanted. Starts tomorrow, hope it works out. It's one of those jobs that you can't tell if you're really hired until you're three months into it. So yippeee. Time to celebrate. Until my new boss calls me back and says she thought it over and realizes I am a creepy turd so tough bananas to me.

Today I can't seem to focus on my music. The technology is in the way. It's raining and grey.

Spooky times

I'm reading Dhalgren by Delaney and I remembered that DJ Spooky (one of my favorite electronic music artists) liked the book so I went to his site and found a couple interesting things:

Shooting War: a free online comic about an Iraq in the future

Buddhist Hip-hop

March madness

I don't know about you but I'm seeing things left and right, things that shouldn't be there and that whisper sweet nothings to me in my dreams. Just kidding.

You might have noticed that I have a music toolbar deal on the left. I'm working with more electronic type music these days, and I'm considering going to school for sound art, something I've wanted to do since I was young. It seems like a frivolous thing to study. I should take a major in plumbing instead. But no, there is something that has always called me to play and create music, and I'm not sure if I should ignore that.

I possibly have a job, and I will update you soon if it works out. I hope it does, I can't keep working the streets. Just kidding.

Tired

I'm just tired and sick of being out of work. I would like a job and a paycheck so I can get on with my consumer behaviors. I also need a teacher and a community. My desires are taking over. What should I do?

Pray for me.

Saturday flings

What I do love is fresh chai tea. I use organic whole milk, local honey, and bulk chai tea mix from the Seward Co-op. 1 part water to 2 parts milk, honey to taste. Yum.


Today is the See the Light! film festival over at MIA. This is the info:

"See The Light!" Energy Film Festival

Sat. Feb. 17th, 12noon-10pm Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis 55404

"See The Light!" Energy Film Festival examines our energy use and how it relates to global warming, showcasing opportunities for moving toward a cleaner, safer, and sustainable energy future. Films include Too Hot Not to Handle, French Fries to Go, Being Caribou, Power of Community, Kilowatt Ours, and more! To view the full screening list and days activities go to http://northstar.sierraclub.org/activities/events/2007/20070217.html Questions? Contact Cesia at 612-659-9124 or cesia.kearns@sierraclub.org Admission is FREE. Enjoy a reception with Minneapolis Mayor Rybak at 6:30pm, solar powered popcorn, door prizes, action opportunities, and light refreshments

Before all that it's meditation time. I think we're going to Macy's for some reason. Then lunch at Quangs.

Then up north perhaps to catch some fresh air. But there is no snow, so what do we do? Visit a friend recovering from back surgery I suppose.

Tibet is a metaphor

I went to a reading last night by Thomas Laird from his new book The Story of Tibet at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.
It was highly informative and I urge everyone to read about the plight of Tibet.
http://www.freetibet.org/

Here in North America, we have displaced and destroyed a different indigenous culture, and we feel guilty about it. So not only should we fight for Native American rights, but we should fight for any culture that is being destroyed by a huge superpower. If we allow one person to go unfed, everyone will starve.

I love breakfast burritos

I don't know about you but I love breakfast burritos.

Magic

What is magic? Explain in three or more words...

Dark Light Interplay

DIY God

Do you think you know what God is?

Me, I have a pretty good idea. Find out if you're anywhere near the ballpark here:

http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/whatisgod.htm

Goodbye for awhile

I'm working on some more serious writing then this blog. I will let you know when I finish my novel, and then I will go to the bar. Adios for now.

the end, redux

Please spare me

My brain is a tesselated fractal staring in a mirror at 3 Am on a Friday after three Twinkies and a shot of Jager and a long discussion about cats and bolts.

Spare me, I cry loudly to the antiquated sky.

My mind weaves in and out of lucidity. I don't know how people do the "regular" thing every day. Us humans pretend we have things under control, but we don't. We don't even have enough food in our houses to last three weeks. We're stupid.

Yesterday my I-Ching was the mountain over creativity. I am to stay put, to eat out, and to practice. Not to force myself into a situation I don't want to be in. To have a goal.

Therefore be it resolevd that I shall become Farmer America, wonderman of all things agricultural.

Everyone is invited to my farm, and we'll eat and play music, as well as fingerpaint and build cob houses.

some of my pottery pictures

New Myspace music blog

Check it out: http://www.myspace.com/theandrewfrench

Fragile

Sometimes I see the fragility of everything around me with a clarity that is hard to deal with.

With my internship wrapped up, the holidays coming to a close, and a new year closing in on me, I feel a sense of relief and trepidation, relaxation and terror. What is next? What has it all meant? What choices do I need to make now?

The fragility is everywhere. The fragility is in my new little niece with tiny macaroni fingers, in my girlfriend as she wakes up and gets ready for another day at the job, in the clerk behind the gas station counter. The tenous nature of life is so clear sometimes that it makes a lot of what we do seem so stupid. How do we balance career with fun, cooking with conversation, shopping with living? I look around and I wish we could all just stop and try to understand eachother, ourselves, and the world.

the end

4 pics of strawbale construction in chron. order

one more pic of me helping put in a solar panel in two harbor

Here are three pics of the madness