september 7.

it's my little sister's 23rd birthday. can't seem possible.

this is also the anniversary of Tupac's shooting.

in other news, i'm very excited about the future magazine Jason Dodd (aka Treble Bandoppler), John Sant, Chris Estey, Jeannette Strole, and a few others i'm forgetting. it's going to be really great.

oh and yeah, we have a zine too. we're actually starting to update it now. big fun times. bout f'ing time.

i wish the tamale girl would hurry up and come. i feel an urge to "go out" for a few minutes.

finally saw the video for jimmy fallon's "idiot boyfriend" last night. really really great.

speaking of watching music late last night, i was flipping around and saw Jewel on uh, the late late show with Craig Kilbourn. she wasn't even playing her guitar anymore, a guy was playing it behind her. not that i think she's lost her ability to do so, but i think she's focusing more on:
1. her looks of wistfulness. she's definitely able to put more effort into them without that pesky guitar.
2. changing her image from that of socially conscious, recently homeless, folkish intelligent girl from Alaska to that of, well, some sort of sexpot. the guitar is nice, but it hides her breasts, which she's putting much more effort into displaying now, apparently.

still need to send that email.

i actually ate dinner last night. a blimpie's sub with a veggie patty in it. and a 16 oz. coffee because my head was going nuts. i had a feeling i'd get horrible heartburn from it. incredible thing is, after having those 2 things, i felt better than i have in weeks, other than the fact that the headache ended up needing ibuprofen to go away.

i might go see City By The Sea this weekend. lately i'm really digging DeNiro and feel like getting a fix of him on the big screen.
i really want to see One Hour Photo, but that isn't in the area yet. i don't normally like Robin Williams that much, but this looks like a very good film.

back to the Tupac thing.
it's sad, but there's not been a whole lot of socially conscious rap in the mainstream since him. not that he always was...he had his share of party shit...but he definitely had interesting and observant things to say, agree with him or not.
anyway, the L.A. Times broke a huge story about his murder yesterday, and part 2 is up today. latimes.com . you have to register, but it's worth it, and registering is free (besides signing away your email address to spam, most likely). anyway, it's worth reading.

anyway, there's today's update. oh, and next friday IS the 13th. big fun.