Trampoline Breath

“There’s no there, there.”
- Mona Lisa Ovedrive by William Gibson

One of my favorite pastimes while living in NYC was reading at B & H off 2nd Ave. and St. Marks. I used to order the vegetable soup with a side of buttered bread. At the time, I worked at an office that demanded so much of my head-space, that having a little time to read some sci-fi in a little cafe buried in the east village was at times the only thing that helped me get through the day.

And then I’d go back to work, and pretend like nothing ever happened. That somehow made all the sense in the world. I’d do my work, write a report, check the never-ending work flow, fire off hundreds of emails, and fix people’s problems. Many times after, I would go home and write music or paint. One year, I wrote and recorded 3 albums of music. It was my, therapy.

“The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning.”
- Erno Rubik

I’m at my house now, doing laundry. It’s cold in the common area, I”ve not turned on the heat and I don’t think I will. One thing I’ve been needing to purchase is a space heater. Those things = perfect. I wish I had my fucking rubix cube still…I seemed to have misplaced mine. I used to sit on the dark subway rides home and try and see if I could solve. I did that a few times.

“Make a jack-o’-lantern from a balloon, newspaper, and flour glue.” – Direx for ultimate costume

I’m still having a hard time figuring out what it is that I am going to be this Halloween. I know for sure I am going as a robot zombie for one fiasco, but for the actual day-thereof… I’ve spent ZERO time thinking about this, and for some reason, it should be the most important thing.

I remember one year, I went as something called, “Destroyer”…where I just wore black eye make-up and all black attire… I looked like a graveyard rapist.

Robin: “You can’t get away from Batman that easy!”
Batman: “Easily.”
Robin: “Easily.”
Batman: “Good grammar is essential, Robin.”
Robin: “Thank you.”
Batman: “You’re welcome.”

(From the 1960 series, Batman and Robin)

Spaghetti anyone?

“I’m gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.”
- Jimi Hendrix

Sometimes I think to myself, maybe it’s time to take a ride down to White Sands, New Mexico, smoke stuff/eat stuff, get lost for a few days. Find a togetherness, burn my ego up, melt down and melt back up; learn how to hover, learn astral projection, hide inside of an animal spirit for a few hours… polar bear face with a polar wolf body.