71.West: The Real View

3.29.2006

The List: Out Like A Lion?

  • Strange.

  • Obscure.

  • Suprise.

  • Ambivalent.

  • Kiss.

  • Stare.

  • New York.

  • St. Louis.

  • Denver.

  • Attraction

  • Jolt.

  • Worry.

  • Rescue.

  • Flatter.

  • Risk.

  • Hold.

  • Touch.

  • Reach.

  • Dream.

  • Cast.

  • Occupy.


3.26.2006

Happiness Is...

...Marble Mocha with soy and an extra shot from Caribou!

Caribou Coffee finally enters the Denver Market.

click to Caribou's website
It's like love in my hand.

Sunday shouts to my Twin Cities peeps. I love ya' like grease loves chicken! You know I do.

Now Hear This : Thomas Whitfield - Hallelujah Anyhow


3.24.2006

Glance Stare

A thousand eyes watch every step;
each glance accounted for and marked with a check.

A hundred tongues tremble to speak their truth;
spilling their waste and spreading their ruin.

Anticipation and risk is a symbiosis beyond compare;
each kiss raises a hair.

Eyes and tongues will do their dance;
We're all wiling to take that chance.


3.23.2006

Feel: Found Object


Denver 10:58 pm - Yale and Linden


3.22.2006

Magnetic: Found Object



Denver 10:27pm - My fridge

Now Hear This: La La Land - Green Velvet


3.19.2006

To Tell: Found Object


Chicago 02.18.2006 - Ohio and Michigan


3.18.2006

Sticky: Found Object


Denver 9:36 pm - Hampton and Locust


3.15.2006

Reflect: Found Object


Denver 12:18 pm - 18th and Lincoln


3.13.2006

Rules and Choices

From the Vacation Collection

Me: You know what the problem is?

Him: What's that?

Me: Too many choices, not enough rules.

Him: You must be Dutch.

Me: Let's stop trying to get each other into trouble.


Sometimes I Look Back and Wonder

I'm pretty much sure that he's about to Vapor Trail on me. How do I know this? Well, I know what it's like on the flip side. I'm not sure how I feel. I mean, why even get upset? Things like this have proven temporary at best anyway. In other developments, half of me feels like I've gone completely crazy. Then there's St. Louis. I'm angry. Not because of The Trail, but because of the lack of honesty. Let the record show, I'd rather be told off then ignored. Hell, I understand, but that empathy had been taken over by disappointment and a residual sense of disrespect. I can't esteem him the way I once did, because someone that good would have said, "Hey, sorry." Fuck. My crazy half enjoys knowing I can more than I have. My issue? I call it BJ, and Jeff, and a half dozen other men who once decided that it's easier to discard than recycle. I hate how that manifests itself today. I look back and wonder, just how I got ovah.
Well I want a little sugar
in my bowl
Well I want a little sweetness
down in my soul
You been acting strangely
I've been told
Move me Daddy
I want some sugar in my bowl
Now Hear This : I Want A Little Sugar in My Bowl - Nina Simone


3.11.2006

Verizon Wireless Rant #1

This is so good, it's going to take two days to get out of my head.

I just got off the line with Verizon Wireless for perhaps the sixth time in two weeks. I feel like they're fucking me coming and going, without lube, with that famous Prison Bitch slip-n-slide rhythm. Goddam I hate when I get screwed for being loyal. It's so bad I cracked up laughing about four times and their rep had to join me in a fit of frustrated tee-hee's. This is incredulous. Verizon should love me so much to send me flowers and money for the hours I've spent praising their name and getting everyone I know on their fucking plans. Now they've joined the ranks of Qwest in my soon-to-be-famous Giant Book of Kiss My Ass (and that's two steps below Radisson, if you're keeping track).

I'll tell the whole story soon. In the meantime, please post comments with your recommended wireless carrier and why. I require:

  • The ability to change my price plan/minutes when I choose without having to extend my contract.

  • An excellent new phone with bluetooth for under $99. No MP3 player desired.

  • Nationwide digital coverage.

  • No roaming or long distance fees. Free nights and weekends.

  • A decent portion of included text and pix messages. I'll pay $5 for more.

  • A sweet web interface for billing and self-service. I don't care about their 611 service.

  • The ability to purchase a new phone when I choose, at a fair market price, without a lot of bullshit.


Your help is greatly appreciated. In the meantime, send lube. I feel badly for the VZW employees, because they really are exceptional. It's just that corporate is apparently hellbent on going bankrupt. Sweet Jesus alive! I'll gladly pay the penalty to get away from this hateful evil shit.


3.09.2006

They Can Get Away With It

As seen this evening on my way home from work:

Behold! The Power of Trash!
That's Trash with a capital T.

Now Hear This: The Word - Prince