A Collage of Westmont on Fire

I wanted to create something in remembrance of this event. So I took all the photographs that Brad Eliot took when Westmont was burning, I forget the link but I downloaded all of them. Anyway, I composed this using all 42 pictures.

Conversation of my life.

(10:08:05 PM) Markus: look at what you wrote
(10:08:11 PM) Brennan: no
(10:08:14 PM) Brennan: i refuse
(10:08:17 PM) Brennan: to scroll ujp
(10:08:21 PM) Brennan: it's like tetris
(10:08:40 PM) Brennan: there's no going back, im unidirectiol
(10:08:41 PM) Markus: "because of your mi8stake"
(10:09:07 PM) Brennan: voices from the future
(10:09:12 PM) Markus: HA
(10:09:19 PM) Brennan: tell Return of the Jedi to download faster
(10:09:38 PM) Markus: DO IT!
(10:09:41 PM) Markus: okay, done
(10:11:47 PM) Brennan: that didn't even tingle it's bits
(10:12:03 PM) Brennan: (the pun master is in town)
(10:12:36 PM) Markus: byte me
(10:13:17 PM) Brennan: that hrtz

I'll explain more about this later on. Just wait and smile.

Thieves - a missing link?

*Am I far off on this one?

It feels like it could lead into something very well. Don't know what quite yet. Some ideas floating around. Tinkering around like some blimp mechanic.

A lot of the tracks need polishing, that's a given since this is all just being mashed together with my looping pedal. I have a very high chance of becoming overwhelmed when the choice of possibility is presented. Maybe I'll have my new mac by then and it'll be my first project. Though I suspect I may become an electronica junkie right off the bat with all the beats I see you can make.

Now I'm reconsidering moving parts around, the actual composition comes next. Things are getting exciting.

A sudden ambush of stuff lunged up at me continually for the past few weeks.

I've been mulling over another piece for a while, trying to decide whether or not it belonged in this song. Since then I have come to the conclusion that it deserves its own legs. With that decided my brain decided to finally move past the tumble dry stage and come up with this bit. I hope you like it as much as I do.

• Part 1 - rCut2.
• Part 1 - rCut3.
  
  
  
  Lyrics:
  Don't be afraid of me.
  Lock your windows now they're coming.
  Don't be afraid of me.
  I will stop pretending if you do.
  *CherubBoyy
  
  Edit 11/24/2008:
  Added Part 2 - rCut3
  rCut3 adds a hint of xylophone and a new bass line over the "Lock your windows" line.

Thieves - another part of the puzzle

A lot of interesting things have been happening with this song. It originally started as this sort of meeting place where the members of The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Smiths sat down around a large wooden table and reminessed about their teenage years. But then space shot out my ears and the reverb dial couldn't hold still. After I had posted the part that I posted earlier, I went back and rethought a lot about how these bits would sound and how they would work together. 

I'm not sure if I've achieved either but I suppose these are the medium stages of a longer process.

I present my audience with another part from Thieves - my work in progress.

• It says "Part 3 - cut2" but don't trust it.
  
• Part 3 - cut3

Lyrics:
Who are you? Leave us alone. Thieves!


Fun facts about this chunk:
- didn't sound anything like this until after a wonderful bike ride at night where I met a fellow musician, Demez, who was also enjoying a bike ride.

- it's my first recorded guitar solo

- it's unfinished

- You'd think that a second piece of a song would clue its author in on what it's about.

Enjoy,

Brennan

P.S. I just noticed that mediafire (download host) has added a little ad beside the download button. Make sure to uncheck it unless you really like spam. Click on my ads instead.

[Edit: September 16, 2008 @10:27 p.m.]

Added new cut. 

Will be posting all subsequent cuts of this part when they become available. 

Thieves - part4 - cuts

Hello,

This is a section of a song I've been working on. It's called "Thieves". I thought it might be fun to show the/my fractal stages of songwriting.

Lyrics:
We need to feed. We are never full. We are thieves.

Links that are [hopefully] working:

• Part4 - Cut2

• Part4 - Cut3

If I can be as productive on the other parts I will upload those as well.

[Stay tuned. Use headphones.]

Cheers,
Brennan

[Edit: September 16, 2008 @10:17 p.m.]

Added old cut. For comparison's sake.

Will be posting all subsequent cuts of this part when they become available. 

Items of Interest

Tonight, on the eve of my 23rd birthday, I started a project.

I'm calling it 'Items of Interest' and it is as the name implies: about interesting things.
I have tasked myself with photographing items that strike me as interesting (people, objects, places) from here and there.The goal of this project is to discover these items along the routes that I take everyday or that reside within a close proximity to my apartment. Through this I hope to gain thoughts and ideas that originate from reflecting on these pieces.

There are rules of course.
For instance, I can only take one shot of each item. (So make it count.) Also I am not allowed to overlook an item of interest. If the notion registers for even the slightest second, due must be paid. This is not a race. That would overlook something key in this whole exercise: the matter of slowing down.

I hope to document my findings both here and within a Picasa album that I'll soon be creating and adding to this post. You didn't think I was going to leave you out of this?

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As soon as the earth is a blurry photograph, it'll only be shootable from space. We move too fast around here. Everything changed yesterday. And as for today, it already feels like tomorrow.
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Cheers,
Brennan

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*Edit (August 20, 2008)*
Web Album:

Items of Interest

The Butterscotch Family sticks together.

That is all.

Puppy Chow

Directions:

1 stick margarine (microwave1 minute on 50%)

1 cup chocolate chips (add, microwave 1 minute on high, stir, micro 15 sec on high)

1/5 cup peanut butter (add, microwave 40 sec. on high)

After melted, pour over 7 cups Chex

Add 2 cups powdered sugar

Put in a bag and shake it all about.

The game that we played

(9:06:15 PM) Brennan: would you rather eat a cocksickle or a poopsickle?
(9:06:25 PM) Brennan: (like an ice cube with a nougatey center)
(9:06:33 PM) Markus: oh god
(9:06:57 PM) Markus: I'd rather not have a popsicle ever again than have either of those
(9:07:17 PM) Brennan: not a choice, you can only pick from the selection given
(9:07:39 PM) Markus: I'm stating preference, and declining to answer
(9:07:43 PM) Brennan: No loopholes. Air enclosed box.
(9:07:59 PM) Markus: which means I suffocate one way or the other
(9:08:09 PM) Markus: if I'm dead, no choice must be made
(9:08:30 PM) Brennan: well one choice must've to result in the daisy-pushing
(9:08:35 PM) Markus: no
(9:08:41 PM) Markus: "air inclosed box"
(9:08:52 PM) Markus: I asphyxiated while considering my answer
(9:08:57 PM) Brennan: well, there are a few plants in there to help you out
(9:09:03 PM) Brennan: you never asked
(9:09:03 PM) Markus: HA!
(9:09:08 PM) Markus: HAHAHAHAHA
(9:09:09 PM) Brennan: I never said
(9:09:10 PM) Markus: LOL
(9:09:23 PM) Brennan: so choose you must
(9:10:14 PM) Markus: a few plants wou;dn
(9:10:18 PM) Markus: *wouldn't do it
(9:10:31 PM) Markus: there must be an ocean with algea in this box
(9:10:35 PM) Markus: or at least
(9:10:43 PM) Markus: a moderately sized pool
(9:10:47 PM) Markus: is there a pool?
(9:10:52 PM) Brennan: yes
(9:11:02 PM) Brennan: but out of reach of the participant
(9:11:13 PM) Markus: DAMN
(9:11:20 PM) Markus: You knew I was gonna drown
(9:11:38 PM) Brennan: until I press this button this invisible curtain will guard you from jumping in
(9:11:54 PM) Markus: ok, I've got it, I used my belt to hang myself
(9:12:06 PM) Brennan: there's no clothes in this box
(9:12:06 PM) Markus: And I definitely have a belt
(9:12:10 PM) Brennan: they disappear upon entering
(9:12:12 PM) Markus: I always have a belt
(9:12:19 PM) Markus: no, I would never walk in that box
(9:12:22 PM) Brennan: which begs the question of who is this perverted box-keeper
(9:12:47 PM) Brennan: which needn't be answered at this juncture
(9:12:50 PM) Markus: no clothes, no go in box, no choice must be made
(9:13:07 PM) Markus: clothes->in box->death->no answer
(9:13:08 PM) Brennan: this box was a trap that you walked into accidentally, without your knowing
(9:13:14 PM) Markus: oh
(9:13:33 PM) Markus: hrm
(9:13:33 PM) Markus: well then, I'm naked in a box?
(9:13:45 PM) Brennan: apparently
(9:13:49 PM) Markus: stab myself with one of the plants you said were nearby
(9:13:54 PM) Markus: death again
(9:14:03 PM) Brennan: again, invisible curtain.
(9:14:04 PM) Markus: also
(9:14:41 PM) Markus: the invisible curtain is unbreakable, or impenetrable, or otherwise solid and will not allow me to break through?
(9:14:59 PM) Brennan: did I mention the box was really tall so the curtain also goes up high and then there's ventilation slits between your portion of the room and the plant's (up high)
(9:15:11 PM) Brennan: and this curtain is unbreakable. but I can move it with this button.
(9:15:18 PM) Markus: nice curtain
(9:15:20 PM) Markus: as a sidenote
(9:15:23 PM) Markus: ok then
(9:15:32 PM) Markus: then I bludgeon myself against it until it kills me
(9:15:50 PM) Markus: you said it was definitely solid while it existed
(9:16:02 PM) Markus: *was in place
(9:16:12 PM) Markus: *I'm assuming it always "exists"
(9:16:28 PM) Brennan: surprisingly cushy to human touch
(9:16:42 PM) Markus: completely solid, you said so
(9:16:56 PM) Markus: completely solid implies hard
(9:16:59 PM) Brennan: solid doesn't imply non-cushiness
(9:17:09 PM) Brennan: structurally sound
(9:17:11 PM) Brennan: how's that
(9:17:50 PM) Markus: ok
(9:17:56 PM) Markus: I'll grant you that
(9:17:58 PM) Markus: for now
(9:18:01 PM) Markus: so then
(9:18:10 PM) Markus: how do I eat in this box?
(9:18:14 PM) Markus: I mean
(9:18:25 PM) Markus: it may take me a while to come to this decision
(9:19:09 PM) Markus: also, aside: you started all of this with your "airtight box" thing, you realize this yes?
(9:20:07 PM) Brennan: I told my housemates that I was having the most interesting conversation.
(9:20:20 PM) Markus: indeed?
(9:20:22 PM) Markus: very nice
(9:20:28 PM) Markus: so
(9:20:35 PM) Markus: how do I eat in the box?
(9:21:13 PM) Markus: press the button and push food through the gap in the wall perhaps?
(9:21:25 PM) Brennan: matter can be served by traveling from the opposite side of the wall and onto your side.
(9:21:50 PM) Brennan: but yes, again the button is pressed.
(9:21:50 PM) Markus: but the wall must be opened somehow
(9:21:52 PM) Markus: ok
(9:22:00 PM) Markus: plate of food?
(9:22:01 PM) Markus: bowl?
(9:22:06 PM) Markus: platter?
(9:22:33 PM) Brennan: fruits and such. things that you can eat raw and survive.
(9:22:42 PM) Markus: served on?
(9:22:49 PM) Brennan: by themselves
(9:22:49 PM) Markus: come on now
(9:22:51 PM) Markus: be civil
(9:22:57 PM) Brennan: they're washed
(9:23:08 PM) Markus: the floor could be dirty
(9:23:17 PM) Markus: my ass has been touching it
(9:23:22 PM) Markus: because I'm naked
(9:23:38 PM) Markus: I'm not going to kill myself with the plate
(9:23:40 PM) Markus: I promise
(9:23:40 PM) Brennan: utmost sanitary codes does this box stand by
(9:23:54 PM) Brennan: and no plate.
(9:24:06 PM) Markus: ok
(9:24:14 PM) Markus: I don't need a plate anyway
(9:24:16 PM) Markus: savage
(9:24:24 PM) Markus: what kind of fruits?
(9:24:41 PM) Brennan: stuff it knows not to serve you in case you're allergic
(9:24:45 PM) Markus: apples, oranges, avacados?
(9:25:07 PM) Markus: strawberries, melon?
(9:25:15 PM) Markus: not allergic to any fruit
(9:25:53 PM) Brennan: only when you are too weak to move from refusal to eat will food be served so that you could never be too strong to use it in a hurtful manner
(9:26:11 PM) Brennan: against yourself
(9:26:32 PM) Markus: ok, but what fruit do I get to eat, it may influence my decision based on aftertaste and flavor mixture
(9:26:50 PM) Brennan: neutral fruits
(9:26:58 PM) Markus: so avacado.......
(9:27:02 PM) Markus: *avocado
(9:27:11 PM) Markus: ................lame
(9:27:17 PM) Brennan: you love avocado
(9:27:22 PM) Markus: I do
(9:27:27 PM) Markus: but it is neutral
(9:27:30 PM) Markus: as you said
(9:27:37 PM) Markus: no way to mask flavors
(9:27:51 PM) Markus: are you sure I'm stuck with avocado?
(9:29:35 PM) Brennan: that may be one of the selection
(9:29:40 PM) Brennan: no way to say for sure
(9:29:49 PM) Brennan: until it happens
(9:29:54 PM) Markus: I hope not.
(9:30:02 PM) Markus: strawberries
(9:30:09 PM) Markus: now that would be great
(9:30:14 PM) Markus: but not neutral
(9:30:15 PM) Markus: lame
(9:31:13 PM) Brennan: Avocado's, also known as "the fertility fruit" by the Aztecs, may influence your decision.
(9:31:27 PM) Brennan: *Make you decide faster.
(9:31:36 PM) Markus: I'm okay with that
(9:31:43 PM) Markus: get it over with I say
(9:31:45 PM) Markus: speaking of
(9:31:54 PM) Brennan: have you come to a conclusion?
(9:31:57 PM) Markus: can this situation be prolonged indefinitely?
(9:32:01 PM) Markus: like
(9:32:14 PM) Brennan: till the end of time itself. this box will stand.
(9:32:15 PM) Markus: as long as I need time to think, I will have it?
(9:32:19 PM) Markus: wonderful
(9:32:43 PM) Markus: then I choke myself with my own long grown hair
(9:33:19 PM) Brennan: you are trimmed when you sleep and sleep you eventually must
(9:33:29 PM) Markus: not so sir
(9:33:31 PM) Markus: one moment
(9:34:41 PM) Brennan: A tiny, non-lethal neurotoxin that inhibits hair growth is released into the air on a steady enough basis to keep your locks at bay.
(9:35:05 PM) Markus: awesome
(9:35:07 PM) Brennan: smart box
(9:35:11 PM) Markus: I'm happy with that
(9:36:58 PM) Markus: neurotoxin will eventually build up in my system enough to paralyze me and make answering the question impossible.
(9:37:06 PM) Markus: even if I live
(9:37:20 PM) Brennan: did you not read the "non-lethal" bit of what I just said.
(9:37:27 PM) Markus: I did
(9:37:32 PM) Brennan: it implies something
(9:37:39 PM) Markus: non-lethal does not mean non-paralyzing
(9:37:50 PM) Brennan: touche
(9:38:57 PM) Markus: and paralyzing, or killing nerves, is something neurotoxin does by definition
(9:38:57 PM) Markus: so
(9:38:57 PM) Markus: there we have it
(9:38:57 PM) Markus: I went to a Rose Parade party tonight
(9:39:23 PM) Brennan: the fruit also contain vitamins or sorts to counter the paralyzing effects of the neurotoxin, i.e. it combats the build up, and to keep you healthy.
(9:39:32 PM) Markus: good
(9:39:48 PM) Brennan: so make a decision, Rose parade partyer
**Markus disconnects from the internet
(9:42:09 PM) Brennan: cheater

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Author's Notes:

• Don't ask.
• This conversation outweighed its former contender for the spot.
• Markus later admitted to wanting both as each sounded scrumptious.
• (That last point was a lie.)
  

Underground Adversaries

Summers swept slowly across the diameter of Yolo county.
Dirty moles clambered about in their playpens.
Our lawn was the chosen build site for moletropolis.
They got a fresh coat of wet on their roofs each morning which kept their burrows chilled.
We got the opportunity to play who'll-twist-their-ankles-first.
Bum deal.

Four-Word Writing Lesson

Write more (dawdle less).


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Author's Note:

• Take your own advice.
  

Twitter

Our lives between blog posts and friend requests.

Fascinating concept.

And I'm a hopeless romantic for connectivity.

In case you're interested: http://twitter.com/blu3fish

Brain Fart

Gross.

Eminent Catastrophe Imminent !

Titles like that are of absolutely no help. They do not even posture for a second that the asteroid may just miss, drifting right beside us as we all wave goodbye to doom. It's not very often we're given that chance, mainly because of titles like these. Surely the earth spins and decides for us where we'll be in our given orbit on a given day but let the same not be true about our articles of truth.
The matter in a fact should be neutral, indecisive, awkward and welcoming. Words that posses the fear to presume are dangerous when the very nature of the words are to be just the opposite.
Somehow these disruptions continue to ramble forth, popping out like gophers in front of a red plastic mallet. Bop them.

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Author's notes:

• Why is a glitch in the realm of technology hailed to be the end of us all?
• I wondered what causes that panic and came up with a fun idea.
• Hopefully, you'll like it.
• Those who don't could buy me a mac to teach me a lesson.
  

Being a writer (trails of thought)

Has it really come to this?

Fresh out of college, three drinks in, and my shirt seems to be unusually aloof - this is the part of writing they never tell you about. The blogger - read: me - was not a course offered at my school. Perhaps it should have been. You'd think the late college nights would prepare a young, boyish writer for what may happen around the next bend. I just never thought "the next bend" translated into writer's block and eye strain. The hunched back was also a hidden bonus.
The blog reader - read: yourself - trolls the internet looking for tasty articles to snack on. Maybe it helps with those silence-breakers around your work's water cooler. Maybe it's for some hot date you have planned (read: unlikely). But that's OK. I'm here and I won't judge you. At least not until I get to know you. Hey, I'm just being honest. You're the one reading my blog. I didn't ask you to come here. But since you are here why don't you stay a while and poke around.
I talk to myself to motivate myself. Think of it as a personal trainer. One that has seen me naked. Do you ever look at yourself in the mirror and think upgrade? Jesus, if only I had the time. And I do, which makes all the staring all the sadder.
Wasn't this supposed to be an article on Beck's new album? Sheesh, what have I been rambling on about for 15 minutes? Has it even been 15 minutes? That's another thing: deadlines, they no longer exist when you're unemployed. You could work on some 5-pager for a week, a month, a year if you wanted to. Sure, you'll feel like shit when you're half a page in and it's already July but it's still an option. No one's telling you what to do.
This is hell, or at least one of the outer rings. I had always pictured hell as this very cavernous, smokey lair; almost cartoonish. Now I think it looks a little more like life without boundary, without order (read: chaos). Chaos has an overwhelming ability to seduce and (as the name implies) implode your sense of order. Sure, when I was 17 and had plenty of the opposite, chaos seemed like the obvious choice. It was the different that made all the difference. But now, twenty-two and topless, a little bit of a balance would be welcomed warmly.

new batteries. old headphones.

This is my musical cubicle.
What I do when I'm not scribbling.















Clockwise from Left:
1. (red) Boss GT6B pedal board
2. Fender Guitar Amp
3. GB Backline 110 Bass Amp
4. Yamaha ydp223 digital piano
5. Bose Noise=Canceling Headphones (w/fresh batteries)
6/ Tascam US-144 recording device
7. Korg MicroKorg
8. Korg er1 rhythm synthesizer
9. Korg ca30 tuner
10. Creative speakers
11. dad's old clarinet
12. Bow
13. Music Stand w/Notebook + Pens (black/blue)
14. Picks and sticks
15. Yamaha digital keyboard
16. Boss tu-2 chromatic tuner (no batteries)
17. Fender American Deluxe Precision Bass
18. brother's Fernandez electric guitar (on loan for my old bass)
19. mom's old spanish guitar
[Not Pictured]
20. Fender Precision bass (my 1st bass)
21. SWR Henry 8x8 Bass Amp (aka Hank) w/Ampeg B2R head

22. Boss RC-XL20 looping station

23. my age

Rude Breakfast

"Eat me." -Breakfast

A Conversation - 6.19.8

(10:03:56 PM) *Brennan: word to you, Salvador.
(10:04:08 PM) *Markus: Livingston, I presume
(10:06:10 PM) Markus: They are worried about losing me to a real job, so their having me come back in tomorrow for a half day
(10:06:19 PM) Markus: 3 days this week
(10:06:27 PM) Markus: when it is supposed to be once a week
(10:06:50 PM) Brennan: maybe you'll get a handjob next week.
(10:06:51 PM) Brennan: w00t
(10:06:53 PM) Brennan: for handjobs
(10:06:59 PM) Brennan: should be a bumper sticker
(10:07:07 PM) Markus: lol
(10:07:27 PM) Brennan: that would be cool if they kept asking you to come back more often though
(10:07:36 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:07:42 PM) Brennan: to be honest, I'd want to buy stock in that company
(10:07:53 PM) Markus: Hopefully I'll get this other job I interviewed for twice
(10:07:55 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:08:01 PM) Brennan: no one really comes close to their stuff
(10:08:01 PM) Markus: but they aren't public
(10:08:07 PM) Brennan: I know (I checked)
(10:08:14 PM) Markus: I know. The results are intense
(10:08:23 PM) Markus: even though it sounds like it should be really simple
(10:08:34 PM) Markus: based on the white papers and whatnot
(10:08:57 PM) Brennan: yeah. Sort of like a "wait, why aren't we just doing this" bit of moment
(10:09:01 PM) Markus: I have a feeling it works by managing probabilities of packet loss based on distance
(10:09:02 PM) Brennan: heard the new Coldplay yet?
(10:09:04 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:09:13 PM) Markus: among other things
(10:09:17 PM) Brennan: listening to it now.
(10:09:26 PM) Markus: I only have the single
(10:09:28 PM) Brennan: Was sort of unimpressed until '42'
(10:09:29 PM) Markus: but I love it
(10:09:30 PM) Brennan: oh
(10:09:45 PM) Markus: I did not realize the whole album was out
(10:09:46 PM) Brennan: which is the single?
(10:09:55 PM) Markus: they have a song called '42'?
(10:09:57 PM) Brennan: I got the one they released first, violet hill or sometihng
(10:10:00 PM) Markus: Viva La Vida
(10:10:01 PM) Brennan: yeah
(10:10:06 PM) Brennan: hm
(10:10:10 PM) Brennan: i heard that one on mtv
(10:10:11 PM) Markus: that's the single too
(10:10:28 PM) Brennan: Cool, poppy hooks and I dig em. But Violet Hill has this dark quality to it
(10:10:38 PM) Brennan: though, I must say the guitar solo near the end was a *yawn
(10:10:47 PM) Markus: sad
(10:10:57 PM) Brennan: made me want to go get a burrito from the fridge and forget about the song
(10:10:58 PM) Markus: I liked the inclusion of harpsichord like sound in viva
(10:11:03 PM) Markus: hahahaha
(10:11:05 PM) Brennan: that should be a warning in the notes of the song
(10:11:32 PM) Brennan: *song may make you want to go and get a burritto from yours or a nearby fridge
(10:11:44 PM) Markus: hahahahahahaha
(10:12:02 PM) Markus: hopefully you don't live near a mexican grandmother then
(10:12:11 PM) Markus: constantly with the good eats
(10:12:11 PM) Brennan: anywey. Have you heard Lil Wayne's new album? I know this is an odd question but you could be like me, an unlikely convert.
(10:12:22 PM) Brennan: that happened across one another at a record store
(10:12:24 PM) Markus: Lil Wayne?
(10:12:32 PM) Brennan: yeah, he's a rap artist
(10:12:39 PM) Markus: never heard of him to be honest
(10:12:48 PM) Brennan: no worries. Do you know Jay-z?
(10:12:53 PM) Brennan: he's pretty well known
(10:12:55 PM) Markus: Not had an opportunity to listen to much music lately
(10:12:57 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:13:02 PM) Markus: I do know Jay-Z
(10:13:07 PM) Brennan: he guests on one of Lil Wayne's new songs
(10:13:16 PM) Brennan: it's pretty cool
(10:13:27 PM) Brennan: really intense vocal imagery
(10:13:40 PM) Markus: intriguing
(10:14:15 PM) Markus: Is your band still together?
(10:14:21 PM) Markus: What happened with that>
(10:14:22 PM) Markus: ?
(10:14:41 PM) Brennan: because [Lil Wayne] is basically the next big thing in rap/hip-hop
(10:14:49 PM) Brennan: The Red Eyes? no
(10:14:50 PM) Brennan: we split
(10:14:56 PM) Brennan: punches were unleashed
(10:15:01 PM) Markus: hm. Well, at least I can say I've heard of him now
(10:15:04 PM) Brennan: kicks were ignited
(10:15:09 PM) Markus: Lead singer issues, yes?
(10:15:20 PM) Brennan: monkeys were exchanged
(10:15:29 PM) Markus: Indians were touched
(10:15:44 PM) Brennan: islands were inhabited
(10:16:06 PM) Markus: virgins were sacrificed
(10:16:25 PM) Brennan: dude, you can't go sacrificing virgins just like it's Thursday or soemthing
(10:17:27 PM) Markus: lol
(10:18:04 PM) Brennan: No, but a one of the guitarists left for a business thing and then we looked around for a replacement and couldn't find one that worked.
(10:18:24 PM) Brennan: the singer, my brother, and me tried to keep some pieces afloat; writing some songs here and there
(10:18:28 PM) Markus: wow
(10:18:39 PM) Markus: why'd he leave?
(10:18:41 PM) Markus: what the heck
(10:18:50 PM) Markus: you guys were getting good
(10:19:10 PM) Brennan: It was like who turned on the lights in the middle of a really good movie
(10:19:36 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:19:44 PM) Markus: why'd he leave?
(10:19:55 PM) Brennan: but they offered him this full time position at Washington state teaching. they even gave his wife a job. p[retty good deal
(10:20:12 PM) Markus: wow
(10:20:14 PM) Markus: I see
(10:20:15 PM) Markus: far move
(10:20:22 PM) Markus: can't telecommute to a band
(10:20:48 PM) Markus: yet
(10:20:54 PM) Markus: lame
(10:20:54 PM) Brennan: there was a thought to organize shows if he was going to be in the area ever again. or he comes down when we want to record something. but that, I don't know
(10:21:24 PM) Brennan: there's a lot of My Bloody Valentine and almost Jesus and Mary Chain in this new Coldplay album
(10:21:25 PM) Markus: yeah, how often would he possibly come down?
(10:21:37 PM) Brennan: who knows, it was a while ago
(10:21:46 PM) Markus: sad
(10:22:11 PM) Markus: I have no idea who any of those besidea My Bloody Valentine is you name dropper
(10:22:17 PM) Markus: *besides
(10:22:27 PM) Brennan: what can I say
(10:22:30 PM) Brennan: I drp names
(10:22:35 PM) Brennan: drip/drop?
(10:23:00 PM) Markus: lol
(10:23:15 PM) Markus: drip
(10:23:15 PM) Brennan: viva la vida has this weird pelvic-thrusting beat
(10:23:18 PM) Markus: name DRIPPER
(10:23:26 PM) Markus: yeah it does!
(10:23:34 PM) Markus: Been using it in your practice at work?
(10:23:40 PM) Markus: Last one, I promise
(10:23:55 PM) Brennan: I think we would explode with laughter if we ever got hi together.
(10:24:12 PM) Brennan: literally
(10:24:16 PM) Markus: I think that could happen anyway
(10:24:17 PM) Markus: lol
(10:24:20 PM) Markus: HAHAHAHAHAHA
(10:24:34 PM) Markus: good lord
(10:24:42 PM) Markus: the dog is choking on Spaghetti
(10:25:09 PM) Brennan: this feels like one of those rare moments where the term lol would actually apply
(10:25:09 PM) Markus: *NOT a euphamism*
(10:25:19 PM) Markus: good
(10:25:21 PM) Brennan: sometimes my coworkers type it and theyre sitting next to me
(10:25:27 PM) Brennan: I'm like: you didn't laugh out loud
(10:25:43 PM) Brennan: and then this image of me leaping out of my chair and kneeing them to the ground pops into my head
(10:25:52 PM) Markus: It always applies when I say it, you know I can never NOT laugh even when something is mildly funny
(10:26:06 PM) Markus: HAHAA
(10:26:08 PM) Markus: YES!
(10:26:10 PM) Markus: LOL
(10:26:18 PM) Markus: Seriously
(10:26:20 PM) Brennan: :)
(10:26:31 PM) Markus: people look at me funny for laughing at my computer all the time
(10:26:43 PM) Markus: Damn you Johnson
(10:27:04 PM) Brennan: it's what you get
(10:27:16 PM) Markus: yeah, you get it more though, much more
(10:27:23 PM) Markus: damn
(10:27:24 PM) Brennan: i wish
(10:27:25 PM) Markus: I'm sorry
(10:27:28 PM) Markus: I said last one
(10:27:31 PM) Markus: oops
(10:27:35 PM) Brennan: last one?
(10:27:51 PM) Brennan: did I mention we might get a hookah?
(10:27:54 PM) Markus: I was making another you have sex with your employers hoke
(10:27:58 PM) Markus: *joke
(10:28:00 PM) Brennan: a little one though, not like an elephant
(10:28:01 PM) Markus: wow
(10:28:02 PM) Markus: nice
(10:28:14 PM) Markus: too......easy......
(10:28:18 PM) Brennan: I can't have sex with my employers if I'm kneeing them to the ground
(10:28:24 PM) Brennan: com'n that just wouldnt make sense
(10:28:25 PM) Markus: true tha
(10:28:26 PM) Brennan: I expected more
(10:28:28 PM) Markus: *that
(10:28:30 PM) Brennan: *shame
(10:28:30 PM) Markus: you know
(10:28:58 PM) Markus: A guy just got arrested for having minors repeatedly knee him in the groin with his pants down
(10:28:59 PM) Brennan: *shoots it at Markus like Ryu from street fighter hai-o-ken-ing
(10:29:03 PM) Markus: so yeah, you could
(10:29:07 PM) Markus: if they were masochists
(10:29:29 PM) Brennan: he just got voluntarily beat the shit out
(10:29:31 PM) Brennan: of
(10:29:38 PM) Brennan: or at least his testicles did
(10:29:38 PM) Markus: *Markues Bounces it right back like Blanca shooting sparks
(10:29:46 PM) Markus: Yeah
(10:29:48 PM) Brennan: that mopve didn't reflect did it?
(10:29:50 PM) Markus: It was his idea
(10:29:56 PM) Markus: no
(10:29:57 PM) Markus: not really
(10:29:59 PM) Brennan: I didn't think so
(10:30:02 PM) Brennan: *shame
(10:30:03 PM) Markus: only in my head
(10:30:06 PM) Markus: HAHAHA
(10:30:13 PM) Markus: I've gotta go get some sleep
(10:30:18 PM) Markus: I have to be up early tomorrow
(10:30:19 PM) Markus: LAME
(10:30:20 PM) Brennan: it would be called 'fists of shame' in the game
(10:30:25 PM) Markus: lol
(10:30:29 PM) Brennan: it's not even 10:31
(10:30:40 PM) Markus: btw: Be Kind Rewind is slow, but tastey
(10:30:43 PM) Markus: I know
(10:30:47 PM) Brennan: I've heard
(10:30:53 PM) Markus: But I have to get up ungodly early
(10:30:58 PM) Brennan: but I havent had the oppurtunity to savor the sultry morsel
(10:31:03 PM) Brennan: how ungodly?
(10:31:08 PM) Markus: DownLOAD
(10:31:15 PM) Markus: like 6
(10:31:16 PM) Markus: ugh
(10:31:24 PM) Brennan: for FastPlow?
(10:31:31 PM) Markus: I need 9 hours normally
(10:31:34 PM) Markus: yeah
(10:31:46 PM) Markus: Plowing the snowy snowy streets of LA
(10:32:01 PM) Brennan: plowing? dude, you could catch something
(10:32:17 PM) Markus: wait, what?
(10:32:36 PM) Brennan: ever feel like characters you know from television are judging you?
(10:32:42 PM) Brennan: it's a very odd feeling I'm told.
(10:32:48 PM) Markus: HEY, you're trying to distract me and keep me talking, I won't fall for that, and yes, yes I do.
(10:33:00 PM) Markus: DAMMIT
(10:33:05 PM) Markus: It just happened again
(10:33:05 PM) Brennan: you spelled that wrong too
(10:33:09 PM) Markus: goodnight Brennan
(10:33:11 PM) Brennan: machete
(10:33:26 PM) Brennan: mache-che-chete
(10:33:34 PM) Markus: ?
(10:33:38 PM) Brennan: say it out loud
(10:33:50 PM) Brennan: it sounds funny
(10:34:02 PM) Brennan: and your mouth moves funny
(10:34:02 PM) Markus: goodnight sir
(10:34:08 PM) Markus: talk to you tomorrow
(10:34:09 PM) Brennan: goodnight
(10:34:14 PM) Brennan: Fastplow

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Author's Notes:

• Markus, don't be mad. The people needed to see this.
• concept: composing a dialogue with another human being
• question: which character do you know the full name of? reasoning?
  
• alternate title idea: unlikely converts
• spelling be damned
• *the names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of the participants
  
• I shouldn't be sitting this way while writing this.