I’m a big fan in the concepts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, which basically states (in the most simple terms) that we are controlled not by what happens to us, but by what how we process what happens to us. This bit of knowledge has helped me to no end, to learn to focus on the “automatic” behavioral patterns that are so destructive to ones everyday life, so that the patterns that keep you from being the kind of person that you’d like to be can be controlled and revised as necessary.

Required reading, if this sounds like something that you’d be interested in learning more about, here are a few suggestions)

http://www.hackyourself.org

Found this whilst digging through some old backups, thought it was kinda good.

Date: 12/11/2001

1:30 in the morning
konkrete jungle
suddenly
al green
so tired of bein alone
smiles break
so tired of on-my-own
heads bob
wont you help me girl
as soon as you can

later
empty street
again
stranger sings
music passes over the bluster
words don’t fare as well
from a city with an open wound
music

The Cello Hut
Originally uploaded by claudez.



I miss camp.

I was a cute kid.
Originally uploaded by softlord.

07.03.15-28 New York (132)
Originally uploaded by istutu.



Arent we cute?

But I guess I do: my match.com favorites list.

Thinking Deeeeep Thoughts

Originally uploaded by Urch.

My friends are beautiful.

That is all.

Check out this months issue of Synthesis Magazine to find my review of Lacuna Coil’s “Karmacode”. On newsstands now!

Boo-ya to being a published music critic, I can cross that one off the list and go on to the next.

Anyone have Anna Paquin’s phone number?

I was bored, so I made a carrot cake.

Free promo condoms for me to use!!!

Originally uploaded by softlord.