she got away

great. missed my chance. I just turned into Darth Derek.
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jam for jesus

 

the month is flying away here and Christmas is freaking next Saturday!  I'm so excited for this week I can hardly stay sane.  I've been trying to write goodies for the world and the coming of baby Jesus and Santa (and baby derek...25 year old baby derek) so I just wanted to share some images of the holidays. p/s/  I got that banjo, but I immediately tuned it to guitar tuning so i could play it, and can you see the yoda doodle on my white board? thanks Bob. See you soon!

camera

my new camera is sweeeeeeeeet

qui suis-je?

I was the kid that got dirty and changed his clothes, sometimes many times a day.

After I wake up from being drunk the night before I tend to want to clean the house

I love the first snow fall on trees

I can't get sick, but I can make you sick.

I am feeling very excited about the second half of December 2010, lots to look forward too.

I like going to see black and white movies alone on a Friday night.

I eat a lot of honey and cacao

When I wake up I usually go on the computer and check my friend's blog really quick before i do anything else.

I had mexican food twice yesterday, lunch and dinner, and while at dinner some guy broke up with his girlfriend there and she was crying and it was awkward and he sounded like a douche

I love long hallways, and running down them.

I get inspired when you put a capo on the second fret because it makes everything sound magical/

I used to hate modern communications, i.e. texts, blogs, facebook, etc.  and now I am a sucker for them all and hang on every word, plus the sound of an incoming text on an iphone is now permanently associated with you and sometimes i start laughing when the phone is in my jacket and i hear i got a text and i have to take off my gloves and un zip my jacket and get my phone in the freezing cold, and im soooo excited to see what it is, and then it's some ridiculous ad from AT&T...what a waste argg

I love having friends I have known since kindergarten.

I am going to freeze my ass off today at the Bears game with my father!

I have dreams about falling in love

I went to bed with socks and I have no idea where my socks are now

I take hot bathes

I don't want to let another year go by

Im so cold and want to snuggle

cloud nine

i used to love this video when i was a youngling, when mtv actually played music videos. i just confirmed it with my mother too; this was my fav video. the funny thing is that i just realized yesterday that this was George Harrison, yes it is. I think its so awesome when you figure something out that has been right in your face the whole time. gotta love the squirrel playing the sax-pipe in the end. I've been listening to All Things Must Pass, the reissue, illegally downloaded beeeyootch. I'm also on an Arcade Fire kick, Crown of Love and Antichrist television blues and the Sprawl II are some of my goodies. never really gave them props back when they were all that and a bag of chips but I've really listened to it all and The Suburbs is totally boss.


Im really goofy today. oh yeah probably because im not working...quit my job yesterday. I've been writing music with urgency so don't worry ma it's alright I'm only bleedin.

"Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred."

on another day i would totally agree Mr. Dylan but today im totally happy although i see your point. but for now I got my mind set on you baby!

Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

I went and saw "Don't Look Back" last night and it blew me away! Bob Dylan is so punk rock it is not even funny.  Besides being fucked on amphetamines the whole 65 UK tour he was just such an asshole to every body it was awesome.  The best scene in the movie is toward the end where Donovan, who was Britain's answer to Dylan (I mean he's not bad but he's no Dylan), plays a song and Dylan immediately challenges him and plays a song back.  Donovan's song is really trite and cheesy (he rhymes sad and bad), and Dylan says "Hey man that's a good song" while holding back laughter, and watch Dylan look like he wants to jump out of his seat and punch Donovan.  Then Dylan plays his song and he just whips out the lyrics in the most sneering and sarcastic tone while Donovan has this shit-eating grin on his face.  The fact that D. A. Pennebaker was even allowed to film this is amazing.  plus Allen Ginsberg shows up randomly a couple of times in the film.  It was so awesome, and I am pretty sure I was the youngest person in the theather.  Maybe one of the best rock docs ever.  enjoy this scene.