today was the most accurate approximation of a southern california summer day i will probably ever have in another place. i spent the early afternoon floating around in lake calhoun (LAKE REVIEW #3: lake calhoun is dope. the water is warm, there is actually sand on the bottom of the lake instead of slime, and you can watch boat races while you lie on your back in the water for a half hour. sick lake, would go again) and then bought a bunch of records and ate a huge burrito (pineda recommendation: get the burrito/soda/chips combo. $6.42! total bargain!). pretty sweet day. i got season 4 of curb your enthusiasm too. all my friends are out of town so i do things like go to the beach by myself, but it's chill, i saw iron man last night by myself too and it was pretty sick.

nothing much else to report. i spent most of the last week feeling bad for myself but then all these horrible things kept happening to my friends so i felt better about myself starting around thursday. my new block is basically like living in the dust bowl though. there is a constantly shifting hole of differing depths moving around the block, and getting my bike onto the porch is like a crazy bmx trick. coupled with the recession (is it coming, or is it here?!), it's kind of like being an okie. real life. dig it. (or don't, i certainly don't.)

man, so i fucking don't have speakers or a good receiver or a tape deck, so i can't listen to records or anything. it totally sucks. do you have extra speakers? that would solve a lot of my problems. i'm seriously bummin. i can't listen to any of the new shit i bought. i'd like to trade some bike parts (a frame, maybe a rear wheel with 5 gears, a seat) for stereo parts, on the real. my old bike is kind of a mess and it's too big for me, but the frame is sick and i have other shit for it too. so serious about this. the bike would be good for you if you're maybe 5'8" or taller. let's talk about it. email me. swatchorn at macalester dot edu. so serious.

i wanna solve mysteries (yes, too much vmars), go on stakeouts, cause trouble in the middle of the night, and go swimming more. where are fun people in this place?

jams: ghostface, the king khan & bbq show, cloud atlas, hella burritos, everyone i know being so psyched on burritos, phoning it in, trying out disassociating myself from things that are wack, bartering (see above), more people returning my calls.