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December 31, 2005


	gunfire is everywhere i wish for the apocalypse That's the text message I tried to send my friend Matt Glasson in response to his New Year's wishes, standing in the middle of my apartment with gunfire going off all around me. Starting somewhere around 8pm, the air has been repeatedly cut with the sounds of people emptying out their clips into the sky with joyous abandon. I grew up in Chicago, where people firing guns up in the air was... Posted by xtop at 11:28 PM \| Comments (2)

December 29, 2005


	the truckers of america keep it frighteningly real .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the truckers of america keep it frighteningly real, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. As promised.... Posted by xtop at 07:24 PM \| Comments (2)


	herndon Herndon was the first friend I made at Murphy Hall. And probably the only one, since he's the only one I met there that I still talk to. Sure, I can still have a quick, friendly chat with Art, Murphy's majordomo who I really like, but we just don't have enough in common to actually be friends and whenever I show up in the offices (which is pretty much whenever... Posted by xtop at 05:56 PM \| Comments (3)

December 28, 2005


	the internet doesn't care about you Posted by xtop at 11:59 PM \| Comments (0)

December 24, 2005


	magical thinking .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } magical thinking, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl.... Posted by xtop at 02:59 AM \| Comments (1)

December 23, 2005


	because christmas can't get stranger Timmy and I stood on the porch, I grabbed a broom and handed him a pair of garden shears. "What do I do with this?" he asked. "Just jab them at anyone who runs at you." I watched a cop dust a copy of the video game Medal of Honor: Rising Sun for fingerprints. I got a Kangol hat as a present 2 hours after purchasing a Kangol hat. And, lastly, this... Posted by xtop at 11:59 PM \| Comments (3)

December 22, 2005


	rooted .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } rooted, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl.... Posted by xtop at 08:28 PM \| Comments (0)

December 21, 2005


	fixed! No, but seriously, isn't that frog ADORABLE? No, really, I couldn't have done it...at all. Thanks to the many people who lent a hand or much-needed spiritual largesse, and especially to Casey, who blew through the solution so fast I felt even stupider, Danielle, who is owed a drink or three when she hits town, Ryan, who was more than willing to help out a perfect stranger and Kelly Sue for... Posted by xtop at 12:17 AM \| Comments (5)

December 20, 2005


	don't look now test post... Posted by xtop at 12:47 PM \| Comments (1)

December 18, 2005


	sorry, inertnet Something's very broken. My database is corrupt, i think. I don't really know what that means, but it's responsible for the simulposts below. Hopefully I can keep posting stuff in the interim, but if not, you know why. Happy Channukah. In the meantime, does anyone know how to work with moveable type? Can someone lend some expertise? I can pay in praise and photo prints. Let me know: christophersebela[at]gmaildotcom... Posted by xtop at 10:38 PM \| Comments (1)


	what have i done? So, forever and a day ago, I wrote this about when my cat goon was in heat. A dumb thing about cats that you can find all across the inertnet. Yeah, I was that guy once. I probably will be again. Anyhow, since then, the particular phrase I used for the heading has drawn in curiosity seekers from across the world to answer the question of what do you do with a... Posted by xtop at 08:32 PM \| Comments (0)


	"i wonder . . . who are the real cannibals?" Tonight, in the spirit of Christmas (See? I believe now, thanks to the aforementioned miracle), I went to the edge of downtown to see Cannibal Holocaust screened as part of the Chucky Lou AV Club's annual Antichristmas. And never before has the filmed dissection of a giant turtle or the brutal rape of Amazonian natives or the prolonged, shaky-cam, tables-turning murder of a film crew seemed so festive. The theatre was... Posted by xtop at 04:35 AM \| Comments (2)

December 17, 2005


	c'était un rendez-vous don't click the image, click the little play logo down in the lefthand bottom corner. turn your volume down if you've got speakers. On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to... Posted by xtop at 07:13 PM \| Comments (0)


	the hobos of santa monica Posted by xtop at 02:42 AM \| Comments (0)

December 16, 2005


	my christmas miracle Today, like everywhere across the nation, was the office Christmas party, complete with chocolate fountain (which seems to be the ice sculpture of the aughts), fancy food and libations. There was also a christmas tree-off and a drawing for prizes. Just a box and a pile of slips of paper and pens next to it. So, being the child I am, I write down "I.P. Freely" and stuff it in the box.... Posted by xtop at 06:06 PM \| Comments (0)

December 15, 2005


	pointy pointy .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pointy pointy, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl.... Posted by xtop at 06:56 AM \| Comments (7)

December 14, 2005


	"the cuteness is coming for you" Ok, I admit I've been pretty down in the mouth lately; the last week or so has been almost sideshow in nature, come see the amazing transformation of man into black hole right before your very eyes. But after a very enlightening couple of conversations in the last two days, things seem to be thawing a bit. But these are just cracks in the ice. Something hammer-sized needs to come along and... Posted by xtop at 10:52 PM \| Comments (2)

December 13, 2005


	last gasp or prophecy You know how you wake up at 4am to vomit out of a heady mixture of stress, anxiety and general dread and when you're done vomiting and you just want to go back to bed and you muse laughingly, throat still burning from vomit, "Wow, well, this day can only go up from here."? Sometimes, not so much.... Posted by xtop at 11:57 PM \| Comments (1)

December 12, 2005


	wobbly lights and blue flames .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } wobbly lights and blue flames, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl.... Posted by xtop at 01:57 AM \| Comments (0)

December 10, 2005


	murphy As started here, the story of my last job in Chicago, at the Murphy Hall Research Center is a series of stories that comprise a volume of fuckupedness that my working life has yet to top, and I've worked for lawyers and washed baby CPR dummies for the Red Cross. I remember Saturday mornings I would meet with Vinny for Old Man Breakfast and recount what had gone down the previous week,... Posted by xtop at 10:44 PM \| Comments (6)


	dinner for none .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } dinner for none, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl.... Posted by xtop at 04:45 PM \| Comments (0)

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