CIRCUS[12:03 a]Berlin (cont.)Berlin seems like a town where rich kids w/ expensive habits, high hopes, & little productive motivation come to fuck around for awhile before settling down somewhere else. People here, people around the hostel, non-native German speakers are floating around out here, for the most part, & I hope not to join their … Continue reading 6.3.2002
Author: johnbrandall
John Randall is a writer living in Missouri. His interests include camping, running, walking, cutting and burning wood, messing around with magnets, foraging, and listening to podcasts, many of them about baseball.
6.2.2002
BÄKEREI[7:35 a]In same bakery I was in yesterday around this time. “Ice, Ice Baby” is on the radio. Got up at 6:58a. Spoke w/ Em a bit. Hot, puffy chocolate chip croissant steaming when I open it…mmm…. The Turkish man is working again behind the counter and it must be his daughter that’s working with … Continue reading 6.2.2002
6.1.2002
Bathroom[1:06 am] Sitting on a can in Circus hostel fourth floor men’s restroom. As Oscar says, “Just keep going, it’s at the end of the hall, you can’t miss it.” And as I found it the first time, and as I later told him, “You’re right about the bathroom.” You literally walk right into it … Continue reading 6.1.2002
5.31.2002
Freitag[8:05a] Got up at about 7:40 am because Emily had gotten up. She had set her alarm for 7:30a but I don’t think it went off—I didn’t hear it. But I don’t know, maybe it did. I was dreaming all sorts of things. A Matt Morris—Dwan Prude—Isaac Suggs figure all squeezed into one, both pitching … Continue reading 5.31.2002
5.30.2002
May 30, 2002MUNICH’S BIGGEST PARTY ZONE[2:51 am] The hand stamp on my right hand lower right palm/beginning thumb looks like… (stamp says “PARTY ZONE”). Had: one Bacardi & coke in 12 oz. can (10% alc. by vol.) after dinner, which was a shitty Big Mac from a schnell stand in Hbf. Also had some water … Continue reading 5.30.2002
Impatientism
A painting need not take a long time to paint. A painting can be done in five minutes. We deny ourselves so much good art if we believe great art must take time. Some time, yes. Fifteen minutes, a half an hour. Or, twenty minutes here, twenty minutes there, one painting a week. If we … Continue reading Impatientism
Cards fall to Astros, 4-1
Pre-Game Ok, the hot stove league is already starting to warm up. The Yankees might sign Japanese strikeout guy Daizuke Matsuzaka. Elsewhere, two Blue Jays have taken free agency underwing like tiny puppies lost in a flood. Frank Menechino and Ken Huckaby. Hold on...that’s their agent on the other line. He’s working the phone book … Continue reading Cards fall to Astros, 4-1
Fantasy Whores
By John Randall & Ray Wisdom, 07-05-2001 Music comes from a desktop computer, such that Nirvana is heard in the background. There is a desk and a long, wooden table. The computer is on the desk. John sits at the table. Ray is off stage, talking from “the kitchen.” John: (singing not too loud) I’m … Continue reading Fantasy Whores
Wiz and John for Braves/’Stros Marathon
AIM IM with rlwe9f10/9/05, 4:36 PMrlwe9f: Things are coming to a head in Houston.rlwe9f: Clemens is stretching in the bullpen.4:40 PMJohn Randall: A head?John Randall: The Rocket!rlwe9f: No not yetrlwe9f: The Braves have the bases juiced.rlwe9f: McCann just struck out.rlwe9f: Orr is up, 2 outsJohn Randall: Yeah, I've been listening. Andy Ashby said a few … Continue reading Wiz and John for Braves/’Stros Marathon
Wiz and John for Cards Game 2
2:07 PM John Randall: Wiz, give me about a half an hour and then we can start some iming...are you going to want to be iming during the game at all? 2:15 PM rlwe9f: yo yo, I'll put it up afterwards John Randall: So, you are wanting to do a play-by-play-type im diablogue? rlwe9f: no, … Continue reading Wiz and John for Cards Game 2
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