http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com The transformation of experience through narrative. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:46:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So if you haven’t heard, Dustin is moving to San Diego. For those who haven’t (or don’t know), we were practically married for two years from Spring of 2002 to Summer of 2004, broke up, but then became friends again (and roommates) when I bought the house in Fall ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2007/10/05/playlist-for-mr-dustins-departure/ All my life I feel as if I've been waiting. Whether if it was waiting for my turn or for my chance to shine, waiting for the love of my life to come sweep me off my feet, or waiting for something big to happen in my life--I know the ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/12/24/advent/ As many of you know, Amos T. Cat is in the hospital with a sort of bladder infection. He is in stable condition at Hillcrest Animal Hospital as of 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, and is expected to be released Thursday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday evening, Amos was rushed ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/12/05/amos-t-cat/ The roommate The moment I was brought to my semi-private recovery room—though I was still a little confused and uncomfortable from the drugs and tubes—I noticed that I would not be alone for my stay at the hospital. For both of my previous stays at UAMS I managed to have ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/10/18/hospital-blog-part-ii/ Crohn's Disease I first knew I had an Inflammatory Bowel Disease in 2000. Then-diagnosed as Ulcerative Colitis, I was treated as such and got better. My friend Ashlee used to call it "Super-Sonic Spontaneous Colon Blow-itis" because she lived under my apartment and could hear me running to the bathroom. In ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/10/15/hospital-blog-part-i/ So I feel that Ive been taking advantage of myspace--in the same way that one would take advantage of the government. First, however, I should clarify that I dont believe that I have been dishonest in my pictures or description of myself. I dont mind others posting profile pictures of ridiculous ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/07/17/the-victimizer-part-ii/ had to delete a friend today; it just wasn't working out. Normally I would just quietly remove someone and not say anything, let alone blog about it. But this guy deserves to have the decision explained, and I think the lesson is valuable enough. I'm not prone to adding people that ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/06/19/the-victimized-part-i/ Wal-Mart tattoo IPod orgy The porch http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/06/02/keep-it-clean/ Out of the old transgressions of the seas We come Encroachments of the land No vestige of beginning No prospect of an end Salt of the blood is ocean bathing still Each cell of brain and heart Burning uphill Out of the tide-slime Credulous we come Singing our latest God ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/05/17/trial-by-time-by-thomas-hornsby-ferril/ We may have been coming up a misty spring a summer of long fire, some autumn When those mountains over there were first thrown up to make a purple windrow, but we needn't talk of the breaking down of a skull or blossom, or whether the hair lives longer than the heart, or how improbable it ... http://pedestrian.helveticaman.com/2006/04/20/this-trail-by-thomas-hornsby-ferril/