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Seen in Echo Park

..and roses sprung from her wrists like great red sashes
Only one thing left to say
Sometimes when you’ve lost yourself, there’s only one more place to look

Cherry Capri, the Doo Dah Queen
pictures from the Doo Dah Parade
OK, here’s the nicer ones

I found a blog entry somewhere today that linked to this article on Rhizome about Tekken Torture Tournament, which I participated in the first time it was done. The Rhizome article linked in turn back to the original C-Level page, and I found these two pictures, one of me playing, one where I’m in […]

Right outside my ballet class, I found what I think was a real live genuine black widow spider. Wow! I’ve never seen one in real life before! The most venomous spider in North America, 15 times as toxic as a rattlesnake. I pointed it out to anyone who would listen coming […]

i want to use lye for shaving cream
rasp dense fibers from my chin
stab neon tubes into my jaw
until you see within
i want to scrape my scalp to patches
floss my teeth with wire
sew-in contacts cool clear shards
sell my skin to any buyer
pluck my painted toenails
scrub my elbows bloody raw
knit a thong for you from tendons
trim my […]

Chrome, baby. Chrome. Dig it.

The Chapel O Divorce. This place plays the wedding march on speakers outside constantly, interspersed with love songs. It is a Vegas style wedding chapel, but they also handle divorces. You can’t read the sign that says “Matrimonios Divorcios”

The Bradbury building, as seen in Blade Runner

Angel’s Flight funicular railway.

Grand Central Market, similar […]