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( 0/ 0/ 200; 0: 0p) - day over, day starting
timezones.
they make everything so much more complicated.
the sticker contest is finishing up tomorrow... at least i think it's tomorrow. that's why i'm confused. no. wait. it's tomorrow...
...right...
...well then, i'm sure you all have something to do.
i know i do. think act create decide.
and, while you're looking for visions to inspire you, remember that's what we're here for: new toys from old boys now available!
don't say we never try to make you smile.
other than that, life's swirling by like a firefly,
faster than your fingers remember.
don't forget their birthdays, i always say.
and out,
poocat.
( 0/ 2/ 200; 0: 0a) - "the woods are lovely, dark, and deep,"
simply stepping into each day is often enough to bring tears,
walking out into mist falling like rain makes smiles
and thoughts of footsteps and years
shed any thoughts of the undone, the abandoned, the failed,
leaving only contemplation of solitude brought on by beauty.
and appreciation too deep and personal to truly mention.
"but i have promises to keep,"
poocat.
(w/ grace from frost)
( 0/ 2/ 200; 0: 5p) - there's something in the way she moves...
but she don't know it...
it's true.
there's this subtle difference between boys and girls,
i'm thinking 96% motion, 2% space, and some infinitely small percent
personality.
don't call me wrong.
it's all a myth to our eyes anyway.
visit your friends,
make love to your desires,
and share with your roomates.
that's my wonderment you're kicking.
poocat.
( 0/ 3/ 200; 0: 3a) - once upon a beauty...
so it's late, and it's early too,
i'm heading out, ready to see the stars,
but i don't know how far i'll see them for...
beautiful moments take careful sight,
looking too hard breaks it,
you've got to look just right.
the best thing the internet ever did
was give me back friends i would otherwise
have quietly forgotten and slipped past on some crowded street,
half a world again away.
poocat.
(07/16/2002; 11:11)) - thank god for tech
huh. so it worked. well this is the first blurb to be updated with the new self admin tool that I your humble and beloved site op have written. besides the fact that these damn blurbs are a fuck of a lot easier to write, not much has changed.
the forum has officially begun to grow beyond my watchful eye as new people (that i did NOT drag kicking and screaming into meLounge) are joining the forum. Not to mention that i have my first unknown (who the hell is coolhand? and rock on whoever the hell you are).
Benny has posted an update to his A Dizzy In The Lizzy as he is prown to do, and the Gallery almost works... almost.
-bobert
(07/18/2002; 1:57)) - sometimes you're just watching
(07/19/2002; 3:00)) - where is melounge headed?
"Yo Mos, what's gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"
(Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?)
I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop?
Whatever's happening with us"
If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out
If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright
People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside
comin down to visit the townspeople
We +are+ Hip-Hop
Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop
So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin
So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin
ask yourself.. where am I goin? How am I doin?
Til you get a clear idea
oh. and we've got content.
New melounge Radio set by Jason: Easy Listening for Iron Youth.
New thoughts and introspections from Benny and Amanda.
A Dizzy in the Lizzy
No One Asked but...
-andrew
(07/21/2002; 1:49)) - it\'s my time...
but i don't know whether anyone's possibly awake on the east coast. you're all just working some slutty office job and not wondering whether or not your life is worth anything. but that's fine. why? because when it's beautiful, i go swimming. when it's hot, i lie about. and when it's three hundred degrees outside and two million percent humidity? that's right. i put on my tie and go to work. i almost feel like a heartless rendintion of black suits coming. wait. no. that would be filthier than getting paid to sweat through my clothing. or would it? i don't know. this is feeling awful jason right now. by the way, if you haven't read benny's
latest post... then i'm completely off base with this entire rant. the point of this disjointed mumbling about timezones... is that there are more important things in your life than moments, but few more important moments than your life.
pc out.
(7/22/02; 3; 38) - <) - miss the weekend?
Does anyone know when and why the weekend became two days long?
email me if you do, I'm curious Thanks
Benny and I spent a lot of this weekend together with some rare characters.
Benny's take on it: A Dizzy in the Lizzy
My take on it: Thoughts
If we were in France, we wouldn't have to work in August.
(07/23/02;; :18) -) - Multimedia!
Remember when "multimedia" was the hot buzzword?
Interactive Multimedia CD-ROMs were the cutting edge of hi-tech.
Today, melounge.net added support for one more medium.
melounge Gallery
Now we can all upload and share our favorite images.
woo!
and again. Benny wrote. A Dizzy in the Lizzy
-a.
(07/24/02;; 0:57) -) - how much does smoke weigh?
The forum, and my thoughts, today have considered the question of "what is melounge?".
eh. i'm tired of that topic.
melounge, like everything else in this world, is exactly what you make of it.
make something you like.
new stuff:
A Dizzy in the Lizzy by Benny
No One Asked But... by Amanda
Vanilla Sky review by yours truly,
-andrew
(07/27/2002; 1:15)) - in the lazy days of summer...
when the weather's hot and the days move slow, and you're really curious about what'll come round the bend, if you just sit here watching the river for one more moment...
those are the days we all are here to witness. and along with all that, we've brought you some fun, melounge-lazy, melounge-crazy. My Definition of Summer by Jofus, which is exactly not shabby for your summer reading hours, as well as some IDM & hop by Praveen, and a solid set by Justin, which is well worth your listening time, especially as i know most of you are sitting at work getting paid for our love.
oh yeah. there's more.
check Vespers by Underwatertorch (aka Praveen), which you haven't heard before, i'm sure. and, while i'm showing off my mad copy&paste skillz that bobert's been loaning me, i'll hook you this one by Praveen and Justin, also on the top ten summer tricks. and you thought it was lonely here.... for shame (wait. so did i). that's why we're back, to remind you to chill.
as always,
poocat.
(07/30/2002; 09:50)) - Blurb the official Blog alternative
(08/01/2002; 12:36p) - each day that slides away from you
provides a little more for you to witness.
every time you step into another world,
something you don't know so well,
something you don't smell so well...
remember that both smells and sounds,
they don't go through your thoughts,
they just feed to your brain,
enabling thoughts, disabling action.
that's why you remember so,
sitting on a porch in june,
looking over the world,
watching life flow past you
as the heat obscures the dawn.
rise and fall of all life around you
brings you back to calm
and in each shallow moment
that wastes your days so soon,
you feel the pull of value
that's grabbed you into tune.
step in.
relax.
it's summer time, and the living is easy...
-poocat.
(08/03/2002; 11:16p) - ...more than just your dinner party.
after enjoying some fine drumming,
a beer in the park, and the utter quiet of my apartment
for the first time since i got here,
i realized just how thoughtless
most of the things that worry you are.
so take care for a moment.
do it once for someone you've never met.
slap 'em silly.
bring on benny for more thoughts on the disparity
of being truly gifted. or something like that...
and while you're at it, make sure to put some time in on the galleries.
ethan has put up some pretties,
and more is being done as we hide from the day.
walk until you sleep,
poocat.
(08/14/2002; 09:31p) - no new content, just bitching
you know what's not fun. migrating all the content of meLounge into XML format.
so yeah the, the new admin tool is well under way.
-bobert
(8/6/02; 3:; 4am) -) - just another day.
like the day before
like the day before
so what makes this day special?
Bobert instead of whining about the ass..er.. technical end of the site
bitched about something much more substantial, that we can all relate to.
I won't spoil the surprise. check it out for yourself.
A Day in the Life
andrew.
(08/07/02;; :38pm)) - aaaah august
i hate the end of summer slow down.
between about the second week in july until about the second week in august, people start mourning summer.
nothing is more irritating.
It's not over yet!
don't mourn the living.
thank you for your time.
in other news:
Bobert => A Day in the Life
Benny => A Dizzy in the Lizzy
Andrew => United We Stand...
-andrew
(08/09/2002; 8:25pm) - one more day, one more year...
welcome to the sunshine.
i saw the ocean yesterday, and it wasn't quiet.
it's always refreshing to know the pacific doesn't sleep.
the sand bit my face so i turned my back
and wandered into a temple,
then a sofly giant lilly pond.
an hour of train later, i found myself
on top of the world in a tower of light
sitting and drinking wine with some friends,
knowing life would be alright.
"and who am i to be blowing against the wind?"
-Simon & Garfunkel
brilliance and invigoration.
poocat.
(08/12/2002; 01:43a) - it's the little things that shatter your illusions with complacent pre-imagined solutions.
there's more to many people than you first see,
more to many things than first attract your eye,
and more to melounge than i can say.
bring it.
step with me and welcome our newest member who seems to be as prolific as he is dreamy... but what can we do? we don't make 'em, and we surely don't bake 'em. that's all up to you.
benny has been thinking of stars, and somebody has been making more sense out of strange bits of this circumspect existance than i could have done with both my hands intact.
and that's no small feat, mind you.
there's also a new comment site for authors on our forums so check it out if you've got one of those burning questions that modern medicine can't heal. perhaps a small communication with someone who'se actually responsable for this would do you good. i know it would.
don't forget to watch for shooting stars.
they remind you how small you are.
poocat.
(08/13/2002; 10:09a) - AND YOU THINK YOUR HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK !!
Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.
It has been nominated by Geo as "THE photo of the year".
cusp via bobert
(08/15/2002; 12:30p) - "this story needs monsters!"
finally, with a little help from the great amito
(a person, not a food, though there is a certain... hmm)
i got around to seeing spy kids.
only two words about that: absofrickinglutely GREAT.
not quite as great as a conversation with benny though.
no real shock there... talking to benny is practically always surreal.
actually... talking to anyone these days is pretty surreal.
maybe it's the weather.
tokyo is about a hundred and eight every day, but that's not the kicker.
i'm sure you're sitting there going "oh yeah, whatever, it's summer".
wrong.
it's also a fricking hundred and forty percent humidity.
at five am. try swimming. go on, try it. just open your front door and dive in.
nah. it's not that bad. i got this great snorkle, and some fins, and i totally get to the train station in record time, man.
right. back to reality.
i'll leave you all to contemplate the beauty of spy kids.
and even more so, the beauty of ayumi hamasaki.
say no more.
poocat.
(08/18/2002; 01:02a) - another day, another question...
so amito says that daredevil is better than xxx.
not that i'm a din viesel fan or anything,
but i'm thinking that there's NO WAY ben affleck could possibly be daredevil.
if you're questioning this logic, i recommend the following cure:
-daredevil: the man without fear by frank miller & john romita jr.
-any frank miller daredevil (the series as opposed to the special noted above)
-any ben affleck movie when contrasted with either a good movie or the above comics
-a sharp blow to the head. please. for all our sakes.
anyway.
so.
seriously.
since neither of these movies is out in japan, and neither will be for the forseeable future,
could i have some support? thanks. just head over to this little war, if you know what i mean.
brought it.
and if you haven't, check out this man. done.
always our best to your days.
thanks for your eyes, if not your minds, and both, if you're so generous.
poocat.
(08/19/2002; 01:02a) - another day, another question...
so amito says that daredevil is better than xxx.
not that i'm a din viesel fan or anything,
but i'm thinking that there's NO WAY ben affleck could possibly be daredevil.
if you're questioning this logic, i recommend the following cure:
-daredevil: the man without fear by frank miller & john romita jr.
-any frank miller daredevil (the series as opposed to the special noted above)
-any ben affleck movie when contrasted with either a good movie or the above comics
-a sharp blow to the head. please. for all our sakes.
anyway.
so.
seriously.
since neither of these movies is out in japan, and neither will be for the forseeable future,
could i have some support? thanks. just head over to this little war, if you know what i mean.
brought it.
and if you haven't, check out this man. done.
always our best to your days.
thanks for your eyes, if not your minds, and both, if you're so generous.
poocat.
( 08/ 19/ 2; 02; 12) - Smells Like Home
Welcome. When there's talk of growth and change "welcome" is a word that should always be in the forefront of everybody's but rarely makes it. So I'll say it again. Welcome!
Sup! this is meLounge. it's not much but we call it entertaining
Feel free to bash heads, hang out, waste time, procrastinate; don't worry that's what we're here for.
May you enjoy your stay
-bobert
( 08/ 22/ 2; 02; 11) - Consummatum Est.
I invite all of you to enjoy more Cocktails and Pain.
Tonight's specials include a savory morsel of Benny's adventures as a One Man Fighting Force.
Might I also suggest, for a nightcap, a double shot of Bobert's Special Blend.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." - Oscar Wilde
Tonight I offer you proof that, at least once, Mr Wilde was wrong.
-jason
( 08/ 27/ 2; 02; 11) - and you wonder why the sun shines...
because it can, my friend, because it can.
as i watch one friend walk out the door to another country, another world,
i wonder what it is that draws us all back, spinning round to places long remembered...
but i don't really worry.
because we're all here.
and that is gift enough for one day,
gift enough in many ways.
walk to work grinning.
poocat.
( 08/ 29/ 2; 02; 09) - a site-op's job is never done
benny blogged
andrew posted some reviews that never made it to the front page
and it seems everyone posted stickers
i'm on vacation
out
-bobert
( 09/ 05/ 2; 02; 12) - back in the saddle
Joe gives us Songs to think about girls to, Benny violates every known copright law, while i contemplate why i made this mess to begin with
-bobert
( 09/ 09/ 2; 02; 12) - Rock the Vote meLounge style
The results are in and we are down to the final 6 of the Sticker to This Contest. Now, Uncle Lounger Needs You to vote for your favorite melounge sticker. Hurry voting ends Sept 16th!!!
On the content side of things Benny shares with us his thoughts.
-bobert
( 09/ 11/ 2; 02; 01) - so this is what they call an anniversary
so this the anniversary of 9/11. nothing i say will do the tragedy or the resulting events justice. so i won't even try. but feel free to share your thoughts.
Blogging was in effect as Amanda (yeah she finally got off her ass), Benny, and I (Bobert) all posted to our respective web journals.
and VOTE if you have not already.
-bobert
( 09/ 13/ 2; 02; 01) - too drunk.... wanna goto bed
the title pretty much says it all. that aside I (Bobert) describe how benny got me drunk against my will, or at least against the will of the mormon faith. Amanda talks about something. i really don't know. i know she updated but i'm currently too drunk to skim it, so just check it out for yourselves. and oh yeah benny also said something. no idea what it is since i now have tequilla on the brain (his fault).
and keep voting
-bobert
( 09/ 15/ 2; 02; 03) - it's a party!!!!!
nothing to do so i blogged. hopefully your night was more eventful
-bobert
( 09/ 16/ 2; 02; 03) - quick and dirty
i could tolerate tyler's excessive whining no longer so i posted his latest episode of Phone and Square-dog.
vote. nuff said.
-bobert
( 09/ 16/ 2; 02; 11) - [insert witty title here]
and winner of the sticker contest is
feel free to ignore the typo and share your comments. if you didn't vote, poo-poo on you.
i finally posted some of wil's poems that i've been sitting on for what seems like forever.
i blogged. not sure it made any sense though.
haikus are taking melounge by storm put in your 5 cents. i mean your 5, 7, 5 cents. so i guess thats 17 cents total. ha ha i'm so funny. [shut up].
-bobert
( 09/ 18/ 2; 02; 01) - Danger! Danger Wil Robinson
( 09/ 20/ 2; 02; 02) - This Just In!!!!!!
Benny ends his first hell week.
-bobert
( 09/ 24/ 2; 02; 07) -
Benny adores,
Amanda hates, and i give the world a nonchalant shrug of apathy.
-bobert
( 09/ 26/ 2; 02; 01) - who da thunk?!
today i hated a bit less today. yesterday i went insane.
-bobert
( 09/ 29/ 2; 02; 03) - it's late so let's just make this quick
i just made Five, Seven, Five. A place for all things haiku. and i did not have a crappy day and have become smitten with a personal ad. will he call her, stayed stuned for answers.
Spoiler: no. no, he won't why do you ask?
-bobert
( 09/ 30/ 2; 02; 04) - grrrrrrr
<self disgust>i blogged </self disgust>
-bobert
( 10/ 01/ 2; 02; 12) - zombies and work and weirdness, oh my
Amanda is working hard for the money while i think people are being weird.
are zombies taking over the planet, one starbucks at a time? No. for this and other insights do stuff (i dunno get a book or something). i think the blurb creative juices are running on emptry.
-bobert
( 1/ 0/ 200; 0: 2p) - every once in a while the morning looks like a piano...
remember, every once in a while, to wake up softly, and smile,
because you're not alone on this small ball of dirt,
it's more than one person making this trek to work,
we're all sharing more than our misery,
we share just how beautiful this all can be.
best,
if only for tonight.
poocat.
( 1/ 1/ 200; 1: 2a) - soft moments in the rain...
good graces gifted from gods unknown
allow me to lend sanity to my friends
when they are clearly in need...
...well, that and a fast net connection.
take a bow, j-com. and yes, that's their name.
but don't take a bow if it involves more phone calls in japanese at 3pm.
yeah, 3pm is ok, but...
...
seriously though.
maturity and culture, curiosity and wonder.
those are big things to cram into a small boy.
poocat.
( 1/ 1/ 200; 1: 4a) - packing your bag like people in the movies do...
something i try to do once every couple of months,
pick out some music i know i used to live to, and play it
quietly on my headphones as i pass through my daily tasks,
see what comes back to me.
it's a way of not forgetting your memories.
remembering how it was to be in that space,
where you were and why you felt that way.
music is one of my favorite emotional tools.
and every once in a while it's pure joy.
sleep well.
poocat.
( 1/ 2/ 200; 1: 0a) - having been swept up in a day of rain...
where soft things tap on my windowpane,
letting me know it's safe to come home,
safe to crawl back in next to my brain,
deftly left home while the rest worked.
and sometimes, when you're standing up,
you realize how much an insane friend or four
really do for your worldview, which in
most people's case isn't quite as thought out
as that, but is that good or bad?
while that considers your head from all angles
appreciate some music that's running through my brain
beth orton - daybreaker
norah jones - come away with me
ani difranco - so much shouting, so much laughter
mazzy star - among my swan
of course it's a week filled with women with silky voices.
that's what the world revolves to.
poocat.
( 10/ 02/ 2; 02; 1:) - on this day of days.... er of this day of yesterday?! eh screw it
yesterday was benny's bday. yes, 24 years ago yesterday, the universe saw it fit to "bless" us with his pressence.
screw you universe.
luckily he's so ridiculously happy now, you don't have to get him anything.
at least that's what i'm gonna say.
-bobert
( 10/ 05/ 2; 02; 01) - word of the day: syzygy - a line connecting 3 celestial bodies
My head hurts and Benny's off cruising with his girlfriend.
oh the justice of it all
-bobert
( 10/ 08/ 2; 02; 07) - Quick & Dirty
<Rushing>
First let me just say that the meLounge East Coast Convention was a success. I think all of those who live on the East Coast were able to attend the conference that occured at Vassar College this past Saturday. And the opening remarks aptly titled "I know you are, but what am I?" was astonishing. And the FNULNU play starring Mike Litner was brilliant as well.
but let's do this. Ok the aural page has been overhauled due to the number of additions. For example though not a label, meLounge now sports two full albums; more cool tunes IDM from Praveen with Tyler answers the question WWJD with answer of rock. Why yes, Tyler does have his own christian rock group, what would make you think he didn't. I mean he and his Sin Destroyers love them some god like a card carrying member of the NAACP (I'm black so i can say that. but if you laugh you're racist). I also posted the tracklisings for Joe's Songs to think about girls to. Praveen also shot us his Masters of Rhythm dj set. Yes that's mrre cool blips and bleeps in the form of min house and techno. at least i think it's min house and techno
</Rushing>
-bobert
( 10/ 09/ 2; 02; 12) - fluxen (not a real world but sounds good when play scrabble high on paint fumes. long story.......)
Change is on the horizon. Two examples. me. Benny.
-bobert
( 10/ 13/ 2; 02; 04) - bed + me = coolest thing eber er.. ever
its late. i'm tired. i wrote this. hopefully it makes sense
-bobert
( 10/ 14/ 2; 02; 10) - crack heads the lot of 'em
Amanda, Benny, and me blogged. None of it really makes any sense out of context, and no entry provides any.
i guess it was just one of those days.
-bobert
( 10/ 16/ 2; 02; 03) - your guess is as good as mine
Ummm..... huh?!
-bobert
( 10/ 18/ 2; 02; 03) - my friends talk to much
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( 0/ 0/ 200; 0: 0p) - day over, day starting
timezones.
they make everything so much more complicated.
the sticker contest is finishing up tomorrow... at least i think it's tomorrow. that's why i'm confused. no. wait. it's tomorrow...
...right...
...well then, i'm sure you all have something to do.
i know i do. think act create decide.
and, while you're looking for visions to inspire you, remember that's what we're here for: new toys from old boys now available!
don't say we never try to make you smile.
other than that, life's swirling by like a firefly,
faster than your fingers remember.
don't forget their birthdays, i always say.
and out,
poocat.
( 0/ 2/ 200; 0: 0a) - "the woods are lovely, dark, and deep,"
simply stepping into each day is often enough to bring tears,
walking out into mist falling like rain makes smiles
and thoughts of footsteps and years
shed any thoughts of the undone, the abandoned, the failed,
leaving only contemplation of solitude brought on by beauty.
and appreciation too deep and personal to truly mention.
"but i have promises to keep,"
poocat.
(w/ grace from frost)
( 0/ 2/ 200; 0: 5p) - there's something in the way she moves...
but she don't know it...
it's true.
there's this subtle difference between boys and girls,
i'm thinking 96% motion, 2% space, and some infinitely small percent
personality.
don't call me wrong.
it's all a myth to our eyes anyway.
visit your friends,
make love to your desires,
and share with your roomates.
that's my wonderment you're kicking.
poocat.
( 0/ 3/ 200; 0: 3a) - once upon a beauty...
so it's late, and it's early too,
i'm heading out, ready to see the stars,
but i don't know how far i'll see them for...
beautiful moments take careful sight,
looking too hard breaks it,
you've got to look just right.
the best thing the internet ever did
was give me back friends i would otherwise
have quietly forgotten and slipped past on some crowded street,
half a world again away.
poocat.
(07/16/2002; 11:11)) - thank god for tech
huh. so it worked. well this is the first blurb to be updated with the new self admin tool that I your humble and beloved site op have written. besides the fact that these damn blurbs are a fuck of a lot easier to write, not much has changed.
the forum has officially begun to grow beyond my watchful eye as new people (that i did NOT drag kicking and screaming into meLounge) are joining the forum. Not to mention that i have my first unknown (who the hell is coolhand? and rock on whoever the hell you are).
Benny has posted an update to his A Dizzy In The Lizzy as he is prown to do, and the Gallery almost works... almost.
-bobert
(07/18/2002; 1:57)) - sometimes you're just watching
(07/19/2002; 3:00)) - where is melounge headed?
"Yo Mos, what's gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"
(Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?)
I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop?
Whatever's happening with us"
If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out
If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright
People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside
comin down to visit the townspeople
We +are+ Hip-Hop
Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop
So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin
So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin
ask yourself.. where am I goin? How am I doin?
Til you get a clear idea
oh. and we've got content.
New melounge Radio set by Jason: Easy Listening for Iron Youth.
New thoughts and introspections from Benny and Amanda.
A Dizzy in the Lizzy
No One Asked but...
-andrew
(07/21/2002; 1:49)) - it\'s my time...
but i don't know whether anyone's possibly awake on the east coast. you're all just working some slutty office job and not wondering whether or not your life is worth anything. but that's fine. why? because when it's beautiful, i go swimming. when it's hot, i lie about. and when it's three hundred degrees outside and two million percent humidity? that's right. i put on my tie and go to work. i almost feel like a heartless rendintion of black suits coming. wait. no. that would be filthier than getting paid to sweat through my clothing. or would it? i don't know. this is feeling awful jason right now. by the way, if you haven't read benny's
latest post... then i'm completely off base with this entire rant. the point of this disjointed mumbling about timezones... is that there are more important things in your life than moments, but few more important moments than your life.
pc out.
(7/22/02; 3; 38) - <) - miss the weekend?
Does anyone know when and why the weekend became two days long?
email me if you do, I'm curious Thanks
Benny and I spent a lot of this weekend together with some rare characters.
Benny's take on it: A Dizzy in the Lizzy
My take on it: Thoughts
If we were in France, we wouldn't have to work in August.
(07/23/02;; :18) -) - Multimedia!
Remember when "multimedia" was the hot buzzword?
Interactive Multimedia CD-ROMs were the cutting edge of hi-tech.
Today, melounge.net added support for one more medium.
melounge Gallery
Now we can all upload and share our favorite images.
woo!
and again. Benny wrote. A Dizzy in the Lizzy
-a.
(07/24/02;; 0:57) -) - how much does smoke weigh?
The forum, and my thoughts, today have considered the question of "what is melounge?".
eh. i'm tired of that topic.
melounge, like everything else in this world, is exactly what you make of it.
make something you like.
new stuff:
A Dizzy in the Lizzy by Benny
No One Asked But... by Amanda
Vanilla Sky review by yours truly,
-andrew
(07/27/2002; 1:15)) - in the lazy days of summer...
when the weather's hot and the days move slow, and you're really curious about what'll come round the bend, if you just sit here watching the river for one more moment...
those are the days we all are here to witness. and along with all that, we've brought you some fun, melounge-lazy, melounge-crazy. My Definition of Summer by Jofus, which is exactly not shabby for your summer reading hours, as well as some IDM & hop by Praveen, and a solid set by Justin, which is well worth your listening time, especially as i know most of you are sitting at work getting paid for our love.
oh yeah. there's more.
check Vespers by Underwatertorch (aka Praveen), which you haven't heard before, i'm sure. and, while i'm showing off my mad copy&paste skillz that bobert's been loaning me, i'll hook you this one by Praveen and Justin, also on the top ten summer tricks. and you thought it was lonely here.... for shame (wait. so did i). that's why we're back, to remind you to chill.
as always,
poocat.
(07/30/2002; 09:50)) - Blurb the official Blog alternative
(08/01/2002; 12:36p) - each day that slides away from you
provides a little more for you to witness.
every time you step into another world,
something you don't know so well,
something you don't smell so well...
remember that both smells and sounds,
they don't go through your thoughts,
they just feed to your brain,
enabling thoughts, disabling action.
that's why you remember so,
sitting on a porch in june,
looking over the world,
watching life flow past you
as the heat obscures the dawn.
rise and fall of all life around you
brings you back to calm
and in each shallow moment
that wastes your days so soon,
you feel the pull of value
that's grabbed you into tune.
step in.
relax.
it's summer time, and the living is easy...
-poocat.
(08/03/2002; 11:16p) - ...more than just your dinner party.
after enjoying some fine drumming,
a beer in the park, and the utter quiet of my apartment
for the first time since i got here,
i realized just how thoughtless
most of the things that worry you are.
so take care for a moment.
do it once for someone you've never met.
slap 'em silly.
bring on benny for more thoughts on the disparity
of being truly gifted. or something like that...
and while you're at it, make sure to put some time in on the galleries.
ethan has put up some pretties,
and more is being done as we hide from the day.
walk until you sleep,
poocat.
(08/14/2002; 09:31p) - no new content, just bitching
you know what's not fun. migrating all the content of meLounge into XML format.
so yeah the, the new admin tool is well under way.
-----Admin Tool v2.0: Coming Soon-----
-bobert
(8/6/02; 3:; 4am) -) - just another day.
like the day before
like the day before
so what makes this day special?
Bobert instead of whining about the ass..er.. technical end of the site
bitched about something much more substantial, that we can all relate to.
I won't spoil the surprise. check it out for yourself.
A Day in the Life
andrew.
(08/07/02;; :38pm)) - aaaah august
i hate the end of summer slow down.
between about the second week in july until about the second week in august, people start mourning summer.
nothing is more irritating.
It's not over yet!
don't mourn the living.
thank you for your time.
in other news:
Bobert => A Day in the Life
Benny => A Dizzy in the Lizzy
Andrew => United We Stand...
-andrew
(08/09/2002; 8:25pm) - one more day, one more year...
welcome to the sunshine.
i saw the ocean yesterday, and it wasn't quiet.
it's always refreshing to know the pacific doesn't sleep.
the sand bit my face so i turned my back
and wandered into a temple,
then a sofly giant lilly pond.
an hour of train later, i found myself
on top of the world in a tower of light
sitting and drinking wine with some friends,
knowing life would be alright.
"and who am i to be blowing against the wind?"
-Simon & Garfunkel
brilliance and invigoration.
poocat.
(08/12/2002; 01:43a) - it's the little things that shatter your illusions with complacent pre-imagined solutions.
there's more to many people than you first see,
more to many things than first attract your eye,
and more to melounge than i can say.
bring it.
step with me and welcome our newest member who seems to be as prolific as he is dreamy... but what can we do? we don't make 'em, and we surely don't bake 'em. that's all up to you.
benny has been thinking of stars, and somebody has been making more sense out of strange bits of this circumspect existance than i could have done with both my hands intact.
and that's no small feat, mind you.
there's also a new comment site for authors on our forums so check it out if you've got one of those burning questions that modern medicine can't heal. perhaps a small communication with someone who'se actually responsable for this would do you good. i know it would.
don't forget to watch for shooting stars.
they remind you how small you are.
poocat.
(08/13/2002; 10:09a) - AND YOU THINK YOUR HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK !!
Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.
It has been nominated by Geo as "THE photo of the year".
cusp via bobert
(08/15/2002; 12:30p) - "this story needs monsters!"
finally, with a little help from the great amito
(a person, not a food, though there is a certain... hmm)
i got around to seeing spy kids.
only two words about that: absofrickinglutely GREAT.
not quite as great as a conversation with benny though.
no real shock there... talking to benny is practically always surreal.
actually... talking to anyone these days is pretty surreal.
maybe it's the weather.
tokyo is about a hundred and eight every day, but that's not the kicker.
i'm sure you're sitting there going "oh yeah, whatever, it's summer".
wrong.
it's also a fricking hundred and forty percent humidity.
at five am. try swimming. go on, try it. just open your front door and dive in.
nah. it's not that bad. i got this great snorkle, and some fins, and i totally get to the train station in record time, man.
right. back to reality.
i'll leave you all to contemplate the beauty of spy kids.
and even more so, the beauty of ayumi hamasaki.
say no more.
poocat.
(08/18/2002; 01:02a) - another day, another question...
so amito says that daredevil is better than xxx.
not that i'm a din viesel fan or anything,
but i'm thinking that there's NO WAY ben affleck could possibly be daredevil.
if you're questioning this logic, i recommend the following cure:
-daredevil: the man without fear by frank miller & john romita jr.
-any frank miller daredevil (the series as opposed to the special noted above)
-any ben affleck movie when contrasted with either a good movie or the above comics
-a sharp blow to the head. please. for all our sakes.
anyway.
so.
seriously.
since neither of these movies is out in japan, and neither will be for the forseeable future,
could i have some support? thanks. just head over to this little war, if you know what i mean.
brought it.
and if you haven't, check out this man. done.
always our best to your days.
thanks for your eyes, if not your minds, and both, if you're so generous.
poocat.
(08/19/2002; 01:02a) - another day, another question...
so amito says that daredevil is better than xxx.
not that i'm a din viesel fan or anything,
but i'm thinking that there's NO WAY ben affleck could possibly be daredevil.
if you're questioning this logic, i recommend the following cure:
-daredevil: the man without fear by frank miller & john romita jr.
-any frank miller daredevil (the series as opposed to the special noted above)
-any ben affleck movie when contrasted with either a good movie or the above comics
-a sharp blow to the head. please. for all our sakes.
anyway.
so.
seriously.
since neither of these movies is out in japan, and neither will be for the forseeable future,
could i have some support? thanks. just head over to this little war, if you know what i mean.
brought it.
and if you haven't, check out this man. done.
always our best to your days.
thanks for your eyes, if not your minds, and both, if you're so generous.
poocat.
( 08/ 19/ 2; 02; 12) - Smells Like Home
Welcome. When there's talk of growth and change "welcome" is a word that should always be in the forefront of everybody's but rarely makes it. So I'll say it again. Welcome!
Sup! this is meLounge. it's not much but we call it entertaining
Feel free to bash heads, hang out, waste time, procrastinate; don't worry that's what we're here for.
May you enjoy your stay
-bobert
( 08/ 22/ 2; 02; 11) - Consummatum Est.
I invite all of you to enjoy more Cocktails and Pain.
Tonight's specials include a savory morsel of Benny's adventures as a One Man Fighting Force.
Might I also suggest, for a nightcap, a double shot of Bobert's Special Blend.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." - Oscar Wilde
Tonight I offer you proof that, at least once, Mr Wilde was wrong.
-jason
( 08/ 27/ 2; 02; 11) - and you wonder why the sun shines...
because it can, my friend, because it can.
as i watch one friend walk out the door to another country, another world,
i wonder what it is that draws us all back, spinning round to places long remembered...
but i don't really worry.
because we're all here.
and that is gift enough for one day,
gift enough in many ways.
walk to work grinning.
poocat.
( 08/ 29/ 2; 02; 09) - a site-op's job is never done
benny blogged
andrew posted some reviews that never made it to the front page
and it seems everyone posted stickers
i'm on vacation
out
-bobert
( 09/ 05/ 2; 02; 12) - back in the saddle
Joe gives us Songs to think about girls to, Benny violates every known copright law, while i contemplate why i made this mess to begin with
-bobert
( 09/ 09/ 2; 02; 12) - Rock the Vote meLounge style
The results are in and we are down to the final 6 of the Sticker to This Contest. Now, Uncle Lounger Needs You to vote for your favorite melounge sticker. Hurry voting ends Sept 16th!!!
On the content side of things Benny shares with us his thoughts.
-bobert
( 09/ 11/ 2; 02; 01) - so this is what they call an anniversary
so this the anniversary of 9/11. nothing i say will do the tragedy or the resulting events justice. so i won't even try. but feel free to share your thoughts.
Blogging was in effect as Amanda (yeah she finally got off her ass), Benny, and I (Bobert) all posted to our respective web journals.
and VOTE if you have not already.
-bobert
( 09/ 13/ 2; 02; 01) - too drunk.... wanna goto bed
the title pretty much says it all. that aside I (Bobert) describe how benny got me drunk against my will, or at least against the will of the mormon faith. Amanda talks about something. i really don't know. i know she updated but i'm currently too drunk to skim it, so just check it out for yourselves. and oh yeah benny also said something. no idea what it is since i now have tequilla on the brain (his fault).
and keep voting
-bobert
( 09/ 15/ 2; 02; 03) - it's a party!!!!!
nothing to do so i blogged. hopefully your night was more eventful
-bobert
( 09/ 16/ 2; 02; 03) - quick and dirty
i could tolerate tyler's excessive whining no longer so i posted his latest episode of Phone and Square-dog.
vote. nuff said.
-bobert
( 09/ 16/ 2; 02; 11) - [insert witty title here]
and winner of the sticker contest is
feel free to ignore the typo and share your comments. if you didn't vote, poo-poo on you.
i finally posted some of wil's poems that i've been sitting on for what seems like forever.
i blogged. not sure it made any sense though.
haikus are taking melounge by storm put in your 5 cents. i mean your 5, 7, 5 cents. so i guess thats 17 cents total. ha ha i'm so funny. [shut up].
-bobert
( 09/ 18/ 2; 02; 01) - Danger! Danger Wil Robinson
( 09/ 20/ 2; 02; 02) - This Just In!!!!!!
Benny ends his first hell week.
-bobert
( 09/ 24/ 2; 02; 07) -
Benny adores,
Amanda hates, and i give the world a nonchalant shrug of apathy.
-bobert
( 09/ 26/ 2; 02; 01) - who da thunk?!
today i hated a bit less today. yesterday i went insane.
-bobert
( 09/ 29/ 2; 02; 03) - it's late so let's just make this quick
i just made Five, Seven, Five. A place for all things haiku. and i did not have a crappy day and have become smitten with a personal ad. will he call her, stayed stuned for answers.
Spoiler: no. no, he won't why do you ask?
-bobert
( 09/ 30/ 2; 02; 04) - grrrrrrr
<self disgust>i blogged </self disgust>
-bobert
( 10/ 01/ 2; 02; 12) - zombies and work and weirdness, oh my
Amanda is working hard for the money while i think people are being weird.
are zombies taking over the planet, one starbucks at a time? No. for this and other insights do stuff (i dunno get a book or something). i think the blurb creative juices are running on emptry.
-bobert
( 1/ 0/ 200; 0: 2p) - every once in a while the morning looks like a piano...
remember, every once in a while, to wake up softly, and smile,
because you're not alone on this small ball of dirt,
it's more than one person making this trek to work,
we're all sharing more than our misery,
we share just how beautiful this all can be.
best,
if only for tonight.
poocat.
( 1/ 1/ 200; 1: 2a) - soft moments in the rain...
good graces gifted from gods unknown
allow me to lend sanity to my friends
when they are clearly in need...
...well, that and a fast net connection.
take a bow, j-com. and yes, that's their name.
but don't take a bow if it involves more phone calls in japanese at 3pm.
yeah, 3pm is ok, but...
...
seriously though.
maturity and culture, curiosity and wonder.
those are big things to cram into a small boy.
poocat.
( 1/ 1/ 200; 1: 4a) - packing your bag like people in the movies do...
something i try to do once every couple of months,
pick out some music i know i used to live to, and play it
quietly on my headphones as i pass through my daily tasks,
see what comes back to me.
it's a way of not forgetting your memories.
remembering how it was to be in that space,
where you were and why you felt that way.
music is one of my favorite emotional tools.
and every once in a while it's pure joy.
sleep well.
poocat.
( 1/ 2/ 200; 1: 0a) - having been swept up in a day of rain...
where soft things tap on my windowpane,
letting me know it's safe to come home,
safe to crawl back in next to my brain,
deftly left home while the rest worked.
and sometimes, when you're standing up,
you realize how much an insane friend or four
really do for your worldview, which in
most people's case isn't quite as thought out
as that, but is that good or bad?
while that considers your head from all angles
appreciate some music that's running through my brain
beth orton - daybreaker
norah jones - come away with me
ani difranco - so much shouting, so much laughter
mazzy star - among my swan
of course it's a week filled with women with silky voices.
that's what the world revolves to.
poocat.
( 10/ 02/ 2; 02; 1:) - on this day of days.... er of this day of yesterday?! eh screw it
yesterday was benny's bday. yes, 24 years ago yesterday, the universe saw it fit to "bless" us with his pressence.
screw you universe.
luckily he's so ridiculously happy now, you don't have to get him anything.
at least that's what i'm gonna say.
-bobert
( 10/ 05/ 2; 02; 01) - word of the day: syzygy - a line connecting 3 celestial bodies
My head hurts and Benny's off cruising with his girlfriend.
oh the justice of it all
-bobert
( 10/ 08/ 2; 02; 07) - Quick & Dirty
<Rushing>
First let me just say that the meLounge East Coast Convention was a success. I think all of those who live on the East Coast were able to attend the conference that occured at Vassar College this past Saturday. And the opening remarks aptly titled "I know you are, but what am I?" was astonishing. And the FNULNU play starring Mike Litner was brilliant as well.
but let's do this. Ok the aural page has been overhauled due to the number of additions. For example though not a label, meLounge now sports two full albums; more cool tunes IDM from Praveen with Tyler answers the question WWJD with answer of rock. Why yes, Tyler does have his own christian rock group, what would make you think he didn't. I mean he and his Sin Destroyers love them some god like a card carrying member of the NAACP (I'm black so i can say that. but if you laugh you're racist). I also posted the tracklisings for Joe's Songs to think about girls to. Praveen also shot us his Masters of Rhythm dj set. Yes that's mrre cool blips and bleeps in the form of min house and techno. at least i think it's min house and techno
</Rushing>
-bobert
( 10/ 09/ 2; 02; 12) - fluxen (not a real world but sounds good when play scrabble high on paint fumes. long story.......)
Change is on the horizon. Two examples. me. Benny.
-bobert
( 10/ 13/ 2; 02; 04) - bed + me = coolest thing eber er.. ever
its late. i'm tired. i wrote this. hopefully it makes sense
-bobert
( 10/ 14/ 2; 02; 10) - crack heads the lot of 'em
Amanda, Benny, and me blogged. None of it really makes any sense out of context, and no entry provides any.
i guess it was just one of those days.
-bobert
( 10/ 16/ 2; 02; 03) - your guess is as good as mine
Ummm..... huh?!
-bobert
( 10/ 18/ 2; 02; 03) - my friends talk to much
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