2002-10-02 | 6:50 p.m.

corduroy licorice made quite an impression on his parents' leather couch.

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so i know this cool guy named baggage. and he writes cool stuff like this:

"i need to take inventory of my emotions soon and pinpoint where i am exactly on this 34-year-old map.

"seems like i'm getting by on barely a breeze. the sun rises, the sun sets and through it all here i stand quietly observing the seconds, hours and days fluttering by."

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i was thinking about how important it is that film characters�the good, the bad and the ugly�be people that the viewer cares about. then i realized something�the first syllable in characters sounds like "care." care-acters. concidence? i think not. let this be a lesson to the film community.

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last night i found out i'm a mystikal fan. the catchy, james-browny vocals on his "danger" song with nivea has made that tune an unidentified favorite of mine for quite awhile. last night, a nice shopgirl checked her cd changer to solve my mystery. been so long...but now i know the name of that song.

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i was listening to a radio interview with oprah winfrey, who sounds like a pretty witty and warm person in "real life." she was saying that instead of having money managers write the checks out for her bills, she does it herself. she says this act helps keep her in touch with reality. i know that's why i do it.

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today my all-a-twitter meter hit 11. i'm gonna see beck next month! and the flaming lips! all in one night! and despite an overloaded server that wouldn't let me log on for a tortuously long time, the seats are pretty decent. i'm a winner, baby, so why don't you cheer me.

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