somewhere between alexandria and opelousas on interstate 49 in louisiana.

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there’s symmetry in trash…nothing really special about these bins
but i do love how someone lined them up so nice.
anderson lane, austin, tx

actually they remind me of this photo from a bus station in barcelona i saw
waiting for a bus to the girona airport

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listening to: heart’s a lonely hunter - thievery corporation feat. david byrne

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in this story
California’s top court overturns gay marriage ban
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage;_ylt=ApjSxpaXAImZEGMPSuXL7MCs0NUE

this is the first line:

SAN FRANCISCO - In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation’s biggest state to tie the knot.

I thought Cali was the third biggest state, AFTER Alaska and then Texas. Does biggest refer to population now? wtf? am i reading this wrong? another version of the story called it “the nation’s largest state.”

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from a beloved cross-town friend…

I’m gonna make love to Friday like there is no…Saturday. 

your lack of know-how does not constitute a sense of urgency for me.

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this mornings mix courtesy of some hed kandi compilations:

1. Timbq - Disco Kandy (5:48)
2. Kenny Bobien - You gave me love (7:30)
3. Nu Yorican Soul - I am the Black Gold of the Sun (5:02)
4. Gwen Mccrae - Funky Sensation [MAW Mix] (6:26)
5. Brother Brown - Under the Water (10:10)
6. Erykah Badu - A Badoo Thang (Miguel Migs Remix) (5:54)
7. Hed Kandi - Man in the Mirror (Club Mix) (6:03)
8. Hed Kandi the Mix Summer 2004 - Last night a DJ (6:00)
9. Jet Lag - So Right (6:48)
10. Lisa Shaw - Let It Ride (Jimpster Main Vocal) (4:31)
11. Masters At Work Feat India - To Be In Love (MAW Mix) (12:17)
12. Mood II Swing - I Got Love (5:54)
13. The Rurals - Habits (5:52)
14. Scott Grooves Feat. Roy Ayres - Expansions (9:03)
15. Incognito - Nights Over Egypt (MAW Mix) (7:50)
16. Cesaria Evora - Sangue de Beirona (5:01)
17. The Source Feat. Candi Staton - You’ve Got The Love (Original Mix) (6:54)
18. Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit (1:00)
19. Morcheeba - Fear And Love (5:05)
20. Solu Music - Fade (Original Mix) feat. Kimblee (8:00)
21. House Bros and Britalics - Love What You Feel (1:00)
22. M-Gee Feat Mica Paris - Bodyswerve (5:52)
23. Cesaria Evora - Sangue De Beirona (Francois K Mix) (5:45)
24. Chocolate Puma - Always and Forever (Original Mix) (6:02)
25. Canoma - Essarai (5:36)

25 tracks in playlist, average track length: 6:12
Playlist length: 2 hours 35 minutes 23 seconds
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i love that “generate html playlist” option in winamp

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fiesta market, N. I-35 near airport blvd.
you know you’re in texas when you can buy cowboy boots at the grocery store.

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Now playing: Talk, Talk - It’s My Life
via FoxyTunes

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a dude on his way to recycle some stuff at the austin recycling center on the east side right by I-35 on 4th and san marcos. one of my fave things to do when i’m at progress coffee right across the field, is to watch the foot traffic to and fro around the area to the recycling center. it is an amazing display of an austin demographic that is largely invisible to city visitors and nowhere to be seen in the free glossy austin design and entertainment magazines which seem to be in abundance for such a small city (why are there so many of those things?). i’ve never seen a woman in the traffic. it is always men, of all colors and age groups, all hustlin’-recycling to get some paper in their pockets.

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Now playing: Aimee K. Bryant - No Ni–a No
via FoxyTunes

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more alfalfa stencils, ways north on lamar blvd.

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so i’m having dinner at the downtown whole foods market in austin. it is the flagship store of the chain. the wifi connection is from them for the outdoor dining area. i go to read the latest over at j. brotherlove’s site, thebrotherlove.com and get this:

wtf? understand blocking pornography but shutting out j. brotherlove? lord.

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star
outside the family dollar on s.e. hawthorne rd. gainesville, florida. my younger sister, my grandmother and i were buying faux flowers to put on the graves  of relatives (my mother, uncle walter, ruth) at on wednesday.

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the theater collective i’m in was accepted to this year’s artspark festival. my theater collective (which was formed to apply for this festival) consists of myself, kt shorb, ana-maurine lara and florinda bryant. my feelings mirror kt’s “wheee!!!!!!!! i’m super psyched.”

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ocala, florida

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semi-truck mohawk graffiti stencil seen yesterday on the back of a truck
somewhere in louisiana on I-20E.

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i love the stencil lettering amidst all the busyness. austin, tx

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i’ve been watching catherine tate videos since they started appearing on youtube.com a long time ago. can’t stop watching them. i go through phases of having one as my favorite. this is my current fave.

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