tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69794977468809716412012-02-16T03:14:55.050-08:00josh ballardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459120856922982089noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979497746880971641.post-32709441128444022372010-08-19T15:31:00.000-07:002010-08-19T15:36:32.525-07:00<object style="background-image: url(&quot;http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/k0lcGXh57cg/hqdefault.jpg&quot;);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0lcGXh57cg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0lcGXh57cg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />may your voyage to avoid social complacency be swift and true.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6979497746880971641-3270944112844402237?l=ballardcommabachelor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>josh ballardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459120856922982089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979497746880971641.post-38781906400591493152010-07-30T07:09:00.000-07:002010-07-30T07:17:58.578-07:00from 3pm to 10pm it will be 1997.<br /><br />beastie boys - ill communication !<br />pavement - slanted and enchanted !<br />slowdive - souvlaki space station !<br />london suede - coming up !<br />morrissey - viva hate !<br />morrissey - your arsenal !<br />rem - monster !<br /><br />enjoy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6979497746880971641-3878190640059149315?l=ballardcommabachelor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>josh ballardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459120856922982089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979497746880971641.post-74623448589804808562010-02-24T08:54:00.000-08:002010-02-24T09:27:00.491-08:00I saw Crazy Heart this weekend. With my mom. I was tense most of the time because I expected awful things to happen, and you have to understand my mom would react just when someone threw up. But I liked the idea of driving around Texas and New Mexico in a '78 Chevy Suburban (and having a Gretsch Country Gentleman) and playing Bowling Alleys. And then meeting Maggie Gyllenhaal.<br /><br />Earlier in the day my mom had been talking about how her mom used to drive from Michigan down to Texas every year in a Chevy Suburban towing a 30' airstream. I was a party to a few of these trips when I was two or three, but I have no memory of the Suburban. I think she eventually lost it to a tornado.<br />So now while I'm sitting idly at my desk I'm picturing my grandmother driving her Suburban through the clouds.<br /><br />Perhaps a future waits for me as an itinerant country legend.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6979497746880971641-7462344858980480856?l=ballardcommabachelor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>josh ballardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459120856922982089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979497746880971641.post-65278813332132105752009-06-09T13:26:00.000-07:002009-06-09T13:38:54.306-07:00june ninth of the 2009th year of our lord. my 28th.<br /><br /><br />this morning i was awakened or awokened by my cat, followed by much thunder.<br />i sat and looked at the cat staring back at me for awhile.<br />then i got up and we ran towards the bathroom. that's where the cat food is.<br />took a quick shower and then watched the lightning from the kitchen window.<br />when that got boring i got dressed, made some coffee and then ran to catch the bus.<br />a pretty typical morning.<br /><br />i need to find a dustpan. or i need to think of more things i need to find so i won't be traveling an unreasonable distance for just one dustpan. maybe a new broom would be nice. how about one with a wooden handle?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6979497746880971641-6527881333213210575?l=ballardcommabachelor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>josh ballardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459120856922982089noreply@blogger.com5