Is it my imagination or does MySpace not let you log on late at night, so as to not do any drunk typing? So, I'm writing this on Yahoo to save it because I don't trust my computer and then tomorrow I'll move it over. And plus, Yahoo has spell check Anyway, I have this cell phone, and I'm a little afraid of it. I don't like answering it. I don't like checking my messages. I don't like returning calls. I don't know, I would say it might be because I like copious amounts of alone time, and I feel a little bombarded by human interaction these days. I just don't understand what the point of it all is anymore. So, anyway, I finally checked my messages after a week or so, and the very first message was this guy, and at first I couldn't understand what he said, I think he may've been a little drunk and/ or on drugs or something, but I kept on listening to it over and over trying to figure out who it was. I finally could understand what he was saying, "Oh dear, Tomatoes, you must've lost your phone again." The voice sounded so understanding. Like someone who knew me inside out. But his voice sounded so alluring. I was building all these theories about who this person was. The voice made me think of someone completely decadent and a scumbag, but yet, somehow privileged. He sounded even a little bit like you could tell he was originally from somewhere in Europe, but had grown up in the U.S. I could imagine that he was someone who had ran around the world a lot. looted and pillaged. indulged in sex and drugs and all that. He sounded like he was sitting somewhere in air conditioning or in a comfortable climate. to where he didn't need it. His voice was the sort of voice where he was putting zero effort forth into sounding masculine, but didn't necessarily sound gay. But, here's the kicker: HE SOUNDED ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE ME!!!!!!!!! So, I was thinking, "Hey, this is probably an old friend of mine from Texas." You know how when people grow up in the same neighborhood, and are good friends for many years, they kind of sound alike? It was that kind of thing. The number that he was calling from was in LA too, and I always love seeing old friends when in town. Finally, I called the number. I don't usually like doing that, . . . you know calling a number and asking, "Did anybody call for Tomatoes?", but in this case, I was so intrigued, so I had to call, and guess what? My land line started ringing!!!!!!!! I had called myself!!!! And then, it all came back to me. About a week previous to when I was checking my messages, me and my girlfriend went out to the movies which was rad. "Monster House" I highly recommend it if you like kid Halloween movies. We saw it at the Grove and were drinking Steel Reserve in the theater even though we were surrounded by little kids, and I thought I had lost my cell phone in the theater, so I tried calling it while drunk, but couldn't hear it ringing because it was buried in blankets in the bedroom. It was me!!!!!!!!!!!!! How fantastic to be able to hear your own voice unbiased like that. We all wonder how we sound and appear to other people, and I finally got a perspective into that. Or at least, how I would react to myself. How I would sound to myself without knowing it was myself. Well, that's about it for that. I strongly suggest listening to your own voice without knowing it, but that can be tricky unless you're a total space case like me. and the European thing was interesting because people used to tell me that all the time before I moved to LA, and I didn't know what in the hell they were talking about. The reason nobody comments on anything like that in LA is because nobody gives a shit and that's one of the many reasons I love this place. a note on what's going on Lebanon right now: I took a shit a little while ago and I was reading this book I bought at a garage sale: 2001 Book of Facts (this book was written pre-911) and I was reading a brief summary of the country of f Lebanon, and all the shit that's going on right now has been going on since at least the seventies. Like an exact repeat; the whole difference is that Muslims have found a new method of fighting back with airplanes and all, and I for one, don't blame them. If I was under attack by the most powerful country in the world, I would use any means necessary to fight back, how futile it might be. I applaud the Islam world because at least they're not hypocrites. But christians and jewish people: "shame, shame, shame on you, sin verguenza ass motherfuckers. It says in your piece of shit stupid-ass religion to not kill people and y'all are just as bad as the muslims, if not worse." So, if you are a believer in the christian or jewish religion, I strongly recommend hari-kari or whatever the fuck it's called.