updates

so, i got great news last week...i was offered the position i interviewed for at Small Press Distribution...i accepted! very very excited about this transition..."SPD, this is John speaking..." yes!

my time at Empire has been great, Azikiwee (boss) really saved my ass in a time when it needed saving, big time...leaving the dungeon (D-Structure warehouses) is going to be bitter sweet...i've grown to really enjoy the seclusion and space that running a warehouse provides...this will be my last week, bye Empir3...thanks to you my biceps are toned (lifting boxes!) and my counting skills are unsurpassed (3 t-shirts at a time while holding a conversation!)

in other news, i'm either on the cusp of a gnarly cold or my immune system just beat the hell out of a pansy ass virus...i was feeling a bit itchy in the throat all day yesterday, usually the first sign that i'm about to get sick...i drank orange juice and ate Flinstones vitamins until i wanted to vomit pastel...i ate a nice big lamb and skorthalya dinner, i didn't drink last night, i didn't smoke, i AIM'd with Julia for a bit then read some Harry Potter then watched 16 Blocks then went to bed...tangental movie review: 16 Blocks, suspense-cop-doohicky thing with Bruce Willis and Mos Def...it was a real stinker...Mos Def had this really dumb accent where i couldn't tell if he was supposed to be mildly retarded or just mildly ghetto, honestly i'm still not sure, it was really distracting...also, they kept referring to his character as "the kid" as in "you're going to risk your life for this kid?" which made no sense...mos def looks like he's in his mid 30's...i think they casted the part a bit older than they should have...anyway, waste of time, end of movie review...so, i woke up in the middle of the night with a nose full of sickness, but then i blew it out and it didn't return...i woke up this morning not feeling great but not feeling immobile either...i think the virus lay siege to my immune system late last night, and lost...booya!

but maybe not, maybe i'll be really sick in a few hours...and i have to do laundry today, boono!

D-Structure is hosting the big Aaron Nagel opening this Friday...should be a really good show, Aaron is an amazing figurative artist, a bit of a departure for D-Structure, i think in a good way...the work looks very gallery ready, the work is super confident...and in a neighborhood over saturated with character heavy "street art" (BORING, can street art just die already please?) it'll be nice to see something different showcased in the Lower Haight...also, you can just come to the party to see me, i'm going to pretend it's my going away party anyway, so come pretend with me "bon voyage Johnny," "won't be the same without you buddy," "you da man, man," "look at all these people, they all love you!," etc...we'll get shitty.

i'm on Claritin D and feeling loopy, my palms are sweating a lot.

the only thing that i can remember from my dream last night was that i was a freelance journalist for Vogue magazine...we were brainstorming the layout for our upcoming issue, i was taking notes on bubble wrap.