<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:43:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>writing</title><description></description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Jon)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>70</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-2921633202471408622</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-11T17:43:42.815-07:00</atom:updated><title>This blog has moved</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;       This blog is now located at http://writing.colinpearson.com/.&lt;br /&gt;       You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click &lt;a href='http://writing.colinpearson.com/'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to&lt;br /&gt;       http://writing.colinpearson.com/feeds/posts/default.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-2921633202471408622?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/05/this-blog-has-moved.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-6369167483815115283</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-21T00:06:29.754-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tourist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;well, the time has come.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;im off on my crazy punk rock tour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;you can follow our adventures &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://youbigidiotontour.blogspot.com/"&gt;right here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;gonna write a whole bunch of words on this tour.&lt;br /&gt;not sure what words, but hopefully happy words.&lt;br /&gt;if not, even better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is all new, never before seen stuff.&lt;br /&gt;i have flashy visions of greatness, but i am calmed by instincts of reality.&lt;br /&gt;rights will be wronged, fights will be spawned, and stories will be songed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the first song starts tomorrow, its about a gong getting broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-6369167483815115283?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/04/tourist-well-time-has-come.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-4877270156598640909</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-19T23:18:34.370-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ghost town travel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i am a slaughterhouse discard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a revenge of the weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;used and nimble, jack be slip.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;shot a 90 at burnaby today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;it felt like peter pancakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;after a sloppy start to the sunglass-sunburn-season 2 weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the rural alberta advantage is an awesome band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they fill this seaside condo, while i ponder such things as: what does it smell like in calgary during a missed playoffs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i cant wait to hug greg in k-loops.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.myspace.com/acaseinpointmusic"&gt;his band&lt;/a&gt; is also awesome.&lt;br /&gt;the first time i ever heard the song "perfect government" was because greg was singing it on the tire swing at white sands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jeffrey michael roxboughorrorshow lives in calgary.&lt;br /&gt;he gets to sing.&lt;br /&gt;no one else gets to sing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the brandon lives in saskatoon.&lt;br /&gt;and mel runs the scene.&lt;br /&gt;im going to a nofx show with bolth of them, and my punk-friend-bandmates, on our 1 day off, with the greatest reward any musician can ask for: to see their aging heroes mid-way on the path to trying to being them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;medicine hat, we play a skatepark, if it doesn't snow.&lt;br /&gt;vernon, may be kelowna.&lt;br /&gt;friendship, will deteriorate on multiple occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;such is life in a constant can of sweaty prarie boring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am colin's party legs, dirty dancin round empty kegs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;it wont change my life, it is my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-4877270156598640909?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/04/ghost-town-travel-i-am-slaughterhouse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-2692253084439181154</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-16T00:01:28.117-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nucks win, col falls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tonight i saw the save that changed everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;in other news:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;been goin crazy planning this tour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;emails, facebooks, phone calls, fish hooks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;different shirts for different cities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i dont know what playing 6 punk shows in 7 nights is gonna feel like.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;especially when our night off is a NOFX concert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the greatest band in the history of my happiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;apr 21 - backstage lounge, vancouver&lt;br /&gt;apr 22 - the kami, kamloops&lt;br /&gt;apr 23 - the distillery, calgary&lt;br /&gt;apr 24 - walkers nightclub, saskatoon&lt;br /&gt;apr 25 - HOFX&lt;br /&gt;apr 26 - skatepark, medicine hat&lt;br /&gt;apr 27 - coffee house, vernon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yes, awkward gaps and bruised holes exist in this plan, but i always repair my divots before heading on to the next green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;buying a video camera on saturday.&lt;br /&gt;gonna document the whole gigantic mess.&lt;br /&gt;your new favorite TV show is coming soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lets see how long it takes til i hate my brother.&lt;br /&gt;and how long it takes for us to love again.&lt;br /&gt;i give it 3 songs, or 4 meatball subs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-2692253084439181154?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/04/nucks-win-col-falls-tonight-i-saw-save.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-4124759196795218973</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-11T02:50:13.020-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a lesson in the abuse of body and mind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i miss her already.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;she wore an indiana jones hat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and took classes with questions instead of answers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;me, a wheel-barrow of failure.&lt;br /&gt;some day, ill spread the soil, and plant those magic beans.&lt;br /&gt;'festivity failure' has a better ring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in happy news, after 40 years, our new album is finally finished.&lt;br /&gt;2 tracks from it &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.myspace.com/youbigidiot"&gt;right here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some people cut pills to stay sane, i cut records, yet still stay no sane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not thinking about guns, or dope, or goin' crazy, just thinking about that meal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;go for the glory huck.&lt;br /&gt;paint that pastor purple.&lt;br /&gt;these spills aint made for cleaning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;almost time to go to sleep, in the wheel-barrow.&lt;br /&gt;where i belong, on the way outta the way.&lt;br /&gt;landfill or launch-pad, same stance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my friend steve will like the line "on the way outta the way."&lt;br /&gt;he takes pictures better than you.&lt;br /&gt;but dont let that stop you from being awesome with your fancy art and shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shit, colin got all shitty.&lt;br /&gt;and suddenly became the ripest grape on the vine.&lt;br /&gt;poor farmers, their crop got done ruined by loud body slam awesome airlines.&lt;br /&gt;now that's gonna be some good tasting wine!&lt;br /&gt;no colin, our juice got squeezed by the maritime man, you loose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;another loss, oh well, failure gets usual on this path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;none-the/never-the less,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i always shoot better on the back 9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-4124759196795218973?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/04/lesson-in-abuse-of-body-and-mind-i-miss.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-3917735282284064767</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-02T02:08:55.212-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a gusty wind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i didnt paint a picture at the paint-a-picture party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but i played songs pretty goodly.&lt;br /&gt;and i think people felt quite medium-rare about the whole thing.&lt;br /&gt;cept for that chick with the dead gerbil on her head.&lt;br /&gt;she just had to keep screaming about her sloppy style and lack of knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;i wanted to thank her for being such a great performer, with the dead animal on her head and all, so i asked her where the gerbil's running wheel was, but i dont think she understood my drunk/mad/glad attack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;skulls make good liquor bottles, cause they know how to pack it all in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-3917735282284064767?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/04/gusty-wind-i-didnt-paint-picture-at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-894732423785423014</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-28T22:43:38.870-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my other bike is a bike&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"you were a huge dick last night, kept mocking my haircut while i carried you." -s. pearson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i couldn't walk standing straight up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my back was an arch as i bounced down granville street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;arms flailing, people killing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some nights, i am simply unsafe.&lt;br /&gt;what with the drinking and the craziness.&lt;br /&gt;concerts cut me open, and the insults pour all over everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.bikemusic.ca"&gt;bike&lt;/a&gt; was amazing last night.&lt;br /&gt;soon after their set, the dam broke, and the rest of the night is a blur.&lt;br /&gt;im already writing a song about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;friday night was an adventure of its own, but thats another song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i know i know, writing about it doesn't make it right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-894732423785423014?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/my-other-bike-is-bike-you-were-huge.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-5552893934684648190</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-26T00:22:50.609-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;clean hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i drank at the cambie tonight with cammy and claire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;good times, of course.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;but what they missed, was the train ride home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;apparently a tim mcgraw concert had just ended.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;so when the nice calm trainride hit stadium, chaos got invented.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;first thing i saw was a guy covered in blood, instead of a shirt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;with 3 cops surrounding him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a girl sat down next to me and said "hey, that was the first guy that jumped on stage!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i said "looks like a good move."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;she said "the bouncers must have done that!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i said "the bouncers probably threw him outside, and his blind jungle adventure across the street to the train station must have done that."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;she agreed, not really.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i was suddenly surrounded by legions of drunk cowgirls and angry cowboys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;all shooting their guns off at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;so i just chilled, and enjoyed the luscious landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;had a blast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-5552893934684648190?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/clean-hand-i-drank-at-cambie-tonight.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-1337315408470249343</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-21T15:35:47.612-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sorry if i ruined your day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;weekends were built to be destroyed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i remember breakfast, then golfing, then nothing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a shot called a 'grenade,' which i think was more like 2 shots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;shots, shots, shots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i also remember running and screaming at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;not an easy task, trust me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the killing game continues.&lt;br /&gt;lush and plenty, these lost feelings of yesteryear.&lt;br /&gt;negative positivity never smelt so great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;beep beep richie.&lt;br /&gt;im thirsty for malts.&lt;br /&gt;that's not true, ya it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;our album sounds really good, almost done.&lt;br /&gt;i blast it against the walls of this seaside condo.&lt;br /&gt;and theo hides under the bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dancing is supposed to be fun.&lt;br /&gt;but every time i do it, people look scared.&lt;br /&gt;especially when i do the dirty-double-bunk-ba-cue.&lt;br /&gt;not sure why.&lt;br /&gt;better keep practicing.&lt;br /&gt;and theo hides under the bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so, after whatever happened last night, im taking it real easy today.&lt;br /&gt;replenishing fluids and self-confidence.&lt;br /&gt;healing and howling.&lt;br /&gt;down by the green river, where paradise lay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-1337315408470249343?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/sorry-if-i-ruined-your-day-weekends.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-457753378193017810</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-14T01:57:24.244-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the dark-haired girl from the fiction department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my vice is performance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;last night exploded, and the air-time was enjoyed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i had a blast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;music &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;can&lt;/span&gt; be a job.&lt;br /&gt;if given enough hours.&lt;br /&gt;my bandmates and i made about 200 bucks an hour last night, each.&lt;br /&gt;for 45 minutes of work, after 45 hours of practice.&lt;br /&gt;and a box of shitty t-shirts that must've smelt like gold, cause we sold hundreds.&lt;br /&gt;holy damn, those shirts looked good, all over everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i love writing radio commercials in the 2nd largest advertising market in canada.&lt;br /&gt;but i would also love doing what i did last night, every night.&lt;br /&gt;until then, i'll keep my head, and my job, and writing better songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as sweaty as i got, it felt like forehead tears of joy.&lt;br /&gt;the duke jumped, my brother slaved, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and the shafe saved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;afterwords, i demanded 10 free beers from bonus wilson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the skytrain ride home...well that's another story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;me and the duke made friends right away.&lt;br /&gt;with 2 dudes, and several scared girls.&lt;br /&gt;im pretty sure the dudes spoke arabic.&lt;br /&gt;when i explained our band name, they looked offended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was slightly offended by the way one of them helped a chick who was puking everywhere, by holding her head aggressively as the black shit poured out all over the train floor. luckily columbia was the very next stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now its saturday night, and im home alone.&lt;br /&gt;had some friends over for the nucks destruction earlier, but they is long gone.&lt;br /&gt;so i got green, clean, and mean.&lt;br /&gt;and now here's me, pleasing and thanking, them dreams we yet to have seen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and obviously theo ate all the weed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-457753378193017810?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/dark-haired-girl-from-fiction.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-1311199160948576338</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-06T01:24:51.452-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;iSpill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fall bombs breed new and exciting things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;surprises buried in basements.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;golden tickets in chocolate bars and oil after earthquakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;me, im safe at jakes getting wasted, cause you guys were too stupid to come here, and be safe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im a kettle, about to boil.&lt;br /&gt;soon to be all boiled and shit.&lt;br /&gt;a hard boiled happy clapper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;haven't played a solo acoustic show in a long time.&lt;br /&gt;cept for campfires and forgotten friday nights.&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow is gonna be fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a concert in support of this &lt;a href="http://yppofbc.com/platform.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;local hero.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when the conversation turns to politics, some people like to leave the room.&lt;br /&gt;some people(me) get all rowdy and shoot-off hard about the obvious.&lt;br /&gt;and a rare few offer actual educated opinions, observations, and options.&lt;br /&gt;james is one of those rare few, and i am honored to support his fun-raising event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bugsyjive"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;bugsy jive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will grab your soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/ruskinband"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;ruskin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will swallow it whole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i will open the show, trying to pry drinks from the fundraising committee.&lt;br /&gt;that's tomorrow, sat mar 6th, at &lt;a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&amp;amp;source=hp&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;q=the+arms+pub+port+coquitlam&amp;amp;fb=1&amp;amp;gl=ca&amp;amp;hq=the+arms+pub&amp;amp;hnear=port+coquitlam&amp;amp;view=map&amp;amp;cid=645555887708430846&amp;amp;iwloc=A&amp;amp;ved=0CCYQpQY&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=ZQaSS7uJC5O6tQOAhu1O"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;The Arms Pub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in beautiful Port Coquitlam.&lt;br /&gt;be there, or be without a 4-wheeler&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-1311199160948576338?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/ispill-fall-bombs-breed-new-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-1858031390394046061</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-01T01:03:06.313-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;17 days&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;what is tomorrow gonna feel like?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;without that daily injection of uber-pride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;that stiff patriotic stab of adrenalin to the heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;downtown was un-real tonight.&lt;br /&gt;it was as if somebody gave free ecstasy to 50 thousand people.&lt;br /&gt;with victory as the music bed, and high-fives instead of gum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i will certainly miss these olympic games.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and i am humbled and amazed by the feelings they made me feel.&lt;br /&gt;when life throws us moguls, we canadians bend our knees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-1858031390394046061?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/03/17-days-what-is-tomorrow-gonna-feel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-9017584313035006265</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-25T22:37:53.920-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;fatriotism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;the site was gone for a while.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;im not sure where it went, but now its back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;fucked off for the olympics i guess.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;in the meantime, i documented a few of my olympic experiences &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://howtheyrun.blogspot.com/"&gt;in the river.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;along with my river-swimming friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i thrive on these &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;great &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;tests of athleticism and endurance and courage.&lt;br /&gt;these apostles we worship, as they battle for treasure.&lt;br /&gt;within our very own castle walls.&lt;br /&gt;in victory, held higher than heroes of war.&lt;br /&gt;in defeat, cast aside with shame at their feet.&lt;br /&gt;all painted brightly, on my old friend, TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;strange feeling this patriotism.&lt;br /&gt;strange and wonderful and nervous and joyous and destroyable.&lt;br /&gt;like booze, but without the syrup shits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;after last night, im right here with everyone else in the country.&lt;br /&gt;jacked full of pride and power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;pomp and circumstance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;fear and fearlessness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some TV guy called yesterday 'wonderful wednesday'.&lt;br /&gt;so i wrote it on my pad, to remind me.&lt;br /&gt;on the way home from the hockey game, i heard the bobsled victory live on the radio.&lt;br /&gt;smiles on highways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;i remember writing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;years ago about how the CBC used to air the gold medal game from 2002, late at night, about once a month, and id come home all shitty and pass out all happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but, of course, we mustn't get ahead of ourselves, and play it 1 game at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these games have brought together patriotism and partyotism.&lt;br /&gt;i have over-indulged and under-slept.&lt;br /&gt;screamed in victory, screamed in defeat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;words dont well describe the feeling in the city.&lt;br /&gt;a socket-set of separate sizes.&lt;br /&gt;each with their own special spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pride is a passionate beast.&lt;br /&gt;it lets the pit bull off the leash.&lt;br /&gt;and swallows work-day afternoons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, on we go, with flags in the streets.&lt;br /&gt;stomping hands and clapping feet.&lt;br /&gt;screaming in victory, screaming in defeat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-9017584313035006265?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/02/fatriotism-site-was-gone-for-while.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-502089198866372237</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-07T22:36:17.791-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the best paste is in the middle of the tube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i was in the shower, naked and steaming, at peace with the world, when i heard the screaming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;people-on-fire-style screaming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i jumped out of the shower, naked and soaking, and ran out to the living room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;screaming, screaming, SCREAMING.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;turned off tv, turned off speakers, head shaking, SCREAMING, smoke alarm???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;oh ya...the smoke alarm...i did have a hellava good steam going.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;someone with binoculars across the water must have seen a hellava show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all part of the pre-game superbowl preparation.&lt;br /&gt;at which i drank 6 tall boys, and won 40 bucks.&lt;br /&gt;and enjoyed the underdog victory awesomeness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so now im all hot and bothered.&lt;br /&gt;feeling great and shit.&lt;br /&gt;godda dumb myself down with something.&lt;br /&gt;maybe another smoke-alarm-scream-fest.&lt;br /&gt;nah, that shit scared the shit outta me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and now, the world arrives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;drinks get topped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, cars get stopped, hope no bombs get dropped.&lt;br /&gt;i get to work 10-6 cause richmond will be a coke bottle full of old rusty ketchup.&lt;br /&gt;out of place, and moving at a snails pace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as usual, weekends fill me up.&lt;br /&gt;so much so, that sleep is the only cure.&lt;br /&gt;so to sleep i must go, right now, after stuffing some water home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh me, climbing hills, then rolling down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-502089198866372237?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/02/best-paste-is-in-middle-of-tube-i-was.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-2421721823847106650</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-07T22:16:44.580-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ova, anova&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"alota things have been going around about me, but none of it's true."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i spice my salad with cigarette butts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, we got pre-mix-#1 of our new album yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;its faster than eckly kid's porn career.&lt;br /&gt;i like watering it, talking to it, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every time i make an album, its the only thing i think about, at all times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i caulked the wagon and floated,&lt;br /&gt;with a patch on my eye, and a gut that is bloated.&lt;br /&gt;i tell all the ladies im loaded,&lt;br /&gt;and when my cannon fires, your boat gets exploded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tonight, ive been really good to me, a nice dinner, and tons of great music.&lt;br /&gt;lotsa nofx and alexisonfire's first album.&lt;br /&gt;heckava great first album.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ours = prolly not as good.&lt;br /&gt;but still real real good.&lt;br /&gt;in the words of my friend SD: "pew pew pew...this gives me wayser beams!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;self gifts are better than real gifts, cause only you know exactly what you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my favorite thing about new technology is the fancy-TV-taping-thing that i have.&lt;br /&gt;last night, before i went to destroy myself at andys, i recorded a very special movie.&lt;br /&gt;and now im watching it, a whole day later.&lt;br /&gt;its like a VCR, without the shame.&lt;br /&gt;and i get to watch the neverending story like a proper new west gladiator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its a good movie, cause it raised me.&lt;br /&gt;other movies are better.&lt;br /&gt;none of you have watched &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDp-F3Y97ZQ"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;the fountain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; properly.&lt;br /&gt;alone, in the dark, with a marijuana cigarette.&lt;br /&gt;very few movies change me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i got more, but everything is spinning around in circles of yarn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some nights, im just a carousel,&lt;br /&gt;playing that same old song,&lt;br /&gt;over and over again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-2421721823847106650?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/02/ova-anova-alota-things-have-been-going.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-1479084712945923263</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-25T23:00:10.345-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;no students work for me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;goals for today:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. swiffer sweep.&lt;br /&gt;2. make spicy omelet wrap.&lt;br /&gt;3. listen to every NOFX song ever recorded (5 hours 16 min.)&lt;br /&gt;4. repeat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;i may be slightly attractive again, but the troubles only rotate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;i still fill, fall, burn, and brawl.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;roll huge snowballs down hills into traffic and explode with applause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it hasnt snowed yet.&lt;br /&gt;winter forgot about itself down here.&lt;br /&gt;its a shock to the system, after spending 2.5 of the last 5 years in winter.&lt;br /&gt;i miss it, not really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;how did i get home last night?&lt;br /&gt;i usually chat it up big time with cab drivers.&lt;br /&gt;not sure if i did last night, its gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;solo acoustic show - mar 6th at the arms pub in poco.&lt;br /&gt;YOU BIG IDIOT show - mar 12th at the cellar on granville.&lt;br /&gt;so i have laps to do around this seaside condo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J.D. Salinger changed my life in the 50's.&lt;br /&gt;then hid in a closet for 40 years until he died a couple days ago.&lt;br /&gt;but those New Hampshire walls couldn't stop millions of people from living inside him.&lt;br /&gt;and inviting more to move in, every day.&lt;br /&gt;that reminds me, andy has my latest copy, 5th in a series of missing persons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;his death further exploded my brain-thinking that proof rules.&lt;br /&gt;if you wish to have lasting effect, you must have proof.&lt;br /&gt;whether or not you hide from your creations.&lt;br /&gt;so i am forced to multiply my productivity, starting now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but wait a second, im baked on weedjitas.&lt;br /&gt;pronounced: like fajitas, but with weed.&lt;br /&gt;there's no hope with dope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;theo's roman name is theonitis.&lt;br /&gt;pronounced: theo-knight-us.&lt;br /&gt;as a writer, im an expert at phonetics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;onward and upward, as they say.&lt;br /&gt;another song, another day.&lt;br /&gt;the future smells great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;when life hands me waffle mix, i make pancakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-1479084712945923263?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/no-students-work-for-me-goals-for-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-7096515659176624581</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-24T19:34:27.255-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;meg's birthday wine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im still wearing my cowboy costume.&lt;br /&gt;and it looks like im good at fixing fences.&lt;br /&gt;mike wrote me a song and i keep it right here in my front pocket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;curl up to the keyboard, lets have a moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every sunday is the same, i am weak and depleted, but loud at restaurants.&lt;br /&gt;'loud funny' ill call it.&lt;br /&gt;when something is only funny because left-over-drunk colin is yelling it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i write lots on sundays.&lt;br /&gt;songs, stories, scriptures, scenes.&lt;br /&gt;being single is incredibly productive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i pound music in my concrete condo.&lt;br /&gt;and do laps.&lt;br /&gt;and make donairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a weekend spent with mike erickson, is better than a weekend spent in disneyland. stranger, more colorful characters emerge, and blanket you with obscure gestures and polytechnic death grips. mike is mickey mouse, the leader, loved, respected, under-paid, and always smiling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;opportunity is down the hall, but its warm and dry right here.&lt;br /&gt;my lyrics are getting dumber but my songs are getting better.&lt;br /&gt;maybe dumb is the new awesomtastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if not, i stills have my &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.facebook.com/video/?of=584515696#/video/video.php?v=507003599855&amp;amp;subj=584515696&amp;amp;oid=54725542916"&gt;fun memories.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see, i was cool then.&lt;br /&gt;and ill be cool again soon, once our new band explodes.&lt;br /&gt;i do miss that band alot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;life is a tree fort,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt; the fun part&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;is building it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;.&lt;br /&gt;me, i plan attics, on top of attics.&lt;br /&gt;with windows facing an endless skyline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;andy drinks meg's birthday wine. he drinks it up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-7096515659176624581?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/megs-birthday-wine-im-still-wearing-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-5458800526466208717</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-18T19:54:28.999-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;there are no ghosts in the oven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;establishment expands on stubborn sundays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my home stereo system, although often good, is equally often bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sometimes paints the walls, sometimes crashes the volvo into the living room.&lt;br /&gt;i pretend to have identified the problem, and thus the possible solution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;react, replace, then roll off into space.&lt;br /&gt;pull fast punches, piss on face, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everyone speaks easy, at the speak easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"not me, im all breezy" -s. deezey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/cwp%20fake%20stash%20glass%20eater.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"his photography is tantalizing, triumphant, and terrorized!" -demons weekly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Effective-Perspective-Photography/247034584331?ref=ts"&gt;join now&lt;/a&gt;, its free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-5458800526466208717?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/there-are-no-ghosts-in-oven.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-3533074469432447668</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-16T03:28:08.283-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;here comes the drain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i taped &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;waterworld&lt;/span&gt; earlier today on my fancy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;tv&lt;/span&gt; recorder box.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and sprang to life, seconds ago, when i remembered my brilliant decision.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;so, its my loud background right now, expect quotes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was probably over the limit this morning.&lt;br /&gt;a product of post concert greatness.&lt;br /&gt;first time &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ive&lt;/span&gt; hit a drive-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;thru&lt;/span&gt; on the way to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.myspace.com/mybike"&gt;bike&lt;/a&gt; is such an amazing band.&lt;br /&gt;just slaughtered me last night.&lt;br /&gt;proof that practice makes perfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe smokers, maybe slavers.&lt;br /&gt;i just want 1 sip of hydro.&lt;br /&gt;it'll cost you, half your &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;chitts&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;theo&lt;/span&gt; is attacking my bike &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;setlist&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;a trophy that only those who were there will understand.&lt;br /&gt;so, he's jealous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, do something, i hate sails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our band is going half-way across &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;canada&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;playing shows every day, in every town, on the way to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;saskatoon&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;because &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;NOFX&lt;/span&gt; plays there on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;sunday&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;april&lt;/span&gt; 25&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;so the tour is called "Tour to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;NOFX&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HEY MIDDLE CANADA FRIENDS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 21 - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;vancouver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 22 - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;kamloops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 23 - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 24 - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;saskatoon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 25 - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;NOFX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 26 - drive home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;apr&lt;/span&gt; 27 - still driving home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ill give the real details when they actually exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;being in this band is funner than wing night at the cheap beer place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dry land is a myth.&lt;br /&gt;but ive seen it, with my own eyes.&lt;br /&gt;getting back there aint easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;but im on my way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;im&lt;/span&gt; a fan of you like you are fan of me -&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;andy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-3533074469432447668?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/here-comes-drain-i-taped-waterworld.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-8280098293776347444</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-05T23:28:02.110-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sack-relidious&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i never win anymore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;chicks dont even look at me unless im dancing or screaming or passed out in the garden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; but even then, when i wake up and say "hey, im a flower, got some water?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, they just dump their palm bay in my lap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; so now, my already piss-stained pants, smell like girl-booze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; takes alota gin to get that smell out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;but, as is life, we all land on free parking once-in-a-while.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dice dont discriminate against artsy fat guys with liar bi-ceps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;they just want a surface in which to tumble our fate freely.&lt;br /&gt;gambling rules, kid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when this is over im gonna write a beautiful song about it.&lt;br /&gt;which i wont be able to sing properly.&lt;br /&gt;but enough for me to feel that rad feeling i feel everytime i finish anything.&lt;br /&gt;the wave crashes over, exhale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the canucks won, i was there.&lt;br /&gt;but not for the 1st period.&lt;br /&gt;was at a bar next to GM Place watching Canada come back late in the 3rd, only to loose in overtime to the hated south.&lt;br /&gt;but wow, what a comeback.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see, even Team Canada loses sometimes, kid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, its my roll now, and i need 11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;piece of cake, for messier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-8280098293776347444?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/sack-relidious-i-never-win-anymore.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-6643364070506199907</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-03T02:45:13.282-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;come back, kid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"the air is way less violent up here!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i should have yelled that at them.&lt;br /&gt;the backpack warriors on the platform.&lt;br /&gt;oh the sweet words that breed from pre-fight aggression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wasn't much of a fight, not really.&lt;br /&gt;but both backpacks dropped like fancy boxer robes at exactly the same time, and they both had whiney managers shouting from the sidelines. the louder/drunker/smaller of the 2 took a couple head shots, then basically ducked away, grabbed his backpack and ran off around to the stairs, upon which i heard a disturbing skin-smacking-concrete-stairs sound, which could have been any number of horrifying things. i cant see the stairs from my stalk-tower, but it didnt look like anyone was calling an ambulance so maybe he landed the backflip or rail-slide to the bottom of everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this has been a great vacation, but its time to get back at it.&lt;br /&gt;my inner-clock is totally screwed, while my alarm clock jealously awaits its turn.&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow is re-bound day, featuring vegetables, laundry, and band practice.&lt;br /&gt;an early night, for a better morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i dont call them new years resolutions, i call them post-crazy-drunk-christmas-vacation-self-realizations-that-must-be-corrected-immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whatever we call them, they all start on monday, so traffic is gonna suck ass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wow, i guess i just spoiled my positivity for some sort of 'its been a great decade...' stuff. although it has been. but im probably too young to properly dissect decades. more like sub-decades. "ya man, the sub-deck gave us some great music, pass the screaming saucers!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;go go gadjet gong show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;spent half the decade in prince george.&lt;br /&gt;learned about winter, radio, golf, and alcohol.&lt;br /&gt;made best friends, kissed pretty girls, and sang silly songs.&lt;br /&gt;in 20 years when i look back on this decade, it will be all PG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that, and grad, i suppose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;new decade = new suit.&lt;br /&gt;and mine is very special.&lt;br /&gt;rude, loud, and as sharp as a blender.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/dan%20day%20lew.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;i drink your milkshake. i drink it up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-6643364070506199907?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2010/01/come-back-kid-air-is-way-less-violent.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-3524424437044251556</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-29T03:13:12.970-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;soft eyes, windy smiles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everybody else has already made better quotes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"showers and myself have a strained relationship, because they are so necessary after work, and after drinking, i take about 14 a week, i start to hate them." -dandy shan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;theo takes naps in laps like great beaches in famous wars.&lt;br /&gt;i accept defeat and loose my knees until i have to pee or my drink is empty.&lt;br /&gt;in this case, he looks thirstier than me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;i cant write the right song.&lt;br /&gt;its like before the matt good contest, im all strung out and lacktiviting.&lt;br /&gt;pacing around with red wine and pancakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"im ambitious, when giving up." -dandy mangan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there's nothing soft about fizzy drinks.&lt;br /&gt;barefoot backflips over kitchen sinks.&lt;br /&gt;stare strong at the barbecue until the steak un-pinks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;video games killed action figures.&lt;br /&gt;i hate that too, but lets move on.&lt;br /&gt;i smell a rowdy amongst the midst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;most of my best friends are called steve.&lt;br /&gt;some and bester than others.&lt;br /&gt;some and blurster than others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/steve%20me%20alone.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;happy holidays, all steves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and to the rest of you, a good night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-3524424437044251556?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2009/12/soft-eyes-windy-smiles-everybody-else.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-4514959957978194139</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-21T00:54:09.811-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;instant crashic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;just opened the patio door to yet another violent altercation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;between women, yet again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ive witnessed more girl fights than guy fights from up here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tonight was a tag team battle with 2 on 2 jump-in-illegally action.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a skycop came eventually and separated them, with a rainbow of screams in between.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i like it here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the dimmer on my living room light gets heavy use.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;incense burns as i try to seduce my ideas.&lt;br /&gt;settle december weaponry, its giving me a headache.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16 hours at &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.armourystudios.com/credits.html"&gt;armoury studios&lt;/a&gt; on thursday.&lt;br /&gt;me and the boys cut an album, a very fast album.&lt;br /&gt;you'll hear it soon, then feel like its hot dog day in grade 3.&lt;br /&gt;when it was girls against guys, and whoever got back to the classroom the fastest won. i was a no-condiment man for many years as a result of those battles. and to this day, i am still mocked for eating raw kaiser buns by brenton steel-wool renton elliott. he lives in japan, and missed sach's bday tonight. but was spoken of in high taste and manor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time out.&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now i have cereal, and you don't.&lt;br /&gt;sorry, help yourself.&lt;br /&gt;sorry, only skim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im having a hard time with track 6.&lt;br /&gt;written (or more like started) 3 songs already, but none feel right.&lt;br /&gt;i try to start with a name, then not, start with a rhyme, then not.&lt;br /&gt;its gonna come, i just gotta catch the right train.&lt;br /&gt;not that scott road bastard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sips and slides.&lt;br /&gt;its hard to read the label from inside the bottle.&lt;br /&gt;the desperation's back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-4514959957978194139?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2009/12/instant-crashic-just-opened-patio-door.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-6138033797525831702</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-13T21:04:25.027-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span&gt;you should come with &lt;/span&gt;severance&lt;span&gt; pay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i am loud and complicated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bad at listening, good at floors.&lt;br /&gt;help the hopeless, home the homeless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i texted hundreds of people on the unicorn ride home.&lt;br /&gt;random thoughts and busted trannys.&lt;br /&gt;texty text mctexterson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lets write a song about punk rock normalities!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"fuck technology!"&lt;br /&gt;"the social credit union should make a comeback!"&lt;br /&gt;"gifting meat is bad because you died it!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or a way way better name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i just dumped coffee in my lap on this cold december morn.&lt;br /&gt;damn replies from hundreds of ambulance related texters.&lt;br /&gt;this season, give the gift of familiar ceiling sleeping goggles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or a seasons pass to fuckoffittyville.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;blow the bomb in breaking dawn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mow until the grass is gone.&lt;br /&gt;no one likes a healthy lawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kissed a cute girl last night, then she puked for hours.&lt;br /&gt;the coffee not in my lap drives me to take showers.&lt;br /&gt;and show up on time for things.&lt;br /&gt;and not did all that stuff i did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;life is a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;skytrain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, with many stops.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-6138033797525831702?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2009/12/you-should-come-with-severance-pay-i-am.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Colin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969332210038067881.post-1464633039298365141</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-07T22:56:58.492-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;hello, goodbye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;im finally starting to un-explode.&lt;br /&gt;after spending the weekend back home in cold country.&lt;br /&gt;decided to stop in for docc's birthday, i like surprises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the santa beard was itchy and tasted like paint.&lt;br /&gt;i was already feeling cautiously claustrophobic before mike began wrapping the wrapping paper around my face and bod. and i was basically hyper-ventilating as he guided me blindingly down a dusty corridor and into the thirsty moose pub. just 2 furry red legs sticking out the bottom. and, of course, my asshole shoes. luckily he didnt spot them before opening his big birthday present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all i remember is him screaming and hugging. when i could finally see amid the painty beard, wrapping paper, hockey tape, and attack of friends and formers, i began &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;loudly and aggressively&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; chanting HO! HO! HO! and "HOW ABOUT A NICE FOOTBALL?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im too tired, bedtime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;babes love santa's knee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969332210038067881-1464633039298365141?l=www.colinpearson.com%2Fwriting' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.colinpearson.com/writing/2009/12/hello-goodbye-im-finally-starting-to-un.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com 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