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Back in the day. [Jan. 22nd, 2006|10:08 pm]
I went back and read some old entries. Crazy. There was one where I was talking about a pain in my abdomen we thought was appendicitis. Hindsight is weird.
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Damn. [Nov. 1st, 2005|06:43 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm |Gentlemanly]
[Sound of the Moment |OAR]



Thats right.
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The cells in my brain need to have a meeting. [Oct. 3rd, 2005|06:50 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | sick but happy]
[Sound of the Moment |Our Way To Fall - Yo La Tengo]

Ladies and gentlemans,

Welcome to the cast reunion of my one man show.

I haven't updated in awhile.

A nice old lady gave me her digital camera cuz she couldn't figure out how to work it.


In a related incident, my dad has a crazy cane that stealthly contains a sword. I donned a blanket-cape and ran around my house with the sword taking rediculous pictures. Theres one of me slaying my cat, Blueberry. I'll post some stuff as soon as I get a card reader.
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(no subject) [Sep. 20th, 2005|08:47 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | happy]
[Sound of the Moment |Death Cab]

Chemo got postponed today AND I found my phone!!!

The best part about the chemo getting postponed was that I was able to eat dinner, and rest assured I made the most out of this oppurtunity. Guido's pizza. Enough said. I went to pick it up with Nina. The olfactory lure emanating from the box in the back seat was almost enough to cause us to pull over at the nearest sidestreet, engage in a vicious fight to the death, and the victor would eat the pizza. We got home and rushed inside, backpacks and school things cast aside as we rounded on the steaming pizza. It was hot to the point where you aren't sure if it burns more than its worth but you keep eating anyway; the cheese unmanagably yet delightfully stretchy. For awhile we all just ate standing up by the pizza, primitive instinct told us we must keep close guard over our food in case predators tried to steal it from us. Eventually we mustered up the will power to get silverware-- pointless devices invented by high society to hamper the rate food consumption--and sit down. Bare hands proved more effecient. In this fashion, we ate to our hearts content.

It may not have been with pizza, but I'd bet most of you have had a dining experience reminescent of this. Instinct takes over, table manners are thrown to the winds. Catch you all later.
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When I was young I knew everything. [Sep. 16th, 2005|06:07 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | listless]
[Sound of the Moment |Am I Wrong - Brand New]

Man today sucked. I lost my phone, I think it fell out of my pocket on the bus. I was making up an in-class essay (which I have to type in the library cuz my handwriting has gone to shit from the chemo) and midway through there was a power surge and the computer shut off abruptly. A bunch of other little things too that add up to a bad day. Plus I've been feeling nauseated today.

6 days until radiation starts.

I miss the summer I think. Something unspecifiable feels missing at any rate, but maybe its not the summer?

Woah I just went emo on you all.

I beg your pardon.
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I have a smelly button! [Sep. 5th, 2005|12:16 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | sleepy]
[Sound of the Moment |Staralfur - Sigur Rós]

I just saw Ians entry about Meghan the beautiful writer nerdess. Shes unreal. Mr. Stewart, we must find her.

I just heard Travis song that was in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Its Icelandic and its the coolest thing ever. Except for the fact that Meghan the Beautiful Nerdess exists.

Generic reference to school starting in a few days. Usual bittersweet "I'm looking forward to seeing everyone but not going back to 'school' school" comment. You know the rest so I wont type it. Instead I'm going to sleep.

Download Staralfur by Sigur Rós.
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Birfday Boys. [Aug. 25th, 2005|10:24 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | chipper]
[Sound of the Moment |Brighter than Sunshine - Aqualung]

Today is my day of birthing. 17 years ago. Hats off to my mom...childbirth...eek.

Also, if you're reading, happy birthday to Regis Philbin. I love you baby.

Regis Philbin
Sean Connery
Tim Burton
Marvin Harrison
Mike Jones
Elvis Costello
Gene Simmons

You gentlemen have chosen the best day to be born. This just goes to show that people born on August 25th are smarter than everyone else. Except for you, Mike Jones. Sorry man but its true.
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(no subject) [Aug. 24th, 2005|11:53 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | relaxed]
[Sound of the Moment |Phone conversation]

1) free
2) free
3) metalsmithing
4) algebra II -- Mr. Cox
5) american studies -- Ms. Viles
6) lunch
7) lit traditions -- Mr. Rubinstein
8) free

I know it seems like I have a rediculous amount of free periods. But I leave every single day after 7th to get radiation. 6th lunch, and then since I'm also fatigued now, I need to sleep rediculous hours now to feel rested. Hopefully good people will have 2nd free and I'll come in then. Nina has 1st off too so we would drive together as kin.
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Life was much harder back in the day... [Aug. 23rd, 2005|01:03 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | cheerful]
[Sound of the Moment |Ben Folds]

It is strange how situations that, when in the present, are scary or otherwise aweful may take on a humor in hindsight. Think about that for a second, and realize how nonsensical that is. Right or wrong aside, Hitler has become a source of comedy. Humor is strange, but it is what it is. Here is one of those moments I am just starting to be able to laugh at. So I'll share it with you despite it being weird and about my health.

We found out I couldn't get chemo today because my white blood cell counts were too low. However, the first thing I did at the hospital was my radiation simulation. This is basically a precise mapping out of the tumors location in your body so when they shoot the thin beam of radiation, it actually does hit the tumor. In an unfathomably bad way to educate the patient, we were taken to a room with a television and an informational video called "Radiation and Your Pelvis."

We got to the chapter on what to expect for the simulation process. Images of what looked like a cross between a garden hose and a sword told me it would not be fun. Nature has designed certain outlets of the body to be one-way streets, something these tubes had every intention of defying. The video assured me that, if anywhere there was an opening remotely near the pelvis, something bad was going to happen to it. Fuck I was horrified. Furthermore, it wasn't quick either, the simulations took 1-2 hours. The video ended, leaving me in a dread that the inconsiderately happy and upbeat credits music tried--and failed--to console. Our nurse came in and asked if we had any questions. Did I ever. Question after question I stalled her, wildly devising an escape plan. I realized this was something that needed to be done and walked slowly into the hall like I was walking the plank of a pirate ship...

Let me tell you something about humor in the field of medicine, folks: it is a cruel and ruthless monster. The video was like 20 years old and the information was out of date. The procedure still had some moments I do not wish to repeat, but it had nothing on the procedures done back in the day when "Radiation and Your Pelvis" was filmed. What they thought the patients had to gain by freaking them out I'll never know, but I'm ready to laugh at it now anyway.
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Yes, thats really Johnny Damon. [Aug. 17th, 2005|10:27 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | recumbent]
[Sound of the Moment |A Lack of Color - Death Cab for Cutie]

Carepage Photo

Coolest fucking moment of my life to date.

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An heir to the Levin legacy. [Aug. 15th, 2005|10:50 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | Proud parent]
[Sound of the Moment |Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones]

Well big news folks, I spread my seed and have birthed children.

I am talking about my morning glory seeds of course. I have nutured them from little seedlings and today, 3 months later, the first flowers have opened up. A vivid blue. They are my children and I am proud of every one of them. This may seem weird to you but if you had 4 failed plantings and then cared and watered and fertilized and weeded around your growing little schrubkins for 3 months, you would understand. Now I just have to wait for them to make seed pods. Eeeee I'm so excited!
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Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. [Aug. 13th, 2005|02:01 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | tired]
[Sound of the Moment |Bright Eyes]

"Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"

- Dave Barry

He is right. Completely.

My past few days were spent in the hospital with an infection, due to having virtually no white blood cells. Also, I can see my neighbor peeing in his yard right now. Thats really weird. He is about 40 feet from a toilet inside his house but he feels compelled to stand behind a bush instead. They just don't make men like that anymore. Is that disgusting or an unflinching show of man-itude? I don't know whether to respect him for it or not. Hmm, well I've dwelled on a man with his pants down for too long now.

Moving on.

Actually I cant think of anyhere to move too.

The End.

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The Return of Mr. Clean [Aug. 8th, 2005|10:54 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | ready for action]
[Sound of the Moment |Red Hot Chili Peppers]

I'm excited.

I'm excited because today Yonas is flying in from Florida. Yonas is this old Lithuanian guy who is really rich but lives in a trashy trailer park in Miami. He's probably the coolest damn person you will ever encounter. I don't know how to describe him but can only recommend that you make sure to meet him while he is in town. A sample of his character...he does not own a watch. He goes only by the location of the sun, and is pretty acurate about it.

I would kill for his accent.
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Fuck. [Jul. 26th, 2005|05:30 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | fuming]
[Sound of the Moment |Novacaine For the Soul - Eels]

So at Week 12, I will almost certainly be having surgery. Week 12 falls at the beginning of September, right before school starts. Then there is at least a three week recovery period which extends until my body is up for another round of the insane-type Chemo which puts me out of school going condition for several more days. This means that if I even get to come back to school this year at all, it wont be until into October. Then soon after that comes the radiation. Its way too fucking much, and I'm not even started on the worse news. I'm gonna go skulk and be mad right now.
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(no subject) [Jul. 25th, 2005|12:22 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | relaxed]
[Sound of the Moment |Wooden Nickles - Eels]

Lately I've been seeing a lot of Travis, Kat, Katie and Erica. Some but not enough of Liz.

Hung out at Travis house tonight because his parents were sailing or something. Happy 2 days early birthday.

Also today I saw Larissa, and we saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which had a lot of Tim Burton creativity.

I guess it was he who decided to stray from the orginal, more charismatic Willy Wonka to the estranged eccentric version. It also had a lot to say about materialism and childhood, both individually and in conjunction with each other.

Late Brunch region of dining was spent with my Aunt Caroline who was in from PA.

So thats a boring recap of today, the most interesting thing to me being that I told it all in reverse chronological order.

{<<} (>) [ || ] [ o ] {>>}

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I Can't Believe Its Not Karma! [Jul. 23rd, 2005|12:22 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | mellow]
[Sound of the Moment |Gracy Kelly Blues - Eels - Daisy's of the Galaxy]

After dropping off the Chronical Queen, of these Katie Davis Chronicals, Kat herself...I went to taco bell. While waiting for my order to come, I went up to this donation jar. It said "Watch the penny drop!" which I thought was kinda dumb, especially in comparison to those sweet plastic swirling roller funnel things. But i put a penny in for some good cause and I noticed it landed on an unlikely small target.

I won a free taco. And yes I did eat all of both.

I realize how low the odds must be. It cant be 1-in-10 or something because then $3 worth of food would cost 10 cents. If this isnt karma, then I dont know what is.

I felt grateful for it and donated the rest of my pennies.

(No more winners, by the way)
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"I like a man who uses liberal amounts of aluminum zirconium on his underarms..." [Jul. 20th, 2005|12:46 am]
[My brain tells me I'm | full]
[Sound of the Moment |Drop Kick Murphys]

This started out as a conversation with the Liz, but I am going to rant onwards until I have an entry about it.

It concerns the new Speedstick 24/7 commercial, where we see masculinity defined as buff, guys guys boxing the shit out of each other.

The message is clear:

"If you want to be a REAL man like the sinewy, sweating beasts you currently see displaying their physical prowess in a muddy game of football without pads, wear Speedstick 24/7! Pussy."

Theres a little twist at the end though. After scenes of boxing and cycling and rugby and competition, dubbed over with manly grunts of  physical excersion, they show two nerds high fiving after playing a videogame. Whats with that? Does that mean that nerds, too, can be fierce and competive* (*granted of course that they are wearing Speedstick 24/7, available at local retailers now)? Or perhaps that scene adversely turns this deodorant into an Anti-Perspirant for Anti-Socials in the minds of the guys out there of jock inclinations. Idk.

I went to their site to try and find a link to the ad for you all. I didnt find one, but I did find that they are a division of Colgate, who also sells the cleaning detergent called Fab. So I'm thinking, hell, they cant be too homophobic.

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Don't Fuck With My Seretonin. [Jul. 19th, 2005|04:38 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | Awaiting]
[Sound of the Moment |General - Dispatch]

I kinda want to go out because I have chemo tommorow so this is my window of opportunity
but I'm really tired so I might just go to sleep.

What I really want is for Travis to come back from his concert trip, because a day wasted at his poolside is time well spent.

See cuz low-key is my desired theme this summer. Its also my first summer to have its own theme. I bet you don't have that.

 

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Credit Cards and Kashmir. [Jul. 18th, 2005|05:47 pm]
[My brain tells me I'm | silly]
[Sound of the Moment |I'm Shakin - Rooney]

What do girls see in malls that is so great? I dont get it. Clothes shopping is a cotton and cash monotony, or credit cards and kashmir, depending on the mall and/or person. It is also suprisingly tiresome. My shopping excursions have usually lasted until everyone grew so irritable with each other that we stopped, turning our backs on one another and abandoning our quest for clothing. If I remember correctly, we were irritable because we were hungry and fatigued, and I believe we were hungry because of shopping's caloric stranglehold on the mind, body and soul. This is how malls make their money: they have you shop, and somehow by means not entirely understood through modern science, get you very hungry so you will give in to their concession stands.

Of course, I am a boy and food is good. I approve of food vendors in malls. I couldn't tell you more than a store or two at Summerset, but I know their food court like the back of my hand. If you are getting off the main elevator, on your far left you have Mrs. Fields where you can get some wonderful baked goods; or, if you are Miles Levin, a Medium Frozen Coke. Stage deli is pretty damn good too, I advise the Club Sandwhich. Some favs at Great Lakes include A&W and, of airport terminal fame: the God-send that is Cinnabon. What all this means is that I, too, have fallen under The Curse of the Mall. I'd have to hypothesize that the secret lies in the extremely cold, yet year-round A/C: we burn extra calories to maintain our natural body tempature.

To my further horror, many girls go to these mall death traps for fun. Some guys go too, and thats even more baffling. Men are primitive and simple creatures, made for doing things outdoors...like fishing or playing with mud. These mall-going infidels; however, don't even buy anything. Girl and boy alike, they dont even go shopping and then not see anything they like. Instead, these mysterious creatures are fully intent on not buying anything from the first step through the automatic glass doors. Of course sometimes in these strange lands they lose all bearings on the meaning of time or the value of money, get carried away, and spend anyway. But thats besides the point.

The point is that I do not know the point. I ask the point. What is the purpose of time spent like this?
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(no subject) [Jul. 14th, 2005|10:22 am]
[Sound of the Moment |Love of the Loveless - Eels]

I'm gonna be in the hospital for the next few days. You cant reach my cell phone. I'll try and update there with my room number. I wont be up for visitors either, but thanks anyway if you were thinking about it.

I will return to life in like, 3 or 4 days.

Ps. Karens working!
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