hello

do you think the dave update is a bad thing?

maybe not a "bad thing" but a bad sign

a red flag

i was thinking about this last night

because i was completely talking to myself at home

on my front porch

sitting down

having a conversation with someone who wasn't there

not out loud, thank god

but i caught myself and realized

oh shit

this is probably not a good sign

really i'm not sure how aimless rants on the internet are any different than aimless rants on the corner of 18th & mission

there's a guy i've seen there lately

oops actually 19th and mission

but he's really angrily kicking stuff

like mostly bottles but sometimes boxes

and he looks like he's trying to kick them into the trash

and he's REALLY PISSED that he's not making it

but i mean it's like an impossible shot

and he actually gets really close

probably been doing it for awhile

i walked past him once and he said the usual crazy bum picking a fight kind of stuff

"fuck you nigger i'm gonna fucking kill you nigger"

etc etc

i thought about him last night

and then i thought about the guy on 16th & van ness

who plays the most insane but completely rad music

it sounds like jandek kind of but if jandek was a street performer?

it sounds like it is made for people to listen to but it's really really strange

it's completely unique, i don't think it's an exaggeration to say i've never heard anything like it

i actually really want to record him but he's kind of intimidating

not in a threatening kind of way but he's very intense looking

older, hispanic, but with eyes sunken deep into his skull

i saw him at the bank once

(weird)

and i got really excited because he doesn't play out all the time

and every time he vanishes you can't help but think maybe he's died

so when i saw him alive in the bank i was very excited

i made sure to leave at the same time as him

so i held open the door for him on his way out

and said "i haven't seen you playing for awhile"

and he looked over at me with those deep grim eyes

and muttered hoarsely

with a bit of a shrug

"....life"

and walked out

i hope someday i see him play music again

it is really amazing music

i hope that my directionless internet rants at least fall into his category of crazy

where it's just something that needs to be done

i doubt it though

on my way to work i saw an obese blind person

with a helper dog

and the helper dog was trying to walk quickly across the street

but the blind woman couldn't really keep up

so she was just dragging the dog back

and it made me wonder if people ever trade in their guide dogs

that was the saddest thought i think i've ever had

guide dogs already are heart-breaking

they always have this "why doesn't anybody like me" look on their face

when everyone loves them they just aren't allowed to pet them

i mean guide dogs are heroes, but they don't know it

they're heroes but also slaves

it's very sad to me

if i went blind i would get a guide dog

but just play with it all the time

and use one of those canes instead

i would just have the guide dog so i would be able to take it on bart

and then i would just let it run around bart

maybe i would even throw treats directly at people

so the dog would just run and jump on strangers

and mess up their nice outfits looking for the treat

missle

i want a dog and i want to name it missle

i love that name

who would stop us?

me and missle

who would even have the balls to go up to a blind person and say

"hey can you get control of your guide dog?"

even if someone did i would just say

"oh no, you didn't pet him did you?"

and then missle and i would have a laugh

this has been the dave update

OH!

EDIT

two things

one, apparently i have a follower now?

cool

thanks fawrrell1 for following me

i don't know who the hell you are or why you're following me

but would love to hear from you

if you've been following me for awhile and i just never noticed

then you probably have my number

(if not it's 510 575 HISS ha ha)

or you can e-mail me at

ihateyourartschool

that's a gmail address

i don't want to put that down like normal because i'll just get a ton of spam i bet

ok

two

i don't think this is about me

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mis/2326148304.html

but if it is

i want the author of it to please tell me

i may not "love you so fucking much" back

but we can certainly give it a try

because i have nothing else going on in my life

i've quit everything recently

and now i just sit around and eat popcorn

hope you love popcorn "so fucking much"

i'm going to respond to that ad right now and just say

"hi my name is dave and i doubt your ad is about me but if you wanna hang out sometime and chat..."

"my number is 510 575 HISS"

"this isn't a joke"

"heart - dave"

ok this has been the dave update(s)