12.25.2006

merry christmas to all... including my enemies (of which i have many).

we are celebrating this fantastic day by both eating and opening things. wanting to make the day extra special, my dad paid fifty dollars for baseball legend don sutton to call the house and read the christmas story to us. it was a very heart warming gesture, though don read to us from the roxy extreme bible for teen girls- so there were a lot of 'ums', 'unt uhs', and 'lols'.

in other news, santy brought me two sweet pendelton's and a gift card to buy sweet books. he brought robyn lumps of coal. they were chocolate covered, though, so she wasn't too disappointed.

i would also like to wish merry awesome love vibes on darren and becca!

12.22.2006

i am very tired. trevor and i went skiing all day. it was quite fun- hardly anyone on the slopes. my dad had to quit because his body is breaking down. he's almost sixty; he's not long for this world.

in other news-- i had psketti, sauce, and three packs of emergen-c for supper. robyn tried to convince me they actually used paul newman's blood for the sauce. i was excited for a moment- seeing as i would gain his powers- but she was just pulling my leg. out of revenge, i threw her off the balcony (just like daniel craig might do to his wife in a similar situation).

i am very tired, so my writing session turned into me passively watching mary poppins on television while ranking my top fifteen dylan songs for really no good reason. it's probably because i'm depressed about what i did to robyn.

anyhow, here goes: fab fifteen!

15. visions of johanna - no direction home version
14. ballad of a thin man - og version
13. it's all over now, baby blue - biabh
12. you ain't goin' nowhere - greatest hits vol deux (much better, but not as important as the basement tapes' version)
11. worried blues - bootleg vol 1
10. country pie - nslyne
9. million dollar bash - basement tapes
8. po' boy - the halfway house one
7. buckets of rain - blud on the trax
6. it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry - og version
5. catfish - bootleg vol 3
4. seven days - bootleg vol 3
3. romance in durango (lyve) - rolling thunder review bootleg concert
2. sugar baby - 9/11
1. don't think twice, it's all rite! - og version

12.21.2006

beaver town, usa
Originally uploaded by wneloyd.

so, my last few days have been a bit interesting. on tuesday, after robyn's final at csun, we drove up to ventura for a pre-colorado christmas dinner with aunt, uncle, poppo, anne, trevor, and parents. it was quite nice- the highlight being the homemade tamales which were quite delectable.

after the dinner, we went back to my parent's house to pack. seeing as we were leaving at about 3:00 am, i decided to stay up all night long (use frat boy voice in your head and read that last part again). my good bro, mike askay, driving one of the cars to the airport, came with his fiancé and a deer head. i immediately began running around the house scaring sadie. i gave the head the voice of a dead civil war girl ghost. i also used it in gross ways that made robyn scowl.

fast forward to the airport. i slept in the terminal and on the plane, which was my plan. about two hours into our flight, and about five minutes after the pilot told us we were twenty minutes away from denver, he alerted us that we would be turning the plane around. robyn woke me up; i thought she was fibbing. she was not. i went back to sleep. mike's fiancé, danielle, had landed in denver on a separate flight and ended up stranded. she nearly died in the terminal and had to eat her arm to survive.

when we got back to los angeles, after much discussion, we decided to rent a van and drive. we were told we couldn't make it to vegas, but we did. we were told we would die in mesquite… but we didn't (though anne lost an eyeball). we were then told we couldn't make it to the rockies, which we did.

now we're staying in beaver creek. the roads are still closed some heading into denver, but we were able to stay at this piece of crap resort. we're hunkered down in this junkhole of a place with cheeses, petron, and luncheon meats galore. some guy my dad knows is letting us stay until the storm blows over. i'm praying it doesn't blow over until sometime in march- though we should be pulling out saturday morning.

i will ski tomorrow. i can walk to the lift from the condo.

12.17.2006

yesterday's goals went as planned- though i didn't get a jog in. today's goals are as follows.

1. get coffee now
2. drink it now as i write this list of goals
3. get breakfast with friend and friend's fiance who stayed the night
4. go worship the lord
5. get lunch with cousin at city walk
6. relax
7. write some more
8. read a little
9. find a workout program for the weights i got from keith a long time ago
10. get thai food

12.16.2006

work is over for the next three weeks. i should really set some goals for myself, but i'm not so sure that would be a good idea. daily goals might be the better route, so here goes it...

1. clean house
2. water plants
3. sign-up for cset
4. call back mike a.
5. write some satchel
6. jog
7. read some book
8. make a nice dinner
9. go to cha-cha with ventura friend and others
10. sleep

12.5.2006

i took this list from drew and matt.

69 LAYERS OF YOU

LAYER ONE: ON THE OUTSIDE
Name: james jesse gloyd
Birth date: july six nine teen ate e
Current Location: la, ca
Eye Color: bayou blue, ghoul green
Hair Color: blondish
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: cancer like what'll take me someday

LAYER TWO: ON THE INSIDE
Your heritage: the first american gloyd was a servant to one of the chicas put on trial for being a witch in salem. he drowned in an inch of water, drunk.
Your fears: i had a fear in my dream last night that all my teeth had slowly fallen out. i woke up with a headache and thought the dream was about brain cancer or something. i was real cuddly with my wife because i thought i was close to death.
Your weakness: cocktayles and such.
Your perfect pizza: junk in a box people bring to my house that i can dip in butter.
Goal you'd like to achieve: Get a (different) job by March 19 (j/k). i dont know anymore. go sleep or make someone laugh and dance. always that. it'd be cool if there was money involved too.

LAYER THREE: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW:
Your thoughts first waking up: really? again?
Your best physical feature: my boyish charm
Your bedtime: 11
Your most missed memory: i try to not think about the past

LAYER FOUR: YOUR PICK:
Pepsi or Coke: ralph's brand
McDonald's or Burger King: mc
Single or group dates: single. i'm a hermit.
Adidas or Nike: nike makes you jump leaps because of the air.
Lipton Tea or Nestea: yeah, coffee.
Chocolate or vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
Take a shower: Every. Single. Day. To do otherwise is inhumane. (same as dru)
Have a crush? on my wife.
Think you've been in love: yeah.
Want to get married? i am
Believe in yourself: to a fault
Think you're a health freak: i eat weird and irregular things at weird and irregular times. either total health or total junk.

LAYER SIX: IN THE PAST MONTH
Gone to the mall: no
Been on stage: yeah
Been dumped: No
Gone skating: No
Dyed your hair: No

LAYER SEVEN: HAVE YOU EVER
Played a stripping game: no comment.
Gotten beaten up: no.
Changed who you were to fit in: i change who i am to not fit in.

LAYER EIGHT: GETTING OLD
Age you're hoping to be married: sure.
Age you wanna have kids: at zillion million years old (pretty soon is more likely)

LAYER NINE: IN A GIRL/GUY
Best eye color: blood
Best hair color: frazzled grey
Short or long hair: skull
(and that's just how robyn looks in the morning- BA DUM CHA!)

LAYER TEN: WHAT WERE YOU DOING
1 MINUTE AGO: crying
1 HOUR AGO: cocktayles
1 YEAR AGO: worrying

LAYER 11:FINISH THE SENTENCE
I LOVE: wife, dog, friends, work (not just the stuff that makes money, but that too).
I FEEL: nothing.
I HATE: nothing.
I HIDE: nothing.
I MISS: reading more fun things.
I NEED: more and less time.

10.26.2006

i've had a fantastic time hanging out in ventura. enjoying the company of good country people... i wrote songs, a movie, read a book, went to three movies, napped, ran, ate, drank, listened to astral weeks on repeat, bought a night at the opera for my ipod, and pants that i like. i am going to disneyland today to cap off the fun.

11.24.2006

yesterday, i was thankful for the memories. today i'm thankful for pumping iron. i'm going to begin a workout regiment today.

man, casino royal is a rad movie. i saw it last night. subsequently, i tried to gain my double zero status by killing two bums.

11.21.2006

you can be taken back by a death for any number of reasons. i remember when i was visiting missouri as a kid. mickey mantle and jerry garcia died in the same week. i appreciate robert altaman in the same distant sense.

11.20.2006

first off... i'm very excited because my life has been good. writing has been fun, basseball playing= awesome, solo randy newman concert= AWESOME!!, school= not so bad (which is close to awesome), the house is clean= awesome, breaktime= awesome, good reading= awesome, dodgers signing juan pierre=awe... (that sound of a record needle stopping serene music) ,MFHXCZVBUDHRFKJHLBSGAJHFXZBHJVFJKZDNHC92C387YQRWYT4VF85W745Y4280B74YT08VB7YT4087Q3Y480Q7VYT80347T08B7475TY8237650NYRDFUWHO8765FT80WE7RYOEUDVHGOSE4Y8RJF0WE8ERTY

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11.16.2006

for those of you who know gabe davis and maybe haven't heard, his sister passed away tuesday morning. he has really gone through a very, very heavy week and could really use your prayers.

11.7.2006

so, i got a new phone. when switching over the sim card, i lost everyone's digits. if you're a friend of mine, and want me to call you. drop your nombre in the comments, or email me @ jessegloyd@gmail.com, or myspace me @ the rio bravo.fart.com.

11.5.2006

i saw the who last night on some random free tickets. i wasn't really expecting much, but they really ruled the roost. fun fun show! their encore was all of tommy. pretty fun.

11.1.2006

robyn slipped on a rib and broke her foot this morning. she's fine, just in a heap of pain. i've parent conferences and grades the next week or so. all of this busy busy makes me glad for albums like nebraska.

10.30.2006

i'm in my room. things are beginning to come together, i think. i'm working on grades this week. trying to mellow it out some. fell asleep to annie hall last night. i forgot how great of a movie it is

10.21.2006

an article
Originally uploaded by wneloyd.

i just thought this was mildly ironic.

10.14.2006

congrats to darren and his de-troit tygers. congrats to larry david for making awesome television. congrats to me for being just a great guy.

10.10.2006

man, i don't want to go to work today. i'm really not in the mood.

10.7.2006

stupid dodgers.
funny ray stevens.

10.4.2006

the hope of tomorrow (reasons to love and awesome randy newman).