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Last night I met a guy named Tony Rose. Actually I met him one time before. At the same bar, Nobby's. The time before I acquired a free slider from said fellow.

Tony Rose is from New Orleans... San Fransisco? Let's keep it vague. He had a similar look and persona to Father John Misty. Loud personality and great clothing style on both occasions. He played some sick saxy. 

I also met a guy named Reese. He was in his 40's. We talked about cigarette smoking, music, insanity, and life... to name a few things. 

Tony Rose showed me an awesome song by Louis Armstrong called Black and Blue. 

I'll leave you guys with that. 

Year: 1965

"I'm hurt inside, but that don't help my case
Cause I can't hide what is on my face
How will it end? Ain't got a friend
My only sin is in my skin
What did I do to be so black and blue?"

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Thinking Thoughts

I haven't been blogging as much as of late. I've been trying to figure my head out. 

Well that takes a lifetime and I've felt as though I've lived five in only a few months time.  So basically I stepped away from the internet enough to keep moving my  head forward.

I've got a lot of ambition. I've got a lot of dreams. You can't expect it all to happen overnight. I know this. You just got to let magic be.

I can't wait to have this book of mine in a printed format so that anyone interested can read it. 

I've been watching a lot of "Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman". It's fascinating. Scientific questioning provokes my artistic soul even more.

Aside from all that I'm trying to establish this clothing line... A collective if you will. That's a thing that will be more successfully completed in 2014 and it's quite the undertaking. It's exciting though.

I've been drawing a lot and scribbling out little fragments for what the next book will be on. I am fairly set on finding a new job. I still want to make coffee, but locally not for the machine. 

The machine pays me well, but I think that moment is over. I need to connect with people on a more intimate level and do my part to ensure I am protecting Mother Earth to appease my conscience. That's a heavy burden to carry.

Well that's all I know to say now. I need to drink more coffee, read some books, do some wandering, and such.

I also need to find this bike seat that I misplaced somewhere in my house so I can get around town quicker. I had it. Where would I have sat it down? I do this way  too often.

Well.. bye interwebs. Happy Adventuring! 

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Distracted But Still Intact.

So my notebook is full to the point of no more writings. Technically there is space but I feel it needs to be done. You know?

New notebooks are kind of like reincarnation. You get a new start but there's always that same basis. Which is the entire reason you write.

Whether that's to share a story, peace of mind, or maybe you just like the look of the lines. For me that's discovery. Discovery about me and the world around me. 

All that to say I need to buy a new notebook/sketchpad thing, but I can't do that until Tuesday.

All of that I would normally be doodling or writing weird words right now but I can't so instead I'm sharing this with you as it pops in my head.

Rearranging some of the sentences of course. 

It makes a better story that way. It's actually more reality. Is that what a blog is? 

I think of it as a digital time capsule closet. 

The real reason I began writing this is to say how beautifully distracting Tame Impala is. That's why I can't read. My mind just wants to wander to other worlds and things.

Stuff and Things

The last few days of weather have been wonderful. Barely reaching the 70's, pleasant breeze, and sunny. Perfect mid day napping weather I must say.  

What's happening these days? I cleaned my house.. mostly. That's a good thing.  

I've been feeling feels that words are falling short of describing. I'm going to start compiling work for a second book in the next few weeks. Mostly I want to get the first one printed before I start sorting through notebooks of old writings again. 

I got new headphones from my aunt and uncle. They are really nice. Really clean and pure sound.  

Also I'm working on getting this clothing line launched. I will have a promo video to explain that process in a little over a week. 

I think I'm finally getting back into my routine since being back from Virginia. It's been a lot of figuring out of things.  

Also I have a couch now. Making my living room a lot more interesting place.

Listening to a lot of Deerhunter and Alt-J lately. 

The leaves in Portland are absolutely amazing. I have opted out of not taking photos a lot of the time and just enjoying their presence.  

Hmmm... I think that is all for now. Enjoy Fall!  

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I moved that old table from the overgrown yard of junk out of the yard and cleaned it the best I could in the fading daylight. It was covered in rotting pears and dirt. 

Now I will have a place to sit and read or drink coffee or just be.

It needs a candle and probably a big umbrella to guard it from the rains that are sure to start any week now; but it's the start of another project to make this place ever more magical. 

 

Let's Try This Again

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Honestly...

I had a multi paragraphed blog post about my current state of contentment with life even though there are still so many things I desire to accomplish. It was well written with grand conviction, but the blog didn't save. Oh well; here's an abbreviated version.

I am who I want to be and where I've wanted/needed to be for many years. There will always be new things to want to do, make, learn, buy, but life is how it needs to be. 

Life may not always go the pace you think, but take a deep breath and enjoy the ride.

I'm just ready for the cooler weather and Autumn leaves. I can smell it in the air. I think it'll be just the spark I need. 

I wish my other blog had saved, but this is roughly the point I was trying to get across.

I need to zone out to some music now. Goodnight Interwebs. 

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New Apartment!

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Officially moved into a new apartment. Smoggie is very happy. Now living with Adam and Cody which I would have never in a million years imagined this happening, but excited for the endeavors at hand.

I've started a new blog, video blog, new band in the works, about to self publish my first book of poetry, and whatever else may happenl ​

​But now I'm sleepy and can't focus. So this blog is over. Goodnight.

A.B. TV-Episode 1

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This is the first of a video blog series I have been planning for months with my friend Cody. The topics and adventures will vary week to week.

In short I want a way to share my mind with people and learn more about the world and maybe I'll say something that will spark a thought in someone else's brain. 

The idea is to not only be thought provoking and share my head thoughts but to also be visual stimulating because I know my attention span is terrible so I don't think it's fair to expect to have to just sit and watch me talk.

Therefore we wanted to make something that was almost like watching a documentary or a movie. So with the help of Cody Pulliam we came up with what I think is a very entertaining way of representing what is me and also entertaining to you as a viewer.

I hope you like what you watch. If so please subscribe to the channel, share it with a friend, and watch it again. 

-A.B. Corduroy

A.B. TV

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What?

A video blog. From things I consider serious issues that I want to bring to a broader scale than my circle of friends to some random misadventures like drunkenly telling stories with action figures. Basically anything I want. It's my video blog to accompany my written blog. 

Why?

Because why not? Because I want to talk about things that are important to me, share my random thoughts, share my learnings and possibly inspire others, because I like having an audience, but mostly to make Smoggie Catt the most popular cat on the interwebs. 

When:

Every Thursday night at 7pm West Coast Time/10pm East Coast Time starting May 2nd. ​

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