coffee

coffee is good. rock n roll is better.

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i cleaned up a whole lot. deep scrubbing in the kitchen and all. enough so that it smelt like bleach.

it’s been a sunny day. it’s still very chilly but that’s okay.

i had an americano from the rocking frog and sat on the front porch in a sun spot and read more of the Janis Joplin biography that I started last week. Thank you for the coffee Nol!

I started a french press at home. I practiced my restraint. I did not drink the whole thing.

The last time I finished the press I was too hyped up to finish any sensible task.

I got my synth set up and started jamming a little bit. I find it easier to be creative when my space is organized.

I have two shows coming up!

Friday, February 28th, at No Fun Bar

Sunday, March 1st, at Ranger Station

I have some exciting news to share about the upcoming shows and I will do so when I have photos to go along with those words.

I am grateful for opportunities coming up to share my rock n roll songs. I am working to play more than i have ever before this year. I hope you’ll be a part of it.

-ABC

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to wander, to ponder, to wonder, and to be free. 

that's where I am this morning.

i got up and met a friend at 8 o'clock this morning. We tend to cross each other's paths about once a year. this is the second time this year. second time this week. thanks for the motivation to get out of bed before the last minute, chica. 

I'm headed to work at 11am. Making subs in Old Town, Portland, Oregon this morning. 

Then I really have to figure out all the logistics of getting an Oregon ID. The testing isn't the hard part. It's finding all the proper documentation, at the moment. 

Tonight I go see my favorite band, mewithoutyou, at Hawthorne Theatre. They are playing their first full length, beginning to end. It's called "A->B Life" which has had a great impact on my life. I mean my name is humbly inspired by that record. It's also the album that introduced me to Rumi.

"put music to our troubles and we'll dance the night away..."

"...and i'll live without you love, but good is one glove without the other?"

Alright fellow earthlings, time to focus and get my ass to work. Be free.

-ABC

looking for adventures

hello my name is A.B. Corduroy. 

this is a public announcement that I'm looking for new job opportunities.

why on blog? because i want to do need a new ideas. bigger than my head is imagining.  

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i enjoy meeting new people and being of service to them.

 

i have worked on cow dairies, chicken houses, been a server, and been a barista for the last 10 years plus. 

i would like to continue coffee part time if the vibe is right.   i've put in resumes at some interesting little shops the past few days. 

while working service industry has been / is my most sincere way of diligently sharing that, i am open to greater ways to be of use to my fellow earthlings and planet. 

my priority in life is to progressively make art, words, and music my main source of income and that is only possible if I continue to pursue new avenues to grow and learn. 

if you are reading these words and can use any kind of temporary part time work, art or labor please email me at: abcorduroy@gmail.com

Sincerely

-ABC

 

My First Art Showing

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after many weeks of preparation I am happy to say that I have a handful of my art on display at Vivace, the coffee shop I work at. I'll be putting more up over the upcoming week.

i've never put art on display like this before. It's truly a dream come true and thank magic for that reality. 

normally it's more about the meditaional moment that I share via zzzwalking.com.  

seeing a sketchbook drawing converted to a computer file... 

then converted to a print that is multiple times the size of the original image...

buying them a frame...

giving those moments names...

that's a lot of work, man. but the process was fun and i plan on doing a lot more of it.

Unframed prints will be available via the interweb store soonly.

but hey! If you live in Portland come check it out! 

Be free fellow earthlings!

<3 ABC

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Today

Today I spent the first 3 hours of bring awake drawing, drinking coffee, and sneaking smiles at Foxette between her busy coffee making responsibilities. 

After which I did a little Christmas shopping, and saw lots of half naked Santas running down the streets of Northwest Portland. 

But now it's time to settle down (the most I can that is) and make coffee for the next 7 or so hours. 

So if you need some caffeine or just feel like keeping me company come see me at Vivace. 

Be Free! 

-ABC

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Some of This and Some of That

Life it happens. Sometimes it keeps you wondering. Sometimes it happens; and it happens fast. 

So here it happens. Some of this and some of that.

I'm working on expanding the Sleepwalking Collecitve. Staring the week of November 24th they'll be an official zzzwalking.com and I'll be adding a handful of new artist and contributors. More on that later; I'm just tossing it out there.

Otherly I've been working at a local coffee shop in NW Portland called Vivace for about 2 months now.

I'm really grateful for the experience. It's a totally different tempo after working for corporate Starbucks. It's nice to slow down a bit. Time to think. Time to be not be a busy busy bumble bee.

There's times to genuinely connect with folks and time to draw silly Alfreds on cups.

I guess what I'm trying to say it feels great to make a living being myself, getting tips daily, and not having to try to up sale my fellow man. 

What else?

I read a book called "The Hidden Messages in Water". Yeah read it in one night. Last night to be exact.

Although I do not have the attention span to properly relay the magic I read in this moment. I conveniently hyperlinked it so you can google that stuff.

I'm just impressed my brain let me focus long enough to read a book in one evening. Thank you rain. Thank you magic.

My roommates from about 2 years ago bought me that book and I just read it. It took a minute but it happened at just the right time. Thanks Grace and Kyle. 

I thought I was going to type more, but my brain is drifting away. I need to go cuddle by my lady and finish Disney's Robin Hood. 

Life is what we make it friends.

Just keep swimming!

-ABC

 

Head Thoughts, Stuff, and Things

  1. I had another interview for a local coffee shop. This one is on the Southwest side of town, right on the waterfront. There's even a clear view of Mt Hood from the shop! 
  2. Raphael is my favorite ninja turtle.
  3. I didn't learn to appreciate red pepper flakes on pizza until the age of 27. 

All Sleepwalking Collective merchandise can now be found via the abcorduroy.com webstore.

I'm going to shut down the official website and keep all the social media sites open.

I'm already selling my book through my personal store so why not sell all my goodies in one interweb spot. What I'm trying to do is convince you to buy stuff and things. 

I have lots of ideas for Sleepwalking and I'm making things happen just in my own funky sense of timing. I need to sell through current inventory to make money to print new things.

I'm going to print on black next go round. I can play the dark and mysterious game and it sells a lot better.

Everything in the shop is very limited. If you want to be a part of something from humble beginnings get to it! This is it! 

Thank you everyone for your support. We're all in this together. Be Free Earthlings!  


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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Head Thought

Doomsday isn't coming; I fear she's been in free fall for several hundred years. You can sit around and sing her sorrows or live life as only an earthling can.

Get outside. 

Hike some mountains, swim the lakes, sit in the shadows of great trees and listen to the birds sing, drink some coffee.  

Live in a moment. Walk with the wind. Listen to your heart. Don't trip over dead men. 

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Morning Coffee

I walked down the street for my morning coffee at Barista on Williams because I don't have to make the coffee today.

I was simply going for a muffin and americano before going home to make some eggs and start my day, but ended up listening/talking to some really interesting folk.

I never actually got their names but their topic of conversation was on point and thought provoking. I think I've seen one of the dudes before, but not sure where and when. 

Now... eggs, asparagus, and green peppers with Maroon 5's, Songs About Jane in the background. Still a great album to me. I don't care what anyone says. Maybe it's my shitty pop album. We all have one of those whether we admit it aloud or not. 

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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. 

 

Today and Tonight and Stuff

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Today: I think I will head downtown and find a place to do some wandering and maybe some writing. See what kind of adventures I can happen upon. I have left over coinage from yesterday's laundry an americano from Stumptown sounds lovely. I also have some long overdue letters to write to people. Yes today will be a day of people watching, coffee drinking, and word writing. 

Tonight: It's First Thursday and there are two shows I really want to see. So tonight will be full of going to see art.

Stuff: I love Smoggie Catt. I also love waking up and not rushing to run to the coffee shop to make coffee for the masses. I love my overcast mornings. Waking up about 9am; I can linger about and do my workings on the interwebs and read some news at a casual pace and then around 1pm then be out and about until at least 9 exploring the world around me. I love you Portland, Oregon. Thankful I finally made it here. Sometimes I wonder if I'm still dreaming.