Keep it Light Enough to Travel

• Goodbye, LiveJournal. I'm moving. I ...

  Goodbye, LiveJournal.
  
  I'm moving. I just don't seem to ever spend any time here anymore, so I'm concentrating my efforts here:
  
  [www.andrewhersey.com]
  
  Feel free to add this to your favorite blog reader.
  
  I will miss a lot of my LJ friends - there [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2007, 10:06am EDT
  

• "And I'm starting to think it could ...

  "And I'm starting to think it could happen to me like it did to you
  And I'm starting to actually feel it seep through the slick divide now
  I don't crack the door too far for anyone who's pushing too hard on me"
  
  -Liz Phair, "Nashville"
  
  ---
  
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  Posted: July 05, 2007, 11:30pm EDT
  

• If the legacy weren't already assured... from ...

  If the legacy weren't already assured... from washingtonpost.com:
  
  

  President Bush today refused to rule out a pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, one day after he spared the former White House aide prison time by commuting the 30-month sentence imposed after Libby's perjury conviction in the CIA leak [...]

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  Posted: July 03, 2007, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Went to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia for ...

  Went to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia for a couple of days. Took a few pics on the way up, but nothing of any great import. It was a pleasant enough trip, though I doubt I would go back.
  
  Shentai was amazing. Like nothing I have ever seen [...]
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  Posted: June 28, 2007, 10:30pm EDT
  

• 1. Let us all bow down now, ...

  1. Let us all bow down now, and give thanks for Wilco.
  
  2. We lost, and lost badly, at softball on Thursday. So it goes.
  
  3. Off to Lynchburg tonight.
  
  4. Tomorrow night: Shentai!
  
  5. On an unrelated note:
  
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  Posted: June 23, 2007, 11:51am EDT
  

• Photo. 17 June 2007. Woolen Mills area. ...

  Photo. 17 June 2007. Woolen Mills area. Charlottesville.
  
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  Posted: June 19, 2007, 9:37pm EDT
  

• My show this weekend was fun and ...

  My show this weekend was fun and somewhat more successful than I had planned. Not that I will be retiring anytime soon.
  
  This week: Lots of housepainting, various social activities, kickball, softball, etc.
  
  Old picture. February 2003, Ix Building, Charlottesville.
  
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  Posted: June 11, 2007, 9:39pm EDT
  

• Off to Bethesda, MD for a little ...

  Off to Bethesda, MD for a little one day show tomorrow. It's hot as crap and my van has no a.c.
  
  Leaf, Blue Ridge Parkway.
  
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  Posted: June 08, 2007, 5:20pm EDT
  

• I tried to save a turtle today. ...

  I tried to save a turtle today. I went back for him, but saw drops of blood next to him in the road. He was still alive, but didn't seem to have much life. I was a little unsure - maybe it would have been more humane to put him [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2007, 10:29pm EDT
  

• Rainy spring days are good days to ...

  Rainy spring days are good days to take photographs.
  
  Bunny. Newly-found abandoned house (with thanks to SB). Today.
  
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  Posted: June 03, 2007, 9:20pm EDT
  

• Let's review. Recently, I:Went to ...

  Let's review. Recently, I:
  
  Went to the beach and took zero pics.
  
  Went to Boston and took zero pics.
  
  All is well.
  
  And on that note, cake:
  
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  Posted: May 31, 2007, 12:02pm EDT
  

• "Ice cube in a dark drink shines ...

  "Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
  Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
  And the mind's eye tumbles out along the steel track
  Fixing every shadow with its stare"
  
  -Bruce Cockburn, "Night Train"
  
  C&O, recently:
  
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  Posted: May 20, 2007, 11:32am EDT
  

• We played ball tonight, and won a ...

  We played ball tonight, and won a great game against a team we dislike. It was a very satisfying win.
  
  I've been sick - bad stomach and a little fever last night, but am somewhat better today.
  
  Some feet:
  
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  Posted: May 17, 2007, 11:39pm EDT
  

• 1. Back from Maryland. A very fun ...

  1. Back from Maryland. A very fun trip - decent but not great show, very fun day museum-hopping in DC, a great Nationals game Monday night.
  
  2. Yes, there's a new resident of hell.
  
  3. Picture.
  
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  Posted: May 16, 2007, 1:31pm EDT
  

• Busy week. Much housepainting. Softball ...

  Busy week. Much housepainting.
  
  Softball tonight.
  
  Today is my eleven year cancer anniversary.
  
  Off to Bethesda, Maryland this weekend for a show.
  
  And now, a moth butt.
  
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  Posted: May 10, 2007, 2:52pm EDT
  

• I will now tell you a cute ...

  I will now tell you a cute story. Boy and girl decide to go on picnic. Boy's dog eats a genoa salami, then later pukes on girl's sofa. The end.
  
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  Posted: May 06, 2007, 11:00pm EDT
  

• CharlottesvilleBack home. In recapping the ...

  Charlottesville
  
  Back home. In recapping the trip, I would like to thank the following: Good barbecue at the Bar-B-Q Wagon, then breakfast at the Everett Street Diner, both in Bryson City. Great barbecue, and the most amazing pie I've ever eaten at Johnnie Ray's in Birmingham. Seriously, this pie [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2007, 2:39pm EDT
  

• Leaving for home this morning. The show ...

  Leaving for home this morning. The show was great fun - a little slower than usual, but I had a great weekend.
  
  And still, they keep finding me.
  
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  Posted: April 30, 2007, 7:13am EDT
  

• Better day yesterday, amazing sushi last night ...

  Better day yesterday, amazing sushi last night (followed by another visit to Johnnie Ray's for their amazing pie!), then lots more wine.
  
  Chandra and Andrew at the port-a-johns:
  
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  Posted: April 29, 2007, 9:05am EDT
  

• Birmingham, AlabamaToo few sales, too ...

  Birmingham, Alabama
  
  Too few sales, too much fun, too much wine, too little sleep.
  
  All is well.
  
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  Posted: April 28, 2007, 9:35am EDT
  

• Bryson City, North CarolinaOn my ...

  Bryson City, North Carolina
  
  On my way to Birmingham, Alabama, for the Magic City Art Connection. Had a lovely drive down this far today, though my air conditioning seems to have passed away over the winter.
  
  Staying in one of my very favorite small town funky [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2007, 9:55pm EDT
  

• "They don't know what they like so ...

  "They don't know what they like so much about it
  They just go for any shiny old bauble, and nobody sparkles like you
  But I can't imagine it in better terms
  Then naked, half-awake, about to shave and go to work"
  
  -Liz Phair, "Nashville"
  
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  Posted: April 17, 2007, 10:32pm EDT
  

• 1. Bumper stickers seen recently:"My ...

  1. Bumper stickers seen recently:
  
  "My dog is smarter than your president"
  
  "When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve"
  
  "I never thought I'd miss Nixon..."
  
  2. Just in case anyone is looking for me, I've barricaded myself in my apartment with the first batch of [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2007, 8:22pm EDT
  

• 1. Working on a new digital collage/painting/mixed ...

  1. Working on a new digital collage/painting/mixed media project. Examples will be posted.
  
  2. Beach this past weekend. Cold, but ever so fun.
  
  3. "And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
  Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
  Like a part [...]
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  Posted: April 11, 2007, 9:21am EDT
  

• Softball was great last night. We won ...

  Softball was great last night. We won in the last inning - close game, good opponents, solid fielding, good hitting. We are 1-1 on the year.
  
  Who's a happy boy? Andrew's a happy boy.
  
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  Posted: April 06, 2007, 2:13pm EDT
  

• Yesterday = the start of softball ...

  Yesterday = the start of softball season.
  
  Tomorrow = my 20th straight Charlottesville Ten Miler, then going to see the Free Bridge Quintet.
  
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  Sometimes you fall face down into something far better than you had when you were standing up.
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  Posted: March 30, 2007, 3:11pm EDT
  

• Somebody help me - I'm turning into ...

  Somebody help me - I'm turning into one of those people who dresses their dog up and takes embarrassing pictures...
  
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  Posted: March 29, 2007, 11:59pm EDT
  

• I have to say a word about ...

  I have to say a word about Devon Sproule. I went out to see her at Gravity Lounge last weekend for her CD release. Devon is a local singer-songwriter - she's been around since she was a kid (she's still a kid, but now she's a grown up [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2007, 4:13pm EDT
  

• The things you find heretestify silently ...

  The things you find here
  testify silently to
  gone and quiet lives.
  
  Photo: May 2003:
  
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  Posted: March 20, 2007, 5:36pm EDT
  

• Don't you just wish that you could ...

  Don't you just wish that you could know the story? Don't you wish that you could see so completely into someone's soul and someone's past that you could really understand them? Don't you wish that you could touch all the sorrow, all the hurt, all the insecurities... and somehow find [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2007, 2:15pm EDT
  

• 1. Welcome to springtime in Virginia. Yesterday ...

  1. Welcome to springtime in Virginia. Yesterday it was in the 80's. Today it's snowing.
  
  2. "What can you leave behind
  When you're flyin' lightning fast
  And all alone?"
  
  -Townes Van Zandt, "High Low and In Between"
  
  3. Sometimes, when I watch his little legs and ears [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2007, 6:03pm EDT
  

• "This is a test," the voice in ...

  "This is a test," the voice in your head says, "A test of your will, a test of your patience. Can you hold this thing, this precious thing, in the right way? With the right touch? At the right distance?"
  
  Photo: July 2003:
  
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  Posted: March 12, 2007, 10:05pm EDT
  

• 1. My new housepainting website.

  1. My new housepainting website.
  
  2. Race results: Martha Jeff 8K: 37:29 (7:34 miles). 9th/32 age group, 84th/477 overall.
  
  3. And now, your daylight savings time haiku:
  
  The whole day brightens
  anticipating that one
  sweet extra light hour.
  
  4. Today is the [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2007, 9:41am EDT
  

• Yeah, music's like that. Sometimes you hear ...

  Yeah, music's like that. Sometimes you hear a song, and it's clear that that song was written specifically about you. Even if the man who wrote it died 32 years ago.
  
  "Time has told me
  You're a rare rare find
  A troubled cure
  For a troubled mind.
  
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  Posted: March 08, 2007, 8:04pm EST
  

• Colonial Half-Marathon, Williamsburg, Virginia, 25 February, 2007. ...

  Colonial Half-Marathon, Williamsburg, Virginia, 25 February, 2007. 1:46:59. My second fastest half ever, 28th out of 78 in my age group.
  
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  Posted: March 01, 2007, 9:32pm EST
  

• Busy: My show is up, and will ...

  Busy: My show is up, and will be open to the public tomorrow morning.
  
  Book: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell. Definitely one of the best books I've read in the last few years.
  
  Photos of Barack Obama, taken in Richmond, 17 February. The rest are [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2007, 12:31am EST