The famous Friends of the Heroes February 29th project
 

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Friday March 19th 2004. Righard, 22, works in a CD-store and currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

Well, just my luck. The one day that I am required to tell people I have never met about, and it turns out to be perhaps the dullest day ever spent by anyone in the world. I mean, it is common (I should hope) for any aspiring young artist-type to fantasize about the interviews they will one day give to super-interested journalists who will have plenty of informed questions about "the new direction of the last album" or "the practical implications of such an elaborate set design" or "the liberal use of grotesque imagery in, particularly, the fourth chapter of this novel" or "the anti-art principle that is written all over one's current installation". The charm behind such chimerae is, of course, the idea that people, in the abstract sense, are, for some reason, really fascinated by whatever it is that you are busying yourself with: being known by people you don't know, which, as Bourdieu would tell you, is a strong indicator of ample social capital.

Anyhow, as it happens, I don't know any of the people who will be reading this entry, so I could have made myself sound like a very interesting person by going off about the aleatoric elements in my improvised music which is facilitated by the mechanical repetition inherent in the electronics I use, and the resultant aesthetic of serendipity - finding beauty in the chance relationships between sonic elements.

However, as it happens, I spent the entire day procrastinating. Played "Snake" on my cellphone. Almost beat my last high score. Smoked cigarettes. Ate breakfast and lunch. And daydreamed.

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Emma
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A teacher
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Jen
Duncan
Meredith
Daniel Reid
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Martin de Selincourt
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Salvatore
Jonathan Skinner
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