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At 3:46am on November 1, 2009, Keeley Siegman said…: oh, and i'd totally love to read what you've gotten on your.. book? potential book? haha

At 3:44am on November 1, 2009, Keeley Siegman said…: picture: i took it with my mac and for some reason it flips the picture and everything is backwards. :(

in regards to the fountainhead.. i don't know if i can even give you reasons that'll do the book justice. its written in simple elegance. most of the characters are that of wealthy families or have been successful and have gained loads of power. all of the characters also have huge personalities. they like what they like and in the most passionate way possible and that's, i think, what the society today lacks most and probably what i loved most about it.

and 1984.. i agree that it is fairly depressing but i wouldn't have loved it as much had it ended happily because in a world such as that there are no happy endings. living in a constant state of paranoia leaves no room for happy endings. i actually own a patch that has present day security cameras on it and reads "orwell was right." and its lovely. we're constantly watched and untrusted. the ideology behind communism is absolutely brilliant but its not possible. people crave power. i think you should definitely look into Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. its the COMPLETE opposite of 1984 but its a perfect example of another extreme. we can't have too much misery and we can't have too much happiness. both are destructive. we all need to find a happy medium. but both are beautiful and thought provoking.

At 1:28am on October 31, 2009, Keeley Siegman said…: i totally wish i could figure out how to use this website and reply back to what you sent me about 1984 but i seem to be having some difficulties.

anyway, 1984 is a really beautiful novel. it touches on some of the darkest parts of every day life. and its amazing to me that Orwell almost predicted it. i hope you pick up the book. i'm not a fan of watching movies based on books. how was it?
and the fountainhead- UGH! so beautiful. seriously. totally a book everyone needs to read.

At 5:03pm on October 3, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: ooh, i'm not sure about miles, but it started in west Texas and stretched all the way to the mountains at the California border. and i'll tell you, if you've never seen the sky at sunset in the desert, you've never seen sky. if you have, you know what i mean.

At 2:43pm on October 2, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: thanks. i'll have a look. and it makes sense it would be in May ... it would make a cold ride on a bike if it was in December!!!

At 3:38pm on September 30, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: no, i'm in toronto. but that sounds like a cool trip. i used to do a lot of tripping like that, too. i took off and drove route 66 to california a few winters ago just for the hell of it and spent a month in Long Beach. a couple years after that, i hopped on a bus and rode out to Vancouver and spent about three months there. i was in school in Moscow on a university exchange for 1/2 a year and while the rest of our class went for a trip to St. Petersburg, me and a friend took off to Samarkand and spent two weeks on the Afghan border wandering bazaars, downtown mazes, watching mafia hits in restaurants and smoking some pretty wild s--t from Iran. like the song says, "it ain't easy, livin' like a gypsy...' but it sure as hell is way fun! i've driven everything from a skateboard to a 5-ton split axle to a bus. the only thing i have left to hit the cycle is a Peterbuilt and a motorcycle. enjoy the ride and the fair! ... btw, when is that?

At 1:24pm on September 29, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: my publisher is Eloquent Books in NYC. it ended up being a great deal for me. i paid a small fee up front, but got access to their printing and distribution network, got on amazon and barnes and noble (which i never could have done on my own) and because it's Print On Demand, neither of us is stuck shelling out for a large print run to be stuck with in case it doesn't sell. and the 50% royalty split isn't a bad deal, either.

At 6:47pm on September 28, 2009, Candy O'Donnell said…: Thanks for the friend invite.

At 1:21pm on September 28, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: thanks for the t-shirt tip. i'll check that out! and for now my book is on amazon and barnes and noble as a print version. i'm still waiting for the publisher to make the e-book arrangements, which we have a contract to do. thanks for reminding me! i'm gonna light that fire under their butts now. is yours available yet?

At 11:30pm on September 25, 2009, eugene kachmarsky said…: ok, thanks, i'll check that out. and best of luck with all the efforts! and remember, no matter how much any of us has to say, there always comes the time when it's time to just "Shut up and skate!" (one of the coolest t-shirts ever! i saw a guy with it at a skatepark once! wish i'd asked where he got it).