Saturday

Just not a thing to say.
Gotta Death and Jesus coming up
patience Styl,
patience...


be well todo mundo

J.Level

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Monday 6:33 am

So, Got woke up, which is weird in it's self

those who know me know sleeping and eating

man I could use those hours, wasted.

So, got woke up with 

" It's snowing. It's snowing...".

we stood and watched from the window

smoking...

" never gonna stop Styl, never...".

" Good ".

End of the New Year,

and another Monday in Amerika...

be well todo mundo,

J.Level

6:33 am

Styl sez I think too much about Death.

" You really do think alot about Death..." she said.

" Death the concept or Death the guy with a van,

a station wagon and cats ?, or the Death with the condo

in Century city ?... " I asked.

" ..........................." a smiling Styl stares...

" You've got alot of time on your hands ...", Styl smiles.

" Yeah, I've got alot of time on my hands ...", I said.

It's gettin warm again here in this rainy

snowy windy place. We will all have much to do 

soon enough...

be well todo mundo,

J.Level

Yuma, again...

...Received another invitation to the home
of the cousin of Styl666, my friend,
my wise and faithful reader, vocal critic
of my life, that she's followed for the
past years and a bunch a months...

Styl666 sez,
" ...You are invited this weekend 

to the house of my cousin
Yuri, but call him Ted...in Yuma.

This is the second invite you know ? ".
" He'll throw me in the snow.

I talk you know...." I said.

" There's no snow in Yuma

and you do talk a little much.

Watch that... " she reminded me,

pointing with a perfect nail.

I have been to and thru Yuma Arizona 

on various occasions
thruout this o this
long life of mine......On a motorcycle in 81'...
in a 68' Rambler in about 85'...
..on a couple of trains, who remembers when...
Who remembers Yuma, Arizona
after one of those Yuma fiery orange
and blood red sunsets
featherin' into that blue...?

Everybody remembers.
That blue in southwestern paintings
O'Keeffe
and Shepard,
and Ram Kur...
that blue is in the Yuma sky.
A ridin' the Amtrak east
or west...

To think the Bosnian brothers
have found Yuma,
seems divine.
The brothers I know from Bosnia,
would have loved Yuma...

I thank you for the invitation Styl 

but I'm hangin' in Seattle

where there's...

The paintings...

That big dog that loves you...
...Gretchen
and Jack
therapy...
...that soft futon,
and smokin' on the porch
with a fat squaril sittin' alongside
my barefoot...
He spoke Spanish, thank god,
and understood I wasn't
much into any drama...
" ...Been a hell of a 8 months, you know...
I have lost and gained much pretty quickly ",
I told " Raul ", I'd named him,
" ...A lesser brother wouldn't a made it Jess "
Raul said...
" Thanks man..." I said.


I'll wait for you here.
These are indeed enlightening times
for this poor, but famous artist,
so they are...

Styl666 said,
"  You burned everything you arrived with,
erased the fotos and the written stuff...
Now smoke and eat, drink and be well...

I will think of you every moment...

get a haircut your looking like a hippy...",

...and the plane flew off to Yuma,

and I drove on back to the Hill

and had some beers with Saloma.

haircut...

fix the headlight...

put the bumper back on...

re-strech the big Don Quijote...

Be well todo mundo,

J.Level

Wake up Styl it snowed...

It snowed Styl...

Wake up.

be well todo mundo,

J.Level

Lunch with Styl666

" You have sauce on your chin..."

" hum... you know Styl, I lived in Lisboa for about 

a blissful year. Sold art in the market at the Rue

De Agusto, and we lived in a big second floor 

studio with 12 foot windows and a view of the 

ferry dock and the other side of the river...

I recall all sorta smoked fish...yep,

I never remember Portuguese barbecue..."

" ...in my house Jess, if someone talked while we

were eating, my brother's would throw them out 

into the snow..."

" I guess I'd be in the snow alot eh?..."

"...Yeah. Pass that sauce... bloody good, no? "

We eat in silence.

Shared coy glances,

and two bottles 

of cheap Chilean wine 

while chattin' up the 

waitress Malie, from Mexico.

Ensanada B.C. , I think.

 

Later we debate why we are here,

and together in this weird 

tasty joint found by fluke...

...then confessed why

we're not back 

where we were...

We agreed 

things happen.

Things change.

Couldn't be any other way,

we'd try not to make the same

mistakes, 

again.

be well todo mundo,

J.Level

A new view

upstairs at the new house

we sat and smoked and say how

many times

lookin' at each other...

" hell of a view eh ?"

" we'll never do better ".

big steaks on paper plates

and beer...

" Thanks..."

" De nada..."

Be well todo mundo,

J. Level

Styl666 is a commin'

Cool.

... and late news 

the contingency from hong kong

is being delivered to Seatac

That's Daniel's thing

and out on the iland

another has blown in

from the deep south

So, we've all something 

to be awaitin'

should be a good month.

And as we all have read

I am not a december sorta bloke

but this one is filled with 

a different sorta trustable and saintly

sorta folk....

We are blessed this time around....

Be well todo mundo,

J.Level

...In reply to you there Ms.Styl666

07.10.08
Vashon, Wa

...in reply to your comment 12.06.08...

I have, if you'll ask some folks,
have proven to be unafraid of many things.
Blindly, sometime as an idealist,
sometime a romantic,
often times an immigrant...
but still unafraid of...

Getting off airplanes
Application without direction
Mean dog's
Mean girls
Evolving cat's
Snakes
Mountain's ( both emotional and physical)
Spiders
Rat's
Earthquakes
Volcanos ( MT. Saint Helens )
Langauges
Goverments
Cop's
Judges
Lawyers
Traitors
The Portugees
The French
Andaluz, (as a dialect of castellano)
The word's " si, otro dia..."
...and the word " NO ".
strange old lady's on the 3rd floor
Taxi drivers
Amy Winehouse
Drug dealers
Bartenders
Punk's
Heavy's
Old and new rocker's
I used to afraid of communists,
but I got over that once somebody competent
explained it to me....then I became a socialist.
Money
Steppin' on toe's
My three ex-girlfriends
and one wife.
..and pokin at volcano's,
they's already smokin'
why not ?

I am afraid of little.
Like the Indiana frickin' Jones
of blind faith,
steppin' off into the dark,
and trust...
I have learned many thing's...
I learned that you gotta trust someone,
usually turns out bad,
but the list is and alway's has been a
long one,
room for more...

Good day on Vashon,
and another day in Amerika...


Fear little there Styl666.
I do.
See you soon.

Be well todo mundo,

J. Level

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I can't stay, I gotta iPhone...

14.08.08
Vashon,Wa.

Styl666 my faithful reader and fan,
I looked up your village yesterday
tiny little dot on the big screen.
The damned thing is a marvel,
signed a two year contrac with Death Star
to get it...
So, I've gotta come back from the weird
and complicated land...
worry not.
It's all here now.
you know...

Sittin waitin for the ferry to take me
back to the Island,
did a weird session with
the brother,
we eat and smoke
and he told me secrets
we rode over to the Ibeam
and played iPhones til 12:00am

" what are you gonna do with your fone
when you don't come back...?" he asked.
I rolled my eyes.

So, all ya'll, stop.
This aint' a life changing thing.
That happened already,
survived it well enough.
I'm closing out a part of my life.
comming back and going to work again
just like normal.
I seek closure.
Just got to let it go..

So I'll email the brother now
and tell him so...
" Hey D, You don't get the fone, forget it !!!!!"

Be well todo mundo,

J.Level


...wrote this from the fone, amazing.

...Few words

13.08.08
Vashon,Wa.

...The hand sits out there waitin' for ya
It looks towards the water
which never stops moving
never stops making that sound
that make's ya say...
" ...it's really nice, sitting here...".
Everybody does.
Same thing.
Everytime.
"..Really nice here."

Heard 4 distint voices
from over waters
yesterday.
I couldn't find words.
I will.

26 days...


...and to you there Styl666,
I can't stay...
i gotta iphone.
Go figure...

Be well todo mundo,
J.Level

...the dog saw it before I...

28.07.08
Vashon,Wa.

...the sister Dog yowled right next
to my hand and then ate the biggest
got damed bug I had ever seen
She looked up at me and smiled
my tiny little 150 pound hero Dog
Got's my back, so she does.

So, there was nothing left to do but
smile
smile
smile today
We crossed the water to the other side
hot like Africa
to return to
middle earth's
cool
and shady jungle
another world.

...The dog split
I watered the jungle
and the other little dog
the flowers and emense weeds
smoked a bit
and smiled.
Was another day transforming
a west Seattle
view
from scuzz
to crystal clear...
everybody smiled today.
It's not as alarming nowaday's
as it was there in the beginning.
weird creatures so we are to adapt
and overcome with just some smiles...
smile, Neng


be well todo mundo,

J.Level


... and to you there Styl666...
I'd say thats about enough babe.
you'll be nice.
or I will start writtin' about YOU.
I am lookin for a villin to include...
Don't make me put my literary foot
in yo ass...
All smiles..., JL

...YOUR A GIRL !!!!!!!! no, non, niet.......

14.07.08
Vashon, wa


...we played the xbox
and everybody got bored fast.
not the xbox we thought it was.
Deception ?
or too low tech ?
you decide.
The boss is leaving for Eureka today,
and I will finally be alone
out here in middle earth
me and the lassie dog...
All good ?
All good.

be well todo mundo,

J.Level

foto c adm2008

Styl666,
you are always welcome. why did you never say you were a girl...?
sorta changes things... Don't need a girl, I gotta dog. So come play with the dog
he doesn't bite. I do though... jl

....A word from the President.

10.07.08
Seattle,Wa

... crossed the water today.
Been out there couple a weeks, and it is settin' in my bones.
That Island...
Don't feel like Cap Hill stands much of a chance.
Roux
He just said,
" I cannot believe you are going to live on the Vashon...
well, then again,
It's really perfect !
I say, it is a good Idea. "
He's called the " President "
by many from here to India
to Vashon,
and in Burton, that little peice of middle earth.
Blessed...?
You bet.
The plan is approved by the President,
What more can a brother say ?

I will put up the first peice when it's done.
Soon Styl666, soon.
I am fine, no really.
Thanks for the words...
I know.
this is better
for everyone.
Thank's.

All good ?
All good.

Be well todo mundo,

J. Level

foto c 2007spl

I'm baaaa-ack...

14.02.03
Uvieu,Espana

Ok so it was'nt for long my fans, critics, and detractors.
Passed a historic moment the other day... A battle lost
or won, who's to say...
Watch the video...
...and tommorow a new On...." The Freakshow and it's passing thru the Valley
of the Shadow of Death..." just for you there "Styl666"

Be well todo mundo...

J.Level

...Stop worryin' there " Styl666 "

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