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The Blithering Ninny

hello children, come over here and turn off that fucking television. come gather around and listen to this hopeful song. if your feeling down and out, this will turn that frown upside down, ummm-humm....

lately i’ve been thinking a lot about moving east. petaluma has been infected with a tech disease. yuppies are fleeing san francisco for something cute and quaint. the rent increases and cost of living is insane.

here in petaluma, i spend a lot of time downtown. get a coffee at the bus stop, spend time at the playground. i’m in awe of the kids creativity and imagination. i’m envious of the raw honesty and ability to express emotion.

and you know for what it’s all worth, were expecting another kid. i don’t know what kind of world, we’ll leave them to live in. this thought really bums me out, fills me up with sorrow. i have a hard enough time getting through the day, let alone tomorrow.

i get this awful pain in my stomach and a throbbing in my head. i’d hoped by going to iraq, i’d come back dead. now i’m worried that something will answer my suicidal prayer. i don’t believe in fate or karma but watch me get cancer.

i was exposed to burn pits and depleted uranium and if there is a higher power then maybe we’ll break even. experts say that i’m a candidate for early dementia. take a pick from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or leukemia.

i’ve excepted that my mind is a fragile place where i can’t even live. an ear and should is all i have to give. and i find myself obsessed with endings before things even begin.

why can’t i just be happy in the moment that i am in? instead of focusing on the suffering, pain and dying. i really should be more grateful, really should be more grateful. really should be more grateful but i’m not.

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from Self Mutilation Camp: Songs To Sing Around The Campfire, released February 1, 2015

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Jesus & The Robot Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

We decided collectively to form a super band and to take over the world by making catchy and undeniably beautiful songs about an assortment of things. We figured that it will only be a matter of time before the our music spreads like a deadly wildfire that wipes out much plantation and housing thus causing much ruin. ... more

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