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Stuff I Have For Sale
We’re clearing house right now to make way for Baby Briggs I’ve posted quite a bit of stuff to Craigslist and vFlyer this week, so here’s a convenient summary of the Briggs Liquidation Sale.
E-mail inquiries to aaronwbriggs at gmail dot com.
Update: Cleared quite a bit of stuff out. The things above are the remainders. No one wants PA speakers!?!?!?
For Rev. William Childress
I’m sad to say my Grandfather, Reverend William Childress, passed away today. It’s hard to say exactly how much of an influence my Paw was on my life: when I was younger, there was no one in the world more important in my eyes, and even into adulthood he’s been a watermark for me. I’ve learned everything I know about being a good man from his example, and I miss him deeply already. This afternoon has been a flood of remembering our time together.
I recalled this rushed short story I had scribbled out a few years ago. It’s still very unfinished and breathless, but it feels like tonight is the night to post it here, warts and all. Read the rest of this entry »
Story of Stuff
I was profoundly moved by The Story of Stuff this week, which a client introduced on Monday. Please take the time to watch.
Since watching this on Tuesday, I’ve had a strong realization: I don’t want to raise kids super-saturated by marketing messages. Think about it: Saturday morning cartoons are one long commercial designed to teach kids that you’re supposed to want STUFF for happiness. Toucan Sam and Tony the Tiger are teaching kids that the only way breakfast can be satisfying is if you use a chintzy plastic spoon shaped like a rocketship (free with 3 UPC codes!) and ONLY if you’re eating the newest version with the marshmallow shaped donut clusters that turn your milk purple.
I Told You Avenues Would Never Die
Famously (well, among about 6 people), I once claimed that “Avenues will never die” from stage at one of our shambling, off-the-cuff wedding-related reunion shows between late 2005 and 2006.
And thanks to the internet, I guess I’m right.
On a whim, months ago, I made good on my promise of giving all our music away for free on the internet and uploaded our record and EP to last.fm for the world to stumble across, becuase those 300 copies of “When It Was Me” aren’t doing me any favors sitting in boxes in the attic.
And of course, the traffic on the Avenues page of last.fm is like lonely-country-road-at-night slim. But goofing around tonight online I found this – a blog post written in June after stumbling across our corner of the net. He/she enjoys our stuff and calls it a “travesty” that we exist in such anonymity. If you only knew, friend. Read the rest of this entry »
3 Months of Pressure.
I’m surprised I even remembered my login for WordPress.
You may notice it’s been 3 months since my last post on here. Let me just give you, dear reader, a taste of the last three months of my life:
I started a challenging new job. We made an offer on a new house. The offer was denied. We put our house on the market and sold it in 4 days. We went on a 10 day vacation to the West Coast. We frantically searched for a new house. We bought a house. We moved. Ashley got a new job. We bought bicycles. We went to a family reunion.
Now that things are finally settling down again, I almost can’t even remember what to do with freetime. I’ve made the resolution to get back into the swing of writing, and I plan on sharing things here as much as possible.
More details on the three months of silence to come — but I will say this: in retrospect, that might have been a little much to do at once.
