11/22/04 07:07 - ID#36447

Ex gifts

I've got to figure out a gift for my ex's bday Saturday. I got off easy the last few years because he requested some custom-sewn thing. A tea cozy one year (whatever impression you get of him from that is totally accurate), and a replica of a scarf I made him to replace the original he lost.

One year he floored me by sending me my favoritest gift ever - a lamp he made out of a toaster. He's always salvaged old toasters, but now it's turned into a full-fledged obsession. He's bought over 70 of them on eBay. Yep - that's seven-oh.

(wow, I'm a slob)

You push down the lever like you're making toast to turn it on. I bought the lampshade so it could hold it's own next to the hat ladies painting.

I hope he finally gets me the replacement glow-in-the-dark koosh ball earrings I've asked for 3 years in a row. Bought the originals at a cool store in Cambridge MA, but they got dehydrated and brittle languishing in storage for 8 months while I was looking for a permanent place to live.

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11/19/04 05:26 - ID#36446

roving reporters

Thanks, (e:southernyankee). Keep up the [inlink]southernyankee,109[/inlink]great stories, with or without pix. I love exploring new cities, and seeing DC through your eyes. estrip should have a roving reporter in every town.

I've been incommunicado for 14 hours now, so this may be outdated. But there's now a reciprocal site

to our national confessional[inlink]lisa,156[/inlink]. We are not alone.

Please accept my apologies if I'm not making any sense.

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11/17/04 07:39 - ID#36445

Homeless Pride

(overheard on BART)

1st homeless guy: "can anybody spare 75 cents? any spare change?"
2nd homeless guy: "hey dude, stop doing that. you're giving homeless people a black eye doing that."
1st guy looks nonplussed, says nothing.
2nd guy: "dude, you're giving homeless people a black eye doing that. don't do it!"
1st guy: "did you already ask them for change?"
2nd guy: "dude, don't do it! you don't bother people on the train! you're giving homeless people a black eye doing that."
1st guy: "but I don't have anywhere to live."
2nd guy: "I'm just as homeless as you are, dude. you have to try harder. I'm only going to tell you one more time. don't bother people on the train!"
1st guy, (after pause): "all right, I'll stop."
2nd guy: "don't stop, dude. just don't do it!"
1st guy: "all right. I won't do it."

(other scenes from my brief trip to SF)

Global Exchange

offices

As long as I'm in the Mission I'd better pick up some more veggies. Anybody know how to prepare cactus?

I have to move back to the city.

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11/16/04 06:00 - ID#36444

stealth phonetography

at the farmers' market

Biked back along the beach and stopped for a sip at the water fountain.

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Category: family

11/14/04 03:32 - ID#36443

family round-up

Weekly phone call with Dad. They're on their way to Augusta with bikes strapped to the bike rack (last year's "big" xmas present) to bike along the canal. I think this was just a not-so-subtle way to remind me of his one-item list for this year -- a weather station like the one his cousin in Germany has. Preferably in English since Dad's German isn't that good.

For someone who never used to abide by "the list" Dad certainly has embraced it now. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole Christmas gift registry concept myself. I never go by the list either. Although the one big ticket item per person thing could work. Then maybe I could get the digital camera I really want. On the other hand, maybe we should all just be "allowed" to buy ourselves whatever it is we want for Christmas. Seems a whole helluva lot easier and more likely to be successful. Yeah, that's not going to fly.

Dad would have loved the martini party last night. At least they got to meet everybody at the August pot-luck BBQ at Brenda & Kathy's.

My 7-year-old nephew sent me this joke:
Where can you dance in California?
San Frandisco!

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Category: friends

11/14/04 04:37 - ID#36442

how many martinis...

...before you start spilling your guts about things you aren't ready to spill yet? I would say five. I left after four. My friends already have enough ammunition on me.

Norm mixing my 1st martini / Kathy and Candy

The beautiful people

Mary, my dance partner for the evening / Sam & Justin

I could explain this, but some things are best left to the imagination

Yep. The party's in here guys.

bling close-up / self-portrait attempt

Earrings, wrap and boa scarf were big hits. Don't get much chance to wear those any more. I used to wear the earrings to work, and made that scarf for "Boa Fridays." Good times. I suppose I could still have"'Boa Fridays" but since I work at home alone, seems kind of pretentious.

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11/12/04 06:39 - ID#36441

remote control

cellphone pic on demand

view from Coit tower

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Category: music

11/12/04 05:13 - ID#36440

strange arrangements

>10 entries since the last midi=time for the next selection. (I hate leaving media stranded w/o a link. such a waste.)

The Look of Love / ABC

::DOWNLOAD MEDIA::

And a couple more as external links. Knock yourself out.

Brandy / Looking Glass
Happy Together / The Turtles

There. Y'happy now?

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Category: music

11/12/04 01:47 - ID#36439

Post Scene

Clearly I have to get a cell phone with a better camera. Or a flash attachment. ;)

God, I love living here. I had the best time last night at Popscene. Only $5 to get in if you're legal. Fat Tire on tap. Great dance tunes (OMD, Buzzcocks, Franz Ferdinand). Small/intimate but not crowded. And two freakin' good bands. What the hell else do you want?

I have to go to this since Morrissey [c]cancelled[/c] on me at the Now & Zen Fest --

THE MEAT IS MURDER THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

Join us on this holiday as the popscene DJs go deep into the Smiths/ Morrissey catalog for all you people who love them. Last year was a blast, so come out and have some fun with your friends. Its not like you have to work the next day, right?

Jezus'freakin'keeriste (e:j3sse), why did you have to move? Guess I'll just have to see if new music bud Aaron wants go, since Steven Patrick bailed on him too (even though I'm the one taking it personally). But it's just not the same.

I'm really getting into this duality thing. I can stuff myself and be thankful and lethargic all day, then dance to vegan-militant mope-rock all night. Embrace the polarity!

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Category: friends

11/12/04 12:39 - ID#36438

Out femme'd

Went to Brenda & Kathy's for Netflix night and they're already setting up for Thanksgiving. I think B's been watching too much HGTV again. Sucks to be the only straight chick in the group and still get out-femme'd.

another low-res, low-light cell phone pic

Hey, I made those curtains for them though. That should count for something.

We didn't actually eat at the table tonight. We munched our portabella burgers in front of the tube like normal folk. Guess I don't have to feel too threatened.

Almost time to head into SF for Dogs Die In Hot Cars. Such a sad name. Hope they're good.

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