mobile12/06/04 01:32 - ID#36466
Sis time
My sister arriving at San Francisco airport, looking very happy to be kid-free.
We had to pick up a shipment of wine for Dad. It would have been rude not to buy a few bottles for ourselves, and accept the gracious offer of a free reserve wine tasting while we were there.
It was so funny to go shopping with my sister. We tried out a bunch of toys for her kids and she cracked up at every one, which made me crack up. She bought this puzzle for her youngest kid that makes the animal's sound when you put the right piece in. It kept going off in the back of the car. We took all the puzzle pieces out of it, but it still went off whenever I banked hard to the left. (Many of my passengers have complained of feeling like crash test dummies.) Mostly we ignored it, but every once in a while it seemed to punctuate the conversation at a particularly apt time.
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12/05/04 10:15 - ID#36465
Stream of consciousness
So my ex-ex-ex? roommate and I decided to take that trip to France[inlink]twisted,90[/inlink] inspired soley on seeing the movie Betty Blue
. No shit. (Or I should say, pas de merde.) Did you ever see a movie that inspired you to move beyond the imagined confines of your perceived world? Ok, that sounded way more pretentious than I meant it. Anyway, crazy as it might sound, we walked out of the movie theatre vowing to go to France, and we did.Which gives me the opportunity (even though I don't really need it -- my journal and all) to say I'm sorry I didn't chime in, (e:Soyeon), when you first brought up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I thought that was a great movie too, and based on what I know of you, I thought you'd want to see it. I'm glad you liked it.
Back to my ex-ex-ex? roommate, Emily, and her boyfriend, Rob, who made the Skinny Puppy tape. When we lived together, Emily and I were into The Cure and Rob was into The Smiths. For some reason at that time, we all felt the two were mutually exclusive. I was trying to explain this to my new music bud Aaron (Morrissey no-show concert and Meat Is Murder dance club night) and he just couldn't believe it. I almost can't believe it now either, but at the time Emily and I thought The Smiths were too pop/mainstream for Cure fans like us. I guess distinctions like that don't always stand the test of time. Or maybe I'm not explaining it right. But that's the best I can do right now. It's weird.
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12/05/04 03:48 - ID#36464
Throw your arms around me
For me Skinny Puppy falls into the category of music I think I must have, but I actually don't (except some MP3s I scavanged from a shared music volume at work). Kind of like all the other music ex-roommates, ex-boyfriends, and ex-roommate's boyfriends had that was communal at the time. Keep thinking I should make a music DB so I know what I really do have, what I only have on vinyl, etc. I've bought two PDA software packages for that purpose alone (one for the Newton and one for the Palm), but I haven't done it yet. I keep hoping it will just become an extension of my iTunes library, which it probably already is if I just bothered to find a way to export it.
(e:Drchlorine) - have you checked out any of the Rough Trade collections? I picked up their 25 year boxed set
just before my music budget got slashed due to being laid off. Been wanting to pick up some of their other collections ever since. My 'seek list' for used record stores keeps growing. Oh well, you appreciate it more when you work harder for it.Sounds like a fun time at Allen Street Hardware last night. I hear the sausage was mighty tasty.
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12/05/04 03:24 - ID#36463
Outage on the Island
It even has a handy drawer for pen and pad, or spare Legos.
Yeah, I guess I could have just used my cell phone to call Alameda Power & Telecom. That would have been boring.
Update 12/11/04 - turns out a squirrel was the culprit.
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Category: holiday
12/04/04 11:40 - ID#36462
Lighted Yacht Parade
Sometimes it's fun living on an island.
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12/02/04 11:42 - ID#36461
Don't let's start
More to say, but I seem to be stuck in this estrip time warp. Which reminds me -
Oh my gosh! I have to see that. Christopher Guest=genius also. (Non-sequitor, I know. So sue me.)
p.s. - the would-be 18+ show would have been in 1996. I saw them totally by accident around 1989 (a friend's band was opening for them, I had no idea who they were at the time). As soon as they start playing I turned to my friend and said "these are the guys who play 'Don't Let's Start,' which of course they were. That was a great show by TMBG. I think it's the only one I ever saw, though.
p.p.s. - I don't expect anybody to give a shit about this. Maybe it's time I hit the donation button in payment for the group therapy.
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Category: family
12/01/04 02:01 - ID#36460
Depravity
I wish I could be there though. I would be if I could. Have fun.
So my friend Kathy offered me two tickets to Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker tonight (she won them on the radio but can't go). This reference in the BBC review
was enough to convince me I wanted to go:The boys in their tight white pants with braces reminded me of Freddie Mercury! Bourne takes his inspiration from many sources and loves creating roles for male dancers - so is this a homage to iconic Freddie?
I thought I had given up worrying what other people might think/feel/want (ok, not entirely), but now I'm wondering if my sister would be into this or not. Oh what the heck.
For some reason this reminds me of my brother's 18th birthday - my parents gave him a flight to Boston to stay with me for the weekend. We did the midnight Rocky Horror, Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation festival
, and saw the movie Leaving Las Vegas. I wasn't trying to find the most depraved events going on that weekend, it just worked out that way. In fact, the main thing I wanted to take him to would have been his first 18+ show - They Might Be Giants. Not going is my biggest concert regret ever. It's not every lifetime you get to let down your brother on his 18th birthday.
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Category: holiday
11/29/04 10:24 - ID#36459
Family Christmas Portrait
Ok - I can finally make this public. Kathy sent it to me to sharpen up, but I coudn't post it at the time because I would have "scooped" their Christmas card. Is that a great pic or what?
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p.s. - I made Maggie''s scarf. They're snowflakes.
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11/28/04 02:48 - ID#36458
Holy Toast!
)Apparently that Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese[inlink]paul,2435[/inlink] sold for $28k.
Just as I'm giving up on buffed Greek gods, I find this. Remember that 10-year-old grilled-cheese sandwich found in Florida? The one embossed with an image of the Virgin Mary? No? It was up for auction on EBay. Still no? You people aren't reading the right news sites. Anyway. I've just read that the Holy Toast finally sold for $28,000. The Virgin's suffering face is still discernible and remarkably mold-free, considering its age. Stop shaking your heads, o ye of little faith! Google the words "Mary cheese sandwich" for a slew of reports.
Full Story on CNN
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Category: friends
11/27/04 04:24 - ID#36457
52:52
He got my bday package[inlink]twisted,71[/inlink] today. As part of my new "it doesn't have to be complicated and difficult in order to be good" policy, I took the easy way out and just bought him some stuff at my favorite store. He liked it.
(Please tell me there's no phallic symbolism underlying these gift choices. Oh god.)
The lava lamp nightlight is already plugged in, and he says it looks cool. Also filled up the pepper grinder - still trying to figure out how to adjust the coarseness. Says he really likes the fish box cutter 'cause he likes to keep one on the counter and this one looks fun. So I guess I can chalk that all up as a success.
Other topics covered:
He ordered VOIP (voice over IP) from vonage
Adjusting the tension on my old sewing machine (which he has)
Bike lights, tea cozies (again), Thanksgiving
My favorite store in Cambridge no longer carries the glow-in-the-dark koosh ball earrings. Why on earth would you discontinue an item like that? Luckily my reconstitution efforts have been somewhat successful. I'm going to have to attach the earwire some other way though.
Darn, I forgot to remind him to make himself some crème brûlée with the blow torch I got him for his birthday last year. Why did I ever break up with a guy who might have made me crème brûlée ? I must have been out of my mind.
Last year was a 'milestone' birthday, so I did the card thing (tying the blowtorch in with his toaster fetish).
I don't know what it is with him, but he turned around and bought a mini-blowtorch for me the last time he was out here. I'll never figure him out, but I can't seem to stop trying.
Avengers
show was a lot of fun last night. The girl standing in front of me asked if I was Penelope's sister (the lead singer). She said I look just like her. I really couldn't tell you.
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Nephew's Art 
Spring Feelz 
Hello hello 
2023 
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happy pride