Insanely great time at Chateau Ladycroft's on Saturday night. It was terrific to see everybody. Didn't seem complete without Jenks, Imk, or the ever fictional Larson Bros (I think they stopped coming to estrip parties right around the time I started). Anyhow, nice to get back into the swing of things as reasons domestic have kept me away since New Year's. Much fun indeed.
The Pride fesitivities were a hoot. Pride Day turns Merlin's into a entirely different kind of bar, which makes me smile. Being straight not narrow, I always partake. Ever since my ex came out, I've done the supportive thing and helped her get down to Kleinhans so she can lead the COLAGE (Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents) group entry. Dropping her and number one son off, one of the Christian Fundamentalist (the guy who was showing his allegiance to god by literally listing what he consider lewd sex acts) informed me that I was headed to hell for assisting the heathen. I told him, I'd save him a seat.
Parade is always a blast too. Spotted (e:zobar) and (e:dragonlady) skating down Elmwood. Number one Son did a terrific job tossings rings to the masses from the Colage Truck and as an added treat, he got to meet the fine men of the 24. He was happy to meet you guys, but was preoccupied with visions of snow cone hood.
Headed to the grocery store last night only to star in the "Life Aquatic of MrMike" on the way back to the car. Felt good.
Best Sopranos in ages was on last night. Still can't believe Silvio got hit. You don't shoot Little Steven, just don't.
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06/04/2007 18:11 #39526
WeekendzCategory: potpurri
06/01/2007 09:54 #39489
Good lookin for an old fartCategory: fatherman
I've read in a number of journals about getting old or I'm so old at 23 or whatever the case maybe. Old, my friends, is when your eldest child turns 16 as mine did this morning. The previously mentioned trip to NYC was the bulk of the birthday present, but my darling daughter is 16 officially today. The obligatory trip to the DMV is set for the end of next week. I was thinking about this when I stumbled across the photo below, 1991 when we were just at the beginning of something big (and my beard was mostly one color).
Happy Birthday, Siobhan from your basket case of a Dad
Happy Birthday, Siobhan from your basket case of a Dad
fellyconnelly - 06/01/07 12:05
holy geez what a cute baby!
and you are NOT old.
i'm turning 28 this summer and dammit i'm not old, so neither are you..
(oh my god i'm turning 28)
holy geez what a cute baby!
and you are NOT old.
i'm turning 28 this summer and dammit i'm not old, so neither are you..
(oh my god i'm turning 28)
jenks - 06/01/07 11:32
1: siobhan is a great name. Except for having to explain the spelling/pronunciation.
2: oh jason don't worry about it. You're entitled to a moment of self-pity at you're 30, but 29 is nothing to worry about. So, suck it up- and COME TO THE PARTY TONIGHT!
1: siobhan is a great name. Except for having to explain the spelling/pronunciation.
2: oh jason don't worry about it. You're entitled to a moment of self-pity at you're 30, but 29 is nothing to worry about. So, suck it up- and COME TO THE PARTY TONIGHT!
jason - 06/01/07 10:16
Fantastic photo! Happy 16th to your daughter!
Yeah, 29 is creeping up on me, and seeing as I have cup-half-empty tendencies (can't help it!) I have been feeling really low about it, for many reasons.
I thought, you know, someone who is older is going to look at my situation and laugh, thinking it is silly for me to approach things that way, no matter what the reasoning.
And then I see this journal entry. Weird.
Fantastic photo! Happy 16th to your daughter!
Yeah, 29 is creeping up on me, and seeing as I have cup-half-empty tendencies (can't help it!) I have been feeling really low about it, for many reasons.
I thought, you know, someone who is older is going to look at my situation and laugh, thinking it is silly for me to approach things that way, no matter what the reasoning.
And then I see this journal entry. Weird.
05/29/2007 21:14 #39445
An Estrip post-it scared the beejezus...Category: party
out of me.
There is a danger in ringtones my friends. Among my current ring tones is Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women 12 & 35." You know the song ...."Everybody Must Get Stoned..." That's me, got to be a little different. However, being a user of all EStrip has to offer, the post-its send a text to my cell phone and fire off a ringer to let me know I got mail.
No big deal, but last night round midnight, I shut the lights off and reclined in the silence. Outside was still, quiet inside as well. You could feel nice sleep getting ready to wrap you gently and then "EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED!" Nearly fell out of bed, groping for the phone, expecting to see a relative calling, turned out it was Guest telling me to "Be at the Party or ELSE!"
Fridays are tough with the kids and whatnot, but I'm workin on it. Saturday, however, I'm in, guest
There is a danger in ringtones my friends. Among my current ring tones is Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women 12 & 35." You know the song ...."Everybody Must Get Stoned..." That's me, got to be a little different. However, being a user of all EStrip has to offer, the post-its send a text to my cell phone and fire off a ringer to let me know I got mail.
No big deal, but last night round midnight, I shut the lights off and reclined in the silence. Outside was still, quiet inside as well. You could feel nice sleep getting ready to wrap you gently and then "EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED!" Nearly fell out of bed, groping for the phone, expecting to see a relative calling, turned out it was Guest telling me to "Be at the Party or ELSE!"
Fridays are tough with the kids and whatnot, but I'm workin on it. Saturday, however, I'm in, guest
metalpeter - 05/30/07 17:59
I don't even know what my guest settings for post it are, maybe that is why I didn't get a raunchy invite. The Party all ready sounds like it is going to be crazy in the fun kinda way. Mike I will Be at (e:ladycrofts) on sat. So I will see you there and maybe I'll see you on friday also. That assumes that no one finds my crazy switch and gets me to do something that will make me not show up on do to embarsement on sat. That party may get a little crazy to.
I don't even know what my guest settings for post it are, maybe that is why I didn't get a raunchy invite. The Party all ready sounds like it is going to be crazy in the fun kinda way. Mike I will Be at (e:ladycrofts) on sat. So I will see you there and maybe I'll see you on friday also. That assumes that no one finds my crazy switch and gets me to do something that will make me not show up on do to embarsement on sat. That party may get a little crazy to.
fellyconnelly - 05/30/07 10:59
haha at least you didn't have the theme from the exorcist or something.... now that would have amusing....
haha at least you didn't have the theme from the exorcist or something.... now that would have amusing....
jenks - 05/30/07 00:06
come to think of it, i think i got a 'guest' msg too..... but it was tame and just said "come to the party" i think. I thought i turned guest messages off, though. Hmm.
come to think of it, i think i got a 'guest' msg too..... but it was tame and just said "come to the party" i think. I thought i turned guest messages off, though. Hmm.
imk2 - 05/29/07 21:54
that guest must have been on a roll, cuz i got a message from him too, saying to get my strap-on for friday, along with some other stuff i shall never repeat. that guest is out of his mind.
that guest must have been on a roll, cuz i got a message from him too, saying to get my strap-on for friday, along with some other stuff i shall never repeat. that guest is out of his mind.
05/27/2007 18:32 #39425
NYC Photo leftoversCategory: photography
I had my crappy lil camera with me last weekend in NYC and promptly forgot all about it. No great loss, since we all know what it looks like there. The bulk of (e:strip) seems to have some familarity. It didn't take me long to resume my almost twenty year old death stare for "don't fuck with me" walking. The following images were all we bothered with. The inside shots were attempts at the Natural History Museum. The whale is camera shy. The rest were some rooftop shots taken of Manhattan from where we were in Brooklyn, plus one nice one of my child saying bye to her new playground
fellyconnelly - 05/28/07 00:41
i've lived 70 miles away from the museum of natural history for about 10 years now and yet... still i haven't been. Sadness? oh yes.
i've lived 70 miles away from the museum of natural history for about 10 years now and yet... still i haven't been. Sadness? oh yes.
05/24/2007 11:46 #39402
The Value of a Good DrinkCategory: chuckles
This is a little old, but after the past day or two at work, it made me laugh....enjoy
The Value of a Good Drink
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink
I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes
and dreams .. If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out
of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their
dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell
happened to your bra and panties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they
wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're
going to feel all day. "
~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
~ Henny Youngman
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
~ Stephen Wright
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk,
we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all
get drunk and go to heaven!"
~ Brian O'Rourke
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~ Benjamin Franklin
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Without question, the greatest invention in the
history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does
not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!
~Dave Howell
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers.
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not
The Value of a Good Drink
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink
I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes
and dreams .. If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out
of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their
dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell
happened to your bra and panties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they
wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're
going to feel all day. "
~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
~ Henny Youngman
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
~ Stephen Wright
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk,
we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all
get drunk and go to heaven!"
~ Brian O'Rourke
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~ Benjamin Franklin
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Without question, the greatest invention in the
history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does
not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!
~Dave Howell
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers.
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not
metalpeter - 05/24/07 18:52
I wish I could remember all the slogans I've seen On signs and T-shirts. There is a great one about baseball that goes along the lines of (can't remember the entire thing) If I was a pitcher, I would want to be a relief pitcher. Hey pitcher relief me with a pitcher of beer. It was a really funny shirt.
I wish I could remember all the slogans I've seen On signs and T-shirts. There is a great one about baseball that goes along the lines of (can't remember the entire thing) If I was a pitcher, I would want to be a relief pitcher. Hey pitcher relief me with a pitcher of beer. It was a really funny shirt.
fellyconnelly - 05/24/07 16:38
that too is acceptable!
that too is acceptable!
ladycroft - 05/24/07 13:11
I thought it was: "Beer. Helping ugly people get laid since 1882" haha :)
I thought it was: "Beer. Helping ugly people get laid since 1882" haha :)
fellyconnelly - 05/24/07 12:12
haha nice.
you forgot my favorite
"Alcohol: Helping white folks dance since 1882"
haha nice.
you forgot my favorite
"Alcohol: Helping white folks dance since 1882"
Not to pile on here but you where asked about at the party on friday night also. I can't remember who asked but someone did, so not sure who missed you on that day.
aww shucks, I was missed? thx.
I was working. sadly. :(
Glad you had a good time at both the parade and (e:ladycrofts). It was nice to see you and talk to you at both. Didn't think to get a picture of you at the parade though. That reminds me when I post the pictures of the parade if there are any you like or have people you know in them, they are yours. If you want download them or even print them out for your self or family members. Not that you would but if you sell them (there not good enough or big enough to be proshots really) Just don't say you shot them. My philoshpy is this. I take pictures as sort of a way of recording or documenting events or happenings. Of course I judge what to take pictures of. With a digital camera that is small there is a fun aspect of it also. But the other reason to take the pictures is to post them and to share them. If it was about trying to make money I would go take a photography class and get one of those big expensive professional cameraes. So if you see any pictures you want just take um. The Sopranos is awesome gonna watch on HBO indemand when I get home tonight.