So, I'm supposed to have surgery tomorrow. The surgeon's office was supposed to send me paperwork. They didn't. They were supposed to give me a call and give me last minute instructions. They didn't. I'm running out of pain pills *and* patience. I'm trying to have an open mind about this, but can't really. *You* try being level-headed about someone forgetting about you whois supposed to fix your pain after dealing with it for 8 months. You'd be a lot pissed too! Oh well, I'll call them at 9 and hopefully get some good news.

Update: The surgeon's office said they sent the paperwork, but I never received it. Since I seem to have a problem with snail mail at my house, this does not surprise me. However, they are technology inclined, so I was able to download the forms I needed off the intarweb. The surgeon's office said that I would get a call from the surgery center today for last minute instructions. Okay, no problem....til I realized I forgot my damn fone at home!. So, I got in touch with the surgery center and gave them my work number, but sheesh. That was dumb! So anyway, we're still on for tomorrow! I'm tard of bein' in pain, dammit. TARD! :P

Everyone who's seen 'Pulp Fiction a million times will know this scene:

Jules: Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?
Jimmie: Knock it off, Julie.
Jules: [pause] What?
Jimmie: I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping she buys SHIT. I buy the gourmet expensive stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the coffee in my kitchen, it's the dead guy in my garage.

This is how I feel about toilet paper. Just a random thought/comparison :P

pretext: My friends Ben & Lorraine are getting married

me: did you guys set a date?
Ben: Sometime next year after the hockey playoffs
me: *snicker*
Ben: We went to two weddings during the hockey playoffs two years in a row and it was some BS
me: you do know that's fuckin funny, right?
Ben: We figured we wouldn't bother the hockey fans with our wedding, us included.

So, Guitar Hero 3 came out today! Yay! Sad news: Amazon are a bunch of fuckers when it comes to getting games shipped out on time, and it's 'delayed'. Fuckers. Good news: Target had a bunch, and Josh went and picked one up! Yay! So, we're having a 'show up and play GH3' night tonight. I know I'm expecting at least4 people. I hope the game donut suck!

Yesterday was Ivan's boofday, so his mommy and I went with him to eat at Wood Tavern. Kinda a hoity toity place, but the food *and* the service were excellent.

Tonight we're having GH3 night, tomorrow is movie night at M's, and then Thursday, I'm supposed to go under the knife. I should probly check my mailbox for the paperwork they said they were sending :P. We have a bad habit of not checking the snailmail box for weeks at a time. I'm sure our mail person hates us :P. And then I'll probly spend the rest of the weekend recovering. It'll be mellow, so that's good.

Yesterday was crazy-assed insane busy at work, but I got a lot done! I've gotten a lot done today also, tho it's not as crazy as yesterday was. I actually *like* coming to work again, and this is a neato thing. So, yay!

Oh noes! Some wierd people decided to translate the bible into LOL Cat speak! Funny shit. Funny, but wrong. My favorite: "I am teh dark, but I be pritty. "

So, KFC makes these mashed potatoes bowls which consist of mashed taters, corn, chunks of chicken, and some gravy. Now, I love KFC, but their stuff is *so* unhealthy that I force myself not to eat it. At the show the other night, one of the Horton brothers came in with one of those bowls. All I could do was groan and force myself not to get one.

Last night, I still had a taste for one of those bowls. After some investigating, I confirmed that I had all the ingredients to make said bowl. So I did! I breaded a piece of chicken, cut it up, and threw it in with some mashed taters and corn that I had made. The only thing I forgot was the gravy. d'0h! Still, it was tasty. Today I had leftovers and remembered the gravy this time, and *damn*, that was one tasty chicken bowl! And semi-healthy too!

Yum yum.

So, a major cause of stress in Missyland lately is that we are going from 4 people in my office to 2 because the bottom fell out of the real estate market. This means I'll be taking my old job back, which really, I prefer. But in preperation for this, there's been a lot of paperwork, computer work, and general stress of feeling bad people are leaving. But, at least I have my domain back, and I'm ready to start kicking ass again. Work will not suck once more! I'm actually looking forward to work on Monday.

I've been in a bit of pain and discomfort from my stupid tear, but have been doing the pain management thing pretty well, so it hasn't been too awful bad. My surgery is Thursday, and so hopefully I'll be pretty good to go in a couple of weeks time. I have to take Thursday *and* Friday off now, but whatever. As long as they fix the damn thing!

Josh and I finally finished season 1 of Heroes last week, and we got caught up-to-date with season 2 episodes. Yay for technology!

Last night, I went to Irelands 32 in the city to the Hobohemians and Plasterkatz play. As usual, it was awsome, and also as usual, I took pictures and the links are posted in the previous post. Or, just look in the pictures directory under the 2007 pictures. I have been dubbed the official photographer for the Hobohemians....so, I guess I better learn how to take better pictures! Actually, I *have* been trying lately, and my pictures have been getting better. At least, no one is complaining :P. Anyway, at the show, there was much drinking, comical moments, and great music. I think we got back to "I"'s house around 2:30a, but the last time I looked at the clock to go to sleep, it was 5:15a. Oops :P. I woke up around 11a, and an hour later, 4 of us went to brunch at Fellini, which was nummy (and expensive) as usual. After that, I went home and spent the afternoon crappying around with Josh.

I was supposed to go hang out with The Munchkins tonight, but bosslady ended up canceling on me, so I stayed home and watched some TV, then Whit & Steph came over and we're currently being made to sit thru the Transformers movie. Good *god* it's bad. I mean, it *is* a Michael Bay film, and I knew it would be bad anyway, but goddammit. It's just...horrifying. And the product placement tactics are way worse than usual in a movie, just making it that much worse. At least I didn't pay good money to see it in the movie theater :P.

I dunno what I'm doing tomorrow. Probly nothing. Catching up on movies maybe. I have Pan's Labrynth to watch and a handful of things on the Tivo to catch up on. But I have no official plans, and I am looking forward to just chilling out because I know Monday is going to be a whopper. I have *so much* to do, I'm gonna have to go full-force all day to get thru even 1/2 of it. But hey, job security is good! Monday is also "I"'s boofday, so I think I might go to dinner with him. Tuesday, Guitar Hero 3 comes out, and we're having a few people over to be music dorks with us. Wednesday is movie night at M's house, and I think we're watching Apocalypse Now. Yes yes, what a movie to watch before having surgery the next day :P. Thursday is surgery, and then I'll probly be down all weekend, and hopefully I'll feel well enough to go to work on Monday.

Anyway, I'm gonna sit painfully thru the end of this fucking terrible movie, and then I'm going to bed. I got like 5.5 hours of sleep last night, and I'm tard!

Last night's show was awsome! First The Hobohemians played, then The Plasterkatz played a double set! It was chalk-full of drunk birthday kids, drunk musicians, and zaney shit (as usual).

Pictures can be found here!

Let me introduce you to the newest member of my zoo, Helen!

More pictures of her can be found here.

1. Are you ready for the upcoming holiday season? Why/why not?
Oh, as ready as I'm gonna get, I suppose. I don't really care for the holidays.

2. Are you going to get into the spirit/participate in any of the next 4 (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Xmas, and New Year's) major seasonal activities? How so/how not?
I dunno...probly a little, but not much. I've got an Xmas tree and stuff, so I'll put that up, but I don't know if I'll do anything else.

3. Do you like holidays? Why/why not?
Not really. While I realize I have things good right now and there are plenty of people who love me and care for me, it's just not like it was when I was a kid. I miss holidays with my family. When I *had* a family. A mom, dad, and sister family. I have family now that consist of in-laws and friends, but you can't say it's the same thing as an immediate family. My immediate family now consists of Josh, Squeeek, z0rg, and Helen. I like it that way, but I miss the old days too.

1. Are you ready for the upcoming holiday season? Why/why not?

3. Do you like holidays? Why/why not?

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I went to M's last night to watch 'The Holy Grail'. I made myself a gin& tonic, drank it, and thought nothing of it. Until I was flat out drunk, crying, having a panic attack. WTF? I think I had mixed it with a vicodin on accident, which was probly my downfall. But damn, I made an ass out of myself. I know my friend won't hold it against me, but it doesn't make me feel any less stupid.

I'm thinkin since I'm not feeling well right now and am waiting to have surgery, I should just take it easy. No alcohol, pain meds only (when I need them), and not to overdo myself. I talked to my surgeon's scheduler this morning and I'm going in on 11/2 at like 6am. So, I have to deal with the pain of this tear and the mood swings for another week or so, but I will get thru it the best that I can. I've got good friends to support me also.

On an up note, the opening band for the Plastercatz show on Friday bailed, so Hobohemians are playing! And since my surgery isn't until *next* weekend, I get to go to the show! And yes, take more pictures ;P Hey, I gotta do my part to support them!

Anyway, Josh went home sick with a really bad headache and wants me to come home and take care of him, so I'm gonna stick around for another hour or so and then go tend to him. Maybe a nap is in order.

I was kinda very lazy this weekend. Friday night, I took BART into the city and walked up to the Hobhemians show that was at Brain Wash. Good show, and I had fun, but it was mostly uneventful cept for this wierd guy who was asleep on a futuon the entire night. After one of the best breakfast's I've ever had at a place called Lois the Pie Queen, I went home and crapped around home for a little while, then went to see a ukulele concert with "I" after a dinner at some cafe near San Pablo (can't remember the name of it now). You wouldn't think a show full of acts with people playing the ukulele would be cool, but it really was! Yesterday, I did *not* want to get out of bed...and went back and forth between getting out of bed and getting back into it until about 5p. Lazy lazy! Josh and I watched the rest of Season 1 of Heroes, and then I went to bed at 10p.

Today wasn't a bad day either. It flew by, actually. I had to make a run to get Squeeek a new collar and tag cause he came home with his ass kicked and collar missing the other day. I had to buy him a temporary collar until the collar I prefer him to have comes in. Of course, no stores sell them anymore so I have to buy them online. At least I got it cheap on Amazon! In fact, I bought 2 :P.

Tonight is movie night at M's! We're gonna watch either 'The Holy Grail' or 'Life of Brian'. I suppose we'll figure it out once I get there.

Anyway, time to go home!

So last night was Bohemians 2nd show! They played at Brain Wash on Folsom in the city. Pictures can be found here!

First up were the 78s, then Bohemians, then 5 Cent Coffee played. All 3 bands were awsome! Yay for good music!

So, I had a meltdown last Thursday. And another one last night. And one this morning. After I took a xanax, I started bawling. I made a same-morning appointment with my primary doctor. He found me in tears, and had this alarmed look on his face like, "Uh oh, she's not kidding". He thinks that the constant pain and discomfort from my tear are making me freak out like this. He prescribed me a stronger "don't freak out" medicine temporairly. He also switched my BC pills to a stronger dose. A few hours later, I went to see Doctor #2. I waited an hour and a half (and slept for an hour) for the doctor, but I finally got to see him. It took 2 mins to determine that I would need surgery to fix this problem. It's not a major procedure, and it only takes like 10 mins to do. I have to take the day off for it, but whatever. As long as they finally fix this fucking thing!

Anyway, I at least see the light. I'll make it thru this weekend and thru next week with pain management. I'll be fine. At least it's almost over.

Tomorrow, I'm gonna go see Hobohemians play at Brain Wash. Saturday night, "I" and I are going to go see his ex-roommate and her boyfriend at a gig in Berkeley, I think. Sunday....I think Sunday will be a lot of nothing.

Anyway, I'm tired. I'm gonna watch some Doogie Howser episodes, and then go to bed early. At least tomorrow is Friday.

1. Are you afraid to die? Why/why not?
If it's due to an outside force, like lack of doctors properly diagnosing something, yes. But in general, I am not afraid of death. I figure that if I die today, it's probly a good day to die. I've lived a pretty good life, and the next one just has cooler stuff in store for me.

2. Are you afraid of getting old? Why/why not? Do you have any fears about getting old? If so, what are they? If not, why not?
No. Getting old sucks because of the added care to things like health that you have to take, but really, getting old is just a part of life. I guess my only fear is not being able to *enjoy* my life when I'm old due to unforseen circumstances.

3. In general, do you feel safe? How so/how not?
Yes. I take care of myself and I'm pretty aware of my surroundings, and don't generally put myself into danger.

1. Are you afraid to die? Why/why not?

3. In general, do you feel safe? How so/how not?

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Well, 2 more days until the weekend, so that's good. My hormones are throwing me for a loop this week, so it's fun with girl stuff, mood swings, and the like. I'm going to the specialist guy tomorrow, so maybe we can start to figure out wtf is going on. Being in (some sort of) pain/discomfort all of the time sucks.

Last night, M and I watched 'Coffee and Cigarettes'. It was pretty comical in some places, but I was a bit confused that Jarmusch would make a movie with *absolutely* no plot, but whatever. I think my favorite segment was 'Somewhere in California". After that was a soak in the warm tub, which was interruped abruptly by the sound of a woman's cries from the BART parking lot. 911 was called. That kinda killed my night for me, so I got out of the tub and went home. There was a cop car with its lights on when I went home, but I hope nothing bad happened.

A few 'eh???'s to talk about:

1. I suppose this shouldn't surprise me, but the Dalai Lama has his own website. I read up on him and the mess between Tibet and China today. Oy.

2. Meathead shows his ugly face and posts a usual funny as hell post!

3. This whole Stephen Colbert runs for president thing is just fucking stupid, and I will *not* be following it. Did anyone else think of 'Man of the Year' when they read this? *shakes head and rolls eyes*

I swear to god I'm in IdiotLand today. People are not using their brains, they're asking stupid questions, and not using common sense. Sure, this is really no different than any other day, it just seems to be tenfold today. Use your fucking brains, people! Please! Or my head will esplode!

It's rare when a website impresses the hell out of me, but LivePlasma has done so. You put in the name of an artist or band, and it gives you the shoot-offs, influences, and other similar bands related to that one. It's pretty damn neato, and a great tool to find new music to listen to. Thanks to Jeremy on the Stupid list for posting this!

I read this damn hilarious article by some guy named John Frusciante (errrrrr?) entitled '15 Most Ill-Advised Career Reinventions in Rock Music History'. My favorites are the one for Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and the one for RHCP is laced with cynicism and a middle finger (mostly for hiring Dave Navarro which I whole-heartedly agree with. I actually *liked* that album, but Dave did *nothing* for that band...at all. And ripping yourself off is cheating, dipshit!). Funny shit, and well-written too!

And just to be clear about my last comment, I *loved* both Jane's Addiction and Deconstruction , but Navarro in RHCP was shit. He did nothing for the sound, he ripped himself off by using Jane's Addiction riffs, and he was not impressive at all live.

Not that I can expound on that for about 3 weeks, but we'll just say it's been one of those days so far. And, oh, I'm ready to start drinking now.

At least the weekend was good! Friday night, I did a couple of loads of laundry and hung out. Saturday, I was pretty lazy and then spent my evening with "I" watching TV. Yesterday...well, I pretty much sat around and watched TV all day :P. Relaxing!

While I was gone, Ms.Helen apparently locked herself in my bathroom. Josh noticed she was missing and that the door was closed. He found her in the corner sleeping. She needed to use the box at one point and couldn't, but was smart enough to use the bathtub instead, so that's good! Smart little girl! She spent the rest of the day being ubber sweet :P

Aside from the work week being potentially stressful, everything else should be fairly mellow. Tomorrow is movie night at "M"'s house, and Hobohemians are playing on Friday at Brain Wash, but that's all the plans I have right now. Yay for minimal plans!

So, I left about 1p to go run some errands. I went to Petco to get kitten food for Helen, then decided to stop at Target to get a few things that they were out of last week (cause they're in the middle of a remodel). I pull in to the Target parking lot and there's like 4 cars stopped in front of me, so I stop too. I'm there a good 30 seconds stopped, when I feel a bump/small jolt. Some stupid-assed dumb Walnut Creek bimbo in her bimbobox hits me because she didn't fucking look where she was going. *rolls eyes*. She gets out and acts all stupid and I bluntly tell her she needs to look where the hell she's going. I get out to see if there's any damage (there isn't) when this woman *going the other way* asks me to move my car so they can get past me and Bimbobox Woman. I'm like, "This woman just fucking hit my car! You're going to have to wait until I see if there's damage. Be patient!". *rolls eyes again*.

I finally get into a parking space and make my way inside. I get in and start looking for my items (which I found them all, yay!) and the power goes off, leaving this 100k sf store pitch black. The generators finally pop on. While I'm in the store for 20 mins, the power goes off like 4 more times. I'm in the checkout line when of course, my damn fone rings. It's my doctor, so I have to answer it. So I'm in the middle of the checkout line discussing my problems with my doctor, all for the world to hear :P. He's going to okay my request for more pain drugs and pain cream, so that's cool. I just wanted him to know what was going on. And as far as my hormones acting up, I gotta fix this tear thing first and then see if my hormones go back to the way they're supposed to be. It's gonna be a fun couple of weeks! :P

I get back to my office building at 1:45p and the power is out. It finally came on like an hour later. So, here I am. So, it's been 'one of those afternoons', but I've done my best to laugh thru it. I just hope the traffic going home isn't too bad. A preliminary look shows over 20 accidents in the Bay Area (I knew this would happen), and 24 is starting to back up, but I expected that also. I would imagine it's going to be a long drive home.

Oh well. At least I'm in one piece, my headspace isn't out of wack, and I get to relax tonight. I'm thinking a load of laundry, some scotch, and bundling up with a movie sounds like a perfect way to spend the evening.

Yesterday was horrible. It sucked. Bad. I felt completely helpless and out of control all day. Among other things, turns out my hormones might be out of wack again as well, as 'that time' came 2 weeks early. I think the tear affects my hormones and vice versa, so when it full-blown opened again, my hormones went all fuct again. Oh yay! I have a call in to my doctor, but he's being difficult with returning my calls, so I may have to waste both his and my time and actually go see him next week. Oh well...at least I know what the problems are, I just need some help fixing them. I think the reason why I took things so badly in June was *because* I didn't know what the problem was. At least I do now. So, here's me trying to be positive about things!

There are some changes on the horizon in my daytime life, and they may be a bit trying, but eventually they'll work themselves out. At least I feel better knowing what's going on. Fear of the unknown always freaks me out to the max.

Moving 6 times in 4 years really fucks with people trying to find you. Especially when it comes to bills, and them wanting their money. I got a notice yesterday saying that for whatever reason, I owe the state $900, but this is the first I've heard about it. Add that to the fact that I've almost maxed out my credit card, and have no money in my bank account, and it was a recipe for disaster yesterday. I got paid today and paid my usual bills, got some money on the credit card, and I'll take care of the state soon. So, things are look up a little moneywise. Basically, I just to stop going out for a few months. Things will be fine, I just need to exercise some self-dicipline.

So, things are better today. and I am thankful for that. I'm hangin out with "I" tonight. I'm supposed to go to a party tomorrow night, but dunno if I will go or not. Staying home and chilling with the kids sounds good, but I'm just going to play it by ear.

Helen is adjusting better also! She's still a little warry, so I haven't gotten any pictures of her yet, but I will! When I came home from work, I found her, scooped her up, and took her into the bathroom. It's a small enough space where she won't run, but can still feel comfortable. I spent about 10 mins in there pettering her, giving her treats, etc. She was totally purring. I let her out, and she spent most of the evening out in about. She's still a tad skittish, but already more well adjusted than Gracila ever was. She's also *almost* ready to play. She sees balls wizzing past her and *really* wants to play, but is still a little unsure about herself. But, we'll get there!

I'm trying to shake my horrible headspace today, really I am!

I found a cool dynamic period table of the elements via Digg today. Check it out!

And Ivan gave me this link on possible methods to destroy the Earth, should things get too bad. Oh sure, just encourage me! :P

Warning: this will be a very bitchy post. I don't expect anyone to agree with me, but I certainly expect yall to keep your opinions to yourself regarding my opinions...cause that's all they are.

Yeah, I'm in a mood this morning. I was up too late last night.

Last night was the Frank Black/Black Francis show! It was awsome. He got on stage around 10p and played for a couple of hours. He played his new album Blue finger in its entirety (tho on shuffle), and then played some more well-known songs after that. He's kinda a grumpy old man, but a great guitar player and awsome performer! I'm glad I got the chance to see him. It's one of those 'must do' things in the music world. And big thanks to M for taking me!

Traffic sucked this morning because someone hit a pedestrian on 880, backing up *the entire Bay Area*. No shit. Even 24E going into Walnut Creek was backed up! Would you assholes please watch where you're going please? I know driving is hard, but if you get the fuck off the fone, stopped playing with your various electronic devices and just drive your fucking cars, life might be a little easier for everyone else on the road with you. Vrythx.

I'm having body issues again. My stupid-assed tear is giving me a hard time again, making me in pain and very cranky. I've made an appointment with the appropriate doctor (and this time I'm going to tell him to just go in and fix the damn thing), and called my own doctor and left a msg (can has pain drugs please?) about pain management until I can get this taken care of. It's a pain in my ass! Literally! And its most likely a large part of my grumpiness the past week or so. Meh. Oh well, this will pass and this time, I will scream and yell until it gets fixed! Doctors hate it when I do that, and it gets me my way :)

Website Explanation: Someone commented to me about having to register to comment on this site. I have put that rule in place because someone was abusing the site and spamming it constantly. And since I have put the 'register to comment' rule in effect, I haven't had any spam issues. This person asked, "Well, then how do you know people are playing?". My stats tell me that people *are* playing! And really, I don't expect people to comment. As long as they read the questions and at least think about them a little, then my work here is done. I don't see my 3x Thursday as a personal attention getter, I see it as a way to get yall (and myself) to think! So, there's that explanation.

The new Radiohead album: Radiohead *almost* got it right by letting people set their price to download the album. *Almost*! What did they do wrong? It's the way they encoded it. They set the rate to 160kbps, not giving their fans a choice. Why not give them a choice? Why not charge at least a $5 fee for higher quality? What's wrong with that? It *still* costs less than retail, and the band sees the money, not the record label. So, while they're almost there, they still fall short of the mark. I'm a little dissapointed by this. We still have such a long way to go!

Homelessness: I really really don't understand this concept. I have a pretty unorthodox view on it as well. It seems to me that part of the problem is that we don't have enough programs in place to help people that really need it. But in a black and white world, it seems to me that you either you get your shit together and march thru life, or you don't. There are *plenty* of opportunities where I could have been homeless, but I'm much too stubborn to let shit get me down in that way. Either you work your ass off to stay alfloat, or you don't. I know some people are homeless because of mental illness and whatnot, but that's part of the program problem. What I don't like are the homeless mooching off those of us who work our collective asses off to stay afloat. And the ones I'm refering to are the ones with decent clothes...with dogs...asking for money. WTF? I was in the Castro last night and there were *people sleeping in the bushes* of people's homes! In the Castro! Come on, SF, get your shit together. In such an affluent area, I don't believe we should be having as much of a problem with this as we have. But in all honesty, what do we do? I have no idea...I refuse to ever entertain the idea of being homeless, so I can't put myself in someone elses shoes and think about it like that. Hopefully someone smart comes up with a good solution. But 'allowing' people to sleep on the street between certain hours (new solution to the homeless problem in L.A.) is no solution.

We all know Bobby Brown is an idiot and is also an avid drug user , but denying he had a heart attack? Come on, guy. Perhaps just try taking better care of yourself and maybe your body will treat you better? Common sense maybe? Oh no, that's asking too much I'm sure. *rolls eyes*. I think what makes this even more the suck is the fact that as a kid, I *loved* New Edition...I looked up to this guy (even tho he's only 7 years older than me)! Now look what he's become.

School shootings: what the hell is up with these things? Why are these people doing this? Why kill innocent people when *you* seem to have the problem, not them? Why should innocent people pay the price for your fuckedupness? If you need help, get it. If your parents are too fucked up to see you need help, get off your ass and do it yourself. You have two choices; make one. There have been times when I totally have hated the world and disliked myself. I didn't go kill anyone. I got help and/or worked it out. I'm getting tired of people taking the easy way out of life. Life isn't easy. Get over it. Put your head down and march forward like the rest of us. It's not like we're on this earth for that long *anyway*. At best, 85-95 years is a short amount of time compared to how long life on this planet has been around.

On a lighter note, I really like the new Chemical Brother's album 'We Are The Night'. It's neato. And 'The Salmon Dance' is just plain funny, amusing, and oddly educational.

Also musically related, Uncle Trent plans a remix album on his own terms. I heart that guy. *He* gets it. Radiohead, take a cue from this guy...he knows wtf he's talking about!

Sorry about the long, bitchy (and opinionated) post, folks. I'm having a hard time understanding and dealing with life today. Tomorrow will be better because it's Friday.

1. Do you like it when musicians do covers of original songs? Why/why not?
Not usually. I don't feel like most covers represent the originals well. Rock covers are usually better than the generally awful indiepop covers, but in the end covers are covers. Let the originals rest peacefully! However, I've never heard Tesla do a bad cover, and FNM's cover of 'War Pigs' is still one of my favorites.

2. Do you think musicians in general are wierd? Why/why not?
Hell yes they're wierd! I don't think a good musician is *supposed* to be normal! They all seem to be a little off...in good ways!! Musicians seem to have an insight to the world that I will never have. But, they're fascinating nonetheless, and I envy their ability to make beautiful sounds. All I can do is sit and listen!

3. What about when a musician goes out of their realm and tries something new? Are you able to keep an open mind about it, or are you one of those people who likes their artists to stay in the same general area musically? Why/why not?
I generally have a hard time with change. I usually like a band/artist for a particular style and when they go outside it, I tend to loose interest. But the older I get, the more I try and expand my horizons, so it's getting better little by little.

1. Do you like it when musicians do covers of original songs? Why/why not?

3. What about when a musician goes out of their realm and tries something new? Are you able to keep an open mind about it, or are you one of those people who likes their artists to stay in the same general area musically? Why/why not?

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So, there was some pumpkin contest to see who could grow the heaviest pumpkin. My question is, where the hell is/was Jim Martin? I thought he was supposed to be good at this kind of stuff! Come on, Pumpkin Man, make your fans proud!

Friday after work, I went home for a bit, then hung out and did laundry over at "I"'s house. Saturday afternoon, Josh and I went to look at the kitten I was thinking about getting. She's a little unruley because she's not used to being around humans, and I *did* catch her at one point, but she flipped out (doing a number to my left hand) and got away. We decided that if the guy could catch her and bring her over Sunday, I'd take her. I chilled out at home for most of the rest of the afternoon, then around 3:30p, I made my way to BART to take it to Concord for a gathering at the tkost house. On my way there, I passed by an apartment with flames shooting out. Like a good citizen, I called 911....only to have them put me on hold 3 times and *then* hung up on me. What the fuck would have happened if it really *was* an emergency? At the same time, calling 911 locked out my fone, so I totally had to hardboot it. Sheesh. I had to wait until I got to the station to ask them to let the authorities know about the fire. But really, what the hell kinda emergency system is that? I was dumbfounded and mad about it. I hope they're doing something to fix this problem!

A little drinking of the yummy scotch and a lot of hanging out with cool people was had. "I" gave me a ride back to our side of the Tunnel, where we spent the rest of the evening drinking more scotch! Sunday, brunch was had, and it was yummy. In the afternoon, Josh and I watched 2 or 3 episodes of 'Heros', and then I took a nap. About 7:30p, the fone rang. It was the guy with the kitten! He said that he was going to try and grab her and would give me a call. Half hour later, I had a kitten in my poesession! I'm not sure where he got the name, but Josh wanted to call her Helen, so Helen it is! Helen Gloryella. She's siamese with these huge blue eyes. They're more blue than z0rg's! She's a little skittish about coming out right now, but she'll get better over the next couple of days. I stayed home yesterday from work and hung out with the kids. Squeeek is a lot bent, but z0rg is doing pretty well. Squeeek will eventually get over himself.

Steph came over to see Helen in the afternoon. A bit later, I went to Cato's with "I" and had 2 pints of the Spaten Optimator Doppelbock (god*dammit* I love that stuff) and another pint of something else before going to have sushi and sake with Steph. I got home around 8:30p, screwed around for awhile, and then went to bed around 10:30p.

While we were at sushi, I got a call from "M" asking if I wanted to go see Frank Black on Wednesday. Err? Are you sewious?! Fuck yes I want to see Frank Black on Wednesday! I mean really, who wouldn't? So, the show is at Cafe Du Nord and I am really looking forward to it! Yay me!

So, the past 4 days have been good! Life in general is pretty good right now, and I'm thankful for it. I'm having a bit of a hard time keeping things on an even keel this morning (I feel like the stupid people are out to get me today), but I'll keep tryin'.

1. Name 3 pet peeves of yours. No one said they had to make sense!
Stupid-assed drivers, having to repeat myself more than twice (because everyone mis-hears once in awhile), and inefficiency of any kind.

2. Would you consider yourself to be a picky person (this can be in general or about specific things)? How so/how not?
Totally. And the older I get, the pickier I get. This has caused me to become more specific in my requests for things. And since I don't always like to speak up about what I want, it's caused me to get over that! I had to totally change my diet in 2001 and ever since then, I've been *really* picky about my food. More specifically, how it's prepared, notsomuch about what it is. I'm also pretty clean, so I'm picky about how things get done, what they look like when their finished, etc.

3.Would you consider yourself to be a creature of habit? Why/why not? Do you care? Why/why not?
Unfortunatly, yes. I don't really like change, tho I try and deal with it as gracefully as I can when I encounter it. I'd like to be more flexible than I am, but I'm just not. I'm getting better, I'm just not there yet! Oh well, I've got some time before I'm dead!

1. Name 3 pet peeves of yours. No one said they had to make sense!

3.Would you consider yourself to be a creature of habit? Why/why not? Do you care? Why/why not?

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It's been fairly mellow and quiet this week so far...which is a *good* thing. As I didn't get to bed on Sunday until 2am, I was dragging pretty badly on Monday. I ended up staying in my office with the door shut all day. I figure I'd contain my sleepiness and mood to one room. Monday evening, I went to M's for dinner and warm water, which was niiice. I was home by 11, which was good...but, I didn't get to sleep until midnight. d'0h!

Last night, Danny came over and got my old bed (yay, we successfully got rid of both beds in a timely manner!) and we had yummy home-made chili that Josh made for dinner. It was gooood. I caught up on a couple of days worth of news, watched my crap show, and then Josh and I watched an episode of Planet Earth in HD-DVD....it's perty. Josh has been fighting with his machine the past couple of days after Vista fucked everything up. He's getting closer to getting things figured out, but this just emphasizes why my next machine will be a Mac. Anyway, I think we were asleep by 11.

On a stupid and irritating note: One of my neighboors left us a letter (they didn't have the balls to confront us in person, which was their *first* mistake) saying that because we all share the same spaces in the building, we shouldn't use our porch because people make noise when they're outside. And also, people shouldn't smoke outside because it drifts into other people's houses. Well....Josh quit smoking on Monday, so the smoke issue is a moot point. But you're telling me that I can't sit out on my porch and socialize before quiet hours (10p)? I'm sorry, but that's unacceptable. And if you don't like the noise your neighbors make, maybe you shouldn't be living in an dense urban enviornment? Perhaps a house out in the middle of nowhere is more your style? I put up with *all sorts of shit*, and I don't complain about it. Examples: my neighbors upstairs who make as much noise as possible (possibly the very ones complaining), people slamming doors without thinking about it, dogs barking and running down the hallways, dogs eating my cats, the constant irritant of the washers in my building being broken as well as over-priced, people breaking into the mailboxes and stealing mail, and people leaving their trash around. Face it, this is the shit you put up with in a dense urban environment. Either deal with it, or move. And for christ's sake, have the guts to confront someone you have a problem with to their face!

People are stupid.

Maybe I should stay in my office again all day :P

So, after listening to 'Rather Ripped' (several times before I realized it was pretty good), I've been attempting to get my hands on some other Sonic Youth albums because I seemed to have missed them somewhere along the way. But in the past year, I've been listening to a lot of The Cream of Broccoli Radio Hour and hanging out with My Favorite Punker, and bands like Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Throwing Muses (more so now than ever) Sleater-Kinney, and Metric have become more appealing to me and have made their way into my collection. So, I hit up "M" for 'anything he had', and last night I was given a CD with *8* Sonic Youth albums. w00! So, I asked for a Pixies CD also :)

So, yay for new music! And I've decided that while I may not listen to all 8 albums today, I will get thru at least a few.

Oh, speaking of new music, the new She Wants Revenge is *awsomely bad*. This album seems to be more DepecheMode-ish and less JoyDivision-ish. Sooo bad it's good. If you like dark-wave, I reccomend it!

1. While I *really* don't care for Radiohead (*whine whine whinnnnneeeeeee*) what they're doing regarding the release of their new album is kinda cool. More power to ya, boys! I bet your fans really *will* make good decisions regarding obtaining this and I'm glad that you trust them to do so.

2. Dood...Vladimir Putin is fucking crazy. I am really interested in seeing how things shake out in the next few years. Could be very scary.

3. Critical Mass's 15th anniversary. Man, only on Planet Bay Area. I love this towne :). My favorite quote: "Many wore costumes and decorated their bikes as well as their bodies. Some sipped booze concealed in paper bags or smoked marijuana, and many whooped it up, honking their bike horns and ringing their bells as they grew eager for the start of the ride."

Those are the highlights.

Awsome! Sewiously, you guys. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but it was great. And moving at times. And *damn* the nerdy guy on the far left is cute! ((inside joke, for anyone not playing along)) . Good music, nice eye candy, good beer, great company...can a girl ask for more?

Yes? Well, okay then! here's pictures!!!