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1. w/Brian
2. w/Joshua
3. Bree w/Shawn
4. Jim, Brian, me, Micah
5. w/Marika

1. awesome shirt
2. Kym, Nik, Me
3. w/Joshua
4. w/Fwankie
5. w/Bree afterwards

had a marvelous time but somehow managed to NOT get any pictures with the people I wanted that work there because I'm a drunk ass...tommy, mark, nik, david, clare and brad. ah well.

My favorite bar, Manray, the place I have loved to hang out, meet friends and get blasted at for the last 8 years, is closing. as Of Today. the entire block is being ripped down for condo's of course.

I Have a lot of great memories of that place and have made a lot of friends there. ( Yeah, friends! I know what you're thinking! )

Sad, that place is my very own "cheers", laugh as you may.

So Long & Thanks for the Memories!

a little tour during the day:

I'm a week behind, but whatever. Thanskgiving with the Swenty's was low key, relaxing and quite marvelous. Great food, great friends and good times. Thanks Pat, Jenny & Steven. Pictured is my totally picturesque green bean casserole. A loungey day followed by a 2nd thanksgiving at private party at manray where I got my helping of sweet potatoes. Thanks, Tommy!

I'm in a funk and I can't shake it. Can't shake this cold/sore throat combo and I'm not sleeping. Bah! Slipping in an out of bad moods as well. Just caught myself telling tanq that she needs to stop acting like such an asshole because she can understand what I'm saying, obviously.

what is my problem?

Scarier than corpses by far!

the new goldfrapp album is called "the seventh tree". gone is the electro disco, replaced with a faintly 60's soft pop feel. in fact, a few songs could have been on the air back then. it,s light, airy and atmospheric. faves are "road to somewhere", "eat yourself" and "monster love".

it's utterly gorgeous and it's out in Feb.

1. TanQ wants to be more like zombie wooden cat
2. BEAR and his pretty hat and target bag

I see you.

Saw Kathy griffen here last weekend with jeni, Mike and Bree. Mike, percy & Matt were also there and we met them before for cocktails at bus stop.

this woman is just fucking hilarious. Great crowd, but had a hard time hearing her a lot of the time. Enjoyed it immensely, especially when she said "where are my gays?" and most of the crowd roared.
I'd say her live show is vastly funnier than anything I've seen on her tv show.

1. Johnette
2. Johnny, johnette & fwankie
After Loving her music with Concrete Blonde since 1990, I finally got the chance to see Johnette Napolitano perform here at the high dive. A tiny, very intimate place just up the road from me. Frankie told me he had met her a few times before and maybe we woulf get to this time as well, and so we got there early and nabbed a table. Frankie had brought her a gift bag and had the security peeps take it back to her. She came running out a few minutes later and gave Frankie a big Hug & kiss. We all got to meet her and she was very funny and pretty. pretty, like ..she has a very glowing face, if that makes any sense.

anyway, she just stayed for a few minutes and then finally she came on stage. what this woman does with just an accoustic guitar and her powerful voice...wow. Amazing.
One of the finest voices of my lifetime. I mean, obviously, she's no britney...oh, wait - Barf! kidding.

she did amazing cover of coldplay's "the scientist", johnny cash's "ghost riders in the sky" and several amazing concrete blonde classics as well as my actual favorite Johnette track, "mexican moon".

if she's ever in your woods please check her out!

thanks to Fwankie for getting us to meet her and kym going with me.

Some Johnette and Concrete Blonde Favorites:
"Heal It Up" (1993)


"Caroline" (1990)


"Take Me Home" (2002)


"Mexican Moon" (Live)

saw Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Chrsitmas" in 3D on wednesday night with Conbsuelo & her Hubby. I had heard the 3D effects didn't really add much ( thanks steve & andre) but I still really enjoyed it as I had never seen it on the big screen and it's one of my favorite movies. It's a limited engagement so check it out if you can.

Wilbur, Mike and percy's baby pug, has a fatal dog disease. Such a sweet little guy, too. He's now on a drug cocktail, so we are hoping that he will pull through and live a normal life. poor guy!

Think happy thoughts.

what?

tanQ loves to lay on my cpu. unfortunately, It's much too small, so she never gets comfortable. that doesn't stop her from getting up there everytime i'm near the computer, though.

to the tune of Eartha Kitt's "I'd Rather Be burned As A Witch".

I meant to put this up on Halloween, but...what do ya do?

I'm not posting much. Life is in disarray. Nothing I want to talk about here, though.
Although, I will say that I have come to realize that I do need a 2nd job. Will be difficult finding one with the time off I need over the holidays.

Rah.

cute~!