All I Wanted Was A Pepsi, Just One Pepsi - TT 39

Ahhh, Institutionalized. Great Song. Kidlet saw Suicidal Tendencies in concert a few months back with her dad. I have been missing in action for a bit and have some catching up to do so I figured why not wrap it up with a big TT ribbon? So here we have 13 things about my last two weeks that I have either done or have been stuck on my brain. Random is GOOD!

1. Randy Jackson is on The Rag. Seriously, WTF Randy? The only person you were kind to was Rahme-whatever her name was and she SUCKED!

2. David Cook is the best reason to watch Idol. And people getting all pissed cause the judges called him original for his version of Billie Jean because Paula Simon and Randy are not aware it was the Chris Cornell version need to shut the fuck up. He was covering a cover not raping the Mona Lisa. Get over yourselves music snobs.

3. That mini rant brings me to #3 on my list, idiots who stage dive at concerts and don't even know the bands songs. The Presidents concert was awesome and I highly recommend their new album. Truckstop Butterfly and Sharpen Up Those Fangs are classic PUSA. That said, the venue was for all ages and they did a shitastic job of separating the booze area from the main area.

The place was over run with 20 somethings stage diving and crowd surfing and moshing...MOSHING...at a Presidents concert. Before the bands even started some 15 year old boy got all hopped up on Mountain Dew and spewed chunks a good 6 feet right in front of us. So very Linda Blair. Kid got nostril action as well, it was a pretty gnarly barf. Then the fuckers boo'd an opening performance art act, and then doing their sad little "I wish I was around when Punk was new" staging diving crowd surfing routine they managed to unplug the band's amps twice! Rudest Audience EVER. And I have been to metal shows! DIE FUCKING TWENTY SOMETHING DOUCHE BAGS.

I feel better now, thanks folks :P

#4 Went to a gem show on the Sunday the 16th with Kidlet and Mom. Mom is jeweler and we go every year to get deals on gems and pearls etc. Anyhow, on the way in I slipped and fell on a metal plate cover. Totally screwed up my shoulder. I couldn't move for three days. And that was ON tylenol 3. It sucked. That was the main reason I wasn't posting. It hurt =(

#5 Mom is gonna make me a gorgeous necklace! I bought a double row of briolet citrons and amethyst that mom is going to do up on gold filigree. Think chandelier necklace. Very vintage looking. Mom does awesome jewelry. Especially her pearls. I have pearls I'd have to sell a kidney for because of her. I need to help her set up a website to sell her stuff.

#6 SNOW? WTF? It is Spring Break and apparently the white stuff has been swirling around the metro area. That is ridiculous. This is Oregon and it is nearly April. Bah.

#7 So I have some plans for the summer percolating. Mom is taking kidlet on a car ride trip down the Oregon coast through the Redwoods. I am gonna fly into San Jose and then the three of us are gonna spend some days in San Fran and then drive up to visit some of our family in the Sacramento area. And I am hoping to find a way to swing seeing George Michael up in Seattle. I LOVE me some George. Check out Turnbaby today as she has a divine sample of Gorgeous George.

#8 Ok fair warning, this one is, well, odd. Every single day this week there has been someone in the bathroom at the office ....OBVIOUSLY making a deposit if you know what I mean....and they have been making "yummy noises!!" You know the sounds people make when they take a bit of something good? Add that to a lot of contented sighing and you get what I am talking about here. WHAT. THE. HELL. I am scared to take a leak at work because of this. What is going on in there? Is it contagious? Does it travel? Gah!

#9 I am totally grooving on the new songs from REM and B52. The B52's are playing here in May but I am trying to save up for the George Show since it is in Seattle. Both bands sound like their classic songs. REM in particular sounds like classic IRS years guitar driven REM. I loves me some REM.

**Updated for RWA's listening enjoyment. Behold the new REM song:



KNRK, my beloved radio station is running a contest to win the new REM album and have a chance to see REM at The Hollywood Bowl. I came SO close to winning one time on the when was their first European tour. I guessed 1984. Turns out it was like November of 83. Bah :P

#10 My Current Food Craving - Pasta. Been on a major lemon red pepper parsley spicy pasta kick. I am addicted to that stuff. Bless Giada for showing me that recipe.

#11 I am in dire need of Yankee Candle Citrus Sage votive candles. Last 3 times I have gone out to buy them, no love. They smell DIVINE. I want them and I can't find them. ARGH!

#12 When is Charlie Bartlett going to make it to a movie theater? I have been waiting for ages for it. I am crossing fingers that it will come to one of the independent theaters around here. Robert Downey Jr. is the shiz and the nitz. So glad he didn't bite it from the drugs.

#13 Speaking of he who play Julian, for whatever reason an old friend has been on my mind a lot lately. Last time I was obsessing on him like this, it turned out he was having a heart attack at a Dead Show. Sometimes having a strong mental link with someone sucks. So here is a shout out to the powers that be, play nice cause I am gonna be seriously upset if something is wrong with him.

When Premise Explodes And The Room Starts To Shake

Ever had a moment where the date on the calendar totally betch slaps you? That happened yesterday. The Charity Auction is 1 week and as of yesterday I am locked into lunch time chip and ticket sales followed by counting of cash and logging of payroll deduction slips.

AHH!!

When the hell did it become this late in the year?!?!?!

Plus I am back to working some OT which is great since I get a whopping 31 hour paycheck tomorrow. THAT will be fun.

Kidlet and her dad are going to a salon tonight for a hair cut and color as she was going to do it tomorrow with Mom. Love Mom but she has a tendency to cut a wee bit more than asked for and Kidlet's dad is adamant that Kidlet not end up with a gym teacher bowl cut, if you get my drift :P

REM is playing the Sasquatch Festival this year. Only thing with Sasquatch is I don't camp on my own. Might as well hang a sign on your tent that says single female come get me! But REM and The Cure and Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips are playing so Kidlet has persuaded her dad to take her. I'd love to see REM but I can't afford the ticket plus hotel cost plus fuel cost. But the B52's are playing in May and tickets for them are only 20 bucks. That I can swing. Kidlet and I will go see them at the Roseland.

Alright, duty calls. Gotta go sort out a lost check issue.

What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

WTF is a sammy? Who, adenoidal irritating commercial children aside, would actual lisp out the word "Sammy" when referring to a sandwich?! Oh that annoys me. Speaking of sandwichs, I am currently addicted to Subway. Can't do Quiznos, every time I eat there I get sick. Plus ...just yuck.

99 Luft Ballons...oh my Greg at KNRK is starting me off with the flashback.

Got here early, after working all weekend. Kidlet is with me the next couple of days, plus we have back to school night on Thursday so it will be a busy one. At least I have dinner for tonight already to go and tomorrows is a peice o' cake. Greek meatballs. Speaking of Greek, the Greek Fest is coming up and I am so excited for my pastries! Gotta swap a day with Kidlet's dad so we can go for greek foodies.

Here is another WTF....WHY must people drive 5 miles under the speed limit? And then glare at me when I pass them?! Some aging beyotch did exactly that this morning when I finally got to a two lane and could get out from behind her ass. Glared at me. I was compelled to point to the sign with the speed limit posted and mouth the words for her along with fingers showing the number. And one more finger for good measure. Lord help us, there are stupid people everywhere and they are breeding!

Thursday Thirteen 13 - Well You Lied To Me 'Cos I Asked You To

The last 13 songs played on player whilst I toil at work.....

1. The Difficult Kind - Sheryl Crow featuring Sarah McLachlan (danke)
2. Brick House - Rob Zombie
3. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
4. Who's Gonna Ride YourWild Horses- U2
5. Too Sick To Pray - A3 (points if you have heard of them :P)
6. 2 HB - Roxy Music
7. Elegantly Wasted - INXS
8. Turning Japanese - The Vapours
9. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (LOVE HER)
10. Thorn In My Pride - Black Crowes
11. Alone - Blues Traveler
12. Driver 8 - REM
13. Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

It's The End Of The World As We Know It, And I Feel Fine

**Update for Bestest Carnival**
With the theme this time around being "embarrassment" this is the post that immediately popped into my mind. Why? Read it. If this is how your mind worked, would you really want to publish that fact? Kidlet calls this the "Crazy Mama" post!

I have crawled out from under my rock. I had to leave early on Friday as it occurred to me that if I didn't I might just fall out of my chair. Nothing like a temp of 102 to make a girl feel her best. Got myself home, and ya know what? I don't really remember doing it! That is never a good sign. Crashed on the couch and slept until 6ish. Scrounged in the medicine cabinet and food me some of that sudafed PE crap. Friggin methheads have really screwed us. Paying a 15 buck copay on the real sudafed is just not cool.

So Friday night I watched Decades Rock with Skynyrd and Co. "Co" being Bocephus, Three Doors Down, and Bo Bice. Damn good show. Love me some Skynyrd. And Bo Bice is the shiznitz, I don't care what all those Idol haters say.

Talk about your dichotomy, though. Hell, an oxymoron even. My two favorite types of music? British Pop (all it's incarnations from house to goth to punk to new wave) and Southern Rock. Could there be a bigger gap? Perhaps what that tells me is I need a nice Southern Goth boi. Preferably not from the Poppy Z. Brite page of Southern Goth Boi. They have a tendency to not bat for my team.

So Saturday I wake up still thinking I will be hauling my ass in here to the office. I think the fever brought on that delusion. I dragged ass to the store to get more cold meds and food and I had to come home and nap after a 20 minute trip out of the house. Watched more television in a fevered haze. Learned a few things:

1. Never watch Serendipity on or around the anniversary of a break up. (The Calvin wearing ex BF variety.) For that matter, I am pretty well positive that most John Cusack movies should be viewed with extreme caution at times like that. If you are in a truly self punishing mood, bring on Say Anything and beat yourself over the head with Lloyd Dobler. I must like myself a teeny bit as I didn't give into that temptation.

2. Never weigh yourself when you are sick, feverish, depressed, and have just watched a John Cusack movie on or around a break up anniversary. I know I am in my Fat Brando phase due to being too stupid to date, but I might just have gone overboard. The added bonus of rendering yourself nearly invisible aside, it is probably not the healthiest thing I could be doing for myself. Kinda like smoking with a cold. (yeah yeah, I KNOW! I am a retard.)

3. John Cusack is the perfect man. Or at least he has played all facets of the perfect man. Even his assholes (Rob in High Fidelity for example) are attractive and even lovable in their own way. At the very least they are self aware enough to know they are assholes and try to improve. And they are EMPLOYED!

Excuse that last digression.

4. Miss Holly Golightly is Scarlett O'Hara without balls.

5. The song Moon River will totally stick in your head unless replaced by something equally as compelling. Like my title song inspiration.

6. A Big Mac tastes awful when you are sick. Which just seems so very wrong somehow.

7. She Wants Revenge really really sucks ass. This I knew before but being forced to endure them on tv when I felt like death warmed over simply reinforced this belief. I hope Ian Curtis comes back from the dead and clubs them till they are jello.

8. Two hours here have worn me out. Which sucks, I wanted to surf z'net but I think I am gonna have to head back to surfing z'couch.

Oh...Just Like Heaven. Me loves this song. Sometimes I want to hug my radio, ya know?

Radio Free Brainwaves

Talk about your coincidences. See that post two down from this? With the Sin reference? That is from a song by Electronic. Not one of your more commonly heard songs even on my beloved KNRK for all that the band is comprised two of the Gods of that era/genres.

And guess what they just decided to play? That song! Which is Get The Message for any of you wondering.

I admit, I am a serious, hardcore Electronica, BritPop, Madchester ho.