I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING...

audio: someone teasing me by unwrapping candy right next to me. meanie! ;.;

*chokes*

i normally do make an effort to catch my typos. perhaps it was wishful thinking in this case...?

from last weekend: "everyone was out of it. and no Eric, cos he was a rehearsal dinner for his friend's wedding last night."

*snickersnicker*

and i probably wouldn't have caught it at all, had it not been for my sharp-eyed friend Elva. can't believe i didn't notice! XD

why aren't you an editor for some prestigious publishing firm, again? ^.-

RABID PLOTBUNNIES HIT THE PEOPLE DOWN BELOW...

audio: my tummy grumbling.

this is just to say that there is absolutely NO way in hell that you're fooling me.

pure and innocent you are not. because i am. everyone knows that.

XD

for those of you who know my surname, that's even part of its meaning. are you calling those Buddhist monks liars...?

...really. for shame!

XD

THOM YORKE FLIES AS FAST AS HIS LITTLE SNITCH WINGS CAN CARRY HIM!

audio: (in her head) "love will freak us." missy elliot vs. joy division.

the above is so screwed up, but executed so well. my jaw hit the floor. XD

at any rate, was home sick yesterday. or rather, home exhausted. was STILL (still!) sore after the gardening from last weekend...particularly my right arm, which was being strange and is still slightly tender but mostly back to normal. and had a bit of a sore throat. took this as signs i should probably sleep, so sleep i did. and feel a whole lot better today, thanks very much. XD

but ah...Kristina, argh...Tarkovsky's Solaris...? and Soderbergh is doing a version of it? i STILL have yet to see the Tarkovsky version, but have meant to...i STILL remember Beeru-chan watching it in a Russian cinema class (i think...?) last year and the nightmares she had afterwards...XD (betcha if i mention midgets, apples, and/or horses right here right now she'll twitch halfway around the world still...^.-) weird. very weird.

watched an episode of the new Blue's Clues yesterday whilst home sick...and dude. i really don't know how i feel about Joe replacing Steve. it's very strange. and i wonder how well i'd take it if i were in the intended target audience...but i also don't know how they went about making the transition. i remember reading that Joe was going to be Steve's cousin or brother or something, watching the house and Blue while he was away...? or i could be hallucinating. but anyway, it was weird to see Steve's little Mac house and not see Steve. ;.; and hear all the songs sung...not by Steve. 'cept for one song...the song that's sung when all of Blue's clues have been figured out is completely DIFFERENT now. and not good different, either.

i mentioned this to Spaz last night, and he said, "but Jan, they didn't make the show for you. it's for preschoolers." leading me to respond, poutily, "i knooooooowwww...but...it was better before!" XD

oh well. at least, with Joe and Blue's help, some important lessons were learned yesterday.

1.) Ms. Giraffe is 6 blocks tall.
2.) Mr. Elephant is 5 blocks tall and 4 blocks wide.
3.) Beds and doors, in addition to being animate objects (much like everything else in the show), will follow you home once you've bought them! O.O;;; you don't even have to have someone deliver them! they'll just happily follow you out the door of the store you bought them in and wherever you want to go from there!

wonder what bus fare for a cherrywood wardrobe would be...XD

perhaps more later. ^^

...I SWEAR, THIS STUFF FINDS ME

audio: "evil dust." go on, guess. XD

in more random bouts of wrongness, was in a Walgreen's this morning when i stumbled across this sitting innocently on a shelf. which may, of course, be a perfectly fine and wonderful product, but you can see where the name would amuse me mightily, right?

er, right?

perhaps i ought to get my coat now...XD

in other news, i badly want sandals. am not quite at the point where i'd say i need them, although it's close...with as muggy as it is out here, i REALLY would be much happier in a nice pair. perhaps with shorts. or skirts. dunno. XD

perhaps i ought to look around before going home and see if i can find that pair of sandals i want for perhaps less than i've been seeing them most commonly priced at...^^;;; you guys all know which ones i mean...

is it sad when footwear tugs at your heartstrings? XD

NEVER NEVER

audio: "elegia (demo)." new order.

fifteen or so minutes of gorgeousness and bliss. again, i wonder if Kawai Kenji ever listened to this...? cos a LOT of his scoring for Kyuuketsuki Miyu reminds me GREATLY of this. evokes the same sort of mood. lovely moodiness. ^^

also, will have to go here when i get home...because dude. (Harpy, have you heard most of this stuff yet...?) amongst other interesting possibilities as posed by some of the stuff on this page, didja happen to notice "love will freak us"...?

yes, it is exactly what you'd think.

missy elliot vs. joy division. o.o;;

which leaves me to ponder one thing: imagine splicing the videos for those two together to go along with it...?

*head breaks*

probably more later. as i've made such substantive statements for today already. XD

TO GILLIAN~~~!

audio: "sonic generator." elastica.

guess i was too rushed to remember to mention this after practice Friday, but i have indeed found out how it feels to be Gillian courtesy of Friday's rehearsal.

know how she's notorious for standing onstage looking absolutely bored out of her mind during gigs?

yep.

i was stand-in drummer (using my keyboard, of course, since i've never really even tried to play a real drum kit before) for a song which i shall not name which we were working on on special request for this party we're playing coming up, right? incredibly simple and boring drum bit. and repetitive. for an age. hence, glazed over look on my face, me nearly falling of my stool, etc, etc. fun had by all. XD

and in news of another Gillian (i am such a dork), yesterday was yet another of those silly X-Files marathons that FX likes to run whenever there's a holiday...but it was actually really good! rather than being of the "viewer's choice" sort (which are good for different reasons, but only if you have loads of time on your hands and are patient, as you don't know what they'll play till it's actually on), it was just a marathon...but it seemed they chose mostly the best episodes out of the entire series. some crap mixed in, of course (like that Stephen King cowritten one which my sister loathes), but THREE of my favourites back-to-back made me very happy. didn't watch them (was busy), but i did tape them. "Bad Blood," "Triangle," and "Arcadia." and later on, "War of the Coprophages"!!!!!!

saw the end of the movie again last night, too...and hadn't remembered the correlation between one of the ending shots of the movie and the very last shot of the TV series. (yes, i did actually end up watching it. despite having given up on the show LONG ago. sorta by accident...and once i started watching, i couldn't stop. not cos it was good...it was in fact a huge, steaming mound of utter and complete shite and if i were a really big fan of this series, i'd still be writing angry and recriminating letters to Chris Carter even as i type this! but you know how sometimes when you start watching something, even something bad...you get to the point where you're curious to know what the hell happens, so you keep watching anyway? how it could possibly all be wound up? that, my friends, is what happened to me. i've wasted two hours of my life on far worse things, but it was still a waste. >P )

as for the weekend, spent a good portion of it digging up chunks of my backyard and actually planting my garden. ^-^ here's hoping some of it actually grows and isn't eaten up entirely by other creatures before i have the chance to harvest some of it! i don't mind sharing, but that's exactly it...they have to share with me. i mean, since i planted the veggies and all. XD

so, am quite sore. lots of hard, manually-intensive labour, yo! O.O;; but fun. and good. i enjoyed it, ultimately. even if i did definitely get to my scary, obsessive "must get this done with NOW or die trying" point a couple of different times...but that's good, cos it gets me to get stuff done. XD

also made nummy Thai iced coffee. what a wonderful thing it is, to be able to make it at home and not have to go to a restaurant for it. ^-^ and for this, i am eternally admiring of La Lechera...who needs condensed milk when you can have sweetened condensed milk?!?!? nummy indeed. must make more when i get home. XD

worked a bit on my disc for the caffeine swap, but am nowhere near assembly yet. must remedy this situation posthaste. XD

perhaps more later. dunno. i have the most gigantic grilled chicken caesar salad sitting next to me right now. or rather, half of one. which i should probably finish before it gets gross...

(oh, and back to the X-Files thing? it's all Mariam's fault. just so you know. XD oh, and i should also mention that they played "Home" as well, which is a really great and disturbing episode...but Spaz refuses to watch it ever, ever again. it disturbed him that greatly. which i suppose i can understand. wonder if he finds Dead Alive more disturbing...? XD)

SEEK AND DESTROY...SMILE AND OBEY..

audio: the "Inside the CIA" special on the Discovery Channel downstairs; some weirdo driving by in a really loud car repeatedly, and Spaz playing with my keyboard. ^.^

practice last night was kinda eh. everyone was out of it. and no Eric, cos he was a rehearsal dinner for his friend's wedding last night. when someone isn't there, usually we're all kinda out of it.

i nearly killed someone last night, though...it takes REAL lack of thought to decide it's a good idea to put your can of pop down on someone's keyboard. particularly someone's brand new, not-even-had-it-for-a-whole-WEEK-yet keyboard. *glares* he didn't...he got yelled at by me and someone else before he actually did so. but i can guarantee you it wouldn't have been pretty if he had. some people are amazingly thoughtful. *growls*

got lots to do this weekend...wanna put my plants outside in the ground, wanna do stuff with the keyboard, wanna finish off Spaz' shift boot...and need to work on my caffeine mix! in fact, shall do so right now...after trying to find a cheaper version of a cable i need for my keyboard to interface with my computer.

which, BTW, is a whole other stupid thing entirely. it's hard to find the cable you're looking for when the bloody manual doesn't even think it necessary to tell you what it's called...--;;; (and no, it's not the MIDI cables, thanks. :P)

rar!

(oh, and the dude who sold the cable to me? looked a bit like...Barney. O.O;;; in the face, at least. but he had a bulky, football-player type frame and looked v. uncomfortable in his suit. plus, he was a complete arsehole. however, i thought i'd mention. XD )

THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ANKLETS

audio: "spaceship earth." moonshake.

more sock poking yields up The Joy of Socks. and of course, yields up socks appropriate for you (two pair, even! O.O;;;), you (aren't they cute? ^^), you (you should take these on holiday to Australia with you...you're not so far away, y'know. XD), you (i don't need to elaborate...do i? XD), and even some for you (simply cos i think these would go absolutely wonderfully with this...XD).

but would you believe it? none that screamed my name! ;.; some were cute, though. perhaps i'm being picky. and perhaps i'm talking myself out of things so i don't buy more stuff. XD

this is a good reason to have relatives, particularly around christmas. cos it's absolutely inevitable that someone won't know what to get you and/or will want to get you something practical and therefore end up giving you socks. and/or underwear.

(and is it sad that i'm wishing i had an actual family simply so they would give me socks at holidays? XD)

IT'S BETTER THAN BAD; IT'S GOOD!

audio: "public school boy." bis.

my new toy is making me very happy indeed. it may not be much in comparison to some others, but it's a whole lot better than what i had. plus, it's mine. all mine. which is nice. *fangs*

not much more to say, really. perhaps more later...?

SOCKS, DRUGS, & ROCK N' ROLL

audio: "bleach and salt water." moonshake.

someday, i will be able to remove this CD from my player. i swear. XD

at any rate, in a rather brief skim whilst looking for socks, i found this page. which, of everyone, will probably amuse Beeru-chan the most. XD

*snerk*

and you thought you had control over your socks. little did you know...

CITY POISON

audio: "beautiful pigeon." moonshake.

to: the dude who sat behind me on the train this morning.

you've got business. that you need to conduct via your cell phone. on the train. at 6-something in the morning. fine, wonderful, dandy. shouldn't really matter to anyone else, 'cept whoever you're conducting your business with.

but do you HAVE TO TALK SO BLOODY LOUDLY?!??!?!?!?

really. do you have to YELL into the damned thing so that your voice echoes throughout the train car? O.O;;;

didn't think so. you woke me out of a sound sleep, and i'm pretty damned hard to wake up. that takes talent.

but regardless, your half-hour long REALLY FUCKING LOUD conversation was unbelievably considerate of all the other people stuck in that train with you on the way in this morning. really top class. you deserve a medal.

...in the shape of your impossibly small, 1337 little cell phone. jammed sideways up your imbecilic, non-voice-modulating all-important businessman arse. >P

***************

sometimes, i really <3 people. more than you'll ever know. XD

...but all that aside, today's a pretty nice day out. though it's allegedly going to thunderstorm later this week...however, i really don't believe anything the Weather Channel says anymore. seriously, if i had a dime for every time i've said that i'd love to have a job where i didn't get severely reprimanded for being COMPLETELY wrong about 50% of the time...XD

my keyboard will allegedly arrive today. it's listed as being "out for delivery" right now. am excited. wish i could be home to pounce on the oops man and prise it directly from his fingers, but no such luck...am instead at work. XD so, something to look forward to when i get home.

the case should be here Friday, as well. and it's funny...allegedly, the case weighs more than the board itself does. so it had better do a good job of protecting it! XD i know some of the weight is obviously packaging, but i still find that idea amusing, regardless.

hrrm. wonder if i'll fit in the case? it'd be funny. probably not with a 61-key keyboard case. maybe an 88 key one...am short, 'tis true...but am not that short.

that is, till you cut my legs off at the knee...er, nevermind. no need to put ideas in your heads now, is there? XD

perhaps more later.

I TOLD YOU, I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE. I LIKE THE LIQUID INSIDE OF PEOPLE.

...er, that's all. just wanted to have that made clear. XD

this message brought to you by: MC Pee Pants.

(i want candy! XD)

I AM A COMPUTER AND I DANCE LIKE METRONOME

audio: nothing just yet. the sound of my computer humming.

cold and crisp and sunny yet again today. actually had to stop and get coffee on the way in (you call this hazelnut?!??! O.O;;;) this morning...have been trying not to. have in fact not been drinking much else other than juice, milk, and tons and tons of water lately...cos i was drinking way WAY too much pop before. >.<;;; but as i've been rather tired lately, and was especially tired this morning, i decided to indulge. though i really don't think this is hazelnut. XD

my sister should be coming home with me Friday night. though i s'pose i should tell her this means either she gets to hang out with Spaz for awhile while i'm at practice, or else she gets to come to practice with me...XD plan is that we're going to go see Lord of the Hookers Rings again on Saturday. and quite probably play the pants and/or Mercutio games whilst doing so. XD great fun will be had...well, mostly by the two of us. and we plan to take her to the Bowl House too, as she's still never been. which is an unthinkable crime. if ever you're out this way and you're a friend of mine, you MUST go. MUST. it's imperative. your life, in fact, depends on it. *.*;;

(er, unless you're hardcore vegetarian, in which case you'd probably only be happy with the ice cream. and the sake and/or plum wine. oh, and the tea. but the rest of the food might make you sad...'cept when they bring out the edamame. so perhaps you get a reprieve then. ^.-)

what else? watched our tape of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Mission Hill, and SGC2C.

in short: ATHF amuses me to no end. it gets better and better and better. and i would LOVE Cartoon Network forever if they'd bring some of the Williams Street people to cons...particularly to the Chicago ComiCon. (yes, i'm well aware of its other name. but i'm still in denial. >P ) that would make me a happy, happy girlie indeed. particularly if they were to bring Andy Merrill and C. Martin Croker. but dude. MC Pee Pants. XD XD XD XD XD

Sealab...i FINALLY got to see the Bebop Cola episode! *snickers* had heard about it awhile ago and despite them apparently running it a lot, i still hadn't seen it. but yay...i feel much better now, having seen it. Nina Lemone. Fizzy Gillespie. *chortle*

Mission Hill...after weeks of saying this was going to premiere, well...it finally did. hate the character designs...think they're really, really hideous. the dog is great. Kevin is really annoying, but he's supposed to be. feel kinda eh about it. if the show focused more on the dog, would be more entertained. XD

oh, and a rerun of Welcome to Eltingville was on. must write them a letter and show support...cos i really, really, REALLY want to see more episodes of this show. if you know me, you know how much i love Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer's comics. ne? so when all the talk was going on about how this might become a show on Cartoon Network, i really didn't think it could possibly happen. and when it was announced that it had, i was amazed...and hopeful. and the show indeed did not let me down. but there need to be more episodes of it, dammit! XD

(just as long as it doesn't end up like Invader Zim did. that was such a load of absolutely unbelievable shit, what happened to Zim. *glares* (warning: popups at the link above) it seems Cartoon Network treats things a little more decently...at least, so far. wonder if there's any way that they could get their hands on Zim...? probably not...but it'd be a nice thought. it'd work well as part of Adult Swim too, i think.

will stop rambling now. perhaps more later. ^^

FED A DIET OF SHARP KNIVES, EARTHWORMS AND DIRT

audio: "good looking blues." laika.

today's quite crisp out...it looks quite sunny and lovely, but it's pretty chilly to walk around in. not bad...though very strange for getting on toward the end of May.

had a pretty productive weekend all told...got most of what i'd intended to do done. which is a rather satisfying feeling. ^.^ made a pizza yesterday...haven't really done so in ages, but it turned out quite well. mmm, stuffed spinach. *drools* and among other things, i dumped the rest of Fac2002 into MP3s...

i don't think i care too much for the cover of "Hurt" that they did. it's okay...but not really great. jury's still out on "Shack Up" and "Looking from a Hilltop." though i think i'm liking "Shack Up." i still really do like what they did to "Love Will Tear Us Apart," though...i *like* when people do fun covers.

which is something else i need to do once i've figured everything out with the new keyboard...want to arrange something that i'd like us to play. cos i can hear the entire thing in my head. a songbunny, if you will. hence, it MUST be done. the horn players will love and hate me by turns. XD

in other news, people continue to be amazingly wonderful and random. which isn't really news, i suppose...but i guess i'm just surprised again when random people i don't know go out of their way to genuinely be nice to me. restores my faith in humanity...if only for a moment. ^.-

(BTW, that reminds me. someone told me that i'm the most positive person they know see most often the other day. and was serious. O.O;;; er, uh...wow. you need to meet more positive people, then. i mean, that's very nice and all...but wow. o.o;;)

[addendum: slight correction to the above statement, as it was in fact wrongly recounted here. sorry. was obviously on crack at the time. must strive for accuracy. whee. XD]
perhaps more later. dunno yet. as usual. XD

PUTTING THE "SIN" IN "SYNDRUM"...

audio: the sound of Changing Rooms on the TV downstairs vs. the vacuum cleaner in the next room...

these are the most traumatising images i'll ever post here.

...something to be thankful for, eh? ^.-

(BTW, on a completely unrelated note, for anyone who cares...Yum Pop is running a great deal right now wherein if you buy one Bon Bon shirt, you get the "London Calling" Bon Bon shirt for free. just make sure you add it to your cart before checking out...full details are at the link above. ^.^)

all for now. am hoooongry. o.o;;

...BUT YOU'RE TOO YOUNG...TO BE A PART OF ME...

audio: "the eternal." joy division.

22 years to the day. strange. and god, do i feel young. XD

BTW, today's also apparently the day that 24 Hour Party People is being premiered at Cannes. coincidence? somehow i doubt it. XD

i have a throbbing headache right now. have had it pretty much every time i've woken up today...took some Advil and am hoping that'll help, as even copious amounts of water and/or darjeeling tea don't seem to be doing the trick. had a nummy grilled cheese sandwich and some tomato soup earlier, too...total comfort food mode. that's one of the best meals ever for when it's chilly out (which, as it's nearing the end of May, it really shouldn't still be...). at least, in my opinion. XD

time to return to my weekend, and specifically to certain top-secret doings. whee...

*tips mug of tea in salute and signs off*

YOUR BEATS ARE AT THE OFFICE, SIR

audio: "hurt." bis.

this cover...dunno how i feel about it yet. weird. will have to listen to it a few more times to figure out how i feel. ^.^ Rob was kind enough to lend me his MD player and had dumped the stuff from the Fac2002 EP that Bis had done in tribute to Factory Records onto an MD for me, since i'm still turntable-less. (though he says he's working on that transformer...i told him i wasn't worried, since after all he'd been generous enough to offer to give me the blasted thing in the first place. AND to record any records i wanted to hear of mine that i missed. ^.^

haven't listened to the rest of the EP yet...too busy. O.O;;; got a ton to do this weekend (which of course is why i'm blogging. XD)

my new keyboard is on its way. should be here Wednesday. am rather excited. must get nice hard case for it. had practice last night, and it went okay...we had fun. perhaps too much fun, in fact.

know how we were calling it "The Rear Fuck Bruise" amongst ourselves? well, uh...we got a lot worse last night. the first OP to Kodomo no Omocha is something we've done since we started..."Jyuukuji no NEWS" is its name, and people will either make this "19 o'clock news" or "7 o' clock news"...either of which is correct, really.

thusly, it became "19-inch cock news" last night. dunno WHY i didn't think of this sooner...and i'm not even the one who came up with it last night! i can't believe it. XD

we also rewrote "Duvet." it's completely perverse now, and much more fun. and what's even funnier is, it didn't take very much rearranging of lyrics at all to facilitate our perversion! XD if you ask nicely, perhaps i'll inform you of the new lyrics...

...and i can't remember a lot of it right now. will try to. but i met up with my sister and Umnia after work yesterday and before practice...and of course, Much Wrongness sprang from that meeting as well. which i should probably share. it was too much fun. XD

in the meantime, we got a great coupon from Ikea in the mail the other day. i <3 Ikea. XD

I WEAR THIS HALO FOR A REASON

audio: "speed." atari teenage riot.

ne, Beeru-chan?

i see your Tamasaburo and i raise you this.

(er, cos i'm disturbed. and evil. but i wear a halo anyway. XD)

...but shhh, don't give my secret away...*delicately tucks horns away underneath hair*

^.-

WHAT DO I GET OUT OF THIS?

audio: "blister." moonshake.

so. the keyboard is indeed completely fucked. i'd been afraid to poke at it at all this week, cos i was pretty sure it would be...i hoped it might've somehow reverted back to its previous state, but indeed...no such luck. >.<;;;

i am pretty pissed off about it.

i need that part time job.

but first, must finish learning to drive. and must not accidentally nearly sideswipe innocent people going 45 in a minivan whilst turning right on red. would be a bad, bad thing.

*growls* fuck. fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK. --;;;

(good news? means i will buy my own fucking keyboard. bad news? these things cost money. a whole lot of fucking money. hence, am slightly upset. i would rather do this sooner than later, of course...but this was sooner than i'd wanted to. *sigh*

means i can do other things with it, however. cos the one i'm probably getting isn't nearly so limited...^^)

but argh. >.<;;;

WHY FERRARI CAN BLOW ME

audio: "shut off + curl up." laika.

right, so i'm a little late on this. 'kay, quite a bit late. but i didn't get to watch our tape of the Formula One Austrian GP until last night. so i couldn't properly bitch, although thanks to several people, i'd already been spoiled on several key aspects of the race. and since anyone who cares and reads my blog (which aren't many of you, but hey) has no doubt already seen it, i'm not even going to attempt to hide spoilers. so skip this entry if you're uninterested or just haven't watched it yet. there. XD

i know the people at Ferrari are not idiots, firstly. in terms of strategy, Jean Todt, Ross Braun, ickle Mikey, and the rest are usually on top of their game. no question about that. so what the hell were they thinking by issuing team orders the way that they did?!??! i mean, if those couple of extra points are the deciding factor on who walks away with the driver's championship this year, i can understand where this is good strategy at work in terms of the driver's championship. but as far as PR strategy goes? as far as bringing themselves, their drivers (especially Schuey) and the sport into disrepute?

what the FUCK, dude? >.<;;;;

that was absolutely disgusting. it's not like Michael wasn't already a considerable distance ahead of Montoya. and it's not like no matter which Ferrari driver had won, the team wouldn't get the same number of points towards the constructor's championship. and the fact that Rubens had LED the ENTIRE FUCKING RACE basically, only to have to hand it over to Michael at THE VERY LAST CORNER...man. i feel cheated. i'd feel even more cheated had i actually been there in person. the crowd were fucking right to boo.

it's not as though Rubens could've refused the orders, either...'specially not with having just signed on for another 2 years. he'd never have been allowed to finish a race for the rest of the year, let alone win one.

wonder what's gonna happen now, with official complaints being filed. such a crock of shit. i've never watched a race as depressing as this one. *glares and growls*

...BUT NOT LEARNED ENOUGH, APPARENTLY

audio: "lie low." laika.

...'kay, i'm a dunce again. but for a slightly more grandiose reason.

guess who gravitated graduated today?

and guess who somehow managed to not realise this was going on today until she'd posted about having done it in her blog?

--;;;;

at any rate, as unimpressed with my mental ski110rz as i am right now...CONGRATULATIONS A THOUSAND TIMES OVER TO FI!

^____________________^

*barneygoatkissykissy!*

that's all. for now. and in celebration, via Hase, i simply must share this particular bit of wrongness with Fi. XD XD XD and the rest of you as well, i suppose.

*innocent grin* wot, you don't like sweet things?

bweeeee...am far too amused for my own good. ^^

(additionally, don't be surprised if you hear of my untimely death due to either a large stack of Yiddish microfilm or a sudden revolt led by a flotilla of German paper clips.

...you think i'm kidding, don't you? silly you. you've no idea just how serious i am. do you?

heh. didn't think so. *sniffs* )

LESSON LEARNED

audio:"widow's weed." laika.

rectified the Student Appreciation Day thing somewhat. ran across the street and bought a whole bunch of different candies. of course, since it was on campus, it was disgustingly expensive...in fact, it would've been cheaper had i remembered this morning and bought those cinnamon rolls instead! --;;; but it's my own fault. hopefully this means i'll never forget again. (but how likely is that to happen? XD )

my boss made these nummy lemon cupcakes today, too. with candied lemon peel bits on top. very, very tasty. ^-^

do you think it would be difficult for me to be a standup bass when i grow up? cos i think that'd be a good goal to shoot for. ne? ^.-

(yes. i'm far too short. i know. XD)

JUST ANOTHER TRAGIC THURSDAY...

audio: "city poison." moonshake.

all this talk of cereal of course meant there was NO MILK in the house for me to splash over my Smart Start this morning. ;.; but being the stubborn girl that i usually am, i of course ate it anyway. dry. which is quite fine by me...it's quite good dry. i think it's my favourite cereal, at the moment. just the right amount of sweet, and still actually quite good for you. ^-^ must buy milk this evening. ^^

today's allegedly Student Appreciation Day here at the 'brary...and like a completely daft moron, i FORGOT until i walked in the door! *shakes head* i had been planning to bring in some cinnamon rolls from Ann Sather's, too...there's one in Union Station and so it would've been very convenient for me to grab some fresh ones on the way in this morning. argh. (though i vastly prefer Cinnabon's, but that would be a huge pain in the arse to obtain on a weekday morning on the way to work, since the stupid things only exist in malls...>.<;;;; ) shall have to quickly see what's around here and maybe scoot out and grab something, as i feel really terrible about it. we have really great student workers, too! ;.;

...and completely randomly, i do wonder what David Callahan's up to these days...

more later? maybe. ^.^

NEW BIS!

audio: "helping hands." moonshake.

new Bis e.p. titled Plastique Nouveau/Plastique 33 (depending on whether you get the CD or the vinyl) due out in the US via spinART on 9th July 2002! some of the tracks have appeared on recent releases in other countries, but some of the stuff (the remixes, pretty much) is all new.

hope you're not stuck inside like me. it's GORGEOUS out today. get out and enjoy it! ^.^

and now, back to work...

DAFTASTIC!

audio: "when i die." lush.

did something rather stupid yesterday...went book shopping (must teach myself new skills which i'm not ready to divulge just yet, lest i fail miserably...^.-), and was of course pawing over a whole bunch of books. before going in, i'd had my sunglasses on...cos it was blindingly bright out. took them off...and put them on a shelf whilst i was perusing the books.

and i'm sure you can guess what happened next, right?

yep. picked out a book, went up to the register, paid for it, left...got about 3 blocks away...and then realised i'd left my sunglasses sitting on the shelf in the store. and realised i was going to miss my train because of it. --;;;

but of course, i HAD to run back. cos my sunglasses are actually prescription glasses with a magnetic sunglass attachment. so, uh...i need them to see. and stuff. at least, at work. and while driving. the rest of the time, i'm fine without them. but they really do come in handy. luckily, they were still right where i'd left them. sometimes i am the epitome of 'daft,' i swear. --;;

but, all's well. now i've just got this seven zillion ton book to lug around until i've gleaned all the knowledge from it that i can...mwahhahahah...XD

oh, and check it out. comments should be working again. (thanks to Hase for the YACCS tip. ^^) so go ahead and write away! ^-^

[addendum: small review and a handful of better pictures from the Acen2K2 show at Linus Lam's Network News! though they've still got Smiley listed as being in the band...should prolly write them about that. XD]

audio: "light from a dead star." lush.

lists for Discs of Fury have been distributed, and now the true fun begins! am excited...hope all of this goes well. ^-^

as for other things...feel restless and a bit strange and out of sorts these past few days. dunno exactly why. dunno exactly what i want. i have ideas, but am not sure...feel like many things are shifting around. not bad, but i don't know if they're good, either.

just strange. ever stranger the lives we lead...

audio: "black cat bone." laika.

(yes, Margaret Fiedler is a goddess. why do you ask? ^.- )

Keito-chan, you're making me blush hardcore. *^^* but i'm really, really glad you liked it...especially THAT song, cos i was rather upset with myself for fucking up the lyrics as badly as i did, cos i knew you'd listen to it. XD someday you'll get to see us...and someday i want to hear YOU sing. but thank you very, very much for the compliments, again. i'll pass them on to the rest of the band as well. i kinda wish there'd been a closeup of the shirt i was wearing, cos it's amusing. but not like i don't still have that shirt, and not like i won't wear it again. ^^

of the new stuff we've been doing, that's actually my favourite song as well. Kanno Yoko is SO unbloodybelievably amazing! my god. XD

perhaps more later. ufufufufu. i think my face matches my hair now. XD

(on another note, i have drunk an unbelievable amount of water today, and it's only 11:34am here! O.O;;;; i suppose this can only be a good thing, but i'm wondering why i'm so thirsty...maybe it's making up for all the YEARS of not drinking enough water? hrrm.)

will walk home again today, i think. provided it stays lovely out. from the train station, not from the library...that would be far more hardcore than i think i could handle at this point (and nevermind the fact that i'd have to start walking NOW to get home by around 10pm...XD).

walking in decent weather when you've got good music to keep yourself company is a wonderful, wonderful thing. ^-^

oh, and one more note to Keito-chan: meant to say this a few days ago, but grilling does LOVELY things to vegetables, too! i mean, yeah, the salmon was amazing...but actually, Spaz was more proud of what he did to the veggies...cos he didn't do ANYTHING to the salmon other than throw it on the grill, so he felt like that was almost cheating. the veggies, he did wonderful things to. i don't think i've ever had green beans that have tasted that good before. XD

audio: "tar baby." moonshake.

the SWEK page has finally been updated! we've got a brand spanking (and i do mean "spanking"...XD) new multimedia section up, complete with a handful of MP3s from Acen 2K2! if that's your bag, please do enjoy...and i know you'll let me know what you think. ^^

(couple of caveats: one, yes, i flubbed a bunch of lyrics. i know. i faked it okay, but i know some of you will definitely notice. so yes, i know i screwed up. will endeavour not to in the future. XD two, you get to hear my voice crack like a thirteen-year-old boy going through puberty a couple of times. w00t. --;;; and what else? i'm sure i'll think of something...)

more will come in the future, i'm sure. we're getting some shows finalised and other details sorted out for the future. which probably doesn't matter to anyone but me, but in case you were curious...yeah. XD

and now, time to drink more water. ^^ mmm, water.

i can't imagine what it would be like if one were allergic to water. XD

soon, off to sleep i go...hope for lovely dreams...*^^*

audio: "two trains." moonshake.

this weekend was a big series of ups and downs. even now, i'm not sure i'm in the proper mood to be writing about any of it, but i'll try all the same...

Friday, after work, Mariam picked me up and we went to Chinatown. was fun...as usual, there were some things missing that had been there when last we went, and some new things that had sprouted up in their places. went to Ken Kee's for food...had excellently good curried chicken and a bunch of other goodies. she had a tapioca mango freeze to drink, and i had some cold bubble tea. thought about saving some of the nice chewy boba bits and mailing them anonymously to a certain boi located in Ohio, but decided against it. though it would've been funny. XD

amongst other things, a branch of Aji Ichiban has opened up in Chinatown Square Mall! O.O;;; SO dangerously good! we of course got lots of candy...and some lemon ginger. bonus was that a lot of the stuff had sample dishes set out above it, so you could try things out and figure out what you wanted a little easier if you hadn't had a particular kind of candy before. nummy. ^-^ and yay for varying degrees of dark chocolate! (we of course got extra dark...^^)

later on, met up with Spaz up by the Double Door and went to the show...and this is where i've got extremely mixed feelings.

as for the bands? La Makita Soma was on first, and was excellently fun and good. in fact, their set prompted me to hop over to the ATM and get some cash (thus meaning i payed a fee, which i NEVER do) out to buy a CD, as i stupidly only had a couple of dollars on me beforehand. went and bugged their bassist Mark for a CD and chatted a bit, and it was fun. have not yet listened to all of Brighton Park, but so far have enjoyed what i have listened to. ^^

next up was VHS or Beta. they seemed promising enough at first, and weren't *bad*, exactly...but it seemed like it was one long extended dance wank jam session. fun enough to dance around to, but sorta eh. kinda boring. *shrugs* it just seemed that everything sounded pretty much the same, so it got old kinda quickly.

finally, The Baldwin Brothers. who were doing a CD release party thing, and had tons of guests appear. and they were fun...but not as much fun as they'd been opening up for Bis, unfortunately. Spaz thinks, however, that i'm probably a little biased because of other circumstances...

see, this is where the mixed feelings part comes in. so we're sat at a little cafe table near the stage, as there aren't many people around and it seemed nice, to be able to sit down and be up so close to the stage. and for La Makita Soma, this was fine. but then more people came in...and in specific, these old, past-it bastard drunken yuppie hipster BASTARDS (can you feel the love in my heart for them? --;;;) come and decide to stand right by us. or in some cases, nearly ON us. one bitch nearly was sitting in my lap, clambering up onto the platform that held the bar stools and table we were sitting at...when there was PLENTY of room on the floor next to it...and standing directly in front of me and blocking my view with her annoying yuppie arse! and to make matters more irritating, she was HOLDING HER EARS while doing so!!!! why the FUCK were you there if not for the music, lady?!?!?! oh wait...i forget, this is primarily a bar. it just happens to also have bands coming through that might be a little more fun than many other "bar" bands. *glares*

she also proceeded to deposit her empties on our table...just reaching over and plopping them down there. and then one of her companions, a similarly attired past-it old guy sipping a Corona and trying to look cool in his probably far overpriced blue denim jacket...LEANS HIS ENTIRE ARM all over our table. our very tiny table. apparently the Corona is too heavy for his aged hand to hold, so it's up to our poor little table to support it. i LOVE people like this.

and the CROWD? the ones up front were fine, and there was one guy in front of me who i wanted to dance with...cos he was dancing up a storm and having a GREAT time doing it! and a lot of other people were giving him strange looks, but he inspired me to get up and dance some...and it was fun! i should've done it more. but most of the crowd was just standing there, all cool and disaffected...and i HATE that. i can't see why or how you could do that.

so the conclusion i reached (again) was this: i love shows. i love live music, i love going to see people play. i love MUSIC, period. and when the crowd's on, it's truly a great experience. but all too often, i find myself really hating the people at shows i go to. all too often, i find myself really disliking people in general. this was a good example of that. *growls*

afterward, went home and fell asleep. went up to this Aprilia thing with Spaz that was held in some northern suburb...and afterward, found a shopping strip in (i think) Libertyville or Mundelein that had a comic shop and a used CD store in it! being bored, we stopped in. the comic shop was pretty disappointing...so on to the used CD store. which had a lot more stuff than i would've thought it would...some of which was good, some of which was overpriced. picked up Lush's Spooky on CD, as my cassette tape had all but died quite some time ago, and i think i've only held onto it for sentimental value at this point. ^.- and although they did have a lot more random stuff than i'd have expected of them, did not find a used copy of Whore. sad. i want that album badly. ^-^

had practice Saturday night, where we worked on some new stuff...the spot's been cleaned out and vastly rearranged, and is REALLY much nicer than it had been before...all thanks to Dale and Jon. on the way home, Jon and i witnessed a really fucked up accident. we were going west (out to my house) on 290 when Jon noticed a car also heading west...but in the eastbound lanes. now, i've seen cars back down entrance ramps before...but i've NEVER seen someone going the wrong way on an EXPRESSWAY. and we were doing about 65, and this guy was going much faster than us...and weaving drunkenly, as was not entirely surprising given that he was going the wrong way on the expressway in the first place. >.<;;;

Jon pulled out his cell phone, dialed 911, then pulled over onto the shoulder and threw on his hazards to make the call. by this time, the moron had had a head-on collision with a minivan. both drivers would HAVE to be injured, the way those cars hit. (this was around the 9th Avenue exit, for those of you familiar with this area.)

it was really, really, really fucked up. i really hope the people in that minivan are okay...i mean, i'm sure there were injuries, because the way the cars hit, there couldn't NOT be. but...man. it was really horrifying, watching and hearing them collide and seeing the glass go to pieces and the cars crumple up...we were told we didn't need to stay and give eyewitness reports, but.

so we went on...we'd already planned to stop off at Denny's or an IHOP or something previously, and so we stopped at an IHOP by my house and tried to calm down. went home, went to sleep.

Sunday, spent a good portion of the afternoon staring at waveforms and editing and tweaking things and trying to make usable MP3s from bits of our last show. whee. highly exciting. staring at the waves long enough is very, very relaxing...it's kinda nice, in a way. and kinda not. i felt really, really drained by this weekend, mostly.

oh, and my keyboard may be broken. and it's not even really MINE!!!! >.<;;;

also, i've come to the decision that i'm putting off school for another year. cos i really do want to pay off the debt i owe, or at least a good portion of it. sat down and did up a budget for myself the other day, even...such a drastic step as i've never taken before. need to obtain an additional part-time job. and more importantly, need to hurry up and get my license so i can go get that job.

whee. maybe more later, maybe not. am in a strange mood.

audio: "trophy girlfriend." heavenly. today's

audio: "trophy girlfriend." heavenly.

today's going to be a good day; i can just feel it. ^-^

the Baldwin Brothers show is tonight, for one. am very excited and happy to see them again. 'twill be a blast, in fact...i'm sure of it. i <3 the Double Door. and i miss living in the city sometimes...specially for purposes of music h0dom. XD

for two, Mariam is picking me up from work and we're going to Chinatown. i haven't been in AGES. and i think she hasn't been in even longer, so it'll be fun. must have bubble tea. and maybe find cute socks. mostly cos i need cute socks, and it'd be damn convenient if i found some whilst we were perusing varying sorts of dried mushrooms. or something. ^^

and for three...it's Friday! what more reason do i really need?

congratulations to her for finishing up her skool stuff for the moment. (sings, in stage whisper-like motion: oh, you've got A+, oh, you've got B+, oh, you've got C+... )

and to you two, good luck in getting it all done! i'll keep my fingers crossed...

Keito-chan, perhaps someday i'll be lucky enough to experience the goodness of one of your latkes. they sound wunnerful, and glad everything went well with your burgeoning latke queenhood. ^.^

Beeru-chan...as outlined in your comments...i know. i know it sucks, and i'm sorry. i miss having working comments, too. as soon as i can...i will. and all will be good, and you can berate me all you'd like. XD and i do have e-mail, y'know. even if i'm not the greatest at responding to it lately. XD

perhaps more later. PLEASE sign up for Discs of Fury now, if you haven't already! (we could probably squeeze in one extra day of signup, but that's it! so really...now's the time! seize the moment before it seizes you! those of you who've already signed up are exempt. those of you who have not...er, a pox on all your houses 'till you do! yeah! that's it! XD )

*growls menacingly* go. do it.

XD

audio: the sound of my

audio: the sound of my work computer humming.

i used to work with a girl called Emily at the other library. she was very, very nice. and very, very smart. and very, very wrong and entertaining. we had an AWESOME couple of art classes together...and we worked together on some group projects for the studio one we had together. including a pop-up decapitation book. XD

at any rate, this is her latest creation. i encourage you to appreciate its wrongness. i <3 Emily. ^^

perhaps more later.

audio: the sound of a

audio: the sound of a happy, happy tummy. and random bits of TV noise in the background. and keyboard clacking. XD

...i just had the best dinner ever. all courtesy of my lovely and wunnerful boi Spaz. *^^*

we got a LOT of salmon yesterday. cos it was on sale. fresh salmon. (well, as fresh as it gets around here...XD)

today, he grilled some. which is almost like cheating, cos as long as you watch it and make sure it cooks for just the right amount of time, salmon is ALWAYS going to be good.

but he also had the brilliant idea of doing Very Good Things involving green beans, broccoli, italian dressing, and garlic pickles. and the grill, of course.

NUM. O.O;;;

was SO good. so UNBELIEVABLY good. felt like it should've been some sort of celebratory meal, in fact.

(hrrm. say, does devoting a whole entry to food ecstasy make me an honourary New Yorker? XD)

ehehehhe. whee!

audio: "the end starts today."

audio: "the end starts today." bis.

via Bisnation, you can now view a trailer for the Powerpuff Girls movie due out here 3rd July which features the ending theme Bis did especially for the movie. (i'll take a look when i get home...no sound cards here at work, sadly! ;.; )

also of interest to certain people might be Manda's radio show on Beat 106 in Glasgow...you can listen live online every Sunday from 10am-1pm GMT (or 4am-7am every Sunday morning, New York time...^^ ) using Windows Media Player.

whee. this has been your Bis public service announcement for today. also, they've got lots of merch on super spring sale right now, so if you were eying old 7"s or t-shirts or whatnot, now's the time...and they do take Paypal...^^

audio: "stormtrooper in drag." st.

audio: "stormtrooper in drag." st. etienne.

...you have GOT to be kidding me.

--;;;

perhaps more later.

audio: "let me sleep." laika.

audio: "let me sleep." laika.

another most hated thing:

when you're absolutely BEYOND exhausted, so you decide that the sensible thing to do would be to go to sleep early, right?

so you do so, and sleep reasonably well...and then wake up the next morning...

...just as exhausted as you were BEFORE you went to sleep! if not moreso!

--;;;

Aggrokulture will wake you up, though. 'tis true. XD

at any rate, got tickets for the Baldwin Brothers show on Friday yesterday. was exciting. my boss is far too nice to me. she told me to leave early to get the tickets. XD enabler. as i hadn't visited it in years (literally), tried to visit the Reckless on North yesterday...only to find out (today, natuerlich!) that it'd moved over to Milwaukee. prolly was better off not finding it anyway...like i need to spend more money, particularly on music! XD

(well, i know i ALWAYS need more music. but that's beside the point. 'swhy i will never have a penny to my name, folks. XD but rather be poor and happy...you know the rest. ^^)

perhaps more later. Discs of Fury is gaining new victims participants steadily. *^^* result! am excited...please sign up if you haven't already. though i'll understand and still love you if you don't.^.-

audio: "hell above water." curve.

audio: "hell above water." curve.

for anyone interested, FioFio, Jae Young, Kristina and i have assembled the Discs of Fury CD Swap. round one features the theme of "caffeine," and is open to only 40 participants max. international participants are encouraged, and the deadline for registration is 10th May, so if you're interested, go sign up now! ^.^

as for this weekend...it was rather busy, but at the same time, i feel like i didn't do very much. perhaps cos i didn't go much of anywhere. XD in fact, i slept through when i should've gone to band practice Friday night...naughty, naughty Janni. XD

i have to say that sewing leather is...interesting. see, awhile ago, i'd promised to help Spaz create a shift boot for the new Jetta that went with the shift knob i'd got him for christmas last year, right? said knob is an all-black affair, partially leather and partially suede. very nice...and feels very good in your hand when shifting. but it made the boot look really, really shabby in comparison, as it was only vinyl...granted, good quality vinyl, and it *nearly* looked like leather...but not when placed directly next to real leather.

so he wondered if i'd be able to do that...and i'd never really tried sewing leather before ('cept for that pre-punched stuff you get in many random arts and crafts classes, and/or in girl scouts), but that never stops me from doing anything. XD so we got the proper awl, needles, thread (waxy!), etc. and a couple of pieces of suede...we were recycling part of the leather from another boot he had around, as well as using the coil spring that went around the base to hold it in place in the car.

have to say, so far it's turned out very nicely! i got it so that it's driveable...only thing left is a bit of decoration. all the actual structural *sewing* of it is done...but boy, is that a workout for your fingers. O.O;;; it's kinda fun after you get used to it, but it does require quite a bit of force sometimes to punch through...'specially when you end up going through four layers of suede at a time. >.<;;; i ended up holding and guiding the leather with my hands, and pushing it through with my sternum a couple of times. o.o;;; but now all that's left is decoration...in his GTI (which is Tornado Red), the shift boot features red accent stitching at the seams, and he wanted to do that with this boot as well, only in silver, since the car in question is silver. shouldn't be too hard...just have to be patient enough to sew evenly! XD

that's it. i'll make a profession out of making custom shift boots and expand into steering wheel covers, emergency brake boots, and if i'm feeling particularly ambitious, upholstery! XD

...or, er, not. ignore me. mondays, i'm on crack...XD

audio: "when you sleep." my

audio: "when you sleep." my bloody valentine.

it's been a few years since i last pulled out the MBV albums and really gave them a good listen. and i'd forgot just how much i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEE them. with all my heart, in fact. and especially Loveless. SO unbelievably gorgeous. it makes me melt into a big, gooey, happy puddle, all over the floor. UNBELIEVABLE textures...simply unbelievable. indescribable. where the hell is Kevin Shields when you need him...? at least he showed his face on the last Curve album...^.-

anyway, i'd write more and expound upon my love for MBV, but i can't. i don't have the words. i'm so full of happiness right now, listening to this...floating along on glorious waves of noise. but i can tell a small story. ^^

...for the Valentines do indeed take me back, back in time...to one of the first bands i ever tried to form. Mariam and i had gone to some concert, and in the course of things, we ended up hanging out with two other girls who had gone to that same concert together.

and promptly got into a HUGE FIGHT with one of them just outside, right after the concert.

as it was quite cold, we huffed down the street very quickly, walking and walking and walking to keep ourselves warm...and then stopped off at a cafe on Belmont to warm ourselves up. got some coffee and food, and got acquainted...

...and then one of the girls (Britta was her name) and i discovered we both loved the Valentines. and thus, friendship was born. *^-^*

(unfortunately, Britta had ordered some navy bean soup at this cafe, which ended up making her violently ill later that evening...but she survived. which is good. ^^)

we went on to try and form some sort of beginnings of a band...her on bass, me on guitar. we were probably going to share vocal duties, but we hadn't got to the stage where we really needed to sort all that out just yet. and lucky beeyotch, she'd just gone and seen the Valentines the week before we met...i forget why i couldn't, but i hadn't...probably was still too young, i'm guessing. *glares* flippin' 18+ shows...anyway. i've digressed yet again.

we found out that our guitars matched. granted, they were both low-end, beginner-level Fender models, and thus subject to Fender paint schemes...but still. it was random. we decided it was fate that we start this band. especially after she revealed one other pertinent bit of musical information about herself:

...she also loved LAIKA.

^____________________^

sadly, this all came to nothing...we never got very much done. after such an auspicious meeting, too. in fact, i don't think she and i have talked in at least two years...quite sad, really. *shrugs* but it was fun while it lasted...

...and i still have my MBV and Laika albums to keep me happy. *sighs blissfully*

now playing: "sometimes." more from Loveless. this song can make me weep. relatively simple (for them, anyway), but OH SO GORGEOUS.

i will go joygasm elsewhere now. XD

audio: "world of entertainment." jurassic

audio: "world of entertainment." jurassic 5.

this is a fucking brilliant song. the CD that Drew made for the CD swap is absolutely bloody amazing. it flows together SO WELL...he obviously must've had a blast doing this. i'm enjoying it muchly. ^-^

as for other stuff, i got a lovely lei on the way to work this morning from some people promoting Hawaiian tourism at Union Station this morning. (the gent who gave it to me said he thought it'd go well with my hair. XD it's white. they had bright purplish-pink ones, too...) real flowers! they smell SO good. i'm wearing it on my head right now. it's lovely...and wow, it really would be fun to go there. or anywhere, really. i want to go *somewhere*. would be nice. maybe someday.

oh, and one more random amusing tidbit from this weekend: was told by someone yet again that they thought i looked like Manda Rin. HOWEVER, it was more amusing this time round, cos it was someone who i did not know and had never met before. first thing she says to me? "hey, do you by any chance know of a band called Bis?" Jon looked at me and said, "yeah, she LOVES them. why?" "cos i was just thinking again that you look an awful lot like Manda Rin. i thought that when i saw you at the show, too." to which i said, "if i had a dime every time i were told that...i'd have about a dollar. XD" and she said, "i didn't mean it in a bad way...i think you're both cute." XD

random. people are so bloody random. good and bad. but RANDOM, above all. o.o;;;

perhaps more later. after i count a lot of things. XD