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A pipin' hot survey, fresh off the griddle!
10 BANDS YOU'VE SEEN LIVE
~Morrissey, Halloween 1991, San Jose (or San Francisco, can't remember which). College road trip!
~Gene, First Avenue, Minneapolis, with my friend J. We got to meet them after the show, and they were really cool.
~Babes in Toyland, twice; both times were at First Avenue in Minneapolis. I saw them with M2.
~Marc Almond, Pantages, Los Angeles, "The Stars We Are" tour, 1988. I bribed my former best friend R to drive me down there. She slept throughout the entire show. We got lost in Watts, which was a treat and a half, especially since she insisted on blasting NWA at top volume.
~G. Love and Special Sauce, Mill City Music Festival, Minneapolis. I went with M3. They ROCKED.
~Whoops Kitty, see above
~Suzanne Vega, Los Angeles, 1993, with M1. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening were in the audience. SV put on a great show, but we went for opening act...
~Kitchens of Distinction. "Drive That Fast" was M1's and my song.
~The B-52’s, Minnesota State Fair. Daddy-O was originally supposed to come with me, but he backed out at the last minute and made my brother take me. Julee Cruise, of all people, filled in for Cindy Wilson, who was taking a hiatus from the band at the time. I absolutely love Julee Cruise, but she doesn't have a "B-52's" voice. She's meant to sing melancholy ballads in that heartbreaking ghost-of-a-doll voice of hers, not big belty songs like "Good Stuff". It was a fun show anyway.
~The Violent Femmes, who opened for The B-52's. Another great show.
9 THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO:
~Seeing G tonight
~Trying Ben & Jerry's new Red Velvet flavor: red velvet cake batter ice cream with red velvet cake pieces and a cream cheese swirl. Um, yes please.
~Sweet Valley Confidential. I know it's absolutely going to suck, but I was addicted to the series as a kid and I just have to read it.
~A massage
~Silent Hill Downpour, which drops on Halloween
~My next trip, whenever that may be. Thanks to my company's rather draconian vacation policy, I got porked and can't go with G to Florida for Passover next week. I also didn't get Thanksgiving off this year, which means the next time I see his nephew's kittens, they're going to be CATS. Don't get me wrong, I love me some goddamn cats, but I had forgotten just how much fun kittens are. And, of course, I'll miss spending time with his family. I love his relatives more than my own, excluding my immediate family, so I has a melancholy.
~Watching Super on demand, even though Roger Ebert fucking spoiled the SHIT out of it in his review. Ordinarily I like him, but spoiling a major plot point in a movie that's just been released shows an unbelievable amount of disrespect for the filmmakers and their audience.
~My afternoon break, during which I plan to walk for a mile and then have a Coke Zero and a bag of pretzels at my desk.
~You're going to laugh at me and think I've turned into a total Oldie Oldster, but...the next episode of Dancing with the Stars. This season, I'm rooting for Hines Ward because he just seems so charming and I love his smile. G has grudgingly given me dispensation to root for a Steeler just this once.
8 THINGS YOU WEAR DAILY:
~Underwear.
~My glasses
~Perfume; the scent varies by day. Today I'm wearing Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar, which smells like really expensive suntan lotion.
~Bonne Bell Dr Pepper lip balm, which is generally as made up as I ever get. Well, if I'm not running late in the morning, I also swipe on some mascara...which means I wear mascara two or three times a month.
~A bra
~Shoes
~My woobs, or "hanging out" clothes. The second I get home from work, I strip down and change into my woobs: a t-shirt and yoga pants. Ahhh.
~A bemused expression
7 THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU:
Only seven? Fine.
~Rude and/or lousy drivers
~Debbie the Temp, who I swear is physically incapable of going more than two minutes without talking. And I shit you not, she looks like Bruce Vilanch.
~The temp who sits behind me. He blows his nose louder than anyone I've ever heard, sings to himself, and has his iPod up so loud that I can hear it. Plus he has a huge ring of keys hanging off his belt, so whenever he gets up, it clanks and jingles and DRIVES ME UP THE FUCKING WALL. As you can tell, this is not my favorite batch of temps we've had in the office.
~When I park out in the boonies so nobody will park by my car and then I come out and somebody has parked right next to me despite dozens and dozens of parking spaces nearby. Why???????
~When I'm doing Wii Fit and step onto the balance board and the automated voice goes, in a pained voice, "Oooh." Thanks for the ego boost, you cock! At least Ingrid (as I've dubbed the yoga instructor) is always nice to me.
~When people say "Whoops!" instead of "Excuse me". Not the same thing, folks!
~People who don’t leave a courtesy stall in the bathroom
6 THINGS YOU TOUCH EVERY DAY:
~A computer keyboard
~Myself (not necessarily in a sexual way!)
~Steering wheel
~Some sort of writing implement
~A toilet flush handle
~TV remote
5 THINGS YOU DO EVERY DAY:
~Breathe
~Read
~Futz around on the computer
~Procrastinate
~Eat
4 BOOKS IN YOUR "TO READ" PILE:
~One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
~XVI by Julia Karr
~Red on Red by Edward Conlon
~Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal (despite its assured suckiness)
3 MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
~Kick-Ass
~Hedwig and the Angry Inch
~Mulholland Drive
2 OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT THE MOMENT:
~"Heavenly Star" by Genki Rockets
~"Switchback" by Celldweller
ONE PERSON YOU COULD SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH:
~G. And I will.
posted by ~C @ 4:19 PM
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