costume

a little crappy, but not bad for a first try. I might have enough fabric to do these over with once I get the hang of vinyl seams.

long update

I felt like I was bursting with stories today, but now that I'm stuck waiting for AAA to come jump start my car, I am sitting here wondering what I was going to say.

First off, the costume is coming along pretty well, but it's very expensive!

Secondly, I went to the Highball last night. It is the new bowling alley/dance bar that the Alamo Drafthouse folks opened up on South Lamar. They used the old laneboards from New Orleans's Rock n Bowl, so it looks homey and old-fashioned, but also very swank. I got a "Highball Old Fashioned," which at first tasted like cough syrup (it was cherry-infused bourbon) but then tasted like cognac, so I enjoyed it by the end.

There were 4 of us. One got drunk and was very funny. We convinced him to:
1) incubate a growing mermaid in his mouth by telling him she would grant him wishes
2) lick the bar table.

He really went overboard on item 2. HIJINKS!

A load of exciting stuff has happened this week, but not all of it can I talk about. I can't even check my phone to remember what all I've been up to, since I clearly can't rely on my memory. I can't check my phone because that particular battery in my life is ALSO dead (along with the car's). All I really wanted to do is go home and work on my costume, but I'm stuck at the office with no one to talk to, waiting for the tow truck. Lame!

I have moved all my entries over to another blog, but I'm undecided as to whether to switch over to it just yet or not. I wouldn't have much control over the look of the blog, not that I do a whole lot with this blog's style.

Quote:
"MF stands for motherfucker!" My Jane-Austen-loving coworker, explaining unneccesarily her earlier use of a euphemism.

I got my first exam back. Considering how little time I'm devoting to the class, and considering it involves multivariable calculus, I'm doing pretty well. I still might take it pass/fail. I don't need the pressure of knowing an A- will pull down my GPA right in the final stretch here!

OK, this is kinda cool. I've been making postcards for friends lately, and here is one that came out pretty well for as little time as I spent on it. Obviously, it is of Illyria, my costume. It helped that I know the pattern pieces by heart now, even if I had to cut them out at 1/10,000 scale.

illyria, again, but better

Oh distance has no way
of making love
understandable

Wilco was awesome! Wow. Great concert. They even played my theme song of late.

Had a really productive day. I love days like that. Boxing, brownies, underarms waxed, oil changed, inspection done, water donated, crafts returned, etc. etc. 15 steps, then the Wilco concert.

I think I want to do a little introduction to each of the blogs I list on the sidebar. Or rather, to the people that do them, and how I know them. And it might be things I haven't told them before. Or something.

Anyway, remind me of that if I haven't done it in a few days. I have a packed few days coming up. Well, few weeks, really. And I'm working on a Halloween costume that will be aMAZing. So I hope it comes out OK because I've built it up more than a bit.

Here's what I'm up to:
Friday: work, boxing, friend's hypnosis show and/or yoga, radio show
Saturday: lunch with C M &M, karaoke birthday party (oh, and buying present for them sometime)
Sunday: Accordion festival (all day, San Antonio), apply to graduate in December
Monday: work, walk with MJ, Music Monday at the Alamo Ritz (indie videos), problem set due
Tuesday: class, doctor's appointment, boxing
Wednesday: work, dinner with E, problem set due
Thursday: class, doctor's appointment (I'll get ice blue contacts hopefully!), boxing, C and M coffee at my place
Friday: work, spa appointment (it's spa week!), radio show

And things always come up. It actually seems quite doable written out like this. But when will I model the river basin systems?? That question remains.

• "Radio Cure" Wilco
  

somnophagia

Could you make me forget about?

I updated my S C A T T E R B R A I N website for those of you needing new music. If you didn't get the password, just email me or something.

I'm thinking of having a show about forgetting and remembering. Any suggestions for songs I could play on such a show?

I'm so exhausted today from subbing a 5am show. I need to sleep because I'm seeing Wilco tomorrow night.

I talk a lot about music.

• "Forget About" Sibylle Baier
  

boom shalaka

I’m getting off track
And I can’t control a thing

I just read some online evaluations of the first course I TA'd, and I got really nice feedback mixed in with the incredibly negative evaluations of the course overall. Of course I already got my anonymous evaluations, but it was nice to hear again anyway.

Speaking of beaming, a new music friend gave me a shout out on her new radio show. Which made me feel FAMOUS! I will endeavor to give dedications to people who might be listening. I haven't ever met this girl, incidentally. We just like a lot of the same music.

Saturday was a disaster, but I don't feel bad about it. As my mom pointed out, the only thing I did wrong in the whole evening was wear 4 inch heels.

Ladybird says hi. Or, she would, if she were a human, and awake. She's snoozing here right next to me. I love her so much.

• Boom Anjulie
  

I got a returned email that said "failure notice." I deleted it. That's just negative.

You do it to yourself
Just you
You and no one else

This post is primarily to update the "Just" video link. The video, and partly the song. "Jesus, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there."

I'm waiting for the Stone Word to fall. Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer cause you may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer. Helter skelter.

References galore! I should make footnotes to this update!

Well behaved cats rarely make history. True. But neither to ill-behaved ones. However, they enrich our lives.

• "Just" Radiohead
  

It's like the domino theory of stupidity.
Isn't that obvious to everyone?

Isn't there some self-help adage that there are three tripods to your life, and one of them will always be suffering at the expense of the other two? Am I thinking of Bridget Jones? Or this? Well, my professional world is ROCKING! But some personal matters are another thing entirely. A friend is offering to tell me what's wrong with me, and I wish his email would hurry up and come because I'm ready to know. What is wrong with me?

A bit sad

signed,
:(

• "Chambrain" Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
  

*transport, motorways, and tramlines*

Listening to "Let Down" (Radiohead) on the bus. Life is good. Well, life is OK. Life is bearable. Oh, life.

Woah. Did NOT want that to happen

OK, I don't know any of the lyrics
I just like the name of the song
And also the band
New Orleans bands are making a comeback!
Check out The Generationals and Hurray for the Riff Raff, seriously!

Saturday I was enjoying some wine while I baked a cake. I was separating eggs because I had to fold in the stiff whites, and I got confused (too much wine?). Anyway, long story short, I took a big drink of egg white. I almost threw up. Ask my mom. I was on the phone with her at the time.

• "Brunch with Rocco Fancypants" Egg Yolk Jubilee