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Monthly Archives: January 2004

Let’s Get Rowdy

Blast, but I’m tired. Didn’t get home last night until nearly 1am (very late for me, these days). Stayed up for some time afterwards too. Not sure when I finally fell asleep (with the husband’s headphones on, listening to my latest addiction…Icelandic “classic” rock radio station SKONROKK). I vaguely recall stumbling across the hall [...]

I Predict A Riot

Yesterday the UPS guy came to the door with the package I’d been waiting for. But when I tore into it something was amiss. The packing slip listed the four items that should have been in the box. But there were only three (I checked and re-checked and the little man counted along with [...]

The Show Must Go On

The original venue may have burned down, but these kids are hardcore. The Midwest Hardcore Fest II has been relocated…to some sort of Elk’s Lodge out in the burbs. Hopefully the turnout will still be decent. I’m just glad I’ll get to see Anton after all…and thankful that his band plays early on, so [...]

Street By Street, Block By Block

An old friend of mine, Anton, lives in Chicago (or ‘Cago, as pronounced by the little man) and we haven’t had a chance to see him since last spring. His band, Get it Away, was scheduled to play the Midwest Hardcore Fest II in Minneapolis today. But yesterday I had an uneasy feeling…when I [...]

Tomorrow Never Knows

Starting a new year feeling empty and burned out absolutely sucks. Not sure how much of it can be blamed on that whole dead of winter thing. Thinking I might want to kick off 2005 in Fiji, just to be on the safe side. Until then I’ll peruse photographs of airline meals. A cursory [...]

The Insufferable Burden Of Being Constantly Happy

Well, it happened again. Yesterday the little man’s paternal grandmother called up, out of the blue, for an impromptu overnight. I’m not complaining. It’s just that it feels like some bizarro world version of The Amazing Race, where I need to run all over town to attain certain objectives, packing in as much non-child [...]

Death By Chopsticks

Last night was mostly brilliant. It’d been a while since we’d seen the in-laws, so we swung by just to say hey…and to have the husband help out with a little tech support. After he fiddled with his folks’ computer for a bit we went on a spontaneous outing to Grand Shanghai (mmm, mock [...]

Writing Down The Bones

Maybe I need a waterproof voice recorder. So many ideas come to me when I’m in the shower, only to be washed away down the drain. Some thoughts salvaged today:

I’m still too freshly cherry bombed. When I shampooed my hair earlier the suds turned a sickly pepto-bismol pink.
I’m not sure why I keep the [...]

Cruel Tricks For Dear Friends

It would seem that $100 worth of generic aluminum foil goes a long way. The AP first reported the story last week, so you may have heard about it. A guy returned home after a few days to find his friend had encased everything in his apartment in the stuff: “No detail was too [...]

We Shall Fill Your Emptiness

While we’re on the subject of food, which I often am…lately laziness has taken over and I’ve found myself eating way too much ramen. Mostly the organic hippie style ramen from the co-op (lower in sodium, without MSG), but still not the healthiest of meals. Yesterday I came across a wacky site for the [...]