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Today the mister and myself have to shop for toys! One of our friends just had a baby, so there will be some time spent at the hospital as well. I've also brought home some work, but nothing too taxing. Señor Patita will play video games and wash dishes.

Ms. Miz, I went back to the pet store yesterday to ogle the bunnies and play with adoptable puppies :)

K, you should volunteer at Town Lake.

(I'm back at my desk again after a carrot cake break. Not sure how long I will last.)

Today the mister and myself have to shop for toys!

I spent all day today shopping for toys. Five birthdays in a month: our three plus two nieces. We spent a small fortune :(

Great Clinton pics Beth! Up close and personal with the most powerful saxophonist in teh world! I never noticed before he has a dimple right on the end of his nose. Love that pink house too.

I'm now wondering what kind of toys patita was shopping for.

evenin.

toys are fun. any kind. candy is fun 2.

i need a good set of legos.

I can haz new MacBook!

The keyboard is weird: a little like a speak and spell.

Happy Labour Day ya durned yankees (and Ms. Mis-confederate-y).

just got in from djing in completely empty club, well, 10 people or so as everyone is at a festival, plus it's a thursday night. was the worst most boring club experience of my life.

-- Ronan, Friday, 31 August 2007 03:11 (Friday, 31 August 2007 03:11)

Festival was amazing. I am broken in many ways. Saw a lot of great bands (didn't go to either Jesus & Mary Chain or Primal Scream, sorry Ailsa). Met the lead singer of Hot Chip and demanded he played 'Colours' next time. It appears I look like him but I believe that this is wrong. I am taller, hotter and could take him in a fight (all three of those are actually true because I R HARD, HAWT & HI IN DA SKY). He was alright though, in the crowd for Bjork (big disappointment as people would not STFU. I left because I couldn't really hear. Actually the sound was pretty bad a lot of times, had to leave The Go! Team and Clap your hands say yeah (Actually I left that gig because it was boring). Iggy and The Stooges were fun, he's amazing on stage. I was nearly throttled because I couldn't stop shouting "Well COME ON!" a la 'Be your dog' for the rest of the evening. I drank many interesting things, avoided the drugs (so many drugs, there has to be some kind of spike in e production in August getting ready for this thing. Loads of cocaine as well, such an unpleasant drug to be near :( ). As I think of them during the day I'll try and remember the bands. Great craic altogether though. Oh yeah, the Beastie Boys were fantastic on both occasions.

I have pictures but sadly the policy of never putting my, or anyone else's face, on the internet means that most of them will be unusable. I'll see what I can salvage though. I might *gasp* Put the videos on my shiny new blog if only to increase the number of posts!

Sausages = a friend's dad (farmer by trade) called them "Skins of mystery". Very true! Yet I love them so. They were my brekkie for the past four days. I think I'm in withdrawal.

Speaking of ATP, teh_kit friended me on teh_fasebuk! His picture there is adorable.

-- accentmonkey, Friday, 31 August 2007 15:34 (Friday, 31 August 2007 15:34)

Meh 2!i! great pic of him and ms_teh_kit.

I just got a couple of emails from a very very old friend. Seriously, knew this guy from when I was 7. I was amazed at the warmth I felt reading his email knowing that he was doing really well. Savage altogether! On another note my highly educated cousin writes like a fucking muppet, unbelievable.

Miss Lorelai Gilmore Brady Byrne is in perfect, tip top health after all

Pix plz of gorgeous kitteh. Also lucky you with new laptop. Still have to fix mine at home. Desktop feels so limiting. I blame that for lack of 'zine needless to say!

I am back, thread. I am glad to see that you have all been behaving and cooking some seriously amazing things.

I REAFFIRM MY POSITION RE. FISH = TASTE OF PISSED ON LAMB. THAT IS ALL.

Actually, let's not get into this argument again. It doesn't take much to get Aldo to produce his Gentleman's relish *BOOM BOOM* Thankyouverymuchyouvebeenalovelyaudience...

Accentmonkey: How was Fringe?

Welcome back kv_lol

How could you miss teh Mary Chain? Ailsa saw them on Friday. I R jealous. I bought a remastered Darklands from Monsieur Le Fopp and contented myself with listening to that and drinking lots of wine.

Onimo: because I hadn't heard them before and amn't a PS fan. I was also on v mellow buzz after my first introduction to Buckfast (never again).

Also thanks, it's good to be king back.

Oh shit Aldo, I hope that that's you I poked on Facebook.

Accentmonkey: How was Fringe?

Dude, Fringe is not till the end of September/beginning of October. Come with me to the Heart of Darkness thing, it will be weird and strange.

Also, you do know that that's half a zine you've written right there.

Ha ha that's pretty much what it's going to be: gig reviews, cd reviews and I'm going to call DV a gay.

I've forgotten, what date is hear of darkness? Myself and s.o. might be on for that. We can haz culchewer?

Kv, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous you got to see the Beasties. :( (also I'm not a confederate, just a Southerner)

I've forgotten, what date is hear of darkness? Myself and s.o. might be on for that. We can haz culchewer?

Oh, not for ages. October 14th, something like that. I'll keep you posted.

Savage. Thanks.

I saw them twice! Greatest hits set which was fucking ANIMAL (as in packed and insane) but their gig after (where they were playing b-sides and some newer things from The Mix Up) was just class. The first was full of people shouting along, the second more music-y and fun!

Their last tour for 5 Boroughs was like this. Three different sets complete with costume changes.

First: old school b-boy outfits rocking the hits
Second: suits, instruments and rotating stage rocking the instrumentals
Last: I don't remember what they wore but it was mostly post-Ill Communication tunes.

I love them. *sigh*

Beastie Boy fandom kills thread. :(

ack, is Oilyrags on this thread? I told you to email me and remind me if I forgot to send you NY State Mind. (which I obv. did.)

Thread still alive, don't worry! It was just suits and instruments for both. Walked in this morning to their older stuff. I think I'll be looking for Paul's Boutique then tidying house later!

I've not seen Oilyrags post. Who knows who lurks though.

Ahhh, PB. My most favorite record of all time. I've longed tried to think of a track off there that I could request played at my funeral. I might just have to go with an instrumental.

"Shake Your Rump"

My fave song by them is "Sureshot" though. Love the beginning, the middle and the end. It was v good live.

"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" nah, too macabre.

I'd truly love "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" as that's my favorite. But it just might be too weird. Who knows, maybe I'll live to a ripe old age and my grandkids will just be thinking "Grandma sure was weird" instead of being offended like my older relatives probably would be.

Other than what I just mentioned, I think I'd be hard pressed to name a favorite track.

My fave song from the last tour was "Hello Brooklyn" from Bouillabaisse. They performed it at the Dallas show and the sound was incredible. The bass that started off the beginning shook every brick of the arena. It was hard to breathe and I was gleeful shouting along with every word. I've never heard them do that live and it was awesome. Sadly they did a different tune a couple of nights later in Detroit.

</stops killing thread>

You followed the tour? Fair fucks to you, I am still debating whether to go down to Galway on Saturday to follow Caribou. It is looking less and less likely as hangover kicks in!

No, sadly not. The Dallas show just blew me away so I took the rent money, leased a car and took my brother on a breakneck non-stop drive to Detroit to see them. We literally arrived right before they played. It was fantastic.

That tour was so good I wished I had had the foresight to drive down to Austin to see them (was living in Dallas then.) Kicking myself.

I usually only see one show per tour but have still managed to see them, hmm, 13 times?

Okay, wow etc. That's pretty hardcore!

Delighted we agree re. Paul's Boutique.

Hey! I HAS 2 FERRY RESERVATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am getting off this rock! Two modest vacations planned:

First trip 9/15-through 9/19 and maybe longer (fuck cutting the trip short for Mr BP's family reunion) to Cambridge, where my niece's apt sits empty while she's on digs in Cyprus and Albania (she's an archeological draftsperson).

Second trip 9/26-9/30 to my sister's cabin in Brattleboro VT. I'm bringing a new-found distant cousin from Missoula to meet the VT relatives. We got in touch when she posted a query about our mutual great-grandfather's paintings on an art website. I wish we could stay longer, but Mr. BP has a time constraint.

Yay, vacation! Are you going straight from one to the other?

Almost. Have to come home and meet up with Missoula cousin, who's coming to the island first, on the 23rd.

I always forget how to act off-island. I treat red lights like stop signs. I stop, look around, and proceed when safe. Duh. No traffic lights here.

Better safe than sorry. Lots of idiots treat red lights like green lights.

Haha, I just got what you meant. Well, if you're proceeding safely I assume you're not going to cause an accident. But you might get a ticket.

I've driven right through them, too. I have to train myself to even see them.

Is there a waiver for people like me?

If there was it would probably involve surrendering your license. ;)

Well, time to hit the highways and byways of this quaint little island. Work still is a presence in my life, though a diminishing one.

I hope that is a good thing.

Old joke:

In Turin traffic lights are instructions.
In Rome are advice.
In Naples they are Christmas decorations.

Spot the missing 'they'.

I'm all about missing words. My posts are meant to be brain teasers.

I was buying toys for the under seven set, thank you very much, at a proper toy store that allows kids in :)

That reminds me, when my brother was here we were on North Loop. I pointed to the Forbidden Fruit across the street and said, "You should go in there now that you're old enough. Come back here whenever you're done." Only took him about five minutes, and that includes crossing the street both ways. I should have been cruel and gone with him!

The Toy Joy bounty: A big bubble blowing kit for the neighbor's kid, a Spider-Man activity book for a friend's now oldest son, and a crinkly-squeaky-rattly caterpillar for the 36-hour-old youngest son.

Sam, the problem with volunteering at the animal shelter is that those animals need a home, and I am very weak. Left unchecked, I would have a menagerie. And I'd be dead because of my allergies!

Fair enough.

Facebook depresses me. I am officially depressed by facebook. I don't know what it is but I am saddened by seeing all these names from the past and thinking: "What's been going on with them?" and realising that I only care in a competitive way. That's just pathetic. I am going to stop going through friend lists to see who I recognise when someone contacts me.

What is Forbidden Fruit?

Beth. There should be a card before you go on hols. I'm trying to remember. Sorry again!

I was buying toys for the under seven set, thank you very much, at a proper toy store that allows kids in :)

dirty mind, etc, etc. I need new toys.

Also need desperately to make a toy joy trip.

aww, I know about wanting to adopt them but helping take care of them is good for you and them! Plus they have lots of bunnies there.

*Insert rampant rabbit joke here*

Forbidden Fruit = nice sex toy shop where they have demo models out, staffed by very progressive people who are not afraid to ask you what kinds of things you like to put in your butt.

Yes, it was me you poked. I have poked you back. I cannot finds teh_kit though.

Follow my friends.