Paaaaarty! For my friend whose birthday it is and who appears to so far be recovering from really aggressive breast cancer treatment over the last year.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
that's awesome, in orbit (the latter). had a friend of mine go through that a few years ago. all signs lookin good (so far)?
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, mark! Didn't mean to run right over you. You have a west wing???
xp It's too early to declare recovery but scan shows nothing right now after chemo/surgery/radiation + drastic lifestyle change, radical dietary change, total personal 180 in energy and outlook.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
in orbit, fear not, your news is wonderful - celebrate till the sun rises !
'west wing' = extension we had built.
it is my zone of noise i.e. the location of the inept ireallylovemusic soundsystem, and my special place when the monsters take control of the tv.
― mark e, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
going to a housewarming party, need to do laundry, but roommate is washing his girlfriends underwear right now.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, August 17, 2013 3:03 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So you don't just throw your clothes in at the same time like I do?
― Lee626, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
I am jealous of you Mark, my equivalent of a west wing is the kitchen.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
well, this is basically the kitchen with an extra room on the side, but its away from the neighbours/kids etc
has been an essential factor in my world in the last 18 months.
― mark e, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
My equivalent of a west wing at this moment is a little iPod speaker in our living room
― Lee626, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
A friend of mine, who is unlikely to ever have any children, once made a joke about building "a children's wing...in Switzerland" that I've never forgotten. That's my kind of parenting.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah, when we had the extension built we joked re having security doors added so only us old'uns could use it.
as it is, the tv/ps3 etc means it really is my space now ...
i am very fortunate as despite hq being an old 1940s semi detached i can play music loud, and no-one else can hear ...
― mark e, Saturday, 17 August 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
lol i thought you meant the tv show haha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 August 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
ha ..
https://n5zr3w.bay.livefilestore.com/y2pP5noOUGSLtHcai4gKF40tyKhIiTPk0VpcloEMkuUJZ4IHTO4HQszNqmaRKfhNwvVuaclgie-v3F4oqVyFpzzah5XpxCoOHpC6DtyGOF4loo/WP_000168.jpg?psid=1
nowt special, but tis ace for a solo groove ..
― mark e, Saturday, 17 August 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
job huntingnetflixjob hunting
― ...the man of the future, the Machine-Man~?! (arby's), Saturday, 17 August 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
cleaninglistening to elton johnmaybe watching godfather on blurayor something
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 August 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
currently watching Metropolis, if my new sn hasn't given that away
― ...the man of the future, the Machine-Man~?! (arby's), Saturday, 17 August 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
Come! It's time to give the Machine-Man your face~!
― ...the man of the future, the Machine-Man~?! (arby's), Saturday, 17 August 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
saw the jobs movie
― markers, Saturday, 17 August 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
aaaaand
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like there will be a loud late party in one of the yards behind me. Not the good reggae one, either.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
poor in orbit ...
wish you could join the hq groove ...
― mark e, Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:39 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I'm leaving in a couple of hours for the city by late-nite cool air bike ride, to go see friends play soul/reggae/rocksteady/garage records and celebrate. The yard party just interrupted my disco nap. :)
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
veg: steve jobs
― markers, Sunday, 18 August 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
gonna make some soft pretzels. in the microwave.
― markers, Sunday, 18 August 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
I am making a quill pen out of a hawk feather for a friend's birthday
pray for me not to fuck it up, I only have the one feather :S
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 August 2013 02:14 (ten years ago) link
so this friend's 'housewarming', I was just hoping would be an interesting diversion for 3 hours, wound up staying until noon today. wound up making out with my friend's roommate by the end of the evening. I'd been attracted to her the first two times I met her, but we were both shy and never spoke, but we hit it off very well here. at the very least, a fun time!
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 18 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
'housewarming'
― markers, Sunday, 18 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
no idea why I put that in quotes. it really was a housewarming.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 18 August 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
i was making a joke about you and the girl!
― markers, Sunday, 18 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
lol. I'm not firing on all cylinders today.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 18 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
hey, let's 'break in' this new sofa....
― Lee626, Sunday, 18 August 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
"Yes, you can unwrap it now."
― nickn, Sunday, 18 August 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
day had a rough start but here we are
― markers, Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
p quiet out actually
been hanging out with housemate all evening, ended up reading out ridiculous aristocratic names from informational website thepeerage.com to one another (hence new display name). need to do the washing up, can't be arsed to move.
listening to a friend play records on the radio, got a shout-out <3
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
omg @ thepeerage.com that is my dream catalogue of pointlessness
― Henry Charles Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Br (seandalai), Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:50 (ten years ago) link
it's just... so beautiful
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
The pee rage
― touch. zing touch. you've almost convinced me I'm real (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 25 August 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link
My wife is gone away overnight to attend a memorial for a dead friend of hers from before we married. I will stay home, cook a nice dinner, drink some wine, read a book, maybe watch some television or put on a DVD. The only problem comes when I should be going to bed. When she's away I always delay this sensible action until much too late into the night. SNL doesn't repay the time or effort, but I can't seem to drag myself to an empty bed.
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 August 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link
had a weird sort of late lunch/early dinner of homemade chinese food and wontons at like 4pm
soooooo later this evening I'm gonna settle in with a bowl of top ramen, a pile of laundry to be folded...and probably Parentood episodes or a movie.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
Cooking a pizza pie, more a pie than a pizza with alternating layers of meat, sauce and moz cheese. And watching too cute with August, who has learned to say cat.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
made a new podcast episode, played with cat, cooked, ate, showered, sat by the air conditioner.
― Real cyberpunks think Radio Shack sucks (get bent), Sunday, 25 August 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
Drinking tea. Veedon Fleece. Trying to not have a panic attack over approaching deadlines.
― touch. zing touch. you've almost convinced me I'm real (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 25 August 2013 02:28 (ten years ago) link
i just bought the ebook of infinite jest for two bucks on amazon
― markers, Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:01 (ten years ago) link
i'm gonna take some time off of posting to ilx, starting now.
http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Taylor-Swift-Waves-Goodbye-Music-Video.gif
― markers, Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:33 (ten years ago) link
Slowly digesting masses of fried chicken and grilled oysters w/ chorizo. Now watching episodes of Peep Show.
― Moodles, Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
ended up skyping with my brother, that was p rad actually
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:44 (ten years ago) link
due to jet lag i fell asleep at 7pm and woke up now.
― Treeship, Sunday, 25 August 2013 05:19 (ten years ago) link
good try, markers. I left for a month with no real announcement!
― mh, Sunday, 25 August 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
i've tried and failed to take like a month off of ilx. lot of instant gratification on this site. i feel sort of embarrassed about announcing i was leaving before. i meant it at the time.
― Treeship, Sunday, 25 August 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
next saturday night i might try to make this, because it is the best: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilli_crab
does anyone have a netflix instant recommendation? i am thinking something arty, maybe european, that i wouldn't have heard of because i am bad about keeping up with film the way i do with music and lit.
― Treeship, Sunday, 25 August 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link