TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE ST

So I just listened to one of my best friend's new self-produced album. It's a little silly in parts but mostly really fucking good. It's strange being really close to someone so genuinely and demonstrably talented.

i used to get so jealous that i had a few crazily talented friends while i was generally completely uncreative and hopeless, but now in my old age i feel so proud of what they do, and so lucky that they're willing to share it with me first.

and N.I.C.K., how are doing since the whole break-up thing? everything okay?

Oh, I'm fine. I've kind of got other things going on in that regard, actually. It seems my big-time-longest-relationship-never-really-got-over-it ex has some sort of insane internal radar and called me like, 24 hours afterwards. Total "this will probably be really bad for me, but there's a small chance I'll be immensely happy and my dreams will come true" stuff.

Best not to inquire on my lovelife, really. Far too lol college for public consumption.

e-mails from your GF that make you feel kind of awesome even though they have nothing to do with you or your relationship:

Just got a pretty urgent call from our field office re: triple homicide. Need to deal with this but should still be fine for 12:30pm or so....

Also the official White House calligrapher is named Richard Muffler.

i want a field office

Especially if they commit homicides.

HI DERE all.

So I'm seeing the Cure tonight and I am content. (Among other reasons.)

Ned, I am so jealous!

I had a good day at the hospital today, so my exhaustion may have been worth it after all.

(But still VERY VERY ENVIOUS OF NED)

Also the official White House calligrapher is named Richard Muffler.

How do I get this job? Is it an elected position?

Step One: Read Professional Calligraphy for Dummies

Step two: Read Ass-kissery for Political Sycophants

Step three: It's just you and me

does step four have something to do with getting down on the floor?

i certainly hope so.

Step five: buy a variety pack of nibs

wait we're not talking about doin it anymore are we

or were we ever

depends on what kind of nibs?

and how you use them? urban dictionary, to the rescue as always:

1. nib jousting 15 up, 2 down

the exciting and pleasurable art of two men jousting with their erect penis's. the loser of this raging battle is then obliged to bend over while the winner runs from distance and jousts up the losers anus.
the naughty knights loved nib jousting before bed with warm breast milk and cookies.

wait, so the penises have warm breast milk and cookies, and that is what is used in nib jousting???????

URBANDICTIONARY.COM, YOU DO NOTHING BUT CONFUSE AND BAFFLE

move thread to IRE

I want to know what Ned made of The Cure and 65DOS! Although we probably won't find out for another few hours.

how do you joust with erect penises?

xpost

Arrived too late for 65dos. Cure = fantastic three hour show, everyone in excellent form, still one of the greatest bands ever.

Mon Dieu! Six hours! Truly a title of magical proportions.

So, I was walking down the street to my favorite local thea-tre, and a woman stopped me to ask if I would model for her Anne Rice-inspired photographs.

Hey, fifty bucks for an hour or two pretending to be a vampire is fifty bucks, right?!?!

oh dear.

xpost, then.

Are we talking Anne Rice or ANNE ROQUALAIRE?!

Dear lord, I loathe morning. And insomnia. And knowing I'm coming home tonight to be faced with writing 30 pages before Tuesday. (Nursing school shouldn't be quiiiiiiite so much like NaNoWriMo for grades...)

xposts to Ned: As I'd hope!

BTW, Dan, I know you got "Freakshow" (we did too, rah) but if you didn't get "Baby Rag Dog Book" at your show, you were WAY missing out.

We got "Sleep When I'm Dead", "The Only One" and "Freakshow".

hi guys could you help me by voting in this poll we need to break a tie from the last poll thankx ur all the best dream category

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sorry big.

no, just gaudy

lol. i think it is awesome.
also, pls to listen to jergins re: that poll.

Yay awesome.

We got "Sleep When I'm Dead", "The Only One" and "Freakshow".

Okay, seriously on "Baby Rag Dog Book," that's the one that will make your jaw drop. How can I put it -- it is to them what "Machine Gun" is to Portishead (not so much in terms of reinvention as in terms of loud aggro rigorous FUCK YOU). We also got "Underneath the Stars" as an opener (very nice) and "The Perfect Boy," plus the three you list.

thanks tehresa.

also, AWESOME POSTCARD THANKS. you went to Sonar, yeah? o how i wish i could of gone herc+love affair and villalobos and dozens more. man.

Sonar's in three weeks time - this was Primavera Sound. Such a great weekend; as late as each night went I could quite happily have kept going for another couple of nights. Musically, far and away the best and most interesting line-up I've ever experienced at a festival with some stunning rock, pop, indie and electro and dance performances. My ears may still be bleeding a little bit from Fuck Buttons.

I shall now go and attempt to transform myself from someone who looks and smells like he has spent the last four nights "having it" til dawn and then sleeping for a few hours at a time on the beach (forgot my tent - oops), into one who may perhaps make it to work tomorrow.

HErcules and Love Affair are wicked awesome live btw - playeed their first UK dates t'other week.

can't wait to see them

WHOA @ that lineup

postcard WOW brilliant!

aww fanks you guyz.

Primavera forum has(had?) a sweet ysi forum i recall.

Okay, so, I have taken a nap and I'm still having trouble understanding this thread. Exhaustion is not very funny.

BUT one huge paper and I'm done for the summer.*

*not including meetings with profs, whatever else I might not know about

(yes, I am also still so out of it that it took me 6 minutes to remember my asterisk. This paper is going to be hilarious.)