Happy Anniwarsary!

[Just Some Girl]

Also: Kurt, you really interrupted my monologue. And I was so on a roll. 

[Just Some Girl]

FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. Just found out Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain started airing on Bravo (the Canadian -- and first -- one!  ) half an hour ago. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

[Just Some Girl]

 

[matthew]

I am really sick from the construction materials I have been handling for the last two weeks...it sorta hurts to breathe.

oh, and Mr. Wallers informed me this afternoon that the Country Teasers/The Rebel recorded some stuff for WFMU and will air on Tuesday the 25th...so, anyone who likes 'em...uh...Trompe...Karen?

[matthew]

Hey Sav!

[Just Some Girl]

I am really sick from the construction materials I have been handling for the last two weeks...it sorta hurts to breathe.

oh, and Mr. Wallers informed me this afternoon that the Country Teasers/The Rebel recorded some stuff for WFMU and will air on Tuesday the 25th...so, anyone who likes 'em...uh...Trompe...Karen?

Did I miss something? Why are you handling construction materials??!

Also: thanks for the WFMU notice. I'll totally forget by tomorrow Tuesday, but good to know.

[Just Some Girl]

Tomorrow night is Josey's last "girls' night" whoop up at her place before she and the hubby move to the country permanently (i.e. their cottage, which they are winterizing) at the end of the month. End of an era for me... She gave me my first job in Toronto (in 2001), has been an invaluable source of advice (and fun), and, because she is such a tremendous hostess, has introduced me to a whole bunch of new gal pals (I'd mostly hung out with dude friends before) via these things (bad movie night, switch-and-bitch  -- that is, clothing swap -- parties, etc). We've done small road trips, had debauched Pride days together, done innumerable fun things over the years, been there for each other for both the good and the bad/sad...

It's gonna suck for me because we can no longer just get together because we feel like it, and everything will now have to be planned -- she'll be a two-and-a-half hour drive away.

Happy for her moving toward something that makes her happy. Sad for me because I'm gonna miss the hell out of her, though I'm trying not to be selfish about all of it. The upside (and selfish) part is that I LOVE her cottage, so that means I get to spend more time up there, swimming and boating and, um, playing board games and drinking.

[matthew]

Oh yeah, my parents are having the upstairs bathroom redone. As it is right outside my door I have been unable to avoid inhaling all matter of nasty stuff, Concrete dust, glue, insulation, mildew, mold, open water drains, open toilet pipe, plaster dust, wood shavings, etc. Beside my desk is a stack of boxes filled with dusty new tiles. The worst part has been that neither my parents are in good enough shape to deal with the detritus and my father did not want to spend the $300 to rent a bin, so I have had to carry and organize every last bit of this stuff out to the curb. Stuff is so wickedly weighty that you can only fit so much in a garbage can before it is too much. Four garbage days already and I have only gotten rid of 2/5ths of it. Worst was dealing with it during the big dump. I also do all of the snow shoveling here...it was nice exercise at first but that last bunch was enough...the driveway is too long and the little inlet the house is tucked away in is routinely skipped over by the city plows, making it necessary for me to dig much of that out as well. So...my back feels shot (I was just out packing the cans in the slush an hour ago) and my throat is raw.

I CANNOT WAIT TO BIKE.

And I hope I snag that job...and knock on wood

and tally ho..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3UGftvCRo[/youtube]

[Just Some Girl]

Yikes. Sounds brutal! Methinks the $300 woulda been well worth it. Ugh! Are you wearing a mask (like, times two) and such? Take care of yourself, man.

[matthew]

Tomorrow night is Josey's last "girls' night" whoop up at her place before she and the hubby move to the country permanently (i.e. their cottage, which they are winterizing) at the end of the month. End of an era for me... She gave me my first job in Toronto (in 2001), has been an invaluable source of advice (and fun), and, because she is such a tremendous hostess, has introduced me to a whole bunch of new gal pals (I'd mostly hung out with dude friends before) via these things (bad movie night, switch-and-bitch  -- that is, clothing swap -- parties, etc). We've done small road trips, had debauched Pride days together, done innumerable fun things over the years, been there for each other for both the good and the bad/sad...

It's gonna suck for me because we can no longer just get together because we feel like it, and everything will now have to be planned -- she'll be a two-and-a-half hour drive away.

Happy for her moving toward something that makes her happy. Sad for me because I'm gonna miss the hell out of her, though I'm trying not to be selfish about all of it. The upside (and selfish) part is that I LOVE her cottage, so that means I get to spend more time up there, swimming and boating and, um, playing board games and drinking.

That is a sweet sentiment.

Sad, but also sweet. Losing any friend (permanently or to distance) is lousy, but that sounds particularly special in its own way.

But, you know...board games and drinking at a cottage...that's some fun shit right there.

[matthew]

Yikes. Sounds brutal! Methinks the $300 woulda been well worth it. Ugh! Are you wearing a mask (like, times two) and such? Take care of yourself, man.

I didn't wear a mask tonight and I think that may be why my lungs hurt. I misplaced it, but then thought it was wet enough out that it wouldn't be  a problem. 

(we don't have a very good "sick" smiley, do we? That hangover one is terrible...need to replace it, the white background looks crappy)

[Just Some Girl]

Tomorrow night is Josey's last "girls' night" whoop up at her place before she and the hubby move to the country permanently (i.e. their cottage, which they are winterizing) at the end of the month. End of an era for me... She gave me my first job in Toronto (in 2001), has been an invaluable source of advice (and fun), and, because she is such a tremendous hostess, has introduced me to a whole bunch of new gal pals (I'd mostly hung out with dude friends before) via these things (bad movie night, switch-and-bitch  -- that is, clothing swap -- parties, etc). We've done small road trips, had debauched Pride days together, done innumerable fun things over the years, been there for each other for both the good and the bad/sad...

It's gonna suck for me because we can no longer just get together because we feel like it, and everything will now have to be planned -- she'll be a two-and-a-half hour drive away.

Happy for her moving toward something that makes her happy. Sad for me because I'm gonna miss the hell out of her, though I'm trying not to be selfish about all of it. The upside (and selfish) part is that I LOVE her cottage, so that means I get to spend more time up there, swimming and boating and, um, playing board games and drinking.

That is a sweet sentiment.

Sad, but also sweet. Losing any friend (permanently or to distance) is lousy, but that sounds particularly special in its own way.

But, you know...board games and drinking at a cottage...that's some fun shit right there.

The other upside is that she's still alive.

I glanced at my myspace page today and noticed I never deleted my friend Tina (the one who passed away suddenly last November). I just can't bring myself to "get rid of her," even though her page is, I guess, useless to me (I have photos of her and I, and such, so don't need it for that). It's just too sad to delete her. But also sad to see her profile there.

[Just Some Girl]

Another theme song opportunity: I dream of Savannah.


[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLgeZ8OPJ-g&feature=related[/youtube]

[Just Some Girl]

On that up note from 1965, I bid you fellers adieu...

[Doctor Rock]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-hNz1coVQ[/youtube]

(Osaka's Neil Youn and Sleazy Horse?)

That's a kickass cover!