my brain told my fingers to type

[Tripp]

whatup?

[Just Some Girl]

I have to go shopping today. Like, clothes shopping. I hate clothes shopping (but I also hate every single current item of clothing I have and/or simply hate my body right now - thanks, weight gain!). At least it's not winter. Clothes shopping in winter blows.

It's still about 10000 degrees out there, so hoping to get this over with by noon thirty, latest. Although that's probably the best time to be in air conditioning, it's not the best time to be shopping. The younger humans (teenagers) start to come out of hiding at that time. Yick.

[Just Some Girl]

So that's pretty much what's up.

You?

[Tripp]

Did I ever tell you about the time we played in Toronto in July during a heat-wave.?

[Just Some Girl]

Oh yeah, also, my baby sister's "stag & doe"* party is Saturday night in Hamilton. I have to head there Friday night after work, so I can help set up some of the food and games and crap for early Saturday (we get into the space to decorate, or whatever the fuck, on Saturday morning). And then, I've been volunteered to work the door, or sell raffle tickets, or operate some game or some such at night, when really, if I could, I wouldn't even go at all. (I hate these things. Big surprise.) So, with alcohol consumption on Saturday night, I reckon there's little chance of me coming back home that night either. The whole weekend with family. Ugh.



*Do y'all have these? (I've also heard them called "Jack & Jills" before. Equally ick.) Basically a co-ed stag party? (Versus the bachelor party gag closer to the wedding, with the over-drinking and the strippers/hookers and such.) It's really just a fund-raiser (via tix, a cut of the booze sales at the bar, people paying for roulette wheel, or "loonie toss" games, or whatever they're having, and raffle tickets) for the happy couple. But not only are these things boring to me (I'm sure the DJ will be awesome, though  ), my extended family is...well, there's a reason I don't hang around them much.

I'm really not looking forward to it.

[Just Some Girl]

Did I ever tell you about the time we played in Toronto in July during a heat-wave.?

Maybe? Sounds awesome though. Where was the Toronto gig? Same tour as Ottawa, when I saw y'all?

[Just Some Girl]

I'm really not looking forward to it.

Unless I win the grand prize door prize, which is a big-ass grill. But then I'd probably be disqualified from winning, even though I bought my ticket like everyone else.

[Just Some Girl]

Yesterday, got the invitation to the planned-at-the-last-minute wedding shower too (my sister's mother-in-law hosting) even though they know I can't go as it's on a weeknight. Luckily, the hostess included the registry card, so I can still buy a present. sigh.

Cash grab!

I don't even know why my sister's bothering with any of this. Leanne's been with Will for, like, almost 20 years, and they have two kids (Joey and Mitchell), so, like... really?!

[Tripp]

It wasn't that tour..  this was a bit earlier cause we were still in the flower shop van..  I can't remember the name of the club right now
but it's kinda famous and the Rolling Stones played there..?  It was upstairs..  not a fun load-in..   But I swear to god it was 120 degrees
in the club. It was so fuckin unbelievably hot in there. And we were like "I thought coming north meant the temperature would go down.!"
Anyway.... it was so hot that during our set I was standing in a cooler full of ice part of the time and the rest of the time I was trying to
find a part of the stage that wasn't under a hot light. But we were literally dripping sweat..  We got near the end of the set and were playing
Just Passing Out.. Somewhere in the middle of the song the beat got all wobbly and weird and I thought to myself "wow.  Stan's really going
to some weird territories this time.." I turned around just in time to see Stan double over on his snare drum then he just kinda slid off the
drum stool and fell out on the floor.  I grabbed the mike and said "thanks for coming out.. our drummer just died.."  Stan had passed
out from heat exhaustion.  it was slightly scary for a few minutes..

[Just Some Girl]

I know y'all didn't really watch Sex & The City or anything, but there was one ep about how single people pay out for everyone else's celebrations (birthdays don't count as we all have them), like engagement parties, bridal showers, weddings, then baby showers, baby gifts, anniversary gifts for landmarks (25th or whatever), etc. etc. etc., but there's nothing for single people. I'm gonna do what "Carrie Bradshaw" did and have a wedding for myself.

(not really)

[Just Some Girl]

It wasn't that tour..  this was a bit earlier cause we were still in the flower shop van..  I can't remember the name of the club right now
but it's kinda famous and the Rolling Stones played there..?  It was upstairs.. 

El Mocambo.

[Just Some Girl]

It wasn't that tour..  this was a bit earlier cause we were still in the flower shop van..  I can't remember the name of the club right now
but it's kinda famous and the Rolling Stones played there..?  It was upstairs..  not a fun load-in..   But I swear to god it was 120 degrees
in the club. It was so fuckin unbelievably hot in there. And we were like "I thought coming north meant the temperature would go down.!"
Anyway.... it was so hot that during our set I was standing in a cooler full of ice part of the time and the rest of the time I was trying to
find a part of the stage that wasn't under a hot light. But we were literally dripping sweat..  We got near the end of the set and were playing
Just Passing Out.. Somewhere in the middle of the song the beat got all wobbly and weird and I thought to myself "wow.  Stan's really going
to some weird territories this time.." I turned around just in time to see Stan double over on his snare drum then he just kinda slid off the
drum stool and fell out on the floor.  I grabbed the mike and said "thanks for coming out.. our drummer just died.."  Stan had passed
out from heat exhaustion.  it was slightly scary for a few minutes..

Shoulda read the rest before the last post. Holy fuck! That is crazy!

Standing in ice sounds like not-at-all a danger.

[Tripp]

I have never heard of a stag and doe party...  

[Tripp]

It wasn't that tour..  this was a bit earlier cause we were still in the flower shop van..  I can't remember the name of the club right now
but it's kinda famous and the Rolling Stones played there..?  It was upstairs.. 

El Mocambo.

that's it.

[Doctor Rock]

Phonetically written accents in scripts used to infuriate John Wayne. I read a story once of him throwing a script back into a writer's face and saying, "Your job is to write in English and my job it to decide how it sounds."

And it always sounded like John Wayne.