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Friday, February 15, 2002 :::

Yeah well, so Kevin easily found me sitting on the edge of a potted plant in my glasses and dressed-to-kill outfit, furiously scribbling a V-Day card. He seems to actively dig the sexy nerd look. He requested a visit to the ocean this morning, post-pancakes, pre-Griddle. (er, the pancakes were eaten post-griddle, but pre-Griddle. anyway...) (and I finally got to see the historical Doggie Diner head out on Sloat) Oh, Californians, won't you please come home?

Got this in e-mail this morning, about how the NYT website had an article on Bin Laden on 9/9, but took it down and replaced it with another one on 9/12. Here's the Orwellian link. Thank goodness for web caches.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 3:17 PM

Thursday, February 14, 2002 :::

I am completely pooped, so am feeling babbly...

OK, now that Kevin is off to the airport, I must confess my big secret...I've changed my look a bit. This weekend I got funky little glasses to actually wear in public (figure I'll wear them 2 or 3 days a week), I dyed my hair a browner shade of red, and I got it cut slightly different, in this experiment of growing it out, so now it's kinda even all around rather than angled from my ear to chin. So I think I shall sit quietly at the airport and wait for Mr. Seal to recognize me. ;)

Saw Col.K last night as a trio (and the 2nd band which was these two frat guys with acoustic guitars singing songs like "High-Maintenance Girl," and the third band which had this really good vocalist doing the whole RATM/Chili Peppers thing...but the volume and vibrations made me dizzy. The bassist said he thought his amp was gonna explode at one point, he couldn't figure out the vibrations either). Jonathan and I hung out for a long time afterwards (he demanded more cookies from the batch I'd brought to them, and came over til 2 and raided our kitchen...freaking starving artists) and he read aloud to me from a tiny book on Sagittarian traits. We agreed that we're by far the coolest sign, but a lot of the book revolved around how we require ~LOVE~ in order to do anything, be it travel, or relax, or accomplish great things, that that's the biggest part of our lives. Suitable for V-Day, I guess.

This morning I got acupuncture to help my anxiety attacks and insomnia. She only did my head and left ear (the 2 times I had it done years ago, it was head to toe), and then she taped these tiny tiny magnets into my upper right ear and said to keep them there for a week and keep them dry. What, no showers or swimming? Whatever. She also gave me a bunch of chinese herbs in little black pill form, I'm supposed to take 15 a day! But I guess I do feel calmer. It's probably just exhaustion from my 20-hr day yesterday.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 1:06 PM

Shays-Meehan passed! Woo-HOO! Happy Valentine's Day, y'all.

::: posted by kevin seal at 7:04 AM

Wednesday, February 13, 2002 :::

i've always liked larry flynt, and i like what he did for cincinnati (honestly), but this is really bad taste.

::: posted by kevin seal at 5:02 PM

I was just reminded that I need to re-subscribe to the Squid List (Doug sent me info about this, to which Erica responded "i'm intrigued, yet not intrigued enough to assume risk of serious injury or death." Fraidycat) so I was checking out their links. Lots of stuff to amuse, like ®TMark (which Kevin pointed me to ages ago), Popaganda, and unamerican.

I'm still crawling through A People's History of the U.S. Right now I'm on the stuff about WWII. Really, I can't recommend that book enough. I think I need to read it about 10 times to absorb it. You must go out and purchase it now, because so much of it ties in with what the gov't is doing now, and how it's always been like this – gov't run by the corporate interests, meddling in foreign affairs and starting wars for said corporate interests, etc. U.S. history just repeats itself in this endless circle, it seems.

Oh, and here's that other review Kevin was referring to. Much better than the other one (although I'm sorry, I had to laugh at hers...and they thought MY review was critical!), but it just goes to show that everyone's got their own thing going (i.e., they both called out "Thinking" as an example of what was good/bad about the album). And K, this is the other one I told you I found on google. I'm going to see the boys as a trio tonight in Concord (Concord? Do people go to shows in BFE on Wednesday nights?!?) after class. Won't be as fun without ze rawk star*.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 2:11 PM

The White House is hereby voted OFF the surprise party committee.

::: posted by Grezmiralda . at 8:51 AM

oohhh, are rogue and dana going to get a vespa this weekend? yum yum yum. alura, yes, that Farting Hearts V-day parody is Cincinnati's very own C. Spencer Yeh.

is anyone else confused by the oscar nominations? memento has been overlooked in place of the piece-of-shite moulin rouge and training day?

on a more solipsistic note, the colonel knowledge disc keeps getting reviewed, this time by amy leach. two things are interesting to note: #1. apparently, pete compares us to lenny kravitz and dave matthews in the new press kit. wtf?!? #2. these review sites keep picking my least favorite song on the album, "lingerie," as the "example track." WHY??

Tuesday, February 12, 2002 :::

Hey yo Rogue Designer, I was checking out Vespa's site and it appears they have a booth at the Chicago auto show which is running until Sunday, SUNday, SUNDAY!

::: posted by Kurt Kistler at 6:44 PM

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Just don't keep a live flamingo on your lawn. Their feet won't stick as well as the plastic kind. But maybe you can play croquet with one, a la Alice. I took the what kind of romantic animal are you quiz and came out as a pig. What's funny is that I thought the questions were really lame and nondescript, but it came out describing me pretty well. Incredibly straightforward and articulate, sensual, with a thirst for adventure, and my flaw is my wandering romantic attention – BUT, that once I pick someone who challenges me, I'm very loyal, that I'm "a rare beast – an adventuresome sticker." I like that.

To those stuck in Ohio and those looking for culture abroad: Cincy's ex-mayor now has an opera in London named after him.

And for those who can't stomach actually eating candy hearts, make your own virtual ones. How obscene/romantic can you be, in 8 letters? I was also looking at some V-Day card parodies and found one attributed to dronedisco. Could it be Kevin's bizarre associate Spencer?

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 2:54 PM

I just gave my 2 week notice at work! I went to interview last night at an animal hospital and they hired me on the spot - it's an exotic clinic and they work with tigers, monkeys, bugs, fish, ferrets, rabbits, etc etc (Laura, it's the one across from Glendale Mall with the big pink flamingo in the front). With my three months working in California at the vet hospital I am will now be the most experienced tech...Gaakkkk! I have butterflies jumping all around my stomach, but it's better than the crappy feeling I had all day waiting to talk to my manager and resign. It's going to be a shitload of work, I'm expecting 10 hour days and 6 day weeks at least at first, but this is what I want to Do with a capital D! Yippeeee!!!!!

::: posted by Grezmiralda . at 1:25 PM

Monday, February 11, 2002 :::

Odd - Dana and I were just discussing purchasing a vespa... It's been on our wish list for a little while now...

::: posted by Rogue Designer at 1:53 PM

So this weekend at Ft.Mason was the Alternative Press Expo. One of the facilities guys came in and handed me this leftover magazine called Scoot! Quarterly, which happened to have this little Paul Frank pin of a raccoon on a Vespa inside the bag. Is it a sign? As far as I know, only Guy knows my secret desire (said in Cincy, after a prolonged silent reverie: "I want to live in Paris AND ride a Vespa!" "Um, in response to the question, 'would you rather live in Paris OR ride a Vespa'?"). Hrm. Anyway, the pin is on my sweatshirt, and Scootin' Squiggle, you can have the mag.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 11:20 AM

Sunday, February 10, 2002 :::

Scanning B&Ws today...Guy Phoque communes with his brethren. Sir Kelvmore, Lizard, Clacker and Scowl go deep undercover. (beanie dolls I assembled based on their costumes, although Matt's gear had to change) Kristin and me outside my house in Indy on xmas day. And finally, the zombie cake. (it was supposed to look like this, although that image has been changed slightly from the version that I worked from)

Saw some of these at a store this afternoon, thought about a certain someone...but alas, they didn't have any rams or seals. ;p

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 3:34 PM