Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 3, 2012 - 11:25pm
He's a man, so I would assume so.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 3, 2012 - 11:29pm
Yeah but some men let them get a little too long, or don't care if they are jagged, you know? 27 Hours of finger blasting, that kind of stuff becomes important.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 3, 2012 - 11:30pm
Or you just lose the sensation of pain because the blasting is so damn intense.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 3, 2012 - 11:31pm
And now I've got a new note to add to my "Good Ideas" folder.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 3, 2012 - 11:44pm
I am actually laughing out loud right now. Which is awkward considering what I'm watching on TV.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 3, 2012 - 11:48pm
Which is what?
FINGERBLAST!
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 3, 2012 - 11:55pm
No, I am watching Supernatural. The scene that was on while I was laughing was a man, hung by his feet, freshly gutted.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 3, 2012 - 11:59pm
Sexy.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 3, 2012 - 11:59pm
Geez. See, it would take 27 hours of pianist finger-blasting to forget something like that.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 4, 2012 - 12:06am
Yeah, I am sure my inappropriate laughter brought up all sorts of warm feelings for me from my husband.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 4, 2012 - 12:08am
I imagine it would depend upon how demented your husband is.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 4, 2012 - 12:10am
Once I stopped to explain something and said "I want to explain this so you don't think you accidently married a crazy person" and he replied, "It wasn't an accident."
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 4, 2012 - 12:16am
See, there you go. My last girlfriend thought it was sexy watching somebody get hit in the face with a pole in The Departed, and that sort of did it for me. Odd creatures, we.
underpurplemoon
from PDX
July 4, 2012 - 1:36am
1. Are you alive? Getting healthier.
2. Your views on fireworks? Let's burn money!
3. What song makes you cry? Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Bacon Maple Bar from Voodoo Doughnuts...and...Banh Canh + Thit (Vietnamese udon soup with meat)
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Someday, I want the kitchen sink to be bigger so that I can take that wok back I gave to my sister and use it to cook. Cleaning is difficult. Grr....
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Piano. I can tickle the ivories with tons of emotion.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Whenever possible. I read around the clock.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Sorry. Cool in the Pacific Northwest.
10. Any vacation plans? Went to Cleveland on July 1 and got back on July 2.
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinJuly 4, 2012 - 2:00am
1. Are you alive? ~ It would seem so.
2. Your views on fireworks? ~ If you're unlucky enough to get dodgy ones for a few years running you spent the whole event flinching and tensed to break into a run back to the safety of the house... so yes, they scare me.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. ~ No song by itself makes me cry, it's the emotions I'm feeling or the crap I'm dealing with that triggers it. I have cried at a lot of songs, quite often when singing them, yes this probably makes me sad, but I wear my heart on my sleeve.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? ~ jacket potato with grated cheese and spaghetti hoops on top, served with slices of pizza and salad.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? ~ Could do with redecorating but, oh you need money for that...
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? ~ Guitar (sometimes I almost convince myself I can play)
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? ~ The Deptford Mice Trilogy & Histories by Robin Jarvis ~ Black magic, brutal murders, cults, woodland animal, death and romance - awesome kids books that I have adored since I was ten.
8. What is the best time of day to read? ~ anytime you can, but I always read at night.
9. Hot out there, amirite? ~ England is still waiting for its summer to arrive :(
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) ~ *see I'm Alive June Edition.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersJuly 4, 2012 - 5:46am
I'd like to take this moment to let everyone know that piano players generally keep their nails nicely trimmed, because it's difficult to play properly with long nails.
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntJuly 4, 2012 - 7:26am
Ok, what the hell are we talking about here?
GaryP
from Denver is reading a bit of this and thatJuly 4, 2012 - 7:33am
I think Stephen King is diddling a piano player.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 4, 2012 - 8:49am
@Hector Acosta and Michael Riser: holy shit, we've got a little DFW cadre here! Hugs!
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 4, 2012 - 9:54am
Yeah! We should do a meetup just to spite the NY people. Flying Saucer, maybe? I don't know when they move to their new location. Maybe they have already. I haven't been downtown since I got back from Cali.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 4, 2012 - 10:07am
I'm not sure where they've moved it. A couple buddies of mine are afficionadoes, so I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find out.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterJuly 4, 2012 - 10:48am
@averydoll - I take it from your response that you would be down for a 27 hour fingerblasting from a pianist?
I'm doing a tally.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 4, 2012 - 10:52am
@Utah - They moved it to where 8.0 used to be. Or at least are in the process of doing so. I want to say it was supposed to be done by June, so may already be there. Which makes me sad. I liked the former location a lot better. I'm gonna miss the patio/deck thing upstairs. On cooler nights it was lovely there.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 4, 2012 - 11:39am
I'm still on the fence.
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July 4, 2012 - 1:01pm
I didn't like Wizard and The Glass at first but it grew on me. I realized that it was a beautiful story. It has it's faults but most of King's books do. In the King fault sort of fashion.
Except for the Bachman books. Those were the shit.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 4, 2012 - 1:03pm
I thought The Long Walk was your favorite by King? That's a Bachman book.
And yeah, I agree that Wizard and Glass was a beautiful story, I just didn't want all of that in the middle of this other story about the NEW group of people. I trudged through it, waiting to get back to the Ka-Tet, rather than enjoying it. I might like it if I took it out of the series. That's an idea.
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesJuly 4, 2012 - 6:13pm
Firstly, the piano player. He's awesome. I don't think I could handle 27 hours of finger blasting, but only because I'm too damn busy. Maybe once I stop going to my job...
Secondly, Renee:
Once I stopped to explain something and said "I want to explain this so you don't think you accidently married a crazy person" and he replied, "It wasn't an accident."
That is probably the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to anyone.
Thirdly:
1. Are you alive?
Seemingly so.
2. Your views on fireworks?
Disenchanted. I tried to watch them from my roof on Sunday night. I was too short to get up on my roof without assistance.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Rainy Night in Soho (Shane MacGowan) sometimes does it if I'm in a 'mood'. Otherwise Motorhead's Ain't No Nice Guy does it every time.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Last night was a real red letter dinner. I steamed some broccoli and carrots. That's all. Suffice to say the kid was not to pleased with me.
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
Renovations aren't maybe the right word, but reorganizing and medium level redecoration, certainly. Renting makes me not want to put a lot of money into investing in badly needed new linoleum and whatnot.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
To play, guitars or drums. To listen to, I love pianos, banjos, mandolins, fiddles, harpsichord, organ... OK fine, I just like all of it.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Probably The Little Prince. Many rousing games of "Sheep in a box, sheep not in a box" have resulted from that book. (BTW, Bek: I LOVED BUNNICULA! My childhood bunny was named after him)
8. What is the best time of day to read?
When I'm supposed to be at work, but am not.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
It's only been warm for a couple weeks here, but I still managed to burn the shit out of my entire back. Unpleasant. But I love the sun.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Goin' to Winnipeg.
Finally:
I haven't watched The Gumby Movie in about 25 years. Until right now. It's creepy as hell.
Case in point: An old lady is crying next to a mailbox. Gumby gets out of the car and asks "Did you get hit by a car?"
WTF. I love Gumby.
misskokamon
from San Francisco is reading The Moonlit MindJuly 4, 2012 - 8:03pm
I got a job! Sorta. It's not proper employment, but it's good till I get a full time thing.
1. Are you alive?
Yep. Unless this is Hell, which means I'm dead, and Hell isn't all that bad.
2. Your views on fireworks?
They're smelly and loud, and best enjoyed from inside my apartment. Unless I'm in Anaheim, which means Fireworks are best enjoyed in Disneyland!
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Being a girl, I have a few that make me cry. The first is "Baby Don't Cry" by Daesung, but only when witnessed live/in concert on DVD. (This one is the one I'm most embarassed about, but whatever.) The second is "So far Away" by Stabbing Westward. Currently, the third one is "Luna," a song off the Casshern Sins OST. (I'm listening to it now, and it pulls at my heart.) I have more, but for now, these will have to do.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
I was going to make steak, but ended up eating a scrambled egg on a baked potato. Sounds weird, I know, but it's one of my favorite quick meals. Cheese and ketchup optional!
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
Not renovations, but this summer my roommates and I will be redecorating our living room. We're tossing out the couch, buying bean bags from lovesac, investing in a new television, and rearranging our leftover furniture. We're hoping this will promote a more positive flow of energy through our apartment, which would help to wash out the stagnant and negative energy we have swirling around (it's causing a lot of passive aggression and alienation between us) and get us to hang out more. Currently we all hide in our bedrooms.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
The violin. I know, that sounds so typical! But when I hear someone play the violin live, I cry. I can't help it! My favorite instrument to play is the piano, though.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Does How to Train Your Dragon count?
8. What is the best time of day to read?
I like reading on my commute, but sometimes I curl up before bed with a good book.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
I live in Colma. It's always foggy and chilly here!
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Not for July, but I AM going to go see my favorite band ever this weekend. I'm scared because it's in a shitty part of the Bay, at night, and it's a rock show, and I'm going all alone... but there is no way in Hell I'd miss the opportunity to meet the man who has acted as my muse since I was 14!
sean of the dead
from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed AyresJuly 4, 2012 - 8:29pm
@misskokamon: what band are you seeing?
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 4, 2012 - 8:32pm
Seriously, inquiring minds need to know. I've seen so many shows in SF over the years... so who and where?
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffJuly 5, 2012 - 3:45am
1. Are you alive?
Yea, alive and kicking. Sort of an absconder lately, but I still love you! (Just working too much).
2. Your views on fireworks?
I love fireworks. There should be more fireworks, of the badass type.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
It doesn't always take that much skill though, it's more a Stendhal thingy.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Hunter style Boar and Chicory. I went to a sagra in the next valley last night. Sagre rock!
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
I ain't got a home.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
By any means, the Tuba
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
The Call of the Wild. Wolf ftw.
8. What is the best time of day to read?
The afternoon. And the evening. Sometimes in the morning. But afternoon best.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
Holy shit, it's 40 celsius for weeks here. I crawl.
Sweaty sex rules though.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Fantasizing, more than planning. The Tropics somewhere.
I'm Alive! kicks serious ass.
XyZy
from New York City is reading Seveneves and Animal MoneyJuly 5, 2012 - 7:33am
1. Are you alive? This feels like a trick question... so I'll go with, B) Giraffe
2. Your views on fireworks? Usually from ground level, looking up at them. Though this year was rooftop, so almost eye to eye with the bastards.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite:
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Half a chocolate orange.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? I got out of bed. That's pretty much a renovation.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? This one:
And I mean specifically this one, it's got all my stickers on it.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Very Hungry Caterpillar
8. What is the best time of day to read? When I should be working. Whatever time that happens to be.
9. Hot out there, amirite? You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Not soon. I take my vacation the last week of April.
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)July 5, 2012 - 8:48am
1. Are you alive?
most certainly
2. Your views on fireworks?
my 4-yr-old thinks they're awesome, which makes them awesome by proxy
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Levon. but happy tears. it's freakishly vivid and beautiful. and Eponine's song from Les Miserables. don't care if it's cheesy, her unrequited love breaks my heart every time.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
homemade burritos
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
clean-up from the storm that tore up my town last weekend
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
guitar, fiddle/viloin maybe. i like the adaptable ones
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
as of last week, Serpent Box
8. What is the best time of day to read?
late at night with a booklight
9. Hot out there, amirite?
ugh
10. Any vacation plans?
beach in September
taralara
from Minneapolis is reading We Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoJuly 5, 2012 - 8:55am
1. Are you alive? very.
2. Your views on fireworks? i can take them or leave them.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. american pie - don mclean. i'm pathetic.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? gnocchi.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? nope.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? harp.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? where the red fern grows.
8. What is the best time of day to read? morning.
9. Hot out there, amirite? UGH. yes. 100 degrees in minneapolis = my pug hates his life.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) hawaii when it's cold out! i have a ways to go.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersJuly 5, 2012 - 9:11am
Everyone is so great at this!
1. Are you alive? I made the thread didn't I?
2. Your views on fireworks? Why can't they be earlier in the day?
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Different songs different days. I'm a sucker. Manda Lynn's choice of Eponine's On My Own is one I would mirror. Lea Solanga did the best version of that song, in my dumb opinion.
Also a thousand others that I won't waste your time listing.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? I made ribs.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Not really. I've been doing a lot of re-decorating.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? I can't think of one. This is awkward. Although I'd bet there is an animal of some sort in every book. The Great Gatsby - because that dumb bitch bought a dog.
8. What is the best time of day to read? before bed
9. Hot out there, amirite? I am, in fact, right.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) No. I wish I'd quit asking that because it bums me out.
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 1:07pm
Are you alive? Yes, yes. Stop asking, it makes me examine my life and I'd rather not.
Views on Fireworks? Explosions in the sky, what's not to love.
What song makes me cry? I thought this read movie at first so I was prepared to tell you a movie. Big Fish, I ugly cry at that movie every time I watch it. Song? Amazing Grace if its done well.
What did you have for dinner last night? Steak kabobs, cheeseburger, hot dog, corn on the cob, grilled asparagus, raspberries, cantaloupe, watermelon and birthday cake. Wow when its all written out like that it seems wrong but it was Oh so right.
Renovations? Nope
Favorite musical instrument? Hofner eclectic guitar, because we have one and I can play it and pretend I am a rock goddess
Book that involves animals? My mind is blank on animal books, gonna say Geek Love for Lobster Boy, cheating I know.
Best time to read? Night
Hot out there? Like a bitch in heat, yes cliche, back off literary snobs
Vacation plans? Ocean City Maryland and trying to set up a camping excursion
Jack Campbell Jr.
from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp MeyerJuly 5, 2012 - 2:06pm
1. Are you alive?
I don't feel alive.
2. Your views on fireworks?
My son thinks they are amazing, so I love to see his reaction them. I am somewhat indifferent myself. I usually find them disappointing.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
My Immortal by Evanessence
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Pizza
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
I wouldn't know how.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
The drums. I've been playing for years.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. What is the best time of day to read?
Right before bed.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
Everywhere.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) No. I don't plan on taking any.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 5, 2012 - 4:30pm
Profunda--yes, it's very sweet. It was the moment I knew I definitely married the right man, and everything would be alright (I mean, I had suspected he was the right man, hence the marriage...but you get me, right?).
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 5, 2012 - 5:39pm
Stacy made me think of this, so I'll post it because right now, I am miserable, and this song makes me tearfully even more miserable. This is one of the "what song doesn't make me cry?" songs.
Thank God for gin.
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 5:48pm
I love Explosions in the Sky. The reference wasn't intentional although I did listen to them last night, guess it bled though my subconscious.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 5, 2012 - 5:53pm
Nice. I love them too, sort of. It's kind of a love-hate thing, same as I have with Death Cab for Cutie. I used to really love Death Cab but I can't listen to them almost at all anymore. I have Transatlanticism on my iPod and whenever anything comes up I start bawling like an idiot. It ruins me.
EDIT - Er, and this is due to emotionally difficult experiences over the last few years, beginning with my divorce. I'm not a mental patient or anything. At least not until they track me down again.
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 5:59pm
I haven't gotten into Death Cab. They sound like a watered down version of Modest Mouse to me.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 5, 2012 - 6:05pm
Having never listened to any Modest Mouse, I couldn't say. I used to like any number of DC albums, though, especially back when I listened to lighter stuff. Velour 100, the Sundays, Bôa, whatever.
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 6:35pm
Just realized how pretenous that sounded, oh well. You should give them a listen, The Lonesome Crowded West and the Moon and Antarctica are my suggestions. I'm almost guilted into listening to more Death Cab for Cutie, almost haha
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 5, 2012 - 6:56pm
I'll give them a shot! Except they'll probably make me cry, as per the above conversation, so I'll probably never listen to them again. haha
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 7:02pm
I'm not suggesting sissy crying music, gonna have to make a man out of you. Haha
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasJuly 5, 2012 - 7:12pm
My girlfriend and I seem to sort of be in a bad way, hence the excessive lameness. If nothing changes, this will be my 2nd failed relationship since my divorce, and the 2nd relationship I've blown with a close friend. I'm normally quite soulless, really.
I'm also drunk, so probably talking way more than I should.
Either way, I'll probably be sticking to Cephalic Carnage for a while. Nothing like burying your feelings under boatloads of rage!
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 5, 2012 - 7:17pm
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
So while I was digging a hole beside my house to plant my shrub, I noticed the ground was really wet. I didn't think it should be. Turns out, it was because the access plug to the drain under my kitchen sink, which is on the outside of my house, was off. Something I should have noticed when I bought the house. Something my inspector should have noticed. Of course, the reason it was open was that the sink would not drain otherwise. The people who lived here before me left that plug out so their sink and dishwasher and garbage disposal could drain right out into the yard.
So about an hour ago I put a drain snake to it and opened up the plug. But I found another plug a few feet beyond that one. So I run my drain snake some more and I pull up dirt. Sandy dirt. Because the fucking pipe under my house is broken. Not the pipe in my crawlspace. The drain pipe under my foundation slab.
I want to kick somebody in the nuts right now. I'm not too discriminate about whom. Just wanna nut-shot somebody.
sean of the dead
from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed AyresJuly 5, 2012 - 7:22pm
Hey Michael, keep your head up, you seem a nice fellow, don't let it all bring you down. Also, this band might help you through your tough times
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War July 5, 2012 - 7:25pm
I nominate Michael, he needs a good nut kicking. It will either remind him he's a man or give him something to really cry about. Wow I sound like my mom.
He's a man, so I would assume so.
Yeah but some men let them get a little too long, or don't care if they are jagged, you know? 27 Hours of finger blasting, that kind of stuff becomes important.
Or you just lose the sensation of pain because the blasting is so damn intense.
And now I've got a new note to add to my "Good Ideas" folder.
I am actually laughing out loud right now. Which is awkward considering what I'm watching on TV.
Which is what?
FINGERBLAST!
No, I am watching Supernatural. The scene that was on while I was laughing was a man, hung by his feet, freshly gutted.
Sexy.
Geez. See, it would take 27 hours of pianist finger-blasting to forget something like that.
Yeah, I am sure my inappropriate laughter brought up all sorts of warm feelings for me from my husband.
I imagine it would depend upon how demented your husband is.
Once I stopped to explain something and said "I want to explain this so you don't think you accidently married a crazy person" and he replied, "It wasn't an accident."
See, there you go. My last girlfriend thought it was sexy watching somebody get hit in the face with a pole in The Departed, and that sort of did it for me. Odd creatures, we.
1. Are you alive? Getting healthier.
2. Your views on fireworks? Let's burn money!
3. What song makes you cry? Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Bacon Maple Bar from Voodoo Doughnuts...and...Banh Canh + Thit (Vietnamese udon soup with meat)
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Someday, I want the kitchen sink to be bigger so that I can take that wok back I gave to my sister and use it to cook. Cleaning is difficult. Grr....
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Piano. I can tickle the ivories with tons of emotion.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Whenever possible. I read around the clock.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Sorry. Cool in the Pacific Northwest.
10. Any vacation plans? Went to Cleveland on July 1 and got back on July 2.
1. Are you alive? ~ It would seem so.
2. Your views on fireworks? ~ If you're unlucky enough to get dodgy ones for a few years running you spent the whole event flinching and tensed to break into a run back to the safety of the house... so yes, they scare me.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. ~ No song by itself makes me cry, it's the emotions I'm feeling or the crap I'm dealing with that triggers it. I have cried at a lot of songs, quite often when singing them, yes this probably makes me sad, but I wear my heart on my sleeve.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? ~ jacket potato with grated cheese and spaghetti hoops on top, served with slices of pizza and salad.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? ~ Could do with redecorating but, oh you need money for that...
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? ~ Guitar (sometimes I almost convince myself I can play)
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? ~ The Deptford Mice Trilogy & Histories by Robin Jarvis ~ Black magic, brutal murders, cults, woodland animal, death and romance - awesome kids books that I have adored since I was ten.
8. What is the best time of day to read? ~ anytime you can, but I always read at night.
9. Hot out there, amirite? ~ England is still waiting for its summer to arrive :(
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) ~ *see I'm Alive June Edition.
I'd like to take this moment to let everyone know that piano players generally keep their nails nicely trimmed, because it's difficult to play properly with long nails.
Ok, what the hell are we talking about here?
I think Stephen King is diddling a piano player.
@Hector Acosta and Michael Riser: holy shit, we've got a little DFW cadre here! Hugs!
Yeah! We should do a meetup just to spite the NY people. Flying Saucer, maybe? I don't know when they move to their new location. Maybe they have already. I haven't been downtown since I got back from Cali.
I'm not sure where they've moved it. A couple buddies of mine are afficionadoes, so I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find out.
@averydoll - I take it from your response that you would be down for a 27 hour fingerblasting from a pianist?
I'm doing a tally.
@Utah - They moved it to where 8.0 used to be. Or at least are in the process of doing so. I want to say it was supposed to be done by June, so may already be there. Which makes me sad. I liked the former location a lot better. I'm gonna miss the patio/deck thing upstairs. On cooler nights it was lovely there.
I'm still on the fence.
I didn't like Wizard and The Glass at first but it grew on me. I realized that it was a beautiful story. It has it's faults but most of King's books do. In the King fault sort of fashion.
Except for the Bachman books. Those were the shit.
I thought The Long Walk was your favorite by King? That's a Bachman book.
And yeah, I agree that Wizard and Glass was a beautiful story, I just didn't want all of that in the middle of this other story about the NEW group of people. I trudged through it, waiting to get back to the Ka-Tet, rather than enjoying it. I might like it if I took it out of the series. That's an idea.
Firstly, the piano player. He's awesome. I don't think I could handle 27 hours of finger blasting, but only because I'm too damn busy. Maybe once I stop going to my job...
Secondly, Renee:
Thirdly:
1. Are you alive?
Seemingly so.
2. Your views on fireworks?
Disenchanted. I tried to watch them from my roof on Sunday night. I was too short to get up on my roof without assistance.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Rainy Night in Soho (Shane MacGowan) sometimes does it if I'm in a 'mood'. Otherwise Motorhead's Ain't No Nice Guy does it every time.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Last night was a real red letter dinner. I steamed some broccoli and carrots. That's all. Suffice to say the kid was not to pleased with me.
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
Renovations aren't maybe the right word, but reorganizing and medium level redecoration, certainly. Renting makes me not want to put a lot of money into investing in badly needed new linoleum and whatnot.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
To play, guitars or drums. To listen to, I love pianos, banjos, mandolins, fiddles, harpsichord, organ... OK fine, I just like all of it.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Probably The Little Prince. Many rousing games of "Sheep in a box, sheep not in a box" have resulted from that book. (BTW, Bek: I LOVED BUNNICULA! My childhood bunny was named after him)
8. What is the best time of day to read?
When I'm supposed to be at work, but am not.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
It's only been warm for a couple weeks here, but I still managed to burn the shit out of my entire back. Unpleasant. But I love the sun.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Goin' to Winnipeg.
Finally:
I haven't watched The Gumby Movie in about 25 years. Until right now. It's creepy as hell.
Case in point: An old lady is crying next to a mailbox. Gumby gets out of the car and asks "Did you get hit by a car?"
WTF. I love Gumby.
I got a job! Sorta. It's not proper employment, but it's good till I get a full time thing.
1. Are you alive?
Yep. Unless this is Hell, which means I'm dead, and Hell isn't all that bad.
2. Your views on fireworks?
They're smelly and loud, and best enjoyed from inside my apartment. Unless I'm in Anaheim, which means Fireworks are best enjoyed in Disneyland!
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Being a girl, I have a few that make me cry. The first is "Baby Don't Cry" by Daesung, but only when witnessed live/in concert on DVD. (This one is the one I'm most embarassed about, but whatever.) The second is "So far Away" by Stabbing Westward. Currently, the third one is "Luna," a song off the Casshern Sins OST. (I'm listening to it now, and it pulls at my heart.) I have more, but for now, these will have to do.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
I was going to make steak, but ended up eating a scrambled egg on a baked potato. Sounds weird, I know, but it's one of my favorite quick meals. Cheese and ketchup optional!
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
Not renovations, but this summer my roommates and I will be redecorating our living room. We're tossing out the couch, buying bean bags from lovesac, investing in a new television, and rearranging our leftover furniture. We're hoping this will promote a more positive flow of energy through our apartment, which would help to wash out the stagnant and negative energy we have swirling around (it's causing a lot of passive aggression and alienation between us) and get us to hang out more. Currently we all hide in our bedrooms.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
The violin. I know, that sounds so typical! But when I hear someone play the violin live, I cry. I can't help it! My favorite instrument to play is the piano, though.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Does How to Train Your Dragon count?
8. What is the best time of day to read?
I like reading on my commute, but sometimes I curl up before bed with a good book.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
I live in Colma. It's always foggy and chilly here!
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Not for July, but I AM going to go see my favorite band ever this weekend. I'm scared because it's in a shitty part of the Bay, at night, and it's a rock show, and I'm going all alone... but there is no way in Hell I'd miss the opportunity to meet the man who has acted as my muse since I was 14!
@misskokamon: what band are you seeing?
Seriously, inquiring minds need to know. I've seen so many shows in SF over the years... so who and where?
1. Are you alive?
Yea, alive and kicking. Sort of an absconder lately, but I still love you! (Just working too much).
2. Your views on fireworks?
I love fireworks. There should be more fireworks, of the badass type.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Some Opera sopranos make me cry. A good example is the Queen of the Night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9SX7V14Z4 (Listening right now. Yes, and crying).
It doesn't always take that much skill though, it's more a Stendhal thingy.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Hunter style Boar and Chicory. I went to a sagra in the next valley last night. Sagre rock!
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
I ain't got a home.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
By any means, the Tuba
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
The Call of the Wild. Wolf ftw.
8. What is the best time of day to read?
The afternoon. And the evening. Sometimes in the morning. But afternoon best.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
Holy shit, it's 40 celsius for weeks here. I crawl.
Sweaty sex rules though.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
Fantasizing, more than planning. The Tropics somewhere.
I'm Alive! kicks serious ass.
1. Are you alive? This feels like a trick question... so I'll go with, B) Giraffe
2. Your views on fireworks? Usually from ground level, looking up at them. Though this year was rooftop, so almost eye to eye with the bastards.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite:
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Half a chocolate orange.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? I got out of bed. That's pretty much a renovation.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? This one:
And I mean specifically this one, it's got all my stickers on it.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Very Hungry Caterpillar
8. What is the best time of day to read? When I should be working. Whatever time that happens to be.
9. Hot out there, amirite? You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Not soon. I take my vacation the last week of April.
1. Are you alive?
most certainly
2. Your views on fireworks?
my 4-yr-old thinks they're awesome, which makes them awesome by proxy
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
Levon. but happy tears. it's freakishly vivid and beautiful. and Eponine's song from Les Miserables. don't care if it's cheesy, her unrequited love breaks my heart every time.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
homemade burritos
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
clean-up from the storm that tore up my town last weekend
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
guitar, fiddle/viloin maybe. i like the adaptable ones
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
as of last week, Serpent Box
8. What is the best time of day to read?
late at night with a booklight
9. Hot out there, amirite?
ugh
10. Any vacation plans?
beach in September
1. Are you alive? very.
2. Your views on fireworks? i can take them or leave them.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. american pie - don mclean. i'm pathetic.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? gnocchi.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? nope.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? harp.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? where the red fern grows.
8. What is the best time of day to read? morning.
9. Hot out there, amirite? UGH. yes. 100 degrees in minneapolis = my pug hates his life.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) hawaii when it's cold out! i have a ways to go.
Everyone is so great at this!
1. Are you alive? I made the thread didn't I?
2. Your views on fireworks? Why can't they be earlier in the day?
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Different songs different days. I'm a sucker. Manda Lynn's choice of Eponine's On My Own is one I would mirror. Lea Solanga did the best version of that song, in my dumb opinion.
Also a thousand others that I won't waste your time listing.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? I made ribs.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Not really. I've been doing a lot of re-decorating.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Probably guitar. Maybe piano. Possibly organ.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? I can't think of one. This is awkward. Although I'd bet there is an animal of some sort in every book. The Great Gatsby - because that dumb bitch bought a dog.
8. What is the best time of day to read? before bed
9. Hot out there, amirite? I am, in fact, right.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) No. I wish I'd quit asking that because it bums me out.
Are you alive? Yes, yes. Stop asking, it makes me examine my life and I'd rather not.
Views on Fireworks? Explosions in the sky, what's not to love.
What song makes me cry? I thought this read movie at first so I was prepared to tell you a movie. Big Fish, I ugly cry at that movie every time I watch it. Song? Amazing Grace if its done well.
What did you have for dinner last night? Steak kabobs, cheeseburger, hot dog, corn on the cob, grilled asparagus, raspberries, cantaloupe, watermelon and birthday cake. Wow when its all written out like that it seems wrong but it was Oh so right.
Renovations? Nope
Favorite musical instrument? Hofner eclectic guitar, because we have one and I can play it and pretend I am a rock goddess
Book that involves animals? My mind is blank on animal books, gonna say Geek Love for Lobster Boy, cheating I know.
Best time to read? Night
Hot out there? Like a bitch in heat, yes cliche, back off literary snobs
Vacation plans? Ocean City Maryland and trying to set up a camping excursion
1. Are you alive?
I don't feel alive.
2. Your views on fireworks?
My son thinks they are amazing, so I love to see his reaction them. I am somewhat indifferent myself. I usually find them disappointing.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
My Immortal by Evanessence
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
Pizza
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
I wouldn't know how.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
The drums. I've been playing for years.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. What is the best time of day to read?
Right before bed.
9. Hot out there, amirite?
Everywhere.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) No. I don't plan on taking any.
Profunda--yes, it's very sweet. It was the moment I knew I definitely married the right man, and everything would be alright (I mean, I had suspected he was the right man, hence the marriage...but you get me, right?).
Stacy made me think of this, so I'll post it because right now, I am miserable, and this song makes me tearfully even more miserable. This is one of the "what song doesn't make me cry?" songs.
Thank God for gin.
I love Explosions in the Sky. The reference wasn't intentional although I did listen to them last night, guess it bled though my subconscious.
Nice. I love them too, sort of. It's kind of a love-hate thing, same as I have with Death Cab for Cutie. I used to really love Death Cab but I can't listen to them almost at all anymore. I have Transatlanticism on my iPod and whenever anything comes up I start bawling like an idiot. It ruins me.
EDIT - Er, and this is due to emotionally difficult experiences over the last few years, beginning with my divorce. I'm not a mental patient or anything. At least not until they track me down again.
I haven't gotten into Death Cab. They sound like a watered down version of Modest Mouse to me.
Having never listened to any Modest Mouse, I couldn't say. I used to like any number of DC albums, though, especially back when I listened to lighter stuff. Velour 100, the Sundays, Bôa, whatever.
Just realized how pretenous that sounded, oh well. You should give them a listen, The Lonesome Crowded West and the Moon and Antarctica are my suggestions. I'm almost guilted into listening to more Death Cab for Cutie, almost haha
I'll give them a shot! Except they'll probably make me cry, as per the above conversation, so I'll probably never listen to them again. haha
I'm not suggesting sissy crying music, gonna have to make a man out of you. Haha
My girlfriend and I seem to sort of be in a bad way, hence the excessive lameness. If nothing changes, this will be my 2nd failed relationship since my divorce, and the 2nd relationship I've blown with a close friend. I'm normally quite soulless, really.
I'm also drunk, so probably talking way more than I should.
Either way, I'll probably be sticking to Cephalic Carnage for a while. Nothing like burying your feelings under boatloads of rage!
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
So while I was digging a hole beside my house to plant my shrub, I noticed the ground was really wet. I didn't think it should be. Turns out, it was because the access plug to the drain under my kitchen sink, which is on the outside of my house, was off. Something I should have noticed when I bought the house. Something my inspector should have noticed. Of course, the reason it was open was that the sink would not drain otherwise. The people who lived here before me left that plug out so their sink and dishwasher and garbage disposal could drain right out into the yard.
So about an hour ago I put a drain snake to it and opened up the plug. But I found another plug a few feet beyond that one. So I run my drain snake some more and I pull up dirt. Sandy dirt. Because the fucking pipe under my house is broken. Not the pipe in my crawlspace. The drain pipe under my foundation slab.
I want to kick somebody in the nuts right now. I'm not too discriminate about whom. Just wanna nut-shot somebody.
Hey Michael, keep your head up, you seem a nice fellow, don't let it all bring you down. Also, this band might help you through your tough times
I nominate Michael, he needs a good nut kicking. It will either remind him he's a man or give him something to really cry about. Wow I sound like my mom.