my fortune - things are looking up!

and i quote: your server thinks you're so beautiful, you should be stuffed and mounted (although not necessarily in that order). end quote.

giggle.
so most fortunes found in the cookies are lame lame lame (look right - lame, right? yes!).

something about happiness, security, love, intuition, rainbows, success, talents, journeys and humility. that's all well and good, but now would somebody make me laugh for F's sake???

oh chino, you're too good to me!

that's where the "fortune" above was received and opened.

*you'd like to hear another story? ok. chino is quite dimly lit and my mommie opened a cookie back a couple years to find out that "this light suits you best." ha! good for a solid chuckle.

*another? here's a doosie: so i'd been drinking some (read: a lot) and by the end of the meal i thought it a grand idea to take the colorful chop sticks that had been my good friends throughout the evening home with me. i began wrapping them and but what, out of the corner of my eye, do i see glimmering at me? pretty silver serving utensils! i thought - those will go great in my kitchen, right beside by newly acquired chop sticks. then the bill & fortune cookies & i wouldn't forget the wonderful warm wet towels land on the table. we all reached for our futures, then ... i had to worry i was caught on tape, cause it says something to the effect of: are those chop sticks in your pocket? uh oh!

what's your TEST?

i (fictionally) knocked out 98% of our group in our HH group last thursday night. all but 2 - and 1 of them was married...

my test? the burbs. the movie. if you don't like it, yer out!

your test?

i had never thought about this before last evening, but i am thinking it might indeed be a useful tool to weed out people that just won't get you. your test piece has to be something that is so totally you, something that somehow defines you deep down. yes, for me it is "the burbs" - i'm full of profound thoughts, i.e., a thinker!
a couple others last night included: zoolander (i turned that crap off - soooo bad. i'm definitely not for you if that's your test) & seinfeld (pass! immensely lots pass!).

lemme guess yours:

becky - a cross between theory of a deadman & knocked up - this is a very special, diverse and ...interesting gal

jb - many things with ninjas. oh, and must love unicorns!

mindy - otis, the dog (this actually being her dog). & the man must not be a liar, nor a cheating kind of a SOB. this bar it seems is set quite low, despite that... ;) -or is there news?!?

aaron - i know one (which i share a passion with) is noises off. another is arrested development - good good stuff. but then there are some others i not likie, like family guy. ish!

caitlin - dylan. that and a bunch of movies i likely haven't heard of. i just cheated - annie hall.

andy - no movies. no tv. modest mouse. that's it.

reid - bad (and good! - J.Gaffigan) comedy & ... oh, i got it - his movie is the departed fo sho

jen - jon stewart jon stewart and jon stewart

how'd i do???

10 all time favorite bands (plus 1) ... of all time

i've been put to (another) music challenge.
i'd get sick ot it, but i love/hate it, so i don't.

a conversation i was CC'd on:
*On 12/21/07, Abney, Barb babney@mpr.org wrote: An Easter Island head, huh? Nice, I dig it! So, throw me some suggestions.. name your top 10 bands.. babs.
*then Carl answered:
Okay Babs, here you go.
Bobbi is disappointed because she argues that this should have taken all day. Very disappointed. Seems boring to me. Best albums would take all day for sure.
But my all time list would be:
LIfter Puller (and their progeny)
Uncle Tupelo
Yo La Tengo
Tom Waits
Bettie Seveert
Archers of Loaf (really only their first album)
Pixies (even though their reunion tour was dumb)
Elvis Costello
Prince of course (especially b/c of Dirty Mind... what a powerhouse in my life)
Steve Earle
*then i chimed:
yeah. i'll get back to you both on this one. next week sometime. after an appropriate amount of
thought has been grunted out. yep - more than 7 minutes. ;)
*back to barb:
Well, I managed to squeeze in some Yo La Tengo for you today, Carl. I've pulled out some Prince for Xmas Eve, as well (dunno whether you'll be near a radio, though.) get me your list, Bobbi and I'll have something on the air for you either Wednesday or Thursday! Have a great weekend, folks!
Barb

*to THAT i wonder - all time fav? most influential to me? influential to the music world in general? one hit wonders can't be included, right? next i decide - that's painfully up to me. then i Happily answer (& in no particular order):
- prince
- underworld
- modest mouse
- dmb
- alanis morissette
- collective soul
- doves
- michael jackson
- van morrison OR bob dylan
- gomez
- kings of leon

barb happens to be a dj for the current 9am to noon every weekday. she's a hoot. tell her what YOU think (email above)!

K. that's gross & sad.

yes, folks, i am a vegetarian. why? cause the alternative is not nice. that's the most concise and perfect way i know how to describe my feelings on the matter - in a manner that avoids me sounding like i'm lecturing or judging. and ...well, so i don't have to think about the below while i'm eating. here, too, i am not pushing any agenda, just throwing out a news bit.
aint they so cute!

this information is not for the light stomached individual. you've been warned.
so, there are several workers at the "quality pork processing" company that have been seen at the Mayo clinic & then diagnosed with neurological illnesses. fun fun.
the thought is that their contact with neural "material" set up an immune response causing a type of neuritis. the peripheral nervous system inflames and affects many voluntary and involuntary movements, like picking up a pencil or dilating pupils. no. big. deal.
also, 5 of the 11 workers who have been tested show signs of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy - a disease that weakens muscles and causes numbness. and, of course, it's too early to say whether these patients will recover. perfect.

oh my gosh! how'd this ever happen? well, workers use compressed air hoses inserted into the skull cavity to "pulverize" the brain to push it out the snout or the base of the skull. not nice.
these hoses splattered brain tissue & created a mist of ... yeah.
workers don't wear face masks therefore they likely have inhaled the ... um, yeah.


i realize (most) of you aren't often around this particular illness causing substance, but i'm sure if this is as sanitary and safe they keep this area, your meat's processing area is not much better.
something to think about.
that little guy to the right deserves better. sooooo cute.

anne courie JUMPS! (yesterday)

no wonder ya'll ain't taken seriously. seriously, THIS is news to you? sure it's for charity, but it was so highly advertised, then mentioned every 4 minutes for 2 hours before she took her leap. lame. tom hanks was on the show and suggested he'd double the amount she'd raised if she just "go right into the water" - ha! perhaps if they didn't travel to england with an entire camera crew they would've had enough to straight up donate the $10K raised. yep, she only raised 10K with this stunt. her deep quote: “I recommend it, actually. Hey, guys, this is actually fun. I feel all the blood in my body in my brain. I feel like a bird.”

oh, and here's the rest of Today's "news:"
Festive food by the 'Take Home Chef'
Forget Botox! 10 ways to give your looks a lift
Discover sparkling wine from N.M.
What type of saver are you?
iVillage: Madelyn Fernstrom on eating on the road
allDAY: Where's Matt Lauer?
10 books that make perfect presents
Julia Roberts’ favorite role: Mommy
Will Loch Ness mystery ever be solved?
Don't forget your partner this holiday!
5 ways to save during the season
Teen opts for surgery to battle weight

they also had someone from Time magazine on to discuss the 2007 yet-to-be-announced, VOTE-HERE, person of the year. when Meredith asked if she was a contender, the guest coldly, basically, said 'what have you ever done?,' but he specifically said 'uh ... no' while throwing her a quizzical squinty glance. no wonder you ain't up for it - you're so annoying.

so THAT's where all the pretty people are!

who knew? apparently they've been hiding HERE. and fyi, they don't wear jeans. none of them do. lesson learned.
nor do they carry any, ANY extra weight. you must be concave to join the festivities. i kept my coat on.

what was funniest to me about it is that one gentleman we were with, who is from Naples Fl, thought that this was normal for clubs around here. ummmm. no.

my friend toni invited me to this event. she knew basically everyone, the little social butterfly that she is. there was yummy food (and plenty of it (remember: concave?)) & dj-ed music & dancing & rich people with fancy clothes with fancy cars with fancy jewels, scantily clad. i fit right in. next event, i'll let ya'll know (pending board approval of prettiness) if you're, too, "in." good luck!!!

despite how it seems i have received that evening, i did really enjoy it. there were many nice people there whom i hope to run into again. and i felt like i was on vaca. definately a south beach vibe. fun!

top 5 shows i attended in 2007 -and the 1 dumpy one

in response to brody's request for my -->
for absolute:
1. minus the bear
2. cold war kids

3. modest mouse - second show i saw (december one)

4. cinematics/bravery

5. cribs/white rabbits OR white rabbits/tokyo police club - i just like the white rabbits LOTS. the cribs sound sucked even though i love love love the disc "mens needs womens needs whatever". and i hadn't heard of TPC until the week of the show, so had not enough opportunity to get to know them to love the show - they really aren't my style anyway.

*i'd maybe add spoon, but it was my 30th bday and i was too cocktailed to know for sure??? :(

& in last place:

just disappointing rather ... badly drawn boy. didn't play much i knew & ended by covering an f-ing journey song. journey people! ish.

bored anyone? then elf Yourself, too!

ps: it's so weird.

i can't believe how bored i am at work today. probably my worst day ever for productivity. been here 40 min and have worked 2.

therefore, when my cousin emailed me THIS i did it and am now at least laughing...

hope your weekends are fantastic!

modest mouse & completely-missed-the-opener

a shot-gun appearance was made by me for this great, great, great one. i had a legal volunteer thingy in anoka i was in attendance at (with the show very much on my mind). the crowd was amazingly large and there were Several attorney's there stepping on each others toes, only literally. i decided at 715 to hit the road & see what i could do about fixing the horrible mistake i'd made by not buying a tix (like a sane me should have already done).

PLUG for my generosity: i was a volunteer lawyer at the wills for heroes event. i'm so nice.

back to the show... i looked like an asshat at the orpheum and am surprised anyone offered me a tix, much less talked to me at all! i was nearly suited up, whilst Everyone else was urban grudged out (does that mean anything to anyone???). i may have ruined the surprise that i did get in in that last sentence by insinuating that i did get a tix (or i suppose by blogging about it at all? opps), so no surprise, but i got in!

modest mouse is such a talented band. their cds sound sooooo fabulous, and they're so engaging, and so melodic and smooth - even on their rager songs. -live is another story, however. i don't think Isaac knows how to relax when he's on stage. the thrill of it all-the excitement-his intense body movements-and whatever else rule the performance. so, while the music is uber utterly terrific for already-fans, i wouldn't say i'd buy their album if that was all i had to go on. was the show good? heck yeah!!! i will go again and again and again. me lovity ye!ah the smell of pot in the air while isaac uses the guitar strings as a sort-of-microphone - priceless. the fav as i call ragers? tiny cities made of ashes (my overall fav, too) & spitting venom (the very last song) & fly trapped in a jar. they also played the inevitables dashboard & float on. what else? k. satin in a coffin, fire it up, we've got everything, education, and the one that says "god wouldn't want to be such an asshole" in it.

the cadence of 2 drum sets (again! - love it when they do that) and whatever else they used. as illustrated here some blowy thing that gurgled? in addition there were horns and strings and an accordion, too!

yes, eeeeeeeeeeexcellent.

Gabriel & Dresden

the bathrooms were the coolest part, but the tunes were quite nifty, too ;)

G&B R.O.C.K.E.D. out, as much as you can "rock out" behind a dj booth - just listen here.
jb's right! my ears are bleeding and there were a lot of glow sticks.

and like i said, i'm behind on the posting, so i'll just allow him to elaborate on this one: nice assessment, sir!

ari herstand & white light riot & the alarmists & this world fair

aka: the unknown order. before each equally lengthed set, the host drew from a hat of sorts the band that was to next take the stage. Khanh's opinion of this: that's so stupid. and it kind of is - difficult for scheduling - but different and fun? who knows. back to the point of this entry ... how was the show? great!

i LOVE the varsity. pretty! it is hands down the best venue of its size and not of its size. just the best. granted, dave matthews might not book it, cause of the limited capacity, but he'd put on a great show there.

i'm only going to discuss my fav. why? because i'm behind on my blogging. a. lot.

white light riot is my winner. can't believe they're only "just local." they sound so amazing live - record-quality sound on stage - aka the vocals don't suck at all, like many voices do in person. check out midway souvenirs on their myspace: awesome much? very. my opinion is that they are gonna make it big (ger, anyway)!

cheers, boys!

first dance after the wedding - this is how i'd do it

should my day ever come...
faye deserves props for making me privy to this vid

such a nice tender moment made memorable and so oh so way Funner!

your vote counts! top 89 of 07

The Current is taking votes til the 15th of December - don't miss out, for god's sake!
dude, you can even win an ipod & 89 downloads, er something.

my selections? again, in no particular order, other than whatever the current did to my nice alphabetic list:

Lily Allen Alright, Still...
White Light Riot Atomism
Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha
Kings of Leon Because Of The Times
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Baby 81
The Fratellis Costello Music
White Rabbits Fort Nightly
Robbers On High Street Grand Animals
Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Radiohead In Rainbows
The White Stripes Icky Thump
The Cribs Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Minus The Bear Planet Of Ice
Feist The Reminder
The Redwalls The Redwalls
Wilco Sky Blue Sky
Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog
Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Shins Wincing The Night Away

that's right.

band of horses & some crap

we won't even discuss the openers, as that would bring up hugly painful memories.
well, as far as attitudes go, it didn't go too much better in our headliner's opinion. music? good. a cranky singer-man = bad.



band of horses is fantastic, in my opinion, but ben is a lil whiny baby. problem: something about monitors sucking - ear-plugs went in they went out, microphones where twirled and shoved, even knocked to the stage floor, lotsa huffiness spattered around. i was almost against the raging applause the audience offered to encourage an adult performance, but i joined hoping he'd realize that everything on our side of where the curtain lays.
side note: really have trouble with lay, lie, lies, lay's??? help.

i was shocked, but they returned to the stage for a 3 song encore.

the final message to the crowd: "hope to see you again soon. next time in the room next door."

my unvoiced retort: that sounded F-ing fantastic!, ya lil bitch.

robbers on high street & great northern

loved loved loved
great northern impressed my friends lotsly. they were not what i was expecting, but nevertheless were very enjoyable & i will be seeking out their album fo sho. listen to "low is a height": awesome much? yep.

robbers on high street were as i remember them. GREAT. i love that guy's voice! can't get enough. the entry was emptier than i liked, cause i want them to come back. maybe they don't remember, though, as there was much amounts of alcohol thrown about. the mood was one of celebration, because it was the last night the bands were touring with one another. cheers, i say!

green bus

what is THIS coming down the road?
a hybrid metrotransit bus, it is!!! there's awesome stadium seating in there, it smells new and it's FREE!!!

thru the end of the year all fares are waived so Hop On.

these buses offer 22% better fuel mileage & produce 90% fewer emissions & are soooo very quiet.

what an initiative - good job twin cities!

i'm swingin on 31st and lyndale. what?

what a joy! the breeze on your face. the weightlessness at the top. your stomach tickling your throat. the thump of your heinie smacking the seat when you've swung above the bar. the tensing of your biceps you haven't used in this manner since elementary school. the bruises resulting from ... i don't know, but we both have em! very well worth every ache and pain.

sunday funday brought us out of the venues and into the park last week, cause it was (for november & we take what we can get) hot out. ok, in the 50's, BUT sunny. we started on bocci (jen doesn't know what bocci is! ha!) and when its luster wore a few of us (not me) sauntered on over to (embarrassingly) join an in progress b-ball game. "we" were not good. how to distance myself from this situation? look around. see swings at the other end of the block. who's in???

wheeeeeee!
we WILL be doing this again ... and soon. but, must find higher sets :)

YOU describe a "pun" - tough, huh?

i was having lunch at the restaurant i used to work at and it's one of these open kitchen type'a places. i sat at the counter overlooking the expo/kitchen area to chat it up with the ol co-workers. like most of the other restaurants, many of the kitchen staff are foreigners of one variety or another. this place employs mostly ecuadorians, one of whom this story is about.

he's here to stay for a while, taking college courses and trying to learn the nuances of the f'd up language that we all know and love, english! the particular topic of today's lesson? the pun.

go ahead - try to describe... well, it's when you say a word that fits the context of what you just said in a different (often hilarious, sometimes really bad) way. needless to say, he didn't get it. we need an example. who's got one off hand? these pun things are nearly impossible to describe and way difficult to throw out on command. if you ever need a pun on the fly, here's what i said & here you go:

"so this guy's arrested for standing up in church and exposing himself. guy's now in court and my friend - the judge's law clerk - is listening to the attorney describe the incident and defend guy. clerk thinks to himself and later expresses to me 'i wish i had the balls to do that.'"

a pun.

what's the worst that can happen?

this guy has a point...

hit PLAY and learn & think about it, then change.

gracias.

more to come on this.

happy halloween, yo.

a few bits of holiday cheer for yous!

here's "demon" chewing on "spider." these are nicknames of two cats i know - the bigger one here mauling the smaller, sane one, should we ever put them in the same room. we won't.

this one reminds me, happily, about wefest. likely this is cami, as she is often claims ownership of such lovely piles in the mornings :) ah, wefest.

this one is just super cool (and obviously a veggie burger - har har).

another that's frickin good:

now we've got some hallo pics of me friends:
bear got him!

then there's a crazy cowgal and her sidekick

more to come after tonight!

kel as a ... poofy worker-outter er something. regardless, Nice Form!

reid's being arrested by francis as he should, are you seeing his attire? don't even care that it's halloween ... that's just Wrong! also, not sure where this creepster looking officer is taking you reid, but, for gods-sake, be careful.
amy winehouse (caitlin) has never looked more put-together and well.

well...

either way, she's a hottie here!

minus the bear & helio sequence & halloween

wowsiers!

this was a frickin rockin show. helio sequence opened up (as far as i was concerned - we missed the very first performer) and, despite there only being 2 individuals on stage, they blew us away. here's a vid from the show!

then minus the bear went on! yummers! here's an odd video (not from the show as there are no youtubes up yet)...

i wasn't sure what to expect as they seem like such mellow, nice young lads. they were nutso! a fantastic way to have to describe a rock concert, though, i suppose. all three guitar-ists up front were often seen in a sort of in-synced head banging routine. energy energy energy!

everyone there to watch the show likely thought we were asshats, but i think it's the other way around - it's F-ing halloween night and the 4 of us were the only ones dressed up for miles. 80's punk rockers and flappers not welcome? nope. they didn't even want us on the bus - here's 2 of us waiting for da bus:

do notice the fanny pack bringing it all together. horrible.

a hurricane ... brought down

so i watched a movie last night & the story was great, but unfortunately true, so it somewhat pissed me off, all the while completely frustrating me.

BUT, after reading wikipedia and its critic's ... ummm criticisms, i'm not so sure those feelings should be ... ummm felt. damn - i so very much wanted to cheer for Rubin "hurricane" Carter and hate the asses who were not letting him up for air, ever. in the movie he was soooo set up for murder after leading an already rough childhood. there's a detective way out to get him and, well, does. so rubin (denzel washington (yum)) turns his anger around, stating that hate put him in jail, but love will get him out. aaaaaawe! bob dylan even wrote a song about the ordeal, which i've always liked, but didn't know that it was about this. anyway, after coming across some amazingly helpful friends AND nearly 20 years in jail a federal court judge in new jersey finds that rubin had not received a fair trial, that the prosecution had been "based on racism rather than reason and concealment rather than disclosure," and then sets aside the conviction. is he bitter? no. wow.
i shouldn't have research this story in (wikipedia kinda) depth, cause now i'm not sure i buy rubin's (shoddy???) story.
Lesson: enjoy the film and leave it at that, dammit!

for rizzo?!?

and he was doing so well!!!

here's how you ALMOST get outta jail free :)

SPOON!!!

it was sooooo very fun!
it was sooooo very packed!

they sooooo gave me a 'shout out' !!! well, that's in dispute, but i've emailed britt (earlier referred to as mr spoon) and soon we'll know whether my friends heard correctly that they heard that britt announced a happy bday to the lady at the prior nights Entry show who he'd spoken to. obviously (if it's true) i made a much finer impression than i thought. hold please, on this.

you want a review? i should just send you to brody's site. i will. HERE you go. and ... ditto.

30 rock (in')

oh kenneth!
f-ing funny
watch the whole episode online and Almost bust your gut...

white rabbits & tokyo police club

so jb ditched last minute (alright he had to work, but as of late his work's been his lil bitch, so yes i got ditched for the bitch) for the show last night. a replacement could not be found at such short notice, well without guilting, bribing, or crying involved anyway. there i was sitting on the couch petting the cat watching tv when i realized something - i Can't turn 30 while sitting on the couch petting the cat watching tv! i spiffied up and was out the door - it's a rock concert afterall not a romantic conversational-type talk-to-me atmosphere. i snagged a beer and settled in ("in" being in the way). the 7th st entry is quaint (there, i did it again jb - i used the word you use to decide whether to acquaint with someone (notice the pun? ahahaha) that's for bitch ditching me ;) so the lacking of space put me in the corner by the garbages all alone. wait ... promise it gets better. this was only for the opener, who were actually really good, the virgins from NYC. during the set break i shimmied up to the ledge/half wall thing in the middle of the room for a Great view (thank you small-bladder and gotta-havea-smoke folk!). this here pic below ... not my view last night of WR.

white rabbits sound checked Forever, but once they began i remembered why i liked them so much live the first time. Excellent. excellent. the singerman that dubs as lead guitar looks awfully confused up there on stage, but is plump full of talent. there are 2 two full time drummers and tons of other percussion instruments others pick up on on often occasion. it was like a full marching band's drummers section cadence at one point - "awesome" can describe those moments. there's 2 keyboards & the lead singer plays one & he percussions & he wears a vintage suit & his name is steve & i talked to him after the show & and he shook my hand & he mentioned i looked familiar, oh and he is cute, too. excellent.

i mostly went to the show for the rabbits, but listened to tokyo police club on their myspace page the last couple days so i'd at least know those songs when played. musically, they are fast and loud. the keyboardist/tambourine man/general extras guy was soooo intense. soooo intense i've never seen an arm swing full circle around a shoulder that fast - he even kept in time and tune! anyway, not exactly my thing, but they may grow on me. pic below = mr intense:

one final note: yep, going to spoon tonight. yep, met mr spoon last night. he didn't recognize me. he didn't care to chat much, either. BUT this could be because i creeped him out - i was Starring at him for the longest time - i Knew i knew him from somewhere right when i first saw him a few feet away during the break between WR & TPC. i was racking my brain for at least 5 minutes... now what shows have i been to lately, no. how about festivals, readings, plays OR restaurants? no. oh, of course ... SNL. that's where i "know" him from. i could see him being barraged by people, so i made my little intro asked 2 questions, then left him to just be.

and that was the night i turned 30. not technically alone and not at all with a cat :)

thanks for the i'm off to bed and can't make it til you're officially 30 call lucas!

and thanks for the 5 seconds into my 3rd decade of life call andy!

and thanks for the i'm still sleeping in the morning cause it's my bday call reid!

where are the damned ladies in my life?!? oh, on myspace ;)

in honor of ... ME!

hey there hot stuff
happy Mother F-ing birthday!!!




Enjoy the SPOON show!

lovin Bat for Lashes

i feel like this is some odd dream i'm trying to figure out upon waking...
any freudians wanna help?
"what's a girl to do"
ps: she's at the varsity tonight...

that's cool ... vote Away, vote Often, vote For others

our democratic system at work ... the integrity of it all!!!
wow! these representatives are even reaching over and voting for individuals who are there, sitting at their desks! that's highly bold. i don't get it - is this 'normal' ??? and how are they 'getting away with' this ???
at least in texas the votee's are alive, unlike one in chicago... so this man dies a natural death one morning and somehow he voted later that afternoon. seems texans aren't the only 'sneaky' constituents.
soooo, fellow americans, if you don't like the way things are operated in your jurisdiction all you need to do is vote the particular individual out of office - easy! ...this is so her/his neighbor can continue to vote the way he/she was when your rep's gone OR the new incumbent can vote 'your' vote themselves & also for their absent (or present) neighbor OR some other sort of chaotic/odd scenario, desktop game can ensue.
so you're saying my vote at the poll Does count? ah, seems likely.

RICK roll

so there's this new Thing going around... i'll get back to this thought.

but for now, Seriously, in the news today there is this horrible story about a microscopic organism called Naegleria fowlerithat that climbs up your nose then quickly eats its way to the brain. 2 things: first, gross! & second, stay away from the waters of pheonix as that's where the lil buggers reside before taking up residence in your melon.

... back to the former thought: you've been rick rolled, sucka!

while this is terribly funny to me and jb and the thousands of others out there tricking the likes of you, BEWARE the news story is a true story

longest. post. ever.

jb just (a few weeks ago, now!) posted his roommate history, and it looked like a good idea so I thought I'd give it a shot:
(i'm not sure why i'm following in your wandering, crazy-wild foot-steps jb, but Here We Go - with the ever-so-geniously added addy's!!! )

Name: Roxanne Shadia & Alexis
Relationship: all strangers then, now still friends
Duration: 1 year (minus roxy's 4 months abroad, then Jen (not jenD) took over)
Address: 505 15th ave #5 mlps
so i decided to move to minneapolis for undergrad at the U. i know 1 person in this big big city and reann was Very instrumental in advising on where to/not to live & how to find roomies. the U has a service to hook-up solo's, turning em into flat mates. i start calling and interviewing and selling myself in order to have a place to lay my head. i spoke with rox on the phone & then drove the 300 miles from trf to slut myself out to these folks, hoping they would lovity me. to Noone's surprise ... they did! i got my little space off the living room in the old brownstone on the 3rd floor with the rotting back stairs that i am amazed haven't fallen off killing dozens of underagers out there parting in heavy hords OR have been condemned (a better ending). turned 21 a couple weeks after moving in Then we started going downtown and to self-addressed shows like it was our job.

Name: Missy
Relationship: friend, which fizzled due to stupidity (details below), then it came back, now it's fizzled again ... sigh (again details below)
Duration: 1 LONG year
Address: 1415 8th st #201 mlps (3 blocks down the street)
introductions through rox, missy is a Super fun, energy-filled, smiles all the time, pretty gal. we decide to get a 'nicer' place down the road w/ rox&lindsay in the same 18 unit building - fun, like in Friends! ok so there were mice in 505, too, but i only saw it once and didn't report it to the roomies as they'd try to kill it! but in This place - oy - army's of mice were scurrying all about. ish.
we had our good days, but some stupid boy was tormenting my missy and she let him ... blah, blah, blah I couldn't deal after things got book/storyline worthy. anyway, we got back to a good place, then she moved to i don't even know where. like way past shakopee (and i wouldn't know where that is cept it's home to a lil slice of a heavenly flipping&whirling called valleyfair!!!). HI MISSY!

Name: Jen D Nikki Megan Jen S & ...amy?
Relationship: college friend from phy ed classes, yep - Nikki; the rest, strangers - you can see or know that jen's been around lots since
Duration: 1 year
Address: 518 12th ave mlps (3 blocks away from the first, only 90 degrees to the west)
so This time I'M doing the interoggating and the turning away of those lesser - i'm interviewing for friends here, mmmK? first in is my fav (still!) JEN! she didn't even need to slip a bribe. megan was pretty cool, but definately messy - she found dished on her bed more than many times. her name's not amy, but i'm blanking. i will edit upon the light going off - or is it on? she cooked lots (and shared) so she's Fabulous in my book - i even do dishes in trade, ya know. no idea where she is now, but a big ShoutOut to you ... uh ... amy? doesn't have the same sincerity minus the name, i know. oh jenS (said 'genes' as in the beginning of the the word genesis), wha you doing now? wha you got to say? wait - what were you doing then? what did you have to say then? a Hermit! shy, perhaps, but we were all baffled and not super nice after it was apparent that she was so anitsocial it was creepy. JenS, perhaps it better to do a studio? this was the best college house - in great shape, big, laundry in basement, perfectly absent landlord, cheap, close to campus, almost everyone got along great, aaaaaand we partied. (even lisa A!) the good ole days...

Name: Jen (again - the good one) Mike Matt & ...amanda?
Relationship: Jen (again, this time as a friend) and ...strangers
Duration: 9 mo's on a 1 year lease; legal skills put to work before even thinking of law school
Address: 1229 8th st mlps (inbetween the last 2, forming a perfect 3 block square with this one, plus the prior 3) ...i believed i'd repressed this address in my memory for GOOD reason, but it came to me :(
ok, so a trip to the boundry waters was taken in august and upon our return we were supposed to move into our CUTE 3 bedroom house over along the mississippi on east bank. the deposit check'd been handed over and all. what didn't happen upon our return is to move into our CUTE home. "we've decided to go with some (more responsible) grad students" son-of-a! k we'll just find some other quaint, nice abode (... in like a week ... in dinkytown ... where 80 thousand people go everyday ... and many want to live close ... where landlords are skuzzy) won't we? no, no we won't. what a DUMP! seriously, drive by this joint - The Biggest dump around. shody 'repairs' & make-shift 'improvements' & 'creative' ways to increase the number of 'bedrooms.' what was his name jen? really wish i could post it! we ended up calling the city inspector after dwelling in this heap and learning just how dangerous (swinging gueitines, metal jutting, sinks drooping, creatures roaming, porches 'separating' from the house - whatevs!) it was. the inspector found some 20 odd violations and ordered the A-hole to turn up the heat. we ended up throwing rent in escrow and suing the punk - we settled (won) for reduced rent and getting out of the lease 3 months early. if i can find any pics...
moving on.

Name: Lisa & Becky
Relationship: friends
Duration: 1 year
Address: 4045 excelsior blvd, SLP
this place was a breath of fresh air! sweet lil 3 bedroom duplex right across the street from al's bar. what a smoke pit (al's, not the abode), but OH the fun bar tenders and strong drinks. as for the residents of the abode, this time i went for the i-know-i-like-you-cause-you're-my-friend route over gosh-you're-a-wierdo-i-wish-i-wasn't-living-with-you stuff. this was a super fun year, 'cept becky worked like 84 hours a week and was studying too much. this was also the year between undergrad and grad schools, so with no homework and just working at the loring, i was free to workout lots, shop lots, lounge lots, and, not-surprisingly, play hard and play often.

Name: Brian
Relationship: boyfriend
Duration: 1 year 3 mo
Address: 301 marshall ave #5 St Paul - yes i crossed the river! BUT i learned my lesson and am never (very often) to return.
suppose the reason i traveled the distance was cause brian owned the joint. rent was easy (er nonexistent), too. the place was huge and overly boyish - it needed my touch. we had season tickets for the wild and would make hot bailey's and coffee and walk down the hill to the games, settling into our posh club level seats - very, very nice. i spent Many hours at nina's coffee shop that first year of school - ishta! (to school, not ms nina). not much else to say about this one other than, fun while it lasted, then it ended and i moved out.

Name: ALONE, glorious ALONE
Relationship: me
Duration: 11 mo
Address: 1414 Laurel Curve #221 mlps (laurel village's laurel curve)
so the night before signing the lease i get mugged and - oops - there goes my checkbook for the deposit and the drivers license and SScard necessary to make copies of. what's Worse: phone - all Kindsa digits i have stored nowhere else, digital camera - all Kindsa photos never to see again (ah, just bex's reception & we know how well that turned out :), tix to gomez - replaced, but No cash - felt good about that. AND i got the asshole's tennis shoe.
i really enjoyed coming home to an empty house (and Delivered Grocery's - i love you simon! and pool/hot tub and gym), but sometimes got a little lonely, so when jen had a fun break-up from her live-in boy we decided it was time for round 4.

Name: Jen (again), glorious Jen
Relationship: you know
Duration: 1 year
Address: 1300 Hennepin ave #402 mlps (laurel village's hennepin crossing)
i pulled all my belongings down the street on a cart 1 block, arriving at our lofty 2 bedroom 2 bath apt with a huge deck overlooking 13th and hennepin (spent Much time on that deck). we'd put music on and get ready for nights out with wine in hand, have bunches of people over for preparties, get on the bike paths right by our place and ride over to the lakes, watch tv (plenty of dancing with the stars) and make cheesy tuna helper - was almost like we were dating. ah cute.
after the glow stage :) we got in each others hair a bit much and decided by lease-end to each buy our own condo...

Name: ALONE, glorious ALONE (until the cat)
Relationship: me and kitty
Duration: 15 mo, so far
Address: no, no.
so i was the easiest client ever. real estate buyer client that is. i found the place i bought online and only looked at 5 places one afternoon, then placed the offer 2 days later, then closed. Love my place - cozy old condo with wood floors, brick walls and a new kitchen right there on a busy thourough fare rather right between up&downtown. excellent. this round i've not minded living alone, it's tended to fit me well. i keep ultra busy, so i never feel lonely at all. this could be due to the company of my kitty, who joined me last november and who has grown on me Quite A Bit.

a bar or just bits???

sarah brought up a Great question this past sundayfunday. we had a lengthy conversation and we came up with a decision, but i'd like to hear your thoughts
reese's pieces/peanut butter cups, rolo's, m&m's ... so are they "Candy Bar's" or not ?!?
side note: (this F-ing system! mindy, jb, pete... SOMEbody - help me to figure her out!)

is it or is it not - your vote Counts!
	yep - sure is!
	naw - i think Not
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Just clownin' (directions in the next blog below)

ride the SLUT - it's for the environment!

start the video above and forward to about 1 min in.

however, THIS one is better...

seriously! how are people so old, prudish, dumb, inane, or oblivious for it to have gotten this far? i'm not complaining - tis good post material ;)

up and coming ... events

the autum brew review?

who's with me here??? seriously - they're offering up over 100 beers for 25 bucks and the grand kicker is that you have 5 hours in which to accomplish this challenging (to some) task! so while your dixie cup sized commemorative tasting glass is just that - dixie cup sized - you WILL get lit. also, there's food vendors & live bands to entertain all out in the fresh crisp fall air. oh my, my - what could be better? (just don't fall down!)

and fyi: the beginning of the fringe festival is coming super soon.

robot dance

just had to share this wit ya's ... wait til you see the 2nd guy go - holy hell!

andy mckee - did he Really make toto sound good? yep.

you'd make a great attorney!

enamored by me, not surprisingly, i was offered some assistance in finding a job. exactly, it was my eyes that caught the HCBANLHH host's attention - "they're like water..."
can i get a wha? thanks.
i retorted with a "is that an asset?" he laughed.
whatever buddy - my eyes are yours if you can hook a girl up.

top ten albums (plus 1)

as of TODAY "what" might you ask "are your favorite albums, bobbi?"
reminder: you asked about My fav albums as of TODAY (reasons for my selections are many and as I. See. Fit.), not the besterests of-all-time, not the greatest of quality, style, and/or tranquility to some crazy music critic, or worse, Your favorites. most of these are more on the side of new-to-me. generally, i have recently seen the band OR will soon OR would like to ;) dmb will always have a special place in my heart, but ... not today dave.
now this is best Albums - love Every song, very album & the parathetical after encompasses my favorite song on the album. i'm what you call a music fan. the definition of which can be found here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/28/midmorning2/
we don't let the radio people or our friends decide the 'single' we're gonna be exposed to.
{if you want to ask me and are interested to know, i could compile an All-Time greatest top ten (plus 1) list, too.}
lemme just tell you, this was A. LOT. harder to do than i thought it'd be, with MANY notable unmentions!!! :(
ok. i've Finally created my list, so let me tell you, dammit (...and in no particular order):

the cinematics - a strange ecucation (asleep at the wheel #12) - caitlin! nice bus boys!
cold war kids - robbers and cowards (robbers #7) - that show was kicks, eh jb?
kings of leon - because of the times (arizona #13) - yes andy ... even number 2
the white rabbits - fort nightly (i used to complain now i don't #6) but I still do - have you read my blog?
fiona apple - extraordinary machine (tymps (the sick in the head song) #5) - jen&i must've listened to this at LV 32 thousand times.
spoon - ga ga ga ga ga (finer feelings #9) - birthday event? spoon concert!
the cribs - mens needs womens needs whatever (be safe #10) sadly, this show blew. jeremy seems to think it was their crappy soundman.
robbers on high street - tree city (beneath the trees #3) - accidently ran across this band opening for the redwalls. dammed good thing!
kylie minogue - fever (come into my world #7) - lucas sent me this video like 2 years ago ... awesome.
modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank (missed the boat #6, probably but maybe florida #4, however it could be little hotel #10, well then there's education #9, now i can't forget about we've got everything #7, dammit steam engenius #11 is pretty fine too, yep - there are more contenders... - i have failed to narrow this down, but truth be told, i'm not perfect: now go ahead and remove that shocked look from your face) - thanks for the intro and the further leading me to their greatness, andy.
citizen cope - every waking moment (brother lee #5) - the current is responsible for our relationship. gracias current - we're in love!

soooo ... suggestions, comments, complaints, concerns, compliments, condiments, wha's, OR Your lists are all welcome!

where the buffalo roam (and fight the hell back!)

the wild like i've never seen it. crazy mix of lions, buffalo and crocs. who will win? and who will have their asses tossed around?
this clip is a bit over 8 minutes, so when you have time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

gracias andrew for the heads up.

of course it is!

oh boy - i was just reminded of this lil pet peeve & now you shall be notified of it at this late late hour to be at work on a friday (when i still have 1 hour and 20 minutes to go ... sigh).
i am in hate of people that say 'it's always the last place you look' - umm ... yeah! why the hell would i keep looking for it after i've found it?
-peace out on this fine, fine day.

pesky neighbors

so at 2:10 i check the phone to see at what awful hour some folks in the next building decide to have a heart to heart. 2:10.
"don't you think it hurts me to come home after working 13 hours and you run the other way? you should be excited and happy to see me!!!!!" first of all: wha??? shut up! i'm trying to sleep! secondly, with the strength of her scream and imagining the look on her face, buddy, i'da ran, too.
don't they know that this is a classy and sophisticated neighborhood? wait ... rereading my last blog i'll go another direction with my analysis.
classy (and graceful) people make mistakes. all's forgiven. let's move on.

tulip skirt's fault, but i don't mind

you really haven't lived until you've fallen down at the state fair. what a jackass!
i started going down and with normal strides available i would have easily caught myself ... alas, i did not so i could not. did anyone see? most likely many, many did. just stay on the ground and laugh at yourself - that's really all you can do.
drunk? no. drinking? yes.
oh well!

big & scary: The Details

ok so the morning of our last day, our day-trip day brought with it a temper temper-tantrum thingy. RIGHTLY so cait! mi ladie called to confirm that the vehicle'd be ready for us in the am (the later am as she called at 2 am), but the f-ers had us booked for the same day of the month only in sept. yes we're calling at 2 to be sure our car will be ready 1 month and 7 hours from now. yes. idiots. (avoid payless rental!)
so a bit behind schedule we got into our shitty small suv Suzuki or something, whose tranny sounded like it might actually bottom out and we'd leave it behind, whose cd player refused to play after 3 hours of a 10 hour car trip - biatch, and began our journey, our adventure, our gc viewing. no directions, huh? caitlin, pretty sure that was your gig - whatevs - Francis will Help! nope. he will not find the number online to "contact us" us being the rangers, a recording, someone who'll navigate us there. his act of "help" was to text two cranky and hungover (at least i was ... or was that just still drunkness being aggravated? i can't tell) gals excited to be heading to the treacherous, highly adventurous, and secluded north rim that "cooper said n rim = pain in ass & 2 Extra hours driving compared to s rim." not exactly the kind of information that we called for! he called back with directions, which we got on our own from a ranger who was telling us the same damned thing, and we thought for his safety we wouldn't answer. perhaps that's why it was so quite at the nort-siiiiide - everyone is wrongly told it's a pain in the kisser.
side note: why's it called "the kisser" ??? oh, and WE LOVES YOU FRANCIS! just not at that moment we didn't. we didn't love anyone. caitlin especially didn't love me after this: she went into a travel place to get a map while i spoke to the ranger - when my conversation with derrick downer was over i noticed the keys in the ignition and just had to do it. i go inside and say "you took the keys, didn't you?" the look on the poor girls face ... made it soooo worth it ;)
ok we're back. a jack in the box lunch later we both felt quite a bit better, yet fatter. the scenery only continued to get prettier and ruggeder as we traveled. we decided to go through zion national park and drove through a mountain and everything! did i mention i'm afraid of heights? so here's where there's a clash - i like the scenery and would love love love to enjoy it but the edges of the road were oh so dangerously close. putting blinders on to miss the nearness of a potential plunge to ours deaths inhibits the scenic view just above that darned bottomless portal below. what's a girl to do?
ok so we Finally get there and bobbi's a lil nervous, cause no joke, this hole is big. we went out to bright angel point - caitlin skipped (in flip flops), while i slowly side stepped. i wasn't expecting to be so ill and scared, nevertheless there it was. we made it to the tip where there's a nice 270 degree view - Very beautiful! only problem - it made me icky inside and the car ride back was less than awesome. yeah the one without music. we sang.
how could I?!? i almost forgot the moon - caitlin happened to look over her shoulder when driving and directly behind us just coming up off the horizon was non-other than the moon in all her glowing glory. it was the size of ... well, the moon, but it Looked HUGE! later too once it was high in the sky we couldn't help but notice how voluminously illuminatory it was - it was neon white, like those annoying headlights that a few annoying folks have - ya know, the neon white ones. was it the desert clean air? was it the latitude we're not used to? i not sure, but look!