my "day" be nearly here

my bday, my Bday!!!
friday: it's my actual Day (for those of you that don't know *sigh* it's on the 10th. of oct), but the cold war kids are Pretty important. i will be in attendance at their fineline show. for those of you coming to this already sold out show, YEAH!

if you wanna join, craigslist is where it's at - caitlin just got 2 tix on there for 20/each...

if not and you still want to meet up beforehand for apps/drinks somewhere downtown, lemme tell you all about the agenda...

i'll be over at nami at 5:00. please join! their HH lasts til 7 & it ain't half bad, really. after this we can wander over to rosen's. again there's a HH - leave it to me to find em :)

prolly head to fineline around 930. four hours of cocktails before the show?! someone force-feed me water Once in a while, por favor

saturday: this will be an action-packed day, comprised of lotsa Fun, FUN. for Some reason i'm planning on getting up super early, but i think it'll be worth it. the first stop? HERE!
we'll hit up quang for lunch (noonish).
then off to the ...(gasp!) burbs (1:30ish): maze O' corn!
there may be a flask in the pocket. byoWhatever, iffin you want! i'm pretty sure none of you think this Won't be an absolute ball.

after this we've been invited over to roxanne & troy's new pad over in that hood for an app/drinkity. her addy? 20130 Lake Ridge Drive Prior Lake, MN 55372
upon our return to the lovely city, we'll hit up a park, a slice of za, maybe a 40 & some bocci. who's got croquet?!
likely we'll all need some rest after all that blazin' great nonsense. go home. watch some tv. clean up. make out. grab some dinner. we'll meet back up around 9:30ish.
where? i dunno. prolly uptown, maybe oktoberfest, possibly downtown. you know the date & time & approx location. major specifics to follow...
and "follow," it does. with:

it has come to my attention that the best of all worlds can be found in the warehouse district! something new, something old, something tired & something blue (or however that goes along). -respectively; the loopity, club yager, bunkers & (our primary location!) baba(b)lu(e)!

i'ma dork. here we will shimmy, slide, spin and shake the night aWay. But, should some of us be dying for a lil action other than the salsa sort, we're so close to so much!
now, i know most people don't make a birthDay into a weekend, but i've got some folk in from outta town & some that can't make it saturday & some (one. nikki! and lucas?! (major pipe dream ;)) that is in both categories. the events continue...

sunday: the vikings SUCK, but we'll temper that crap with a screwdriver/etc and a pineapple pizza at the park tavern.

how's about this ancient soap factory (one given a bit of a make-over), then later? ...or some other time - i hear it's creepy good.
well, something will happen - gotta be a good host, after all!
anyway, come for some, come for none (you Suck!) or velcro yourself to me for the stint!

a salute, a roast, an apology (sorta)

Caitlin! happy ante(now-several-days-post)date birthday!!! i won't be around this (last) weekend, regrettably so, but also (for other reasons) i'm elated - more to come on that...

for now, i'll just say:

(and had i posted this before leaving town, i Would have! perhaps there's some memorable something about being the Last to well wish?)

the gal said it herself. in some myspace survey thing. funny and True!

also true, although not as funny:

last year we met up at the imperial room moments after 35 descended into the mississippi. apparently caitlin got lost and nearly drove over that bridge right about the time it went down. a sign we need to get this lady a gps? who's in?

seriously:

it's so sporadic these days. maybe she just thought it was getting too complicated? maybe she no longer feels that way about me? maybe I'm the one getting too old for her? blerg!
my bed partner of years past, you're welcome back anytime (if the space is free, that is).

it's (was) your day! go get stuff to make you feel pretty. important. anything but ancient! :)

or have someone else do it for you & don't feel bad!

july, the four

you should see this office. it's pathetic in a red/white/blue streamer, plastic flag on a stick, patriotic t-shirt kind of way. i'm embarrassed... but, Happy Holiday!

the plan: kirsten, dan & i are getting in a vehicle, 1 hour from now and we're zipping on down to chicago :) i believe we are going to ... well, i have NO idea what we're doing. it's been promised that a fabulous agenda has been laid out. -including fun in the summer sun at the beach!

likely the cocktails will flow, as well. dan may be training for a triathalon, but i know i'm not! now, i just need RW&B dealies (i'll get pics) to wear on my head :)

and even though i'm very, super & completely unimpressed by firework displays, they'll be out in full force. i'll turn my back on them. i promise.

pappy's day!

while not the sweetest ways to say "i love you" to dad, they are sure to pull out a giggle!
so, Paul (mi papa!):

-which is a good thing!

I can only wish this had been the case:

-i actually had to figure this out waaaaay too early on :( being treated (and acting!) like spoiled brat woulda been nice. ah, who are we kidding i could have NEVER pulled That off - i much too strawberriesNsugar-like.

when you've been raised by your father & he's been around you your whole life, this is just funny.

-even more gooder when he's your biological father! thanks dad, for being "like" a dad!

and this just tickles me. rather, i'm not being tickled any longer...

-mom was on the phone with me a while ago, back when derek/cami were still pregnant and i happened to be at their place. she says at the end of the conversation: "ok. we'll talk soon. tell derek & cami i love them ... *pause* oh! and you, too!" blerg. i can't compete with this perfect lil nuclear family. a grandchild blows i-have-Another-date-tonight right clear out of the water, apparently. i'm screwed. (at least!)

i was a year early. not unwanted, but...
birth control pills ain't 100% ;) hmmmm ... noted.

here's to a happy (and safe er somptin) paddy's day!

Cheers to my irish friends, ms McCormic & sir O'Brien!

Cheers to all my cocktailing friends - each and every one :)

this chuckle is for yous...

ewwww, touche

oh, sucky... thank goodness for da busses!

kelly, see if you can't hold out a tad. at least so you can able to focus your eye balls on me at 5pm :)

ho ho ho. we pasty-skinned europeans paaaartay SOO hard, it's crazy - irish er not.

hope to see some of you out on the field. i'll be the one with clover antenna. totally standing out, i'm sure.

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.