| drifting along with the radio on |
[Feb. 11th, 2007|01:21 pm] |
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| | of montreal | ] |
blew my mind. had a wonderful time. they played all my favorites, and i surprised myself by how many songs i knew all the words to. the guitarist on stage right (john hill) was a riot to watch, as was bill doss and john ferguson, - he came out in a flaming lips style silver martian cape with the big stand up collar and matching jacket. robert schneider is the least likely frontman....ever. short, chubby, balding, hipster glasses, and the nicest guy you could imagine. i remember thinking before hand: "man, i hope i'm not disappointed, i can't stand the fall of two of my top-ranking bands in the same week (that's an entirely different story about the anton newcombe show from last weekend... ugh)" -- instead i came home feeling awesome and buzzed like whoa.
and then there's this:
someone who saw me scribbling down the setlist on caribou coffee napkins grabbed this for me, and the guy wearing the silver martian cape and light up glasses got everyone to sign it for me. i was like "man, i hate to be THAT girl, but will you sign this for me?" works every time. pigtails don't hurt, either.
highlights include the long, super-psychedelic version of "strawberryfire" (the first song i ever heard by them!) and ending the set with "ruby".... "go" was fantastic, and to be honest, i was seriously surprised how perfectly they pulled off EVERY SINGLE LINE of harmony. i was fucking impressed. IMPRESSED.
easily in my top 10 concerts of all time. i had a blast, was dead tired but totally wired by the end of the night. i haven't gotten a glee buzz like that since flaming lips last summer.
oh yeah! how the hell are you? ihaven't been here in awhile but i thought this was worthy. |
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| silly survey |
[Mar. 4th, 2006|09:45 am] |
TELL ME ABOUT YOU
1. name:
2. birthday:
3. place of residence:
4. what makes you happy:
5. what are you listening to now/have listened to last:
6. do you read my lj:
7. if you do, what is particularly good/bad about it:
8. an interesting fact about you:
9. celebrity you want to snog:
10. favorite place to be:
11. favorite lyric/line from film:
12. best time of the year:
13. best album of 2005:
14. where would you take me/where would you like me to take you on a date:
RECOMMEND
1. a film:
2. a book:
3. a band, a song and an album:
PLUS
1. one thing you like about me:
2. two things you like about yourself:
3. put this in your lj so i can tell you what i think of you |
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| pictures |
[Mar. 1st, 2006|07:27 pm] |
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| | the arcade fire - neighborhood #3 (powers out) | ] |
boatloads of new pics over at my nasa blog. sorry, i've been kind of neglecting livejournal, mainly because picasa lets me post directly to blogger. and blogger has a lot of features i dig. |
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| stircrazy vertigo |
[Feb. 25th, 2006|09:33 pm] |
| [ | now playing |
| | of montreal | ] |
going stir crazy, a little bit. weekends are really hard, i don't have anything to break up the day really. mealtime, that's it. having things to do is easy, keeping myself focused is another.
i think my brain "got it" today. hence the ugly ugly vertigo that wouldn't leave me alone. |
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| bedrest visiting |
[Feb. 21st, 2006|10:26 pm] |
visiting hours and rules are as follows:
* 12-8 every day (this is vaguely flexible)
* 2 people at a time, though if more than two people show up independently (unplanned), they aren't going to send someone home
* you can bring me things, but all packages will be inspected by the nurses to make sure there isn't any forbidden food. which leads me to my next point:
* you can't bring any food or drink into my room. at all. i'm on a very strict diet, they have to keep track of everything i eat. they don't think it would be fair to me to bring in chocolate or mcdonalds or whatever else.
* my room is under video surveillance 24/7, to make sure of my compliance with this study. you know, to make sure i'm not getting up, dancing a jig, and getting back into bed again. protocol deviation!
* you personally will not be subjected to any weird tests while you are there. but, you may witness me being subjected to weird tests on any given day. (tuesdays in particular, it seems)
* i'm kicking everyone out for bathroom time (which is embarrassing enough as it is. jeez.)
* as well as full body massage time. (monday wednesday friday, times vary with the masseuse's schedule.)
* you are welcome to accompany me to my lab suspension sessions, which are every weekday from 130-3. but you'll have to be in my room before patient transport gets here, because these guys are not only quick, they are punctual: one minute i'm here, the next minute i'm gone.
the most important rule:
IF YOU (or your significant other/kids) HAVE A COLD, PLEASE DO NOT COME VISIT. getting a cold on the outside is bad enough, but in the head down tilt (HDT) position, it will be awful. i have been warned extensively on this, and i'm already having enough problems with my sinus congestion.
and, as always, please wash your hands. :-)
i think i've got everything. whew |
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| i'm in! |
[Jan. 25th, 2006|10:23 pm] |
whoooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooo
i made the study!
which not only means i'm in really good health, but i'm going to be very rich by the end of the summer, and probably in school. or in europe.
and it could be as early as february 13th! wow.
i'm going to probably be starting a seperate and more public blog for the nasa thing. and of course, i'll still post here too.
doot doot
-does ae little spinny dance- |
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| but he's preaching to the choir, and the choir's really annoyed |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|04:58 pm] |
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| | black angels - empire lonely (live) | ] |
just talked to the nasa study coordinator again.....and it's going to get really busy.
this friday: modified air force class 3 physical (whatever that means) and the bruce treadmill stress test (half day)
next monday: probably go in sometime in the afternoon and get the full psych evaluation from the study psychologist (this is a day off, so whenever)
....
they have to schedule a DXA(dual xray absorptiometry) scan sometime next week (around 7 am!!! EW!) and i have an MRI scheduled tentatively for 7AM on feb 2 (so i would have to have my IUD out by then... yep, 200 dollars out the window, but oh well)
they're trying to work around my schedule, but shit, i'd love to do this stuff at night. 7am!? i can barely leave for work on time as it is!
today went well. i wasn't able to meet with the dietician like originally planned, and the 567 question on the "fill in the bubble with a number two pencil" answer sheet (-tears hair out!- ugh i never wanted to see another one of those again!) went (thankfully) faster than planned. i was done by 2ish, hung out with mike at his work for awhile and came home for some vegging out.
i'll be able to install my graphics programs on the laptop provided to me during the study, so i'll definitely be working a lot on new posters / graphics while i'm "in bed"
and i'm going to knit/crochet a blanket for project linus
so i have a couple goals
whoo |
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| say something new... |
[Jan. 6th, 2006|06:53 pm] |
| [ | now playing |
| | the concretes | ] |
so. yours truly is getting involved with NASA.
in a roundabout, research oriented sort of way.
but i'm trying to get involved in the bed rest study being held at the cleveland clinic.
12 weeks of NEVER GETTING OUT OF BED. and they tilt your bed at -6 degrees. which means your head is lower than the rest of your body for 12 weeks. it simulates the fluid shift that your body undergoes (which way is up?) when astronauts are in space.
they suspend you in midair, and half the group exercises on a treadmill MOUNTED ON THE WALL. weird.
but yeah. i go in tuesday to start the preliminary screenings, tests, whatnot.
fun.
this weekend: i'm drinking lots of water and crossing my fingers.
whoo! |
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| 1, 2, 3, 4, animals kill but they don't go to war |
[Jan. 2nd, 2006|09:16 pm] |
| [ | now playing |
| | volta sound -1, 2, 3, 4 | ] |
oops.
christmas: sucked.
new years: rocked.
two weeks from now: get your face rocked off.
start with ben and an acoustic guitar. play... whatever he feels like..
add leia on flute, mike a. on bass, and henry on who knows what. play henry's songs.
add mike c. on guitar, todd on organ, jay on random instruments, marceau on percussion, and yours truly, also on percussion. play psychedelic as fuck volta sound songs.
shake up and get down. |
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| a bookshelf sinks into the sand... |
[Dec. 18th, 2005|09:45 pm] |
i'm not so great at christmas shopping. so if you don't get a christmas present AT christmas time, don't be surprised.
they're coming. it's just not the right time.
i suck, seriously. |
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| last volta sound show! |
[Dec. 6th, 2005|08:14 pm] |
tomorrow night (december 7th) at the beachland tavern:
the volta sound's last show! (with this current lineup, and probably the last ever) yep, this is your last chance to see mike, mike, leia, ben, henry and erin together on stage!
with the high dials from montreal and boatzz.
the high dials = way cool. they have a sitar!
7 bucks.
rock and roll ish time.
15711 waterloo rd, cleveoh.
come out and shake a tambourine, shake yr ass, buy (me) some drinks, and have a good time!
love,
erin |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 4th, 2005|09:38 pm] |
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
- Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 30th, 2005|10:29 pm] |
highspeed access. oh yes, i'm no longer in the dark ages.
thanks everyone for the happy birthdays and whatnot.
reliving the drunken revelry will have to come later. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|06:37 pm] |
| [ | now playing |
| | einsturzende neubauten | ] |
i'm going to be MIA for a couple days, moving over the weekend, and we don't have phone/dsl set up at the new place yet.
plus i'm working all weekend.
and holy crap. what is wrong with my gmail account!? my account keeps randomly resetting the password, or i've got a stalker issue (AGAIN.) seriously, what the fuck. |
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| all we ever wanted was everything! |
[Nov. 21st, 2005|12:23 pm] |
friday: MOCA show with leia, haircut by leia, being taught to crochet by leia at the rainbow house.
verdict: very much needed time to get shit straightened out.
saturday: work 11 hours, change in car, bauhaus show at the agora, recycled rainbow with too much tequilla and personalized shots. I MISSED THE FUCKING PUPPET SHOW.
verdict: could have done without working so much, but the night was amazing.
sunday: work 8 hours, went home and went to bed.
verdict: tequilla hangovers at work (drank almost a gallon of water) and ended with much needed sleep. ahhh.
wonderful weekend, even if i'm completely exhausted today.
tonight: online shopping for ANOTHER set of headphones (not plastic! UGH! second set in a month) and going over the play for play practice tomrorow night.
whoo!
updates when i get them. sorry there are no pictures that i know of from this weekend, i was wearing a really hot outfit, as most of the rr'ers can attest to. (at least a dozen people buried their faces in my boobs, since they were all cinched into a corset. -snicker-) |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 17th, 2005|06:30 pm] |
so, i'm going to be in a play.
eric alleman's "new american appliances" running ..uhh.. last week of january at the cleveland public theater, as part of the big box series.
more details as they become available. |
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| WHAT THE FUCK. REPOST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. |
[Nov. 16th, 2005|08:59 pm] |
Original Post from tony erba...please read this - we love the Beachland and acts like this are absolutely ridiculous. This happened at a "punk rock" fest thing in cleveland last weekend. PLEASE REPOST THIS! :
Attention Horrible Fest bands: equip.stolen from Beachland
To all the bands that played Horrible Fest--if you didnt get paid or got far below your gurantee and decided to settle the score by copping gear form the club,please realize that your theft of $2000 of mikes and quad boxes from the Beachland in no way makes you 'even'...the club didn't book or promote the show.They gave the promoters a great deal on the room,and lost their ass paying for security as well. Take it up with the promoters all you want (I would) but just return the gear. Mark Leddy just wants the mikes back,no questions asked. They can't even hold a show in the Ballroom until they have mikes.This is no big corporate club...I've promoted shows there and gotten the room for FREE half the time. Best place we've had here in years. Great people who give a shit about our music and culture.
anyone with any info is urged to call Mark at 216.383-1124. There will be no consequences taken or questions asked.You can even contact me if you'd rather have the shit mysteriously show up and want it to happen through an intermediary. My email is clevoripper@yahoo.com Do the right thing and return the gear,then take your issues up with the organizers. |
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| who left you so? |
[Nov. 14th, 2005|09:37 pm] |
| [ | now playing |
| | iron and wine | ] |
i'm feeling kind of low, but mike left with all of the (bad) beer.
so at least i won't be tempted to drink bad beer to get a buzz.
the weekend was mediocre at best, i could have gone to a shitty party up here without spending all that fuckingmoney on gas.
trying to drown out the neighbors screaming next door. trying to see this screen despite a eye that has decided to almost swell shut for no fucking reason.
-grumble grumble- |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 12th, 2005|11:32 am] |
going to be down in columbus today with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hamsta. fun fun.
yes, that's right, i'm not going to pittsburgh as originally planned. -grumble- ok, i'm over it, kinda. i was pretty pissed thursday, but eh, what can you do?
OSU's last home game of the season is today.
"so there are gonna be big happy riots if they win and setting shit on fire riots if they lose?"
yaya
alright, heading out. |
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