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Welcome to Freaky Ass Friday
2002-03-22 11:42:33
Fielded a phone call from Jim's older brother in Chicago last night - their grandmother hadn't been feeling well, and was scheduled for some exploratory work in a couple of week. Well, last night, things went south.
She dying. All of a sudden, there's cancer everywhere and she's got a couple of months to live. It's a old, tried and true scenario - never been sick, healthy as a horse...just a touch of diabetes, a little hyperension...shoot, she's over 75 years old.
Boom, gone. This is Jim's first go round with a death in the family and it's hitting hard.
Me? I'm thinking of having Christmas for her in two weeks - maybe get her a bowl of goldfish to have something pretty to look at. Shopping for one of those fab silk and embroidery kimonos in Chinatown this weekend.
I want her to have her flowers now, dammit.
How did they lady put it? Fuckity Fuck Chips on a Hot Fuck Sundae?
That about does it. - Beer 2002-03-21 12:46:29 And iserlohn - I exercised some stock options yesterday - got the swag for tickets. So I'll see you in Salzburg...or something. (Sis did her tour there when she was in school...trippy, huh?)
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*rubs hands together*
2002-03-21 12:39:26
Plane tickets to Oakland, California on SWA - $74
Hotel Accomodations - $50
Tickets to the Exploratorium & Tactile Dome - $14
Rental Car and Gas to drive to see Big Trees - $75
Opportunity to show someone approaching forty that there is still Wonder left in the world for his birthday - Priceless.
Last I heard from the Anime-Expo rumor mill, there appears to be issue with licensing to allow the AMV contest this year.
Oh, boy. Phade's heard me on this one already - and if they are thinking about this with regarding to the convention, it's bad news.
I've done trade shows in this town. You don't use music. Period. For anything - because the venue charges you an arm and a leg for the licensing for the ASCAP and BMI nozzles. The venue holds the liability for copyright infringement, you see - not the con committee, directly. (Although, anyone can argue that they will be drawn in with the venue if a suit is filed.) I know the Long Beach Convention Center. They've seen it all - and they ain't getting away with it two years in a row - if they had trouble with it last year (in the dead of night), they're having more trouble with it this year. I also know the repuation of some members of the con committee - "Oops, I didn't know. Sorry!"
Jacon is sounding better and better and better and better...... -
Not too bad, not too bad at all...
2002-03-18 09:08:29
*ducks*
This is Monday?
Rained all last night - stopped just before the morning drive, so it was a breeze this morning.
And rain this time of year means only one thing - GREEN. Everything greens up once the sun shines and the flowers follow fast afterward. Los Angeles is nothing but an irrigated desert - when the water comes, everything expodes. Literally.
Got two emails before leaving for work - both *wonderful* -
Our fan fic finally got posted to rec.arts.anime.creative last week - if you can stand to look at one more Ranma 1/2 story, look for Soleil and Motherhood Pt. 1 - *chuckles*
And if you like it, you can vote for it - but if you want the link, go to my fan fic page (excuse the terrible HTML design, I'm working on something better) - http://www.geocities.com/konanut/fanfic.htm (for as long as it lasts).
And we blew the shit out of stuff in Battletech at Dave & Busters Saturday.
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* I love Saurday Mornings *
2002-03-16 10:16:39
No places to go, nowhere I have to be...except listening to music, drinking tea and waltzing across the room with the headphones on. I like everything LOUD...studio level or better, and yeah, I work hard to get the mix balanced out juuuust right.
So I spend hours on Saturday mornings ruining my hearing. Video ideas out of this morning's concert:
A DBZ video to "Dueling Banjos." I told this one to Phade and made him laugh.
"Tell Her She's Lovely" by El Chicano (Gawd, I love Rhino Records...) for Faye Valentine.
Then I got evil and decided "Falling In Love (is hard on the knees)" by Aerosmith might work too. @_@ Evil. *smacks self*
"Fins" by Jimmy Buffett for Ranma 1/2. Dunno how I'd make it work, but I'll have to try....
Then I started tearing into the hard drive to find stuff I forgot I had. Like the claxon I'd downloaded from an "Emergency" fan site...y'know, "Squad 57, see the man --"
Jim's at work. Silently, I replaced the Windows start-up theme. Won't he fall off his chair the next time he uses this machine!
He got called out on a registry assignment in Lancaster this morning - and just fielded a call. He's on the way home - oopsie in scheduling.
That's four hours of driving. But - I sense fun in the offing!! A movie! Lunch! Dave & Busters!!
I love Saturdays....
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