Baby got pain on tap
S'funny, I don't remember ordering the pain on tap last night. But there may be many parts of the evening I don't remember. . .
Best thing about the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban trailer is, of course, the first thing: Alan Rickman. There needs to be a Severus Snape: Potions Instructor movie. Or tv series. Or something.
Not sure why I hadn't heard of Other Magazine until today, when I noticed a link at Bad Subjects. It's one of those dead-tree thingees, although some gods-I-hate-the-word "content" from the first two issues is up on the site. You can snag the current issue at Tower Records for $4 (instead of $5), or could a few weeks back, at any rate. Contributors include The Ubiquitous Hanne Blank (see also The Chicklit Challenge at Alternet [but from the current Utne], something else I stumbled on earlier while trying to sober wake up), Nalo Hopkinson, Cecilia Tan and America's Other Other Sweetheart Annalee Newitz. And, as they say, many, many more.
I'm annoyed to see that FreakMagnet.com has already been taken, as this was the proposed name of the dating site me, TranceJen and luvabeans were cooking up at Simon's. Bugger.
Well, I'm sure they're a nice band.
Considered driving up to Minneapolis tomorrow, realized that the current price of petrol makes this economically unfeasable at this juncture, and will instead probably be making the much shorter jaunt to beautiful Shampoo-Banana. Just to see if the place gives me flashbacks, or causes me to flee screaming. Best to avoid the parking lot where my old apartment building used to be to prevent the former, and stay the hell away from Kam's and C.O. Daniels to prevent the latter. Not so much of a problem, managed to not go into either of the hellholes during me undergrad years, and see no reason to start now. Besides, the idea of drinking holds no appeal whatsoever at the moment.
np: Shakira, Ojos Asi, Random MiniDisc mix of Randomness
Comments
Rickman is of that special class of actor who can do something as simple as read the phone book and make it sound good...
Posted by: mhking | April 25, 2004 8:52 PM
Aw.... And I was so jazzed about meeting ya.
But yeah, prices are crazy right now. Way too much of my paycheck is going right back into my gas tank to get me to work to earn more money to keep the car running. It's just not right.
Have a good time in Champana and drop a line whenever you do hit the mini apple.
Posted by: Leora the Sane | April 25, 2004 10:17 PM
Leora, same here. I'll try again later this spring, or possibly during that two week period you wacky kids call "summer" up there.
Michael, see, we used to say that about Tori Amos (except singing, not reading), and then she disproved this notion by doing exactly that on her next few albums.
Posted by: Aaron | April 26, 2004 9:46 AM
It's called "Jumping the Shark"... [g]
Posted by: mhking | April 26, 2004 11:01 AM
Well, if you do head up this way, drop a line. We'll do coffee.
And the summers have really gotten a bit better in the past few years. In fact, we even had some scorchers earlier this month (70s and 80s in April is just wierd). Of course, then it cooled back down to "normal" spring weather. But still....
You ought to come on up in August/September, hit the Renaissance Festival. I've been working there most of my adult life, since Naked Tiny and I were dating (a long time ago...). Have you met him yet? He'll probably be working out there again, too. When/if you visit, I'll give him a call and we can all have a drink or something.
Posted by: Leora the Sane | April 26, 2004 6:27 PM
Leora, I'm torn between going to Ren Fest or the State Fair.
Ok, "torn" may not be the word I'm grasping for. And I've never been to a Renaissance Festival before.
I did meet Naked Tiny. He tried to teach me to play Go.
It ended badly.
I'll try for a little more advance notice next time I'm thinking about heading up that way. Which part of town do you live in, by the way?
Posted by: Aaron | April 27, 2004 4:29 PM
I have to say that, personally, I've had my fill of state fairs. You can only see the same agriculture exhibits and big machines so many times. Which isn't to say that there is that much more to see at the Renaissance Festival if you've been there year after year. But if you haven't been there before, I'd recommend it. Lots of crazy people, and most of my friends, work there. Lots of fun shows, lots of food, lots of things to buy. It's pretty cool.
Tiny tried to teach you Go, huh? Crazy. He was more into chess when we dated, but that was a long time ago.
I live in St. Louis Park, now and for the foreseeable future (in fact, the girlfriend will be moving in with me in a couple of months). So, I'm close to just about everything. It's nice, not far from downtown/uptown, but still quiet enough to help me preserve my sanity (two years of living at Chicago and 31st in south Minneapolis did quite a job on it).
Posted by: Leora the Sane | April 27, 2004 5:15 PM