Some thoughts on Vol. 1 of Slee's 2005 Favorites (104 mb zip file):

1. Queens of the Stone Age, "Little Sister": The rock-n-roll single of the year. Their live performance on SNL (with Will Ferrell on cowbell) was one of the year's musical highlights
2. The New Pornographers, "The Bleeding Heart Show": Some people would have opted for "Spanish Techno ( Read more... )

Thanks to the wonderful clumsy_chord for the oh-so-appropriate holiday icon. If a bikini'ed Bettie with antlers doesn't say "Christmas in SoCal", I don't know what does ( Read more... )

After the painfully slow journey through the "Co-" CDs (the marathon of Cocteau Twins, Elvis Costello and Cowboy Junkies), The Project has reached a critical juncture necessitating a two-pronged ripping attack. Letters "No" through "R." are being digitized downstairs on the iBook; upstairs it's "Sa-Su" on the desktop. There have been a few ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who sent messages and comments-by-proxy on edda's journal about my last entry. Your words of kindness and support helped me through a difficult night. Parker is doing well aside from the occasional bloody nose and the horrible snorting noises she makes when she eats, and the family is (relatively) at peace with her situation ( Read more... )

We received a call from our veterinarian saying that the cause of Parker's bloody nose was not allergies as we suspected, but an aggressive form of cancer. It's inoperable and resistant to chemotherapy, and radiation treatment will only serve to extend her life by a few months. She's still happy and vital. Still begging for bacon, still excited ( Read more... )

So I'm watching CSI: Old School on Thursday when the on-screen discussion turned to the sexual act of frottage, which the OED defines as "rubbin' all up on some hoochie as a means of getting off". The explicitness of the prime time TV conversation isn't what shocked me. No, it was the fact that I've been pronouncing the word "frottage" ( Read more... )

Mild-mannered schoolgirl by day,


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Saturday night bullet points:

• Watching: Walking with Dinosaurs DVDs - a birthday present for Brady from his Uncle Eric - with family. Much CGI scatology (which the Weestaks find hilarious), sex and death.
  
• Drinking: Cheap sake. "Comfort Liquor" has replaced psychopharmacology as my de-stresser of choice, with port and sake being my preferred ( Read more... )

Happy last hour of your Birthday to the lovely and talented danisse! I wish you nothing but happiness for the upcoming year, after which I'll gladly welcome you into the fraternity of thirtysomething livejournal geriatrics. I absolutely adore you and thank you for your role in making the Intraweb so damn fun.

On a completely unrelated note, I can't be ( Read more... )