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Pee-pee Dance of Joy

Monday, March 07, 2005
Choice for me? Cancer free
Some "no news" up in the hizzie: About three weeks ago, I went for my annual roto-rooter, right, and the fine people at Planned Parenthood said that if I didn't hear anything from them within about three weeks, that means everything's all good. So, three-week mark was Saturday, and I've heard not a peep. Why is this cool, you ask (or not if you're a dude, so you can just skip the next part)?
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Coming together quite rightly
Just got off the phone with Tara, and we were discussing next weekend's festivities. Turns out her friend who's coming with has a minivan that we can all pile into, be drunk as skunks and no one will be the wiser because who the hell parties in a minivan, right!?!? And I was like, "You know, good point. I hadn't thought of that. Excellent." So Headcase, you now have to bring the minivan. We were also discussing dinner options, and Pepe's is right next door, so that would be the logical choice, but there are other things, too, for those who may not crave Mexican(s) as much as I do.

Can I just tell you how much I'm looking forward to a night out with good friends, good food and good tunes? I mean, with all the fucking drama of late, I seriously need to get my groove on.
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Monday, February 28, 2005
1st and 59th
1st and 59th
1st and 59th,
originally uploaded by Region Broad.
Leaving to feed my one editor's cats as she's traipsing around in Mexico this week, I go to my mail box and find a giant, puffy envelope sitting atop it. It's from my pal Sammy, the one who lives in Cleveland now, and inside is my belated birthday present: two copies of a picture I took during my first trip to NYC in 2000, one of which she turned B&W and framed. I'd asked her for a copy awhile back (the three of us who went each took a bazillion photos each and made a set for the others) because I have yet to replace my copies of that trip.

Anyway, the picture was taken right after we landed in the city and parked the car for the weekend. We were staying in an apartment on E. 59th Ave., and the bridge was the first thing that caught my eye. That trip is still my favoritist trip to anywhere, ever. God, I love that picture, so thank you! thank you! thank you, Sammy! Now, I just have to figure out where in the crib it's going to go. It'll probably end up in the can over the toilet, because the space in there is best suited for it.

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Friday, February 25, 2005
He’s joined the ranks, yo!
And he's already bitching, and it hasn't even been a whole day live yet.

Idn't he cuuuuuuute!?!?! Sigh. In my own image.

Anyway, before he has a hemorrhage, get him on your rolls, because I think he's a voice we need around here in the blogosphere. Plus, between the two of us, we've got some great stories about our college days.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzzzzzzzzz
Hey Kaffy, the honey and almond/milk and honey soap you got me for my birfday? The one with the giant bee in the middle? Is the SHIT DIGGETY! Ohmigod, -- the can reeks of honey now, and it's not drying. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Kaffy got me lots of cool stuff for the big day, including some lilac and peach eyeshadow, summer blush, lipstick, face scrubby stuff and moisturizer all from Mary Kay (for which she is a consultant, so go buy stuff from her) as well as the awesome soap. And Tara? Well, she knows what she did and knows I got nothing but the love for her.

Between them, Headcase and Ogger, I gots me the best crew in the universe.
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Saturday, February 12, 2005
Oh, Groovy Girl Sniiiiiiidge …
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Iss yo birfday!

[Another fine image from Rockscissorpaper]
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
My Aquarian sistah!
Go wish her some birfday lovin' yo!

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[This is a Rockscissorpaper image, btw]
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Here’s to Life, baby
Here's to Life, baby
Here's to Life, baby,
originally uploaded by Region Broad.
Damn, I was hoping the pic would be a little bit bigger.

Anyway, if any of y'all find yourselves in NWI during the second weekend in March, keep the 12th open, as my great pals Bite the Lime (the band formerly known as Wookie Luv) will be playing the gig that's on this poster (as will Brian Blush, the former guitarist for the Refreshments/Gin Blossoms). It's a guaranteed good fucking time. Not convinced? Listen to BtL's first original tune to be recorded ever right ... here" target="_blank" >http://www.theloner.com/bitethelimejesuslivesinmexicoduece.mp3">here.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Loves me some recognition, I do
Just got the loveliest call from one of my editors: I worked on a story yesterday about a woman who flipped out and tried to kill her neighbors as they protected her little boy from her, and I was able, after hitting the pavement in the neighborhood, to get a quote from one of the other neighbors attesting to the fact that the woman was fucked in the head right? Well, someone on the desk cut the whole quote out -- NOT because the story needed trimmage and it was at the end; bitch was line-edited right out. And she called me to tell me she's going to raise hell at the morning meeting "because (I) did good work."

That? Makes life worth living. Whee!
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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Lovely way to start off the birthday season
Because he's cool like dat, my oil and wiper blades were changed free-of-charge as a late Christmas/early birthday gift courtesy of Og. But the even better thing? Og showed me a thing that got me posted on SCREENHEAD, YO! SCREENHEAD! You know, the site where my super-seekrit boyfriend dong works? Don't believe me? Lookit.

(Notice the way dong referred to me by my God-given name. Oh. yeah. He wants me.)
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Hey, iTunes, play that song
Have I ever mentioned that I'm a YOOOGE fan of seminal '70s jazz-rock band Steely Dan? I'm rockin' out to "Time Out of Mind" as we speak.
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Sunday, January 09, 2005
Party peoople in the hizzie
Since I just figured out how to do a random list in iTunes (a tricky process involving pressing the "Party Shuffle" icon), here's what came up:

1. "The One Thing" -- INXS
2. "Don't Like the Drugs" -- Marilyn Manson
3. "September" -- Earth, Wind & Fire
4. "Blue Monday" -- New Order
4. "Meooooow" -- a thing I horked from mikey
5. "Your Love" -- The Outfield
6. "Just Because" -- Jane's Addiction
7. "Elegantly Wasted" -- INXS
8. "Ultimate Sin" -- Ozzy
9. "I love the Way You Move" -- Outkast
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Saturday, January 01, 2005
Another Auld Ang Syne
Hot shower? Check.
Scratchy exfoliating mask? Check.
Hair air-dryed into 1970s-feathered goodness? Check.
Hickory Farms regular Beef Stick and pepper cheese? Check.
A whole bottle of Yellowtail shiraz to myself? Aw, yeeeeeeeeeah.

Now, if y'all don't mind, the boys and I are going to settle in with Reeg and kiss 2004 the hell goodbye. Wishing everyone a Happy, prosperous and creative New Year from NWI, this is Broad, signing off for the year (unless, of course, something really cool happens. But I think it's just going to be quiet, and that's coo.)
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Saturday, December 25, 2004
Hairy Fishnuts, yo!
It's after 1 a.m. and I'm piss-durnk on about, oh, two-ish bottles fo Cabernet (which always fucks me up). But it's Christma, yo! So far, I've gottne a lovely pomegranate and pear candle, incence oil and ornametnst from Jill, who;s criub I just got back from (muy fun, and I still love their house ans covet it for my own), and I'll be ordering my new bedding soonest from Mother. What would've been really cool? If the fucking one guy would've picked up the phone when I said I was drunk and wanted to stop by because I was in the mood, but I guess it doesn't work that way. But you know what? Fuck that and him, because it's Christmas, and I had a great time with family and friends who I know care avout me.

Hope y'all's holiday is just as groovy.
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Thursday, December 23, 2004
A lovely early Christmas present
Behold the person who's going to be doing some free-lance marketing stuff for an environmental company. (Yeah, that would be me, y'all.) The owners of the company are old family friends, and although they've been reasonably successful so far, they want to do more marketing. Well, I ran into the husband, and he mentioned that they needed help and if I knew anyone, to which I said I didn't, but if they needed help until they got someone in house, I'd be happy to lend a hand. And they said, "Cool!" Woo! And we settled on a healthy hourly wage, too! Double woo!

Of course, the buzzkill to all this is that the wife ended up informing me that a cousin on my dad's side was killed in a car wreck yesterday morning about midnight. (The reason she knew before Mother and I did was because she belongs to a prayer chain at the church my aunt and uncle belong to.) All we know for sure is that Gary, my cousin, and his wife were hit by an 18 year-old, and Gary died at the scene -- possibly on impact -- while his wife suffered a punctured lung and has been sedated since shortly after arriving at the hospital. He leaves behind two college-age daughters.

No word on whether the kid was fucked-up or not, but their part of the woods is getting hammered with snow right now.
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