fucking hell - me and memory lane

so apparently everything i read, or am emailed, or hear is invested in keeping me looking into the past. here is another one.

Ten years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then.

10 years ago.....

Q1) How old were you?
21

Q2) What Grade were you in?
I was about 2 1/2 months away from my college graduation

Q3) Where did you go to school?
Michigan State University

Q4) Where did you work?
Tower Records

Q5) Where did you live?
East Lansing Michigan, in a teeny one bedroom with HUGE windows in a converted home. Lucky me all of my views were of trees even though i technically lived on one of the busiest streets in town.

Q6) How was your hair style?
actually, a lot like it is now. but more asymmetrical. that whole lopsided bob thing.

Q7) Did you wear braces?
no. that was more like 20 years ago.

Q8) Did you wear contacts?
yes.

Q9) Did you wear glasses?
yes.

Q10) Who was your best friend?
Judi Grrrl

Q11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
John for the most part. and for some of that time Emily. wow did that implode in my face. ugh. I was also *trying* to get with sasha, and we had a good friend flirt going on. but i 'didn't get it' when she chewed on my neck at the bar, and she 'didn't get it' when i wore catholic schoolgirl drag and thigh highs over to her house with six pack in hand. sigh. destined to be clueless until later when it wasn't an option anymore.

Q12) Who was your celebrity crush?
madonna, pj harvey and courtney love

Q13) Who was your regular-person crush?
emily, sasha, marie

Q14) Were you a virgin?
nope

Q15) How many piercings did you have?
just the five in the ears. the septum piercing happened in june

Q16) How many tattoos did you have?
none - that wasn't until 1997

Q17) What was your favorite band/singer?
Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Willie Dixon, John Zorn, and aforementioned celebrity crush objects

Q18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
YES. i had a 1/2 pavk a day american spirits habit

Q19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
yes. this was the year of a lot of pot, a lot of acid and a lot of long island iced teas.

Q20) Had you driven yet?
i am starting to feel like this meme is too young for me. or i am too old. YES lots of driving.

Q21) If so which car?
i was on car #4 or 5. this was a beige buick century. all of my cars had been killed by deer at this point.

Q22) Which of your pets were still alive?
it was the year i adopted mz cluecat

Q23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
kinda - though i pictured NYC. and more poems published. but in other ways i am further ahead than i expected. i didn't think i would be a non-smoker. and i didn't think that i wouldn't know john anymore.

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omigod - whirlwind of a day
is it the veggies or the coffee or the spastic poly conversations being had whilst looking at 1461 excel cells to find the elusive stray comma and space that would throw everything off?

damn.
but can i say.
i love love love it when y'all are chatty with me
makes me feel all gooey inside.

yay

because i love you

Missy Elliot vs Joy Division video mashup

this touched me today

the heart condom

are you drawn to rescue?
do you find damaged individuals, totally unreasonable, yet almost reachable to be utterly beautiful?
do you feel an obligation to shower affection onto people who just don't like themselves as much as you wish they did?
do you try in vain to spread bandaids over other's self-inflicted injuries, only to grieve as you percieve your love funnelling into the black hole of someone else's emptiness?
do you ever wish that people could come with warning
labels -
DANGER: this person is talented, charming, brilliant,
relentlessly self-destructive, and a perpetual victim...best not to invest too heavily in this person's wholeness.

well, if you've answered yes to any of these questions
we've got good news fo ryou!
wearing a new trojan heart condom, you can interact
confidently without rupturing an aorta in empathy!
comfortable, dependable latex controls that saviour
complex as the non-permeable membrane keeps guilt
away!
comes in five sizes: small, medium, large, larger
and Swoolen Bleeding Martyr!

especially recommended for adult children of alchoholics.

by lisa b at www.luckygoat.org

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argh fuck help
i need to make a flyer for this show

http://pics.livejournal.com/cindymonkey/gallery/000120d1


who is a draw-er / photoshopper that wants to help me
get my undying gratitude
and LOTS of credit for your work?
but sadly no $$$

this is mostly for daveroquesf

PEEPING TOM

It is truly hard to beleive it is almost here!!!!
PEEPING TOM
The notorious project that Mike Patton has been working on for over 6
years! The mysterious leaked demos! Which label will it be on? Who are
the guests? What will it sound like? Is Mike singing? Where did the
Warriors season go wrong? Will they tour?
A lot of these questions will be answered soon!!!!!!
IPECAC RECORDINGS is proud to announce that PEEPING TOM "self
titled" full length debut release will be unveiled on May 30th!
Mike Patton will be joined by an impressive lineup of guests. Here is
what you get for your hard earned cash:

1) Five Seconds (featuring Odd Nosdam)
2) Mojo (featuring Rahzel and Dan the Automator)
3) Don't Even Trip (featuring Amon Tobin)
4) Getaway (featuring Kool Keith)
5) Your Neighborhood Spaceman (featuring Jel and Odd Nosdam)
6) Kill The DJ (featuring Massive Attack)
7) Caipirinha (featuring Bebel Gilberto)
8) Celebrity Death Match (featuring Kid Koala)
9) How U Feelin? (featuring Doseone)
10) Sucker (featuring Norah Jones)
11) We're Not Alone (featuring Dub Trio)