Another Night Of Winter????
Ok, so this has been a Week, and a week of many things. Ok, so the Fods get together and make their plans, and Plans decree I need to go to Chicago and get TWO more Bengals in need of help just at the moment that AFP is doing a show there, which is good, as I cannot go to her show in Minneapolis two days later...
And then the Fods decree my Booking Agent, the Mighty Fitz, calls on the way back from Chicago, and asks can he switch a gig so we have the Friday AFP is playing Minneapolis off. Very nice, thinks me, really want another AFP show...
But are the Fods laughing that not only are both shows in different STATES, many hours away, but also to get to them I will not only be sleep deprived, but there will be a BLOODY BLIZZARD both times to drive thru?????????
But of course.
Had no clue there was one brewing when Kitty and I left for the airport tonight. We are X time away from the airport. Took DOUBLE X time to get there...In short, she, with Kali in cat carrier made the plane, barely, and I made it to the show, with minutes to spare...
SO worth it.
You may have inferred, from various posts and such that AFP and Danger Ensemble may have been houseguests of Boss, and as an Assistant there might have been a fair amount of work involved in such an undertaking, and it is true a Rock Star, Co, and crew might have not been an easy task, nothing could be further from the truth. They rocked. They helped out, they were lovely, they were delightful. And I would welcome them all back at an time.
After they left, and Kitty and I went thru the house, looking for left items, it became clear, they had ALL, in mass, not only kept up after themselves, but had, en masses, made each an every bed. Kind of says it all.
The show? If I could dream, a dream, of night and magic and things that were possible, and it could be perfect, and rock like I see in my head... I do see such things. But only dreaming. Or not. Such shows ARE what dreams are made on. It happens, that all people are together, and that all go home happy together. And that is the BEST thing going.
If they come to your town, go and see them. If they want to stay with you, welcome them.
You will be happier for it.
Love and Touring Bands,
Lorraine
posted by FabulousLorraine @ 1:37 AM
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85 Comments:
I'd welcome them too.
I am glad they made you happy.
Sweet dreams for now.
I went and watched all AP's videos tonight so I wouldn't feel 'left out' then I saw on her website that she is coming down here. Hoorah.
Perfect house guests - how good is that after the week you've had.
I hope Kitty and Kali made it home safely with all the storms, and all the kitties at Spooky Haus are going well
Jealous. :)
AFP was 3 hours away. At a time that I was 8 hours away. Fod did not like me for that one. So I bought myself the Dresden Dolls albums I didn't have in compensation, and now have Night Reconnaissance wandering idly through my head.
I'm watching a very pretty sunrise through my livingroom window, Morgan is purring near my ear, and I'm contemplating coffee. And wishing I had something really interesting for breakfast. Fortunately one of today's plans involves baking, so I can have something interesting tomorrow.
Aww, that's cool to hear that they're good houseguests. ;)
What's with the blizzards? What do blizzards even look like? The only Blizzard around here is the game company friends of mine work at. ;)
Dread Val, you don't want to see it - i woke up today to an additional 6 inches of snow, on top of yesterdays 6. its extremely windy. its extremely cold. driving is a nightmare, and the woodstove can't keep the house warm, and i have to keep a faucet running so the pump doesn't freeze. Actually, i wish you could be here to see it, i need help in getting thru the end of the semester, and you wield the minion whip well and are an artist, which could motivate some of my students,
glad you got home safe lorraine, and having afp and company for houseguests was delightful, what fun!
I have completely failed in my plan to get some writing done this morning, but look at this! DanGuy, you have offspring (singular or plura), right? Are they of the appropriate age? (I'm of the appropriate age, but there's an age group where even really freakin awesome kid's toys aren't acceptable.)
We've only had dustings of snow here and there thus far. I am afraid of Minnesota snow. I know there'll be a big one coming this way, sooner or later, and I'm not gonna be a happy bunny when it gets here. And even that won't be a patch on the stuff you guys get. June. Yeah. Minnesota in June sounds much better.
Hooray for fun houseguests! If Rock Stars make the beds, all is right with the world. :)
How are Mab and Lear settling in?
Phiala - Oh my fod. Those are brilliant. :D
Those blocks are excellent!
Sadly, the blizzard has caught up with me here in Indiana. Have to resume the great glove hunt. (I've been looking for them for the last 2 days and I KNOW they are here somewhere.)
Glad to hear you made it safely through the storms Lorraine (and Kitty too, of course). Yay for wonderful houseguests and two shows of ROCK.:)
Sounds like this winter has been off to a very good start. Not much happens here in Rhode Island but I will keep my eyes open for them!
~Emily
Sounds like a busy and good time for you, Q. I am glad it worked out so well!
Phiala, I think that those blocks may be something M needs for Channukah! Thanks for sharing them.
I was crying to a friend (and neighborg) last night about having to miss the show and stay in. On her way out she txted me to check in front of my door when I had a sec. I opened my front door and there was a bag with a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine!!! The milk of human kindness that is.
Hm, what exactly is a neighborg? I meant neighbor. Although neighborg is funny. Milk of human kindness doesn't really work if she is a neighBORG.
Maybe your neighbour is of Swedish origin?
Gayle -- love the neighborg! I swear fiends make the best typos ever.
The snow was bad in the city just as I was going to the show. I did miss the art gallery -- the show is there all month though so I'll make it eventually. By the time I left First Ave the snow had moved on. and the roads were not toooo bad. I am a winter driving wimp.
The show really was magical. I love the music by itself but I really love the whole theatricality of the live show. It was great to see Q and her friend. She's right -- I did have a great seat. Well worth the $$ to have a spot to sit! (Sorry Jess) I did fall flat on my face as I walked toward my table when I first arrived. Hidden step down. Nothing like making an entrance!
I'll post some photos on Facebook later today -- tomorrow at the latest.
Phiala; I have to order some for my ownself. Those are the coolest things ever. Now if we could get Gorey to do something like the 'Sorry' game wouldn't that be a riot!
*rolls dice...5 "lose your leg & hop backward 3 spaces...* DANG! Sorry!!!or we could yell "GOREY"!
Glad Kitty is off to Cali with Kali! Hopefully landed safely & getting accustomed. Poor cat will probably have to shed half her 'it's freezing where I used to live' fur in the first hour!
Q: you have a such an interesting life; what's a little sacrifice to the sleep Fods if you get to have AP as a house guest! Did she ever find her other jacket she lost? It was so cute!!!
Morning Fiends!
Val, blizzard, when driving looks like the shot in Star wars where the Millennium Falcon goes into Hyperdrive. You can't see anything, no fun. Now there is a TON of snow , could not get up the drive, but managed to park on the right side of the street, no ticket, but the plows plowed my car in. WHY if there are these regs, doesn't the city simply plow the empty side, then the other the next night?????
Hummph.
Aleta, we need these pics, I didn't take any myself. Kitty did some GREAT shots of me before the show last night, which I am hoping she will send me shortly. No word yet, but I am thinking she is still sleeping wit the little Kali.
I slept half the night with the King and Queen and half with Venus and Mim, no Royalty came out, but woke with Venus and Mim cuddled close.
Sleep is overrated. Not sure about the jacket, Stacy, it's not at the house, that I can tell you. Where do you people GET this news?????
How are you going to drive to your gig tonight?
Ah, no problem driving tonight. The thing with snow here is , we know it s coming and are ready, roads are cleared now,
Until next time.
I am glad we had no gig last night, no one would have been there, in that storm, no one was going out to Stillwater...
Sleep is NOT overrated. I feel so much better after a full night' rest, but it seems that that's difficult to acheive at my age. I love sleep. Sleep rocks. (Too much, of course, is bad.)
~Emily
the jacket was lost last year sometime; boss posted a link to Ms. Palmer's assistant who was looking for someone to make her a new one.
just call me: random long term memory person.
now if i can just remember what I just remembered to do ten minutes ago I'd be great!
neighborg...moving is futile.
those blocks are awesome.
glove hunt, i always shove them in my coat pocket, but...not necessarily my winter coat. i tend to wear my gloves longer than the heavy coat.
Way to remember!
s far as gloves go, don't hunt for them, buy 20 or so pairs at the start of winter. You will lose them all, but hey...
Neighborg - perfect description for my neighbors who opened their back door (directly on the other side of our bedroom door) and chatted loudly from 4am, and finished off with blastingly loud music from sometime before 7am to about 7.30 am. Hence I am up before 8am on a Sunday morning.
Whinge over.
Gayle, that was lovely over your very kind neighbor.
Phiala, those blocks are brilliant and have been passed on to my mad scientist friend with growing family
Ahh, Aleta, that's the sort of entrance I'm known for *grin*
Quiche, I think neighborgs are driving your snow clearing equipment.
Need sleep, having tea instead.
well, I needed a laugh.
neighBORGs. resistance is futile.
I read on AFP's site last night there was to be a shindig at your Boss's house. What lovely houseguests! What good fun and fiends the fods have sent you FabLo! And the Kitties Royal - I'm in awe and think it must be amazing to do Good for these critters. Are the fish ponds installed yet? Will Venus and Mim be getting one, too? :)
Phiala - those blocks are pure (evil) genius. Thanks for linking.
Gloves. I have this season thus far lost two gloves. I hunted for either well beyond a reasonable length of time. Finally I realized I still had the left one from one pair, and the right one from another. But I'm right now going out to hunt for snow boots, and the stockpiling of gloves makes a lot of sense, so I may look for more of those while I'm at it.
i'm looking for the fingerless gloves in a non itchy material. they keep my office so cold, i want gloves for my office. Los Angeles is not a good place to look for gloves. i've found some but ther are too garish or made out of acrylic and too fuzzy. my mom is allergic to acrylic, and i'm not, but it does bother over extended periods. target had some that looked ok, like wrist warmer type, but they were like fuschia, and i was hoping for a black or dark blue.
Very funny, Sally!
I am off to work. Wait, I am at work. Going to gig. That's where I am going. To rock.
Here's hoping many other people brave the winter and come down for some rock.
Chatter me some comments for my breaks, yes?
Rock on!!!!
Have a great gig FabLo! Sadly no Stillwater for me tonight. Tis the season of holiday gatherings I guess. I'll be breaking bread and sipping wine with an other group of lovely people.
Break a leg, Q! Freeeeebiiiiiirrrd! CX
No blizzards tonight except on stage, yeah?
hey Fiends, we've been challenged to chatter.....come on!
Chatter chatter chatter. Blah dee woop dee thing.
That's about the best I can manage at the moment.
Have you seen they've rediscovered the credit sequence to Monkey Shines? Man, it's been years. Used to watch it all the time. Wasn't Nancy McKeon in that, too?
I cracked up at the clip...which is pretty good considering the day I've had so far. The Boss channeling Bernard Black.
I know-- it was a groundbreaking show. I just look back now and think it's amazing how a production on a shoestring budget like that could get laptops-- and it was, what, 1986 or something? Wow.
There was that one episode, with the Reeves's Muntjac in the bathtub. Remember? Or was that on Webster? I may be confusing the two.
I wish I'd seen them
Oh, that's right. It never syndicated to Australia. Shame, that. :(
Jess: *grin*
What? Why are you looking at me like that?
Muntjac in the bathtub???
I hope you are having lots of super groovy rock tonight, Q! Tell Paul hello for me. Wishing I was there. :)
Jess, having gone back through Boss Blog, I shakes my hand at you, leading a poor girl on like that. *grin*
I don't know the show you speak of but I have always wanted a Muntjac. :)
Sally: *grin*
It would be such a fun show if they made it!
Spent the day trying to read the room the christmas tree goes in for the christmas tree. It had become the storage area, aka piles of crap room. Getting there!
I LOVE those blocks!! I sent the link to hubby, maybe we can get them for Ben.
Wish i could teleport to MN for the show! I'm here complaining it's cold out when it dips into the 40s, i'm' sooo never heading east in the winter!
Have to get back to my xmas present project. I'm drying lemon verbena from my garden and making little booklets with recipes to go with the jars of leaves. I'm also drying marjoram but finding it takes an awful lot of fresh marjoram to get enough dried to fill the little jars i got!
I can't believe none of you remember Monkey Shines. It won an Emmy and everything. Robert Guillaume used to turn up on it a lot-- he was the mailman. Kind of like Newman in Seinfeld. Surely you remember it! It's all coming back to me, I can tell you.
A muntjac once wandered through my back yard, when we were living over in the UK. 100% fact! We thought it was a baby deer at first.
Chantrelle, that's a neat gift idea. Photos, perchance? :) I love stuff like that. We do little gift bags with coffee and stuff in them for people every year.
That's a great Christmas gift idea Chantrelle.
I'm not even bothering with decorations this year, dunno why.
The only series I remember Nancy McKeon being in were Facts of Life and The Division. Facts of Life ran from 1979 to 1988.
I went to bed at 9 PM last night. I fell asleep during the last 15 or so minutes of Stargate: Atlantis, then started shivering when I woke up enough to tell DH where the Benedryl was, so I took myself to bed. Didn't get out of bed until around 8 AM, mainly because my back hurt from being in bed that long. Unfortunately, I woke up 3-4 times during the night to drink some water because my mouth and throat were so dry I could hardly swallow.
Hope the gig is going well!
Fiendish fiends. I could not for the life of me remember a show called Monkey Shines either. Followed the rabbit hole of the internet...
Chantrelle have you finished wrestling your tree into it's new spot? I also cleared out a similar room this week - and now we have an official music room! It has a keyboard (no chair), a music stand, one acoustic guitar, and a steel drum (no stand). Er. And a few boxes of junk still. And a couple of blankets. Heh heh. So I guess it's a Music Room with Stuff. Hmm. Hope you got yours more thoroughly cleared!
ariandalen, hope you get to feeling better - sounds like you're fighting a bug.
Okay.
I have egg on my face.
No, I didn't read Boss's blog first.
Maybe I can blame it on Christmas shopping with DH and the girls all day?
Stopping by to wave at everyone.
Hi!
I'm off to watch Black Books (stopping by here often enough seems to put one in the mood, after all).
Carry on with the weekend.
More egg on my face, because I had read Boss's blog. *sigh* I blame it all on neighborgs
Hi Lexocat! *waving back* Happy Black Books watchin'.
I just realized I've had a very fiend-inspired evening - watched "Stardust" with the family, and purchased WKAP earlier.
Oh, na, I'm so glad I'm not alone. ;)
I'm all right. It has gotten cold, for Texas, so I'm wanting to hibernate. There is a tree that is commonly known as mountain cedar in Texas, though it's actually ash juniper. It tends to bloom when it gets really cold at night. This doesn't usually happen until late December through February, but some of the trees may be getting a head start. It has really nasty pollen; if you aren't allergic to it when you move here, you will be in about three years. The pollen has these nasty barbs on it. It also happens to be the nesting habitat for the golden-cheeked warbler.
That's the "cedar fever", ya? I never had allergies until we lived in Texas, and yep, that got me right on schedule, about two 1/2 years after we moved there. Molds were worse for me. My sympathies! Unfortunately I once took Motrin for the accompanying sinus headache and thusly discovered that that gives me hives. Not a good week, that one.
I can imagine!
I forgot that you had lived in Austin. Cedar Fever can get really bad there, not that it's good in Waco. And the mold does get really bad; there was one year in the mid-1990s, I believe, where the mold count in Waco was over 24,000. No, that's not a typo, and it was in the summer. I pretty much stayed on antihistamines that year.
Somewhere along the line I got tired of taking antihistamines all the time, and just quit. Now I'll only take them if I think it's really bad. I'm not there yet.
Oof. More (will) power to you. I know some people can get annual shots for some types of allergies. Not for cedar or mold, I suppose?
Night, everybody!
My allergies have never been bad enough for allergy shots. Those are more for people who have year round allergies. Mountain cedar is seasonal, like ragweed but a different season. Dust and mold are year round, though there are people who are allergic to darn near everything. I'm not one of them.
Hope gig was great Q!
I am home from great party with great people and now must sleep. 'Night friendish fiends!
put those drinks down.
As a loyal subject of Empress Lorraine, I view her blog before "Boss Blog". I also catch up on all firms coments first. I know where my loyalties lie.
That said, I am very gullible and curious. Why, just recently, I was admitting to someone that the first time I read "Princess Bride", It took me at least 50 pages to realize that Mr, Goldmans tongue was firmly in his cheek!
"Monkey Shines" ..... nuff said...
Ticia, do you think we are twins cruelly separated at birth?
aarghh! FIENDS comments!!!!
It's really beginning to look that way Sally. YAY I've always wanted a sister!
Me too. I've got stepsisters, but that's not the same as a twin :)
by the way, to all you "Princess Bride" lovers our there, there is a song called "as you wish" by Aqueduct....
Ha-hah! I found the tricksy gloves, finally. I don't remember putting them in the trunk of my car..I'm thinking they just teleported there out of spite. I wish I could have 40 sets of these gloves..they were pricey but they're thinsulate and polar fleece, and best of all they are bright purple.Cx
That was one of the best Coulton challenges ever, "write a song in the style of a sitcom theme."
Need to catch up on my season 2 Black Books.
Ariandalen just reading about that pollen makes my nose itch in sympathy! What always got me, in the desert, were those awful palm trees that drop their pollen in September. Benadryl was so my friend.
*waves to Quiche* Hope you've had a good show.:)
Oh, I am laughing, I loved the chatter all night, but had the devils own time trying t figure out what you were all talking about and how you got there with this Monkey Shines thing, I had never heard of, then I read Bosses blog, and laughed.
He never did tell me of this one. Can see we have a lot to talk about.....
Ticia, I am honored! Me before Boss???? Let's not TELL him that...
Gig good. Actually, really good. Cold tho. ACK! 6 degrees coming home, hell until the car warms up when one is sweaty...
Going to try and post before my brain goes...
They sound like perfect gloves Kali - glad you found them.
I think I might talk Pete into watching Black Books tonight. I need a good belly laugh
Me too! Well, I had step sisters for a while. And my grandmother was a twin... It's fate!
We already have the same profile picture and we're both brunette ( I do get a lot of help with that though).
If we're not biological twins , we're spiritual ones!
Quiche, I catch up on this blog before I even open the paper or read my other emails. We are all fiendishly good company!
I'm glad your gig went well and you're home safe although chilly
Sally! I' m watching Black Books tonight!!!!!
Hahahaha
Ticia, just goes to show - our real family is here?
doo doo doo...
Quichie, I hope you're home asleep from gig.
Myself- I just got home from work and I'm trying to wind down enough to sleep and sleep fast- I need to be back there @ 9:00 a.m.
I'm so glad they were good guests....anything else could color your viewpoint, so the magic remains intact,
We had about 1"-1.5" of fluffy snow (it looked like it was snowing to beat hell last night, but it was really just fluffing) and the roads weren't bad.
Oh! The reindeer 5k was run today around Lake Harriet and afterwards we had a group of about 8 runners come in...in cow costumes.
They even sang cow carols in the pub. Awesome. :D
I love fluffy snow! Reindeer race? Cool.
Ticia, I'm getting scared.....
It's funny Lorraine, I came here from his blog, but just like Sally was just saying, it's like family here..... The good kind of family.
I sneak looks at the posts and comments at work because I learn so much, and laugh so much, I love it,
Reindeer races???? Who knew??????
And I beg to differ on the roads lat night, well maybee not in Minneapolis, but on the way home last night was harrowing. I got as far as a half mile before leaving the highway and getting to my town, and the Prius started to fishtale and all I could think was NO WAY!!! I made it to Chicago in a storm, and into town that night and I am NEARLY FINALLY home and I am NOT ditching a half mile from home!!!!!!!
And people wonder why I live on the coast of California. Yes, we get earthquakes - once every couple of years - and they last MINUTES.... You crazy people live live in life threatening situations ALL THE TIME..... ;-D
Too true too true, but a little trial by fire never hurt anyone....
New post up, such as a brain dead fiddler can contrive...
Good house guests are a happy thing. Sounds like quite a time!
I'm headed back into work for the third time since heading home Friday. I may well squeeze a 40 hour week into this weekend. So annoying. Don't they know I had plans this weekend? I finished installing bookcases floor to ceiling around the entire perimeter of the living room and now I'm itching to re-arrange and re-shelve books.
Ah well. If this works I'll be famous world-wide in certain valuable job-related circles.
i just bought some holiday cards. i'm so late, but boy just decided he wanted to do cards. good thing everyone has cards on sale. the ones i bought i thought were so funny. 3 owls with festive scarves on and the inside reads" happy owlidays"
i thought the fiends would appreciate that.
or not, man i guess owls are the covo killers today :)
night fiends, i am up way to late and i work tomorrow
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