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fats waller strikes it in memoriam

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so recently (a week or two ago or something) i got a double cat scratch on my left arm from the fats waller. (he didn’t mean it, really.) instead of immediately cleaning out the bleeding wounds i just kind of watched them for a while. a couple days later one of them was kind of infected. at no point had i really scrubbed with soap or used any type of antibacterial disinfectant. and now it’s a noticeable scar.

the thing is. i did this ON PURPOSE.

i have no idea why i suddenly decided that body mutilation and the risk of horrible infections was ok. i mean, sure i have 3 tattoos now but at least i kept them clean during the healing process. not bothering to wash the injured area except during vague early morning bathing ministrations indicates a bizarre lack of respect to self-body-image. but my thought process at the time went along the lines of, “hmm maybe that would look kind of cool next to the tattoo for cat right there. fitting anyway.” i think there’s something wrong with me.

i have another one from jesus christo on my other hand now and even though i have washed it, it’s still vaguely infected and puffing up in scar form. heh.

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coachella 2003

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my curiosity spurred on again by nuala’s mention that the webpage has more up to date info for 2003 sent me into tizzies of excitements. but then i went to the webpage and it’s still just the same old from last year. so then i checked out the bulletin board and this is what i’ve found out:

band list out second week in february

concert on april 26-27

someone named ben kweller will be there

there is a potential for beastie boys and hole

hotels are already filling up in indio

“April 26-27 � Fourth Annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Performers have yet to be announced for this super-successful festival, but judging from last year�s line-up (Pink, Oasis, Bj�rk, Chemical Brothers, Siouxsie & the Banshees and the Foo Fighters), expect the best. Empire Polo Grounds, 81-800 Avenue 51, Indio. Tickets will be available through TicketMaster.” (pink wasn’t there so i am not sure if this website is all that valid.

anyway, i panicked at the idea of having to stay an hour away again, even though super 8 is hecka great. so i made a reservation (which i can cancel. nobody call me crazy yet.) for this hotel for the 25-27th. i got a 3 doubles room. so logistically it could fit 6 people, (even though i only said 4 would be there). who i am thinking will be: me, kristen, nuala, erica, jolie, marina. but then i think jenny might come and maybe kim? and then i know jacob? dianna? gene i think is not coming. sean? jason will be in jersey. emily? marina’s mark? our marc? ian and tracy? maybe we need more rooms! maybe i need to panic! eeeep! hee hee hee hee. oh man. i love myself.

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lucky surprise-o!

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to: kristen, erica, nuala, kim, gene, tracy, ian, sean, jolie, jason, emily, and jacob:

thank you to everbody for the wonderful surprise party that i knew nothing about last night! you are all so fully of tricksys. it was so much fun! and dioramas are great! (even when one indian giver pilfers back from the diorama she gave away). i’ve never had a surprise party before. once i planned one for kristen in middle school. but then i had to go to a funeral. that kind of sucked. hmm have i done other surprise parties? i think i have. i can’t remember now. but i won’t soon forget the duplicity of riding on the coat-tails of my evite to jason’s surprise party to create a dual party for me too. grin.

love,

michele

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breathing

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last night hanging out in the city with the “rice,” she and her jason we’re telling the rest of us a story about this kid named brian who fancies himself a wine connoisseur. apparently he goes around talking about wine constantly and very pompously and (shock) bought a wine rack. one story involved him knowledgeably relaying the breathing needs of a good bottle of red. white wine having less surface area (note unfounded fact here) than red doesn’t need to breathe. but red wine should be uncorked prior to drinking and allowed a little space to clear the lungs.

this story reminded me of the christmas that i spent in london in 1998. my father spent most of the morning convincing whitlow that the can of cranberry spherical jell-o thing needed to be opened a good thirty minutes before dinner was served so that it could take in sufficient air to be edible. whitlow fell for this. but then proceeded to forget the crucial task when the time was upon him. so we all sat down to dinner. and my father let out a bellow about the missing ingredient of the spread. whitlow immediately panicked and apologized profusely and felt awful about spoiling the entire proceeding due to the grossly out of breath cranberry blob. the rest of us, unaware that such wacky falsehoods were being propagated on this day of our lord and savior were a trifle confused. but once the situation was explained we laughed like hyenas at the dumb wit of our friend whitlow. and then we exploded all our crackers and wore our paper crowns and had a jolly pudding. good times.

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