stacey ewing

Yeah, yeah…whatever. I’ve got a “Thanksgiving Update” in my bloggity-blog drafts folder for “all y’alls” (with a few pictures too!) that I’ll try to post before the weekend.

Meanwhile, I am SO digging this crazy song today (rss’ers, y’all will prolly have to click through for the widget). It sounds great in ye olde headphones and has been easy to work to.

Thanks big-big to my ’supplier,’ C.S. for the new juice- I LUH-HUH-HUUUVE it! ;D

Gas prices are DOWN! Which means I can get in the car and drive baby drive!

Before they skyrocketed, I used to like hopping in the car at night and driving for an hour down (or up) the interstate before turning around and coming back. Many times, I’ll listen to the same song over and over for two hours…

like this one:

or this one…

or more recently, on a trip to visit Court in O-ca-la…

But this is the time of the year when my absolute fave is to dig out my cd (I wore out two cassettes back in the day) of The Hurting, blow off the dust, and drive for a couple of hours to the first half or sometimes the whole thing depending on the mood. I know, SO 80s but I don’t care. I remain forever indebted to K.H. for my first dubbed copy on tape and to Rach for buying me my first copy on CD. :)

Gas has been so expensive that I haven’t been able to do this in ages but if prices stay this way for just a little longer, maybe I’ll be able to indulge one last time before the holidaze.

This song has been stuck in my head all day:

sorry, RSSers – you’ll have to click through to see/hear the player. :\

Am so digging this First Aid Kit cover of Fleet Foxes’ Tiger Mountain Peasant Song today:

Diggin’ this video and maybe crushing just a little today (on Greg! NOT the hobbit! geez!).

Okay, I’ll admit it- I. hate. musicals. I do, I really do. Honestly, I try hard to avoid drinking from the well of Hatorade, but when it comes to musicals, I jump in with both feet and tell Lassie not to bother finding anyone to fish me out. Leave me alone, I’m happy down in that well, hiding from trite melodies and lyrics.

I’m sorry, but I do not get warm fuzzies remembering all those times I was trapped in the pit orchestra (to keep my music scholarship!), playing for Bye Bye Birdie, Sound of Music, Music Man and one other musical that has finally escaped my memory (thank you jeh-zus!). I am also proud to say that I’ve never seen Cats, Rent, Les Miserables, Wicked, etc. Please don’t waste your time trying to convince me otherwise, many before you have tried and all have failed.

But then, one day, along comes this clever guy, with a few of his clever friends. They get together, have a few beer, a few laughs and brainstorm on an idea which soon snowballs into a real project without a budget, funded by their own pocket change and starring one of my ‘favoritest’ actors from one of my ‘favoritest’ movies and then, before I knew it, BAM!

Damn you Joss Whedon, damn you straight to hell…

Hurry, it gets pulled on July 20th and then it’s pay to download only (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing).

Sigh. I get home from work to find that Mortimer had a little “misstep” in the catbox. This was problematic because: 1. he doesn’t like to be picked up or held. 2. he doesn’t like to be picked up or held 3. he doesn’t like to be picked up or held. 4. he will eat you if you try to pick him up or hold him… yep, it was a good time trying to hold him down with one hand and knee while wiping off his “stinkfoot” with a wet rag.

From this angle, you’d never know he’d just been traumatized five minutes ago:

A shot of his “now clean” foot. It’s really too bad you can’t hear him growling a half-serious, “I’m going to eff you up but good if you don’t drop that foot NOW” warning. It’s kinda funny when he does that:

stinkfoot, stinkfoot, i ain’t lyin’… can you rinse it off do you suppose??

Hahahahaha!! I’d almost forgotten about this showdown!! Thanks Adrian! :D

Oh how I likes me some “found sound” mmmmmm-mmmmmmm…
Check out Beats of Boredom:

OMG- I so loved the Avett Brothers concert last night!!! Ken and Rhaina gave us tickets to the show and drove up from South Florida to attend with us. We had such an amazing time! The band was really great!! Someone had described them to me as the Violent Femmes eating Bluegrass and I think that’s pretty close- it was awesome! But oh man, are my legs ever sore this morning from jumping up and down/dancing for two hours last night! haha The crowd had a great vibe too, so although we were packed in like sardines (standing room only) I for once didn’t get claustrophobic- I felt totally safe and comfortable out there. Two thumbs way up!!

Here are some pictures from Ken’s phone that he so kindly took for me:

It was also sooooooooooooooooo goood to see Ken and Rhaina- they both look amazing and happy and wonderful as always! They bring such good energy with them and we always feel so recharged after spending time with them. :D

P.S. I need to email the misplaced misfit- we were eating a post concert meal at the Clock Restaurant and the Cranberries came on the radio and THEN, later, back at the casa, and out of nowhere, Rhaina asked me if I had ever heard the Crash Test Dummies Christmas CD…. WTH? MM- you’d better buy a lotto ticket or somethin’ this week!! This is getting out of hand! haha ;)