Whitechapel - Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256387#Comment_256387 2010-08-21T09:56:38-07:00 2010-08-21T14:16:04-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Saturday night open mic, which is for everyone, even the people who don't normally post here: How are you this week? What shall we do tonight? Saturday night open mic, which is for everyone, even the people who don't normally post here:

How are you this week? What shall we do tonight?]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256410#Comment_256410 2010-08-21T14:24:39-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 mister hex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4411 Well, had an AWESOME night last night, meeting up with oldhat, oddbill, Peter Kelly and Florence Chan. (See the relevant thread for pictures of ALL of our fine selves. Well, not ALL of our fine ...
Soon, my pretty. Soon ...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256412#Comment_256412 2010-08-21T14:44:31-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Le Dude http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7360 Hi there. This is maybe the second time I've ever posted in Whitechapel, although I find all kinds of amusing links and videos in the Stuff Around The Net thread and religiously read the ...
I'm Rick, and I'm doing all right this week. Just been working and trying to relax and exercise. It's been hot here in inland Southern California this week. I'm tutoring a friend three times a week on English grammar so he can improve his score on the standardized business-school entrance exam. We're making progress, which makes me feel good, and we're also seeing way more of each other than we have done for the past few years, which also makes me happy.

I also got my new (to me) camera body in the mail a week or so ago. Just before that, I brought my dead-for-a-year-and-a-half body back to life. Now I have a camera and a backup. Excellent.

Why are there so many ants in my bathroom? Why can my favorite football team not score one stinking goal today?

Maybe this is why I don't post -- I can't think of much to say that's extraordinary or very interesting. Oh, well, that's cool.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256413#Comment_256413 2010-08-21T14:45:56-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 JP Carpenter http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485 Going back to work on Monday after two weeks off. So rather depressed about that... but despite the imminent return to wage-slavery and the dismal four hour daily commute, I'm quite at peace with the ...
Was at an old friend's wedding on Thursday, am clearly too old to drink for 10 hours, am still in recovery. Tonight's an early night...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256415#Comment_256415 2010-08-21T14:46:48-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 moali http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1430 Not bad, fasting is going ok, universe seems hellbent on preventing me from writing and/or drawing but thats normal...hows you? WE SHOULD MAKE BAD PEOPLE CRY. or something.
WE SHOULD MAKE BAD PEOPLE CRY. or something.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256416#Comment_256416 2010-08-21T14:46:54-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 Well I'm going camping in Northern New Mexico. Not really far from home, but there's supposed to be clear tonight and that means really good viewing of the stars. Here's hoping for some good ...


As far as ideas for 'doing', I'm fresh out of anything original. Draw a 'W' on your right hand and take picture of it?

What? It's been done? Damn...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256417#Comment_256417 2010-08-21T14:47:06-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 Good evening. I'm tempted to say we shall listen to slowed-down Justin Bieber all night, but I'm more tempted to stay among the living. So, well, I shall be having some dinner at a restaurant ...
I'm tempted to say we shall listen to slowed-down Justin Bieber all night, but I'm more tempted to stay among the living. So, well, I shall be having some dinner at a restaurant while writing down ideas on my moleskine (as I regularly do), then finishing up a movie review (INCEPTION) that I've been avoiding because it somehow ended up with two thousand fucking words and it needs meticulous, headache-inducing trimming.

Actually, the link that I liked the most this week was nowhere near Bieber's unknown talent for unwittingly making pleasant music (that was just the most surprising), but the gorgeous SOLAR SYSTEM video you posted on your website. Not just for the fantastic illustration, but the music. I was appalled to find out that's a score from a Michael Bay film, as I am to find anything even remotely artistic or interesting in a Michael Bay film. It's good to see it in a video that actually makes good use of it, rather than THE ISLAND. So thanks for that link.

Life's been a mess, but I'm not too bad right now, so I can look at it with a certain sense of humor. My mood swings returned and I've gone from "meh" to "I'll cut my wrists" like a broken pendulum all week. A few things happened which might bode well for my future and might not, too early to tell. My mind's cluttering up with anxiety, so concentrating on, say, my webcomic is being more difficult than usual (hence not updating it very much this week).

And I'm still losing my hair, of course, although I've already started to treat the problem. One quick look at the list of things I must do and I almost feel like just shaving my fucking skull completely. Almost]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256418#Comment_256418 2010-08-21T14:48:50-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 trini_naenae http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183 Was tired, finally got some sleep today. Going on a boat ride soon. I was going to go to a cafe. What I'd like is a good conversation. And to do those drawings I've been researching for. That's ... was going to go to a cafe. What I'd like is a good conversation. And to do those drawings I've been researching for. That's about it.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256419#Comment_256419 2010-08-21T14:58:00-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 pauljholden http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4264 I SHOULD be drawing (2 more pages to go on Box #2 for Strip Magazine) instead I'm wrestling with my computer (catastrophic hard disc failure) - hard disc is ok, Time Machine backups are good and ...
-pj]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256420#Comment_256420 2010-08-21T14:58:48-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 HEY APATHY! http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9019 Still breathing fortunately or otherwise, I’m going to draw some pictures and watch some bad Italian horror to celebrate the thing called “weekend” which has absolutely no meaning to self ... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256421#Comment_256421 2010-08-21T15:00:59-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 pauljholden http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4264 (also: pleased to find I'm in this weeks 2000AD - Judge Dredd by me and Al Ewing - subscribers get it this saturday, otherwise it's wednesday at the newsagents for the rest of you!) Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256422#Comment_256422 2010-08-21T15:05:24-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 bmstrong http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3858 Rainy, hot and humid northern Ohio. Waiting to see if the Browns can get the game in... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256425#Comment_256425 2010-08-21T15:11:21-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 pauljholden http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4264 Oh yes, John McCrea was round last night, where we whined and moaned about the comic industry, John attempted to use my mac and cintiq (to get some scanning done) and then he spilt half a bottle of ...
Me? I'm hob nobbing with the industry...

(Actually, now that I think about it, there's been a lot happened this week, it's just sort of bunched up together. Couple of days ago decided to go to the NY Comic Con, paid for flight and organised a floor to sleep on with fellow irish comic artists Wil Sliney, Declan Shalvey and probably others. It's going to be a VERY tight budget - but 2000Ad are also going, so at least I can probably leave my coat somewhere. We've decided to up sticks from Belfast and move to Armagh - once we find a house and sell our flat. And I banged out three pages pencils and inks in 2 days, which used to be considered fast, but these days people are knocking out five or six pages in an afternoon... )

-pj]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256426#Comment_256426 2010-08-21T15:11:40-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 About to make some sage and pancetta encrusted tilapia with mashed yams for din dins. Busy week, getting the offspring prepared for pre-k. Let's dance, whitechapel (knife fight dancing is cool too) Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256428#Comment_256428 2010-08-21T15:17:53-07:00 2010-08-21T15:18:06-07:00 adampark http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9256 Risen again after a long night watching a particularly boring but close-fought election, here in the Antipodes. Surprised to find there aren't masses of people out on the streets, wailing & ... really hoping the governing ALP would win by a very comfortable margin with the exception of Sen. Stephen Fucktar-- I'm sorry, I meant Conroy, being ousted. Glad to see Wilson Tuckey & Stephen Fielding being shown the door, but there's still quite a strong chance the Liberals/Nationals Coalition may take it yet, and that's leaving me with a very heavy feeling in my gut.

I'm envious of all you people here who had the foresight to prepare a shit-just-got-real kit for zombie survival etc. I'm barricading my apartment door with couch cushions just now, but I don't envisage that holding out for long against a crazed prime minister dressed only in speedos pounding against it with righteous fervor, demanding I switch off my internets and read this bible he's brought for me.

It'll happen.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256429#Comment_256429 2010-08-21T15:30:15-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 SigridEllis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3305 It's been a good week. I visited my sister and her family in small-town Iowa on my days off. This was a good visit, with lots of watching the various kids, mine and hers, play together. On the way ...
Did you know that Iowa sent the most soldiers per capita to fight in the US Civil War? I didn't know that previously, either. Iowa wasn't a slave state, and they were far enough away from the bulk of the fighting -- those men didn't have to go (before the draft, anyway.) But they did.

I don't know about any of you, but my evening consists of work -- air traffic control, that is -- and writing on my breaks. To that end I have loaded my Zune with a playlist of classical music, mostly Russians.

Hope you all are well, Whitechapel!]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256430#Comment_256430 2010-08-21T15:30:44-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Ninewhilenine83 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8787 I was confused and astounded to learn this week that my dad knows Bryan Talbot quite well - apparently he's a Northern soul and has a house in my current residence of Wigan (Yes it is as bad as that, ...
Moved in with my dad for a month or so, which sucks, but in isolation to do thesis which is good. Not done any yet, which is bad. Not unpacked either which is not only bad but downright deplorable since I've been here two days already.

What I want to do tonight is engage in silliness and suavity with aplomb to get it out of my system and then sleep. Precious, wonderous sleep. The sleep of the fabled dead. Oh dear god yes...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256432#Comment_256432 2010-08-21T15:32:25-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Ninewhilenine83 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8787 @ SigridEllis Russians make the best classics. Like Beethoven at his most dour and morose. Any dear old Igor Stravinsky on there?
Russians make the best classics. Like Beethoven at his most dour and morose. Any dear old Igor Stravinsky on there?]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256434#Comment_256434 2010-08-21T15:39:35-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Luke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=193 This week has been fantastic. I've been working on some very fun articles and found that an editor wasn't trying to screw me over (thereby validating my Professional Approach of "Never, ever ... wasn't trying to screw me over (thereby validating my Professional Approach of "Never, ever act like an asshole in paying relationships.") I'm also learning the art of wedging my-writing-time into the freelancer schedule, using it to write a book for a friend as a gift. Then I'm going to stick it on Lulu because we live in an awesome future where the answer to "How can I write a book?" is "Write it."

The only sadder note is the realization that I'm probably never going to permanently return to Ireland. As a side-effect, the song 500 Miles is starting to make me emotional. Luckily I have friends, long-distance communication, and Redbreast 12-year.

A total vanity-failure means I didn't photo myself this week, so here's me in the heart of my home country (Guinness brewery)



This one is from this week: my fine Kink-Engineering friend Archean helping me install a Necronomicock in my prototype iPhone killer, the plastic cup phone. For money. We both get paid for doing this kind of thing. I may miss Eire but never got to play like this there!



Tonight, I'm off to rescue my wife from the genetic engineering laboratory (not a joke, that's really where she's working in the final stretch towards Doctor-ness) and escort the lovely lady to a palace of oysters and beer. One of those words is a lie, and since it's neither "beer" nor "oysters" it is utterly unimportant.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256435#Comment_256435 2010-08-21T15:44:58-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 chris g http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1829 Saw comedian Steve Byrne and his friends at the Improv last Saturday. Never heard of him before but I ended up really enjoying the show, funny shit. Also completed new Space Shark the other ... new Space Shark the other night...big fucking deal. He's my only friend and drawing his life is fun and keeps me balanced and my mind fresh. I've been drawing it out of fun/love so as long as money or outside forces don't seep in to corrupt me then each new comic will keep on being packed with whatever is deep inside me, haha.

Bitchy today. Hot and muggy all week here in L.A. Sick of co-workers hovering and just tired of people being around me all week. We work in a fucking furniture store/warehouse and the other salesman acts like a fucking teenager on his cell phone and chilling all day and he's like 38 years old. I had one of those "Oh, I get it" moments yesterday at work; the asswipe salesman is all buddy-buddy with our two drivers. I usually ask anybody if they want something from the shop when I step out and then I saw them all magically eating chinese together. I wasn't offended or hurt, but like I said it was more like "okay, I see how it is." Like I'm some nobody not even worth mentioning. So I just walked out for my coffee today w/o asking them if they wanted shit. Fuck em. I'm too fucking awesome and sharply dressed for this high school level bullshit. I have zero tolerance for sad old fucks with no personality or creativity.
Business has been fucking dead and the guy finally sells a stupid mattress and thinks he's hot shit suddenly. I feel sorry for him since he's super short and aged and compensates by cramming fruit in his face all day and tries to come off like a fucking health nut.

I hate that I'm bitching about my stupid job. I just babysit old bastards who have me beat in the neurosis department all week. I'm here everyday so by Wednesday I'm done pretending to be nice and start seeing everyone as insects [/Mwahaha]
What shall we do tonight?
Plan is to get reacquainted with booze & evil and more focused on Space Shark than before. But mostly getting in touch with evil again. I think I've finally gotten over of my residual positivity from sdcc finally. Let's get rotten.

PS: my night-murderer shit on the carpet this morning. I cleaned it. I'm disappointed but I guess I truly am a father now ^__^]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256436#Comment_256436 2010-08-21T15:51:13-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 helloMuller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=560 Had a very nice days with Mrs. M and the inlaws. Went to visit some family friends in Surrey and popped over to Kent to Chartwell, which was quite beautiful. Also, non stop eating. And Scones, toodle ... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256437#Comment_256437 2010-08-21T15:51:30-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 teasmaid http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3689 Like @adampark I am feeling sick about the lack of a clear result in our elections and am seriously considering punching every second person I see for being stupid enough to vote for the Coalition. ... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256439#Comment_256439 2010-08-21T16:01:39-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 adampark http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9256 @teasmaid: I'm not going that far, but I am trying to hide from the reality of the situation by revisiting the laughably primitive DOS-based games of my childhood - a simpler time when politics was ... that far, but I am trying to hide from the reality of the situation by revisiting the laughably primitive DOS-based games of my childhood - a simpler time when politics was someone else's problem & my main concern was ensuring Commander Keen found all of the Oracles safely. Hindered somewhat by the fact that every tutorial I can find for running DOSbox has very clear, concise instructions for booting it on Windows/Linux platforms, but if you're trying to run it on Mac like I am they just get very vague, hmmm, ah, umm - oh look! Windows/Linux instructions again! :D Did that help?]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256440#Comment_256440 2010-08-21T16:02:31-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Justin Jordan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2789 Right now, trying to get six thousand words for the day, despite fucking around for much of the afternoon. I'll be away for the next three or four weekends, which is nice, because I was getting ...
I'll be away for the next three or four weekends, which is nice, because I was getting perilously close to having no life. Getting more offers for writing work than I can actually take, which is good but kind of nervewracking - I have a freelancer's habit of thinking no one is going to hire me ever again past the job I'm doing now, so my inclination is to say yes. Still, not complaining, as yoo much work is certainly better than too little.

Got two pitches out I'm reasonably happy with. So things look good.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256442#Comment_256442 2010-08-21T16:12:07-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Prof Structure http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1583 Drove my mohawked son n heir to a warehouse rave out in the badlands. Read vol 3 of Ex Machina. Listened to Earthless. Very loud. Pondered the issue whether the wave function = a field. And so to ... Read vol 3 of Ex Machina.
Listened to Earthless. Very loud.
Pondered the issue whether the wave function = a field.
And so to bed ...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256443#Comment_256443 2010-08-21T16:13:44-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 ebullientsoul http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7705 This week was wretched. But! Tonight, I begin packing in earnest for my trip to Rome on Wednesday and pick up a book (the Metal Gear Solid Omnibus or The City And The City or a Lonely Planet guide ...
Tonight, I begin packing in earnest for my trip to Rome on Wednesday and pick up a book (the Metal Gear Solid Omnibus or The City And The City or a Lonely Planet guide to Rome, if one exists) for the trip.

I'm there until mid December. I'm less nervous about the language barrier as I am about where I am going to buy English language comics. It's always the little things. I hope, hope, hope there's some gigs when I'm in the area, but all the tours I'm interested in avoid Rome, sadly and the only two Italian bands I'm fondly aware of (Raein and La Quiete) broke up. I'm far less worried about what I'll do there during my downtime than I expected I'd be.

If all goes well, by this time next week, I'll be eating gelato and sinking my teeth into 2666. Hell yeah.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256445#Comment_256445 2010-08-21T16:15:19-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 roadscum http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712 Evening all, hope you're all fine and frisky and if not, that you soon are. Went to Leeds yesterday, first time i've been in a while, used to go there a lot a few years ago. It was still where i ...
Went to Leeds yesterday, first time i've been in a while, used to go there a lot a few years ago. It was still where i left it last time so i went home again and managed to do it all without running out of hours, which was quite an achievement. Really.

Generally, some things are good, some things could be better, i'm not dead yet but my bass amp is. Anyone know a good repairer near Barking?]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256446#Comment_256446 2010-08-21T16:15:39-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27 On a Bowie kick. Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256447#Comment_256447 2010-08-21T16:17:26-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 TAL http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8643 8 local artists/bands played in the park outside my window tonight. It stopped raining like crazy 30 minutes after the show was over. I listened through a window, keeping dry. Still trying to get ...
Still trying to get myself in the mood to take on the Martha Washington omnibus.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256452#Comment_256452 2010-08-21T17:03:10-07:00 2010-08-21T17:04:19-07:00 Aurora Borealis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5514 I am diving in a lake bubbling full of plotlines and new ideas, and each time I surface for air, I clutch a new abandoned character or a story idea to put it into this huge puzzle that my new project ... But I'm pushing on, and while I build my 6000-8000 page puzzle, I also dig through various concepts to use for the next NaNoWriMo.

Or rather I WOULD be if I didn't get sucked into the blackhole of distraction known otherwise as TVtRopes (yes, uppercase R on purpose). Ugh. It's like a Hydra, two new open tabs for each closed one (currently FIFTEEN OPEN!)... still, maybe I'll learn something useful.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256454#Comment_256454 2010-08-21T17:12:11-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 Packing to move overseas in three weeks. Working on a terrifyingly large pile of unfinished art for my exhibition. Nine days into quitting smoking. So full of stress hormones that I could bottle my ... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256455#Comment_256455 2010-08-21T17:13:31-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Rachæl Tyrell http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=552 What shall we do tonight? Um, the same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world? How are you this week? I am still and again infected with the glamorous Lyme Disease, ... What shall we do tonight?

Um, the same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world?

How are you this week?


I am still and again infected with the glamorous Lyme Disease, and have the brain swelling headache of doom, so I'm still stuck spending most of my time horizontal.

I've been delving into Rosetta Stone, and re-learning the language I took in highschool (and didn't fail only because my teacher was the only person in my school who got the reference when I wore my jacket-with-white-piping, turtleneck, khaki pants, keds, and pennyfarthing pin Prisoner outfit): Russian. I love Russian, but I should be learning the language of a country that I wish to expatriate to; namely German.

Is it true that if you can prove your German ancestry and can speak the language, they'll approve your bid for citizenship?

This week I've recieved in the post a whole slew of things for my brain: piracetam, huperzine A, Fish oil, etc etc etc. I've instantly begun having sexual dreams and preoccupation with women. This is a sudden a stark shift. I'm wondering if this burgeoning mental clarity is indicating an overall underlying preference I've just never tapped into..... OR if I'm just as pansexual as I'd thought, but it's speeding up my recovery process from that last romance (which I'm trying to turn into a platonic friendship), and I'm just less likely to be interested in men at the moment, due to the invariable comparisons and reminders.

i miss kissing girls!
meg kiss


I've discovered the first pornographic sex scene that hasn't grossed me out whatsoever, though. (from 28:45 - 43:00) Not only is the girl amAZingly attractive with a wonderfully minimalistic tattoo down her spine and a perfect figure... but she's wearing BATMAN SOCKS.

Yes, I think I'd marry Jiz Lee.

(If she'd promise not to pee on me.)

I'm also thinking a lot about breasts. I'm 5'4" and 34D-29-38. My spine is crap, and I'm thinking of getting a breast reduction, but... I'm so used to being curvy, and I'm afraid I'd look .... unbalanced.

Also, I found out that my old psychiatrist from 1997 had diagnosed me with "organic brain disorder". So, not only is yet another doctor indicating that there's something physically wrong with my brain.... but my electric dreams of an android self are dashed! *sob*

Also, I still love classic Doctor Who more than anything else, and I'm trying to talk my Aunt into knitting me a Baker scarf.

Wheeeeeeeeee painkillers!]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256457#Comment_256457 2010-08-21T17:22:10-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 Hey! Any chance we might get a new Edison Hate Future? Please?? Please??]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256463#Comment_256463 2010-08-21T17:55:44-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Winther http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2913 Right on the cusp of The Future now... On Monday, I will be attending the welcoming ceremony at the Technical University of Denmark. I expect long, boring speeches from principals and deans. But ...
On Monday, I will be attending the welcoming ceremony at the Technical University of Denmark. I expect long, boring speeches from principals and deans. But then, Tuesday to Friday, there's Rush Week, or, Time-Honored Ritual in Danish Higher Education Of Floating in Alcohol For Four Days In A Cabin With People You've Just Met. It's basically a classic slasher movie setup, but with somewhat fewer horrifying yet entertaining deaths.

I look forward to this a great deal.

And then, Monday the 30th, I'll be starting the actual book-learning. Chemical- and Biotechnology. I'll be back in a lab, for the first time in years.

I'll be moving into a dorm October 1st. A 12 m2 room plus a tiny bathroom to call my own. And, a kitchen that's... less my own. 17 rooms to a kitchen. That'll be... special. But the rent is dirt cheap, it's 800 meters from the university, the facilities (shared kitchens notwithstanding) are fantastic, and I kinda actually look forward to the whole dorm experience.

That just means this first month, I'll have to endure the "services" of the Danish Railways... I can do this. I can so do this without snapping and going on a rage-fueled killing spree through the all-too-often late, decrepit trains, choking people with my ridiculously overpriced tickets. I think.

But aside from that minor niggle, I can't remember the last time things have been this good. These last few months, actually having a direction and drive again has been rejuvenating. But that's all been anticipation and speculation. This shit is about to kick off. And I am fucking itching for it. Yes. I am itching. For the shit. (to kick off)

BRING ON DRINK-WEEK! Also, higher learning. And The Future. But first: DUNKYNESS!


Also holy crap it's 3 am I'm tired goodnight.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256464#Comment_256464 2010-08-21T18:01:07-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 LBA http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=615 good evening - I haven't made one of these for a while, my life has been... hectic. Lot's of traveling the last month, home to North Carolina (I miss NC so much, I hope to move back some day but not ...
tonight my plans are to research cars, ice my knee, eat badly, play video games, meander around the internet, etc etc.

oh and last night I had a date, and it was, as far as dates go, terrible. Everyone's had a date where they were just wanting it to be over with as quickly as possible, last night was it. Long story short - I'm recently divorced, this was my first date (friend of a friend) because my friends tell me I need to get back into it and after 2 glasses of wine my date became obnoxious, belligerent and kind of mean. So when the date was over I was relieved and hell no am I asking this young lady out again.

I wonder if I'd do well as a monk? Make beer, bake bread, tend a garden... it's sounding more and more appealing.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256465#Comment_256465 2010-08-21T18:38:00-07:00 2010-08-21T18:38:40-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Hey! Any chance we might get a new Edison Hate Future? I don't even have a clean copy of the art file anymore. Also, all my Edison-brain is being channeled into, um, something else.... Hey! Any chance we might get a new Edison Hate Future?

I don't even have a clean copy of the art file anymore.

Also, all my Edison-brain is being channeled into, um, something else....]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256466#Comment_256466 2010-08-21T18:51:29-07:00 2010-08-21T19:07:10-07:00 MrMonk http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6192 @Rachael: "Is it true that if you can prove your German ancestry and can speak the language, they'll approve your bid for citizenship?" Have you written to the German consulate in New York ...
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I have been considering changing jobs, and it's been suggested that my best choice might be to go solo. It's an approach that is attractive on the surface, but a preliminary analysis shows that I'd have to create a sustainable positive cash flow within the first six months, and broaden my skill set and knowledge considerably to do that. That gives me a lot to think about, especially since there's a good chance that I will be let go from my present job before the end of the year.

A mutual acquaintance put me in contact, online, with an old girlfriend from years ago. Basically, he purposely invited us to the same party. I don't know how I feel about being set up, but she and I are talking again.

---------- aaaaand I've finished my taxes! Federal and three states. I expect to have three weeks take-home returned.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256468#Comment_256468 2010-08-21T18:55:30-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 LBA http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=615 Uncle Warren is teasing us now Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256469#Comment_256469 2010-08-21T18:56:05-07:00 2010-08-21T18:57:35-07:00 MarshallQuicksand http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5306 Tonight I worked until half past one and for the last hour of my shift I consumed gin. I say consumed because I cannot differentiate between "Drank" and "Drunk", I'm not sure ...
EDIT: Oh - and again I want to thank you for providing a platform to communicate this. I don't get much opportunity elsewhere, in spite or perhaps because of my Saturday nights often being filled with boring shit.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256470#Comment_256470 2010-08-21T19:04:39-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498 I spent the first part of this last week recovering from a mix of allergies and post-con crud. Aside from allergies and minor lung crap, that's mostly abated. This week, I've been playing around ...
This week, I've been playing around with deviantArt's new web art app, Muro. While I'm not a fan of deviantArt's copyright policies (hence why I haven't posted there in several years), the app is extremely impressive, to the point of being comparable to some of the cheaper graphics programs out there. I highly recommend anyone who dabbles in digital art check it out-- it's free, and you can export what you create to work on in other programs afterward.

Went to my aunt & uncle's surprise 40th anniversary party was last night. Found myself in the awkward situation of having one of my mother's friends ask me if I could tell her where cougar night was after hearing about my having to explain to my mother what cougar night was a couple years ago.

I suppose I should fill in the backstory here... A couple years ago, I was staying at my mother's for a week, in between moving from one residence to another. One afternoon, my mom tells me that she's not going to be there that evening, that she's going out to "Cougar Night" with her friend (who happens to be my uncle's former sister-in-law). I stop dead in what I'm doing, turn to look her in the eye, and say, "excuse me???". She doesn't see the issue, because apparently she doesn't actually know what a 'cougar' is. So... I try to explain this to her, so that she knows what she's going to. Mom isn't getting the explanation, no matter how much I try to explain it. So, I find myself in the unenviable position of having to then explain to her what a MILF is. ARGH. *Insert brain bleach and rapid need for a strong drink here*

This was then followed her wanting to know other terminology. Then she said she was going to spend the night sitting next to me with a big grin on her face... *shudder*. I'm just grateful that she didn't continue that mode of conversation after my grandfather and his wife got back to the table.

So... yeah... Anyway, today is me working on art, and figuring out some web design stuff for a WordPress site that I'm slowly putting together.

..And since I didn't post one last week, here's a picture of me from GenCon a couple weeks ago:


As always, thank you for your hospitality.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256471#Comment_256471 2010-08-21T19:08:26-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 This week has gone by in a bit of a blur. Good things, though. A couple of excellent RPG sessions, and the opportunity to finally meet the most wonderful Jess face-to-face. (This would also mark the ...
Tonight is for winding down, and preparing to play records for people.

Hope this finds you well. Vile hugs all around.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256474#Comment_256474 2010-08-21T19:17:16-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Mark R http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=198 My week was going well, then a tree fell on my bike shop. A big tree. What a way to round out my Friday night. We had some crazy strong storms tear through town, it took out a lot of trees through ...
Thanks for the time and the space, I enjoy this place.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256477#Comment_256477 2010-08-21T19:34:07-07:00 2010-08-21T20:00:39-07:00 JECole http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7834 My week has consisted mostly of me make studies of Tim Bradstreets artwork from his two book Maximum Black and Archetype. I've also spent most of week helping my parents empty their house of over 20 ...
'Been thinking a lot about what Christmas will bring and then summer 2011. The (hopefully) completion of the final draft of my novel, then in summer the publication of the novel complete with illustrations. It's going to be a very interesting year. Still trying to imaging holding the finished book in my hands. It almost feels like a dream.

Anyway. Back to work. But only after watching Lebanon and Eyes wide open.

G-d bless and Good night.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256478#Comment_256478 2010-08-21T19:42:43-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 PedroM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9211 This week - fine and you? Tonight - will watch Blade Runner in glorious 1080p and 720p Ghost in the Shell; drink whisky and try to write a couple of coherent words.
Tonight - will watch Blade Runner in glorious 1080p and 720p Ghost in the Shell; drink whisky and try to write a couple of coherent words.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256480#Comment_256480 2010-08-21T20:10:41-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 razrangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2075 I wasted most of this week, or rather what I got done was kind of minimal compared to the gargantuan to-do list I've somehow ended up with. I had promised to get so much crap done I ended up doing ...
What I DID manage to do was get my ass into an Intro to Japanese class. That took a lot more effort than I ever would have thought, but it's done and now I'm again a college student, though on a minimal level. The chaos of the rest of my life is reaching epic proportions, though, thanks to the aforementioned overwhelming tasks becoming profound procrastination. But there's always tomorrow (for more procrastination, probably).

Friday was interesting because there was a party, and there was me getting massively drunk. Laughed too loud and just laughed more when people laughed at me. Picked up a friend and narrowly managed not to drop her. She was calm, which is always good, picking up someone who's panicking is hard. Yakked a bit too much and stayed until after sunrise. Now I try to let go of the soft lips that kept me so late. Little more than a pleasant dream that. Time to get to the next thing.

Next thing: Sister's fiance's birthday party with lots of family in attendance because they've gone public with their engagement. I've finally stopped shaking after last night's booze-athon so I think I'll be sticking to water and orange juice. Should be fun, I hope.

Tomorrow, back to trying to sell the stupid furniture the idiot former tenants left behind. Back to trying to be a responsible dramaturge and get done the research I was assigned weeks ago. Back to trying to be something that passes for a responsible adult.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256481#Comment_256481 2010-08-21T20:20:15-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 Enjoyed a day around the house mostly lost in a daze of surfing and fitful cleaning, napping, and then meeting a friend for sushi and gossip. Little accomplished, but some meaningful relaxation ... Little accomplished, but some meaningful relaxation achieved.

I have been experimenting again with giving enough of a shit to have meaningful communication with people in long-form thought.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256484#Comment_256484 2010-08-21T20:42:13-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 krakatoakatie http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2991 Realized earlier I missed the anniversary of getting out of my hometown, a move which quite literally saved my life. It's good that I didn't notice it, usually I get into a funk and go through mental ... Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256490#Comment_256490 2010-08-21T21:33:34-07:00 2010-08-21T23:12:15-07:00 stsparky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2311 Made my daughter jealous with this: And am washing the below now —  Packing and sleeping for Japan. Head out Monday ... back after Labor Day ... been eating too well ... may treat myself to ... Juno-chan!
And am washing the below now — 
me
Packing and sleeping for Japan. Head out Monday ... back after Labor Day ... been eating too well ... may treat myself to Lobster Bisque again with sherry tomorrow as a break from work ...

Got my friends who are parents to the baby girl above current with Mac stuff to run their new iPad. Tempted to take mine to Japan instead of MacBook ...]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256493#Comment_256493 2010-08-21T22:04:06-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 No feel camera-ish tonight, but here is what I've been working on: I smell of epoxy and sawdust. The model is for a drag race in Sheridan, Oregon next month. On a G motor, for those who know ...
Drag Race Rocket

I smell of epoxy and sawdust. The model is for a drag race in Sheridan, Oregon next month. On a G motor, for those who know that stuff.

The week really kind of sped by. Didn't get much writing done, but I've got ideas bubbling out of my head. Cutting back is going to be the trick to getting the project done.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256494#Comment_256494 2010-08-21T22:05:31-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911 I am slowly slogging my way through a big design project that should have been wrapped up two or three months ago. But the problem with these things is that they really require lots of planning, and ...
This week I realized that my life has become an echo chamber of western-European typographic history and internet memes. Time to start getting out more. Or just reading more fiction and fewer design history books.

I did watch Carl Sagan’s Cosmos this week. It was so brilliant, and I’m amazed how it affected American pop culture. That show was a milestone in America’s intellectual history. I’m pretty sure that if Cosmos aired today most people wouldn’t even notice because they’re too busy watching reality TV shows on basic cable or arguing over ginned-up controversy about a mosque.

And I’m a little incensed that the Obama administration is pretending that the 50,000 troops in Iraq aren’t there for the purpose of combat and that the occupation is over. I’m more incensed that the media is reporting this despicable manipulation of language as if it’s a fact. I expect politicians to be evil, spineless, dishonest, etc., but Obama is a huge fucking disappointment.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256496#Comment_256496 2010-08-21T22:19:47-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792 Had the single most frightening experience of my adult life tonight. I can't go into details for the sake of safety for myself and others, but needless to say my friend and I now share a bond most ...
That being said, the build crew for my Burning Man camp is now in "FUCK FUCK FUCK" mode as we try to get finish everything up before we ship out to Black Rock Desert on Tuesday for what might be the best week of my life (until the next burn). It's that good kind of stress where you're exhausting yourself and about to blow up, but you know that in just a few days it'll all be worth it. I am extremely excited. Burning Man doesn't actually start until Aug 30, but we get early arrival for being a Theme Camp so that we can set up our shit. This also means I'll be offline for a complete 14 days come Tuesday.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256497#Comment_256497 2010-08-21T22:24:41-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 stevencudahy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=158 @Argos - that sounds awful, glad you're okay. Morning Warren, morning Whitechapel. (It's just gone 6-something-AM here in Glasgow and I am awake so while it is still night for most people it is ...
Morning Warren, morning Whitechapel. (It's just gone 6-something-AM here in Glasgow and I am awake so while it is still night for most people it is morning for me.)

Good week/bad week this one. Been ill with the M.E. again, depressed and run down and achy, but had agreed to play a ceilidh last night for a friend's sister's wedding. One of those situations where you don't want to let someone down because it's a favour. But, as it turned out, it was great, playing drums in a big barn surrounded by hay bales and a hundred-odd people dancing. I always forget how good playing is for my body and mind. Plus, fiddle player had his didgeridoo which is always pleasing. It did make me think that I should haul out the tabla someone brought me back from India and finally learn how to play them. There'd be less to lug around, if nothing else. And then I got handed a roll of your actual paper monies - with pictures of the Queen on them and everything - at the end of the night, which I wasn't really expecting, so that was an added bonus. Highlight of the night was the daddy long-legs that hung off one of my cymbals for a good while until I forgot it was there and hit the damn thing. Hope I didn't kill it. Also, bacon rolls for a wedding buffet? Awesome.

Job sucks. Worked my arse off this week making sure that our backlog stays below a thousand cases, because each one of those forms is a real person or family who need that benefit money to buy food and pay bills. Being a civil servant at the moment is bad, especially being involved in the area of benefits. Saw a wonderful headline somewhere saying that one million people had been erroneously getting Incapacity Benefit for the last decade, implying it was down to incompetence or fraud. That's some quality reporting, given that what's actually happened is that the DWP has changed the fucking rules on who qualifies for Incap meaning that suddenly loads of people no longer qualify who formerly, completely legitimately, did qualify. I love our newspapers. So accurate and worthwhile. Had a conversation where someone came out with the usual querulous rant about why should they pay taxes to support lazy people. Didn't like it too much when I suggested the best way to pay less tax was to build a society in which more people could actually get jobs because there were, you know, more jobs, and perhaps a little more thought at government level about how to encourage this and a little less thought about how to look good in the short term would be preferable to the kind of slash-and-burn that we're seeing the beginnings of. Also overheard a conversation at work where one person came out with the immortal line, 'They should just bring back the workhouses because people shouldn't expect all these freedoms if they can't be bothered to get a job'. Which sounds like a wonderful idea, apart from the bit where it's fucking mental. Me? I'd look a little bit harder at tax evasion, which the estimates I've seen for the UK runs at somewhere between sixty and ninety billion pounds a year. Even with all the inefficiencies in the machinery of the public sector, someone could probably do some good with that many pictures of the Queen. Or at least we could build really nice workhouses...

What should we do tonight? There are probably enough of us here that we could set up some sort of global deprogramming network for the capture and re-education of key figures in public and business life. Not necessarily to change their politics, more just to give them some tools for critical thinking and remind them that the world is bigger than their own concerns about where their next free dinner is coming from. I don't know how successful we'd be, but even if half of them ended up with empathy that reached beyond their immediate network of family and friends it would probably be a better world.

Sorry, I've taken up a lot of your valuable real estate. Didn't mean to rant quite so much. Thanks to you all for not throwing rocks at me.

S.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256501#Comment_256501 2010-08-21T22:33:41-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 celan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337 Just enjoying reading this evening. Hacking through some Masada tunes on the guitar. Coldest August in memory. That's not a brag: it's very bizarre. We're pondering a life without summer ... Coldest August in memory. That's not a brag: it's very bizarre. We're pondering a life without summer here.

@taphead Bravo. Crossover pics or GTFO! =p]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256503#Comment_256503 2010-08-21T22:38:13-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 John Skylar http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976 This week, I have a new girl and I think this one might last. So there's some good news. And I spent the weekend with my nephews, and they're still good kids. So there's more. Then I read this ...
Then I read this article.

So what shall we do tonight? We shall fucking eviscerate Rupert Murdoch with enraged badgers is what. Or maybe I'll just fantasize about that. But you're welcome to join me.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256505#Comment_256505 2010-08-21T23:36:59-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 cdthomas http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5597 Well, this week.... has been weird. After being glutted out here by the availability of luscious Palisades peaches (yeah, yeah, I know, cry me a river), I switched from putting up peach butter in ...
After being glutted out here by the availability of luscious Palisades peaches (yeah, yeah, I know, cry me a river), I switched from putting up peach butter in my freezer to making refrigerator bread-and-butter pickles.

I bought a water-bath canner anyway (the cheapest price anywhere for the standard model, at the Evilest Store You Know), along with some quart-size freezer jars. (They're made of thicker non-BpA plastic, and they wear like anything.) I brined onions and gherkin-size cukes for a day, then steeped them in the vinegar/sugar/mustard seed/tumeric/celery seed brine overnight -- they were outstanding from the beginning.

I then made the misfortune of altering the prep to slice the cukes in halves, and switched out the sugar for Splenda. That made them way too salty, and Splenda's metallic undertaste's now the top note. Feh. I'll wait a few more days to see if they balance out. I still have a few pounds of cukes to brine next, and the B+B garlic, onion and green tomatoes to taste. My teeth enamel isn't thanking me, but it's the best culinary fun I've had all summer.

No, I'm wrong -- the best fun was last Sunday, when I trod 3/4 mile in midday heat to a vineyard for the Eat Denver Harvest Week pre-party. (Party before the HW, not before another party.) They had amazing snacks, liberally using melon and peaches as ingredients, plus copious use of Leopold Bros.' Three Pins Liqueur, which is like apple pie with one hell of a kick. Root Down made one lovely cocktail, of which I had several, then I tried Balisteri's Riesling, Merlot and Cherry wines... then OMG the carrot cake beignets with cream cheese filling... the fact that I made it home intact and in time for MAD MEN is a miracle.

So, yeah, aware of the ongoing gluttony, and of a deficit in my playwriting, I signed up for a stage combat seminar that's part of the Boulder International Fringe Festival. (Don't ask me about the one show I saw -- between the chronological mischief in the script and the pint of cider I quaffed ten minutes before curtain, I wouldn't be a fit witness, in any case.) Yesterday's demo was a bust, but today for two hours I learned how to punch, slap, fall and do one basic choreographed scene, and somehow I'm committed to audit an advanced stage combat course this Fall, to see what actors need to put a physically dominant character together.

And, because afterwards I limped so bad after I had to buy new Crocs, I went home and missed my Denver Roller Dolls. Yeah, and what am I doing tomorrow? Start to learn how to ride a bicycle. (I KNOW.)

As for the work, I still have a lingering desire to visit the Trinity Site when opens that one day in October. I haven't driven in years, so I'll profile as one nervous potential terrorist when the Federal guards ask me, "how are you today, ma'am?" when I pull up in a rental. So much is written about it that I should see just how mundane it is, after history has passed over it. Then again, I'll probably fuck up my schedule and put it off until next year. Otherwise, working on drafts, ten-minute projects, hope I hit the Lotto again and have a theatre company read or produce one. (Oh, yeah -- since I last posted my first good ten-minute play, EMULSION, got produced in Albuquerque in June. A lovely excuse for life disruption, it was...)]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256512#Comment_256512 2010-08-22T02:39:35-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 @celan - Would that I could, but she is unfortunately averse to shutters. Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256515#Comment_256515 2010-08-22T03:22:16-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 Hail Warren 'El Suave' Ellis, and hello to the rest of you. Watched Fargo last night, unbelievably for the first time. It was pretty damn wonderful. I drank some Golden Glory and Fuller's ESB, ...
Watched Fargo last night, unbelievably for the first time. It was pretty damn wonderful. I drank some Golden Glory and Fuller's ESB, which was the perfect way to temporarily forget about the unbelievably dull job I return to on Monday. Before the recession I was a freelance sub-editor/designer, but seeing as newspapers are irreparably fucked I have since taken on a job that requires nearly none of the knowledge gathered from my degree whatsoever. Recently, however, I've started designing entertainment pages for the Metro. This is at least a step forward, relevant to my degree and something else I can put on my CV.

My guitar protege was unable to make his lesson this week, meaning that I would've had to wait another week before I could buy myself some sweet, sweet Scotch. However, I've woken up this morning to discover I've won a tenner on the lottery so I'll soon be off to the shop to get a 15-year-old Dalwhinnie. It's high time I started drinking other whiskeys, because while I love Jack Daniels to bits I really need to start branching out.

It's a lovely day. Maybe I'll go for a walk.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256518#Comment_256518 2010-08-22T04:49:24-07:00 2010-08-22T06:37:31-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 Good.... morning people?? Well i'm writing this in the morning as we had our flat warming party last night! and as you expect it was a blast, although it was at times a pretty weird experience. ...
Well i'm writing this in the morning as we had our flat warming party last night! and as you expect it was a blast, although it was at times a pretty weird experience. You see, even though Sigga and I do share friends, we both have a lot of friends that have never met each other, due to inhabiting different social circles. So you had my friends (stoner metalers and noise musicians, tattooists and fetish models, artists, major drinkers) and Siggas friends (really none of the aforementioned) it was certainly an interesting night. The look on some peoples faces when some of Siggas Friends tried to put on Justin Timberlake as "It's proper music" was hilarious. And then one of my friend got a little too drunk and made a bit of a mess so there was some more drama there.

But now it's the morning after and i´m just starting at the mess, hoping my telekinetic powers can miraculously clean the flat for me...NDNDNGNGNGNGN..... nope need more practice....

Keep writing that good shit Warren....]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256523#Comment_256523 2010-08-22T05:49:40-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088 Mornin. At work. Had a great night out with the lady. Really good Tex-Mex, she had something called Ceviche which was basically raw fish marinated in lime juice. It was pretty tasty, but I'm ...
Had a great night out with the lady. Really good Tex-Mex, she had something called Ceviche which was basically raw fish marinated in lime juice. It was pretty tasty, but I'm glad I stuck with Fajitas. I don't normally go with the simplist order, but when you're going tor Tex-Mex, you can't beat a good fajita.

Had a stupid fight earlier this week, and last night was make-up time. Always ends the best way imaginable.

Walking to work today, again I notice how neat it is that Houston has mounted police. Very old school wild west Texas. I just wish we were less old school when it came to cleaning up after these horses. Isn't there enough poop lying around that police don't need to add to it? Aren't police supposed to keep people from putting feces in the street/sidewalks?

Speaking of feces, I was walking in my neighborhood the other day, and saw two neighbors arguing. One was saying something like... And I could be wrong, I was eavesdropping, but it sounded like he said, "That's my poop. Don't mess with my poop." Which sounds really, really wierd. Then, I wondered if he just didn't like to swear, and really just meant, "That's my shit. Don't fuck with my shit." Then it makes much more sense.

What shall we do today? Myself, I hope for just a quiet day. I hope to get away with doing as little as possible. It's Sunday morning here, nothing's on the schedule at work today, I just hope to maintain a peaceful status quo. I don't want anyone messing my poop up.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256529#Comment_256529 2010-08-22T07:43:19-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 epalicki http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=170 Does it still count as Saturday Night if I haven't been to bed yet? Saw Justin Townes (son of Steve) Earle in concert last night. It was fantastic. Thanks for asking.
Saw Justin Townes (son of Steve) Earle in concert last night. It was fantastic. Thanks for asking.]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (21aug10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8788&Focus=256531#Comment_256531 2010-08-22T07:58:35-07:00 2013-05-24T14:48:01-07:00 roadscum http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712 So who is this Justin Bieber chappie then? ...Bye is this Justin Bieber chappie then?













...Bye]]>