Whitechapel - Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:29 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265126#Comment_265126 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265126#Comment_265126 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:13:14 -0700 warrenellis Saturday Night Open Mic: for those newcomers who don't know the drill, Saturday Night Open Mic is when I, in my role as Kindly Yet Possibly Naked Wise Man Of The Internet Forest, create a space for you to vent at the world. Saturday Night Open Mic is for telling me about your week, talking about your future, dancing like you've been serially electrocuted and explaining to me why exactly you should be my Internet Wife and how long you've been saving yourself for me.

That last bit is, of course, a lie.

The Open Mic is for everybody here, not just the people who post regularly. Even if you don't participate during the week, it's good to hear from you on a Saturday night.

Pictures of your face are good, for the internet works best when we can see each other. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265132#Comment_265132 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265132#Comment_265132 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:46:36 -0700 Paul Sizer In preparation for the lousy cold months of winter, I've been cleaning out my work spaces, throwing out lots of crap, and finding photos like this:


So that's how my week has been going. I'm still working closely with Thomas Dolby on his next album and all the design and concepts that requires, and am banging through all kinds of other freelance from an international and wily bunch of clients. And I'm working on new comics, so there's that.

Good to hear RED is doing well, I'm planning to check out a matinee on Sunday afternoon. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265135#Comment_265135 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265135#Comment_265135 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:53:37 -0700 keyofsilence
I never actually use this place to vent, as I rarely have anything to complain about... but today, I would like to tell you that local print is dying the slowest and most painful death you can imagine. I'm no longer a sub-editor, haven't been for a while, but it doesn't make me feel any better to hear about what the Northcliffe East Midlands papers are doing to their subs. The other day the editors took away the subs' right to write headlines for the page leads. Upon first impressions this may not seem like much, but all of editorial right now are unbelievably pissed. The insinuation by the editors is that the regular subs are no longer good enough to write some of the headlines - opting instead to leave that job to the chief subs. Will this save time? No. Will it save money? No. Will it slow down the whole chain of command? Yes. I'm starting to feel good about losing my role as a sub-editor - unbelievably, for the first time it's actually made me feel safer in my job.

Despite my feeling safe in my job, I am still looking elsewhere... to no avail, naturally. In the meantime I'm trying to get a power trio together for a jam in Nottingham. I've found a drummer and bassist, so now all we have to do is arrange a time to jam together. It'll be a pretty exciting project, with much experimentation and INCREDIBLY tight and technical playing. Some of the members in my current band are flaky as fuck and can't get their shit together to practice, so I've been forced to find a more consistent project. Let's hope this is that project.

I imagine you're riding the high of Red doing well in the box office so far Warren, and I'd just like to congratulate you once again for that.

You lucky bastard.

EDIT: have another picture of me in Crete. This is mine and Emma's pretty apartment. And my ugly mug, of course.

]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265136#Comment_265136 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265136#Comment_265136 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:54:26 -0700 HEY APATHY!

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me-bald and
dark sunglasses ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265137#Comment_265137 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265137#Comment_265137 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:01:26 -0700 Val A Lindsay II

And this is his companion, Alison...


I didn't bring them into my home because of your speaking about your cat Anton, but it definitely reminded me of other cats I've lived with and how they add to your existence. So now I am 'food-bringer'.

I've made another significant change. I've moved all my instruments and recording gear to a warehouse where my art studio was and brought all my art things home. This feels really good, as I can be stupid-loud without bothering the neighbors and like I will actually be an artist again at home. If I don't follow through now, I'm a fucking hopeless prat.

In regards to your well-being; Well, I haven't seen Red yet. Perhaps tomorrow. And even if I don't like it, I hope you get bleeding rich on it. I also hope that the disease you contracted has backed off and realized its mistake before it was too late to back down. Yeah, that's all I got. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265139#Comment_265139 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265139#Comment_265139 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:24:34 -0700 dot_xom Untitled IV (Wayne)

My apparent chunkiness, as demonstrated in the above photo, has convinced me that it's time to start exercising again. I've been eating (slightly) healthier and have (attempted to) start running again. Quitting cigarettes, on the other hand, might take a little longer. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265140#Comment_265140 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265140#Comment_265140 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:26:10 -0700 CaratheWalton
This past week has been spent mostly in preperation for my daughter's 10th birthday party which was held last evening. We survived the invasion of our home by five 9-year-old little girls mostly unharmed. As my husband and I spent the evening listening to young girl chatter, painting nails, and preparing snacks we remembered why we decided to have only one child, but were very happy that our daughter was having a nice birthday. Seeing your child happy certainly makes all of the hard work that you put into trying to be a good parent and provide for that child (or children) well worth it . . . as I see her grow up it blows my mind that she's going to be ten . . . TEN! Holy shit! Where did the time go? I frequently feel guilty that I don't get to spend enough time with her between working, going to grad school, and trying to live life, but then she'll surprise me with how amazing she really is and I am just stunned that my little girl is slowly becoming a young woman.

I have also been trying to rework my eating habits since July and finally hit the 25 lbs lost goal this week-it felt good. People are finally beginning to notice that I'm losing weight. Although birthday party food this weekend has led to slipping off the wagon a bit, I'm certainly motivated now to keep doing what I've been doing.


Classes are going pretty well. I'm taking my final two classes at the moment. I'm currently overlapping The Wars of Ancient Greece and Macedonia and Graduate Seminar in World History. I'll be taking these two together for about a month until the warfare class finishes in November, but then the other one ends in January. After that I have an eight week class to prep for my comp and then . . . THE TEST. I'm scared to death! I know that I shouldn't be, but it feel so strange to see the end of this journey coming into sight. What if I fail the test? I just need to have confidence that I've learned all of this shit over the past 3.5 years and I'll do fine. I just have a hard time convincing myself of that.

On a final note . . . our high school had its Homecoming this week. Part of the fundraising every year is that students raise money for the right to pie a teacher in the face. My husband and I both had kids raise enough money to pie us in front of the entire student body at the pep-rally on Friday afternoon. One kid raised $55 to pie my husband and one of my kids raised $99 to pie me! And so, we accepted our fate and ended up with chocolate pudding up our noses and in our ears for most of the afternoon. I hope that kids gave money to see me pied because they like me, and not the other reason, but I think they like me . . . . I hope they do . . . .Anyway, it was for a good cause and I don't mind getting pie up my nose to raise money to help a fellow teacher's son battle Lukemia.

I don't have the energy to dance for you right now . . . I must go and study Philip II and then research my paper on the role of religion in the Persian Wars . . .

Here is my face . . . sans makeup . . . and looking tired :)

Take care everyone and I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Day 283-Honesty ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265142#Comment_265142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265142#Comment_265142 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:28:38 -0700 Oddcult
Here you go then:


I am fucked off right now as my getting divorced/not getting divorced see-saw is on the down-swing again and I'm not sure whether I want it or not.

I'm also in a cabin I built myself in the middle of nowhere. Well, rural Surrey anyway.

Also, is there someone from the WEF who was at some of the drinking sessions called Heather around here still? I saw a pic I thought was her but can't remember where now. Had a few fun drunked conversations with her back then and wanted to say 'ello again. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265144#Comment_265144 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265144#Comment_265144 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:38:19 -0700 Yskaya attack_saturday_evening

Tired. My attack cats prowl the internet for me.
Telephatically.
they're stealing your lolz, you'll never know they were there.

Drew some inches closer on the comics-project Ginja has been kind to send a script for to me. 'Foxt' more about this on the posterousblog
Looking forward to do some silly acting on youtube with Magnulus tomorrow.
And yes My liege, we will raise the attendance to RED that very same evening.

You owe me a internet-wife or ten, and you should share. You've a Barony. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265145#Comment_265145 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265145#Comment_265145 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:53:12 -0700 The_Toxo_Zombie
Woke up around 2pm after a night of really stupid video games. Wii games are best played at 3am and how fun they are is inversely proportional to how much you have had to drink.

I feel like i'm avoiding some homework that I should be doing but I can't remember what it is. I love that. Struggling with school this year to say the least. The fact that my girlfriend of 3 years is moving permanently to D.C. is...bothersome (devastating). It has greatly effected my work ethic.

Planning to watch all the original Universal "Dracula" movies (1931+ Daughter, Son of, House of) with my Dad tonight. Should be fun.

DSC00016

Me, moments after having my eyes dilated.

New glasses...huzzah ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265146#Comment_265146 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265146#Comment_265146 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:53:51 -0700 Aurora Borealis
The day job is kicking my ass on some days (when I end up doing some heavy lifting) and getting on my nerves on others (spend four hours working towards that bonus for achieving our daily target only to see it go down the drain when some fucker messes up and brings us wrong parts/halts the production or something breaks). Still, I get to meet all kinds of interesting people and get to see really bizarre things that will fuel my writings for years to come.

One tip: NEVER buy a tv set without a looong warranty. I've seen how these things are made and it ain't pretty. Hell, I could write a long rant about this, and in fact, I just did... but it was getting waaay too long so I deleted it, haha.
I think once I'm permanently fired from this place/have a better job option, I might actually make a graphic novel out of that. I even got a title, "Life on the (Assembly) Line".

Anyway...

I have just (well, actually about two weeks ago) put my latest comics offering on Indyplanet. It's called Coilstar Illustrated #1 and it has short comics inside of it, nine of them exactly. And I need to sell 15 copies so that I can afford my own print copy of it (and of the two previous sketchbooks that I had made at the beginning of the year).

It's also available as a webcomic over here (and all the stories are in except for This Prophecy which will open issue #2). I know I won't sell a lot of copies so I'll be happy if people at least read and enjoy these things.

Having a semi-regular job is good for one thing though... I'm much better off financially at this point than few months before (I pretty much went through the entirety of 2009 unemployed so half of the things I own managed to break/fall appart... it's not fun to be down to your last pair of pants and trying to work on a pc that crashes every 15 minutes or so). I know it won't last though, they'll start firing people either end of this month or end of the year. Hopefully the latter. Also hopefully our line picks up the tempo so we don't end up butchered as badly when they'll be downsizing for the post-christmas tv production drought. Hell, if that happens, I might actually be spared this time cause for the first time I am working on a position where I'm actually seen as a somewhat valuable worker. I guess I have more talent for flicking the remote and plugging in the RF antenna than I thought, haha.

(wow, that plug of my own work is placed so smoothly in the middle of the post... not! well, have another one to all four of my books).

Oh yeah, a photo of me:

flexi-elbows ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265147#Comment_265147 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265147#Comment_265147 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:02:07 -0700 V Currently I have a migraine just starting to grow and claw its way into my brain bits (so why in the hell am I at my computer?)

Despite that I'd say things are pretty great.
Also, you are all very awesome.

I have reworked this older image because that seemed like a sensible thing to do when I'm really swamped with work.
Umm...




explaining to me why exactly you should be my Internet Wife

Because there are 3 of me.
You can trust us. We're scientists.
Take a deep breath; it will only hurt for the first little moment.
Please don't be disturbed by the whirring sounds; it could become very inconvenient if your heart rate were especially elevated.
Here. Let me pour you a perfectly safe drink.

ETA:
Oh! Also! Fractal worked a little clip of me into this fabulous set he made. I really like it, and I'm extremely flattered (in case that wasn't rather obvious.)
Right.
Must step away from the big head worsening screen. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265148#Comment_265148 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265148#Comment_265148 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:05:27 -0700 DavidLejeune thirty minutes to go to the post office, and when I got home the front door was ajar, the flatscreen 3D TV that I keep in my bedroom was sitting in the middle of the living room floor, my mother's laptop was gone, my Wii and several games were gone, and the thing that pisses me off the most: My camera, with three lenses, was taken, too. Yeah, it's only a 5 year old Nikon D50, and I don''t make a living with it or anything, but goddammit, that's my CAMERA. There're memories connected with that thing. The police were able to pull some prints off the TV that I'm 99% sure aren't mine, but given what games were taken I think whoever it was that broke in was fairly young, and it's unlikely they'll find them.

That's all that I've been able to confirm missing, for all I know they took a bunch of my mother's stuff too, but she's not home.

This on top of the lady friend who am I madly in love with has entered a much longer silent period than usual, I haven't seen or heard from her in about three weeks, and I could really use her company right now. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265151#Comment_265151 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265151#Comment_265151 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:20:14 -0700 mbakunin Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265152#Comment_265152 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265152#Comment_265152 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:26:23 -0700 V
@DavieLejeune - Having your house broken into is awful. Sorry to hear that happened to you. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265157#Comment_265157 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265157#Comment_265157 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:50:03 -0700 JP Carpenter
Hope everyone's doing OK. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265158#Comment_265158 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265158#Comment_265158 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:01:42 -0700 KPatrickGlover
It started with the story a few weeks back, when an article quoted Harlan saying that he was dying. While the phrase was actually said, it was taken completely out of context, but I had no way of knowing that at the time, so I wrote a long remembrance/tribute/article on Harlan's work and how it had influenced my life. It was posted both in the forums here and over on Weaponizer.

Harlan read it on Weaponizer and got in touch with me, both to thank me for the article and to assure me that he was not actually dying.

He told wonderful stories. It was a wonderful hour of engaging conversation.

Then, and this is possibly the most entertaining bit, Harlan went back to Weaponizer to print out a copy of the article for his files, whereupon he noticed something in the comment section and wanted to reply. He typed up a long answer, but couldn't figure out how to get it to post. So he called me back.

First thing I heard when I answered the phone: "Yeah, Ellison again. This is the downside to me having your phone number."

(The comment in question can be found below the main article here.) ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265159#Comment_265159 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265159#Comment_265159 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:03:45 -0700 Alastair

so aside from the obvious money freakouts and suchlike, the fact my best friend, my dad, is in florida and my mother is in texas and i'm here in BLOODY GREY SCOTLAND! feeling sick of adulthood really

however earlier this week my band played a fucking fantastic gig, our first with a second guitarist. i really feel like this band may get somewhere. although the progressive sludge/noise genre is a little under loved in the UK.

i also went to the brewdog bar and although i wan't able to take the job with them i still love it. (the same night ended up with us getting really really high with the staff of another bar)

and tonight i got to see my absolute number 1 stand up live for the first time. Ross Noble he was funnier than i hoped.

so yeah..... here we go with next week


i'm in white
]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265167#Comment_265167 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265167#Comment_265167 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:00:43 -0700 Pooka sigh...I do so love this business..but I just can't catch a break. Everyone's crooked and out for themselves...gaaaarg.
i miss owning my own shop. business partners generally end up being nothing but a pain in my ass.

so yeah. that's my current update on life...ha. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265168#Comment_265168 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265168#Comment_265168 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:02:22 -0700 ScottS
That aside, I've been working on my webcomic. I'll be posting my 100th strip on Friday, so that's kind of exciting because I see it as a milestone. This is the longest I've ever kept up with a project and I don't have any intention of stopping. Of course NaNoWriMo starts up in November and I'm trying to figure out how to work that into my schedule as well.

Oh, and I went and saw RED today. My wife and I really enjoyed it.

And I don't think I've ever posted a photo of myself here, so here's a photo of myself and my friend Erika (the aforementioned co-worker who got fired, shown here cosplaying my webcomic character)
Scott S & Erika (as Angry Faerie) ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265169#Comment_265169 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265169#Comment_265169 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:10:18 -0700 Rachæl Tyrell
I has new Lyme meds! A doctor visit (I had to wait 3 months for), two types of antibiotics and two types of heavy opiod painkillers to take two times a day.... and well, even though it cost me over $100 for the lot, I feel better today. Granted, I'm pretty doped up and keep fading out with my hands on the keyboard, but I think if I go for a walk in the brisk amazing autumn, I'll stay aware and happy with minimal head throbbing. WHEEEE!

The best part about it is that the fancy specialist doctor approved of the antibiotic pills I bought online from India, as well as the hormone pills as being good treatment for my PCOS. Hah! See that? Screw you, all you people who think I don't do weeks of research into my medical matters and know what the fuck i'm talking about! I AM VINDICATED!

One of my aunt's local-but-distant friends died, which doesn't effect me (or her, really), aside from the wake and funeral business which took over all scheduling, especially since I'm not as able to trek long distances at the moment. Not to sound terribly callous, but the timing of this all sucks, as I'd really wanted to be in the city this week hanging with Oldhat and enjoying my favorite season to be in NYC.

However, I will be spending the next week in my home town, watching my best friend's dogs while she and her fiance are away. I'm so excited. The height of autumn spent crammed between a golf course and a lake, surrounded by hills and mountains and glorious nature. And I've a car to drive while I'm there! One that's not my aunt's minivan! YES!

If only I was cat sitting.....

(me on the the porch upon which I'll be spending much of my time next week)


@Val A Lindsay @Yskaya - I can HEAR the contented kitty purring in that photograph. @Oddcult - Not so much. You've got stealth cat.

Since the rain AND my head pounding has stopped, I'm considering going dumpster diving tonight. I've never done so before, but a fancy grocery store just opened a few blocks away from me. I'm not that desperate for food, but I'm a frugal mofo who hates the idea of wastefulness.

Me. With my ex-best friend, the Patsy to my Edina, who dicked me hard, and repeatedly and who I've not spoken to in many years....

me nani velvet5

Me. With her son, a fellow whose godparents (and now adopted legal guardians) are my two oldest bestest friends. The kid is 12, and is family.

IMGP1930rdx

I want to start him in comics. What'd be good for an intelligent and creative young man who's been shifted about with unstable environments for a good part of his life? ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265170#Comment_265170 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265170#Comment_265170 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:11:07 -0700 epalicki
eric and leah

Not much to report, here. I put the entire first issue of my new project, all 22 pages of it, up on my site, so I'd have a convenient place to direct potential publishers (currently waiting to hear back from several of them, regarding several things.)

Here's my favorite page:

Barefoot_01_017

Click HERE to read the entire issue. The art was done by Gabriel Andrade Jr., and some graphic design elements were added to the cover by Whitechapel's own Yskaya. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265172#Comment_265172 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265172#Comment_265172 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:22:58 -0700 Prof Structure Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265174#Comment_265174 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265174#Comment_265174 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:37:43 -0700 Fauxhammer
Here's what I'm busy with, me and Neil Ford: http://www.decemberfalls.com

It's gonna be the shit.

Picture:
Photobucket ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265176#Comment_265176 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265176#Comment_265176 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:43:00 -0700 herowithoutpowers
This is the most recent picture of myself that I could find. It is my wife and I at a bar, taken back in late July.
My wife and I.

...

This saturday has been okay. I go to college monday through friday and work on saturday and sundays. So today I was at my restaurant job, making pizzas. That's been my joe job for the past few years. I decided I needed a marketable skill to make money while I was in college, so I got a job at a pizza place and learned how to make/flip pizzas.

I'm not entirely satisfied with my current employer. The restaurant does not follow my state's labor laws regarding required breaks for employees (half hour unpaid lunch per six hour scheduled shift). It's okay most of the time, as some days I'll work 6 hours, some days 8 hours. I get about 3 or 4 smoke breaks, and a couple bathroom breaks. Other than that I'm constantly on the pizza line working. Which is fine. It's work. I'm there to make pizzas. But there are other people there that get screwed, like the dough crew. The restaurant makes its dough in house each day, and a typical dough shift for a single person can be anywhere from 10 to 14 hours. No lunch break. They get smoke breaks too, and we work in the kitchen so we'll make ourselves food sometimes, but we typically eat it quick, standing up, or leaning against a wall or something (there's no break room).

So the dough people get fucked. And the entire management crew knows about the labor laws - I brought it up to them about a week after we opened. The managers response? He laughed, said that it was funny, there had been 2 or 3 other people that had brought it up. No, they weren't going to follow it.

I could report them to the state labor board, but I don't want to lose my job. Pretty much everyone else there that knows about the law feels the same. We don't like it, but the economy sucks and we're thankful to just have jobs.

So there's my rant.

Here's my non-rant.

My wife is totally awesome. We met in January, started dating in February, and got married in March. We moved in to a new apartment in August...but haven't told our families that we're married. We didn't do a legal marriage, like going to court or something. We decided to marry ourselves - we chose words and phrases that had meaning to us and we declared ourselves married. No one else was present. We've told a few people...some close friends. We intend to go through the traditional engagement / fiancee/ wedding thing later, for the sake of our families, and to make it legal in the eyes of the state (good marriage benefits). But as far as she and I are concerned, we're married.

Thanks for listening. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265178#Comment_265178 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265178#Comment_265178 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:47:00 -0700 StefanJ
I started working on a game for Halloween, "pumpkin bowling." Pins are plastic ghost tumblers with paster in the bottom, pumpkins, bales of hay to define the alley. The balls are . . . pumpkins. Get a strike, win a big Cadbury bar. It's for work, but I'll also deploy it at the apartment complex Halloween party.

I've had a serious monkey on my back, a strategy came called FREECOL. I've been thinking about it late at night. playing it for a half hour before leaving for work. Ugh.

I lieu of a photo, here's a video of me holding down my dog while a vet sucks a half a liter of blood out of her:

Just got back from watching RED, which was a nice way to start the weekend. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265182#Comment_265182 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265182#Comment_265182 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:09:10 -0700 Rachæl Tyrell Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265190#Comment_265190 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265190#Comment_265190 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:56:21 -0700 Crushling I've been itching to take a razor to my head again; the only thing stopping me from having a sweet mohawk is the hope of finding work.
I'm also trying to improve myself by learning to cook, and it's consumed most of my interest these days. I have a mug of bacon grease in the fridge now. This is revolutionary for me. I want to cook fucking everything and branch out into baking more. Tomorrow's recipe: a chocolate stout cake made with Young's Double Chocolate. The Pater Familias should be back tomorrow night to resume his guinea pig duties. Apart from a few smoke clouds and a terrible potato pancake experiment, all responses have been positive. Science is delicious.

I've only just gotten it to the length I can comb and part it. I should at least sit on brushable hair for a FEW days.. maybe?
DECISIONS. I miss scalp breeze.
Anyhow. Time for more coffee and a smoke and finding out when my buddies can get together to see Red en masse. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265193#Comment_265193 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265193#Comment_265193 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:03:02 -0700 WaxPoetic Good: Bathroom on second floor. And we rent.
Double Good: Landlords are getting things done more quickly than anyone told them it would be.

Good: parents bought me ticket to India.
Bad: getting laid off from my minimum wage 12 hr a week job in a month as Corporate is closing the press but not the paper, i still have to get my visa and now have learned that vaccinations are in order, i'm applying for at least two graduate schools in the next 3 weeks which is going to run about a paycheck (of which I have 2 1/2 more to get) and no one in this town is hiring. At all. am feeling ungrateful for a gift that i wanted to begin with.

god it sounds so childish. also, i am lonely and i miss my friends and i am not used to that.

the only thing i've got going is that i know this is all temporary. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265197#Comment_265197 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265197#Comment_265197 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:38:23 -0700 chris g
I did a new Space Shark this week. First episode of Space Shark Year Two! Glad I was able to crank it out and share with the world this week after soooo many fucking techincal difficulties. Before that one I was finishing a different episode that is featuring my home girl Miss Destructo, but the stress from the thought of disappointing her was getting to to me and I just left it alone for a month. I hope to complete that one this coming week though.

I managed to avoid eating any meat all this week until tonight I ate some of my sister's thai food that had meats in it. I felt guilty and evil and human and sane again all at the same time. No one was looking so I snuck some into me. I am horrible.
Ugh, and today my sister emailed me a pic of myself from yeeeears back when I was fucking fat as hell and weighed 220 (i'm 170 these days. Woot, highschool weight!) It's scary because I hardly recognize myself in that pic. Told her ass to delete that shit.

Haven't been to the comic shoppe in months but this time I stopped by and bought four kraken scriptures. I began to drive home like a madman. Really missed that burst of nerd energy I get from new comic smell. It's more powerful then red bull and blow blended together.

So yeah, the plan is to keep new Space Shark coming, and hopefully make time for a new project or two. Trying to make up for lost momentum. Anyway, glad it's time for my day off. I want to fucking sleep and hang out with my cat.

But first I'm gonna get DR0NK. Cheers, congratulations on RED. You and Cully earned it!

]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265203#Comment_265203 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265203#Comment_265203 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:28:51 -0700 Fishelle I've gotten so much work done this week. Two pieces were finished, two more got some serious progress. I had a pretty awful cold for a couple weeks, and it put me behind in sculpture, but I was able to just work for hours on end yesterday getting caught up with that. Still feeling a bit of stress when it comes to getting everything done on time, but no more than usual. And the night is young.
I have a solo show going up in our student gallery in about 3 weeks, so I'm preparing for that. The show's going to be called "I Am Woman. Hear Me Scream." and it'll be up for a week. I can't wait. I've gotten some really good feedback on my pieces. I don't need a whole lot of them for our little gallery; 5 or 6 is plenty. 3 are finished. I have one big drawing to finish, and one print, but I just need ink and a couple of hours for the print. I'm hoping to do 6 pieces. We'll see what happens, but now that I'm healthy again I can spend all my waking hours working in the studio.
Thinking about it tonight, I realized one more exciting thing about when it's going up. Though the student space changes every week, the main gallery only changes every month. I'm pretty sure the opening for the main gallery will be the week my show is up, so it will be seen by more than the usual group that passes through. It'll give me a crazy schedule, since I'm gallery assistant and have to help hang that show and finish getting mine ready all at once, but I hope it will be worth it.
I hope I offend someone. You wouldn't think it would be so difficult to do in such a conservative area. But then last week I wrote a story about a porn artist for my creative writing class and it got nothing but praise. I want someone to have a problem with my work that isn't my mom. I don't know why, but I do.
New subject now. A kid I went to high school with died in Afghanistan this week, and all my facebook friends are torn up about it. I feel like maybe I should be more sad about it because everyone else is and because he was a decent guy that didn't deserve to die, but I hardly knew him. Unlike most of the people I knew at that time, he never said anything negative about me. Plus he died taking a bullet to save another soldier, which improves my opinion of him even more. I keep getting reminded of it, but it isn't affecting me too much. If anything, it's just another reminder that life is short, and I should enjoy it as much as possible while I can. So I'm looking on the bright side of everything a bit more.
This time last week, I was crying myself to sleep and wondering how much ibuprofen it would take to kill me. Now, I'm perfectly okay, and just want everything to keep going. I think it's the art that's helped more than anything. The depression came with the sickness that confined me to my bed and kept me from the studio. Now both illness and sadness are gone.
It also helped that I got a letter from the boy I'm in love with. Those are always good. He was perfectly okay with my modeling job, which made my happy. Even though I wound up quitting between the last letter and this one due to some safety issues, the fact that he didn't mind that I was doing modeling made me happy. It was just another art related job. So few people in this area share that viewpoint, it's nice to know that the one that matters agrees with me.
Anyway, thanks for listening. Not much of a vent, but it was necessary anyway, seeing as I've been alone for the last couple of days with no one to talk to.
Here's a picture of me making Halloween decorations.
Photobucket ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265205#Comment_265205 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265205#Comment_265205 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:34:40 -0700 Rootfireember
Work is settling down. Newbs are getting the hang of how things go, and it's made the past few days (though busy) a lot more bearable.

My keyboard's been a right bitch as of late. Not sure what's up with it, but *shrug* I deal, even if it pisses me off.

I miss having people I can hang out with around here, so I've been trying to get folks from work to see Red or some other movie together the next week or so. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265206#Comment_265206 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265206#Comment_265206 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:37:09 -0700 razrangel
Temp gig from a while ago ended and the last week and change I've been catching up to all the stuff I put off while working. (This is the Paul Mitchell site that I translated and this is the result. There are errors because it would have been a waste of time for me and money for them for me to hang around during the upload process, so the people who did the uploading didn't comprehend everything I left behind. }:/) In the meantime I had a bit of fun with some of the money I earned, but more importantly paid several bills. Sadly this month's bills burned through pretty much all that's left. Right around Halloween I'm going to need another miracle.

Still studying Japanese. Still liking it. Even if my sensei is batshit.

No idea how I'll costume for Halloween. I should take some time and think it over. I normally costume out of my wardrobe rather than buying stuff at the seasonal shops but I am not feeling satisfied by what's in my closet these days.

I've been putting on weight recently and not remotely animated to make the time to exercise. Which is not how it's always been for me, I used to be terrific at making myself workout every single day. But now it's been so long I have to overcome inertia to reestablish the habit. diet is still a considerable problem. Sparing you the details, it's hard for me to pick my own food. A partial excuse, to be sure, but not inaccurate. I'm not in a position to shop for my own food for more than one or two meals here and there. That alone is depressing.

Numb or not, I feel no drive for creativity. It's slightly disturbing. More than slightly, actually. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265208#Comment_265208 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265208#Comment_265208 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:46:53 -0700 Cat Vincent
And, just for fun, a single dodgy driver install just reduced my iMac to a kernel-panicking box of shite, taking 5 hours just to get it to the point of wiping the drive & reinstalling the OS.

And the lesson is - BACKUPS. Thank fuck I did one yesterday.

Anyway, here's me with a much-deserved housecall from Doctor Whiskey.

Photo on 2010-10-17 at 04.39 ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265212#Comment_265212 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265212#Comment_265212 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:05:00 -0700 dot_xom
Thanks. In case you didn't click on the pic, you can see more of my friend's photos here. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265213#Comment_265213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265213#Comment_265213 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:07:05 -0700 MrMonk
On the dark side, I've been advised more than once that, if I'm seriously looking for a new job, I should lose the (gray) beard and color my hair. It disappoints me deeply that people could be so petty as to be influenced by gray hairs, and that they could be so stupid as to be fooled by a dye job.

@Rachael - dumpster-diving and opiods: not a good idea, especially in that town. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265217#Comment_265217 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265217#Comment_265217 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:30:32 -0700 COMTE
Monday: work, theatre staff meeting, sleep.

Tuesday: work, clean the theatre, art co-op meeting, sleep.

Wednesday: work, Lucia di Lammermoor at Seattle Opera, sleep.

Thursday: work, SLOG Happy, sleep.

Friday: work, dinner with friend, Somebody I don't know very well's birthday party, sleep.

Saturday: yard work, errands, laundry, reading several chapters of Dreadnaught, sleep.

Sunday (tentative): yard work, galley duty, sleep.

Note: all activities besides work & sleep involve beer and/or whisky.

Next week: Liver either goes on vacation or goes on strike... ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265218#Comment_265218 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265218#Comment_265218 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:30:59 -0700 razrangel Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265222#Comment_265222 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265222#Comment_265222 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:52:31 -0700 hank
I am SO FUCKING CLOSE to getting this project out of my goddamned head. I have images, I need sound, and words to go with the Images, and possibly more images. You, sir will be the first to know when my brain finally slaps this fucker into existence, since you are a good barometer for value and interest. I hope someone will be impressed, because I want to be impressed. (I am too much of a perfectionist to like my own work; even when I like it, I despise it a week later..) I am imposing an November 30 Deadline for getting this damned thing out the door.

Sorry to hear about the flu at your moment of triumph. I hope all the negative nancies who dissed RED get your flu.


Oh god I cant wait for the facial hair to grow back. I shaved it for dental work and feel goddamned naked.

Freakishly Hairless Face! ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265223#Comment_265223 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265223#Comment_265223 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:57:46 -0700 hank
I am very glad you are getting health things sorted. It sucked to watch you hurt and not be able to do much more than hope things would turn your way. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265225#Comment_265225 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265225#Comment_265225 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:14:49 -0700 krakatoakatie That sucks, I am so sorry. It happened to me too, last may, and I make some of my $ from photography. Luckily I am blessed with the best friends, family and coworkers ever, and they raised the money for me to replace my camera via paypal. Also, someone from Whitechapel sent me a lens anonymously and I'd still like to find out who it was so I can thank them. Look in pawn shops and see if you local camera store sells used camera bodies. Sell prints as a fundraiser.

This weekend I am blowing off all my tons of work to watch burlesque shows and terrible bollywood movies and drink. I feel much better. Work is good, too much work is overwhelming and my confidence plummets.

Current ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265226#Comment_265226 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265226#Comment_265226 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:26:46 -0700 Seantaclaus
I'm nearing the end of the most tumultuous 2 weeks that I've had in quite awhile. Much of it is chaos, but negatives aside, the eventual result will be a good thing. After surviving and recovering from the post-DragonCon Confluenza, which tried to possess me and swallow my soul for almost all of September, the first 2 weeks of October have brought me the following:

-Sister had a spot show up at the base of her brain on a CT scan. Mom told me, but I wasn't supposed to know, and therefore couldn't say anything.

-Same day, roommate/landlord told me that I really needed to be out by this weekend if at all possible, giving me 2 weeks notice, basically. Mind you, I was supposed to be out by the end of September when he was initially planning on putting the house on the market, and had 3 months notice for that. Things got derailed, hence the conversation. There's no ill will on any part here.

-Next day, I found out that my friend Michael had passed. While not completely unexpected, as he was in poor health, it was still sad. He was diabetic, wasn't taking care of it properly, and a year ago had the lower part of one of his legs amputated.

-A few days later, sister got results back from MRI, which came back clean. Apparently the spot on the CT scan was a fluke, and her symptoms appear to be attributable changes in meds and their dosage levels.

-Up until 3 days ago, I was really starting to wonder if I was going to be without a place to stay. Reprieve then availed itself, and it appears I'll be semi-nomadic for a bit while I'm building into more stability.

So, like I said, negatives aside, the eventual result is a good thing. I've been wanting to live in a place that was a bit more of my own for awhile, and this is a step in that direction. The big issue with this was timing, as monies I've yet to receive due to not being paid for certain things until after they come to publication aren't available yet.

Where does that put me? Well, I officially move out of here tomorrow, but will still have some things stored here, that I'll retrieve over the next several weeks as I'm able to find places to store them. Then, I spend 2 weeks in north Kansas City as a basement dweller, followed by at least 3 (if not more) weeks in Columbia with a friend. Both locations allow for me to hook my computer up and access the internet, both of which are important to income (without those, I'd be dead in the water, as it would hamper me from finishing various contract work, which would then possibly kill the options of getting recurring work from those companies). While in Columbia, I'll be able to hang out with friends that I haven't been able to hang out with in a very long time. This will make up for the fact that Columbia is a cultural black hole. Maybe.

When all is said and done, I hope to be capable of being back in KC by late November or early December, or at least be at the point where I'm fiscally capable of sustaining my own place here if I'm not back here yet.

Sorry for the ramble. You all are probably used to that from me by now... ;)

As always, thank you for the outlet, and for your hospitality, Internet Forest Man.

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@dot_xom - My friend, that's actually not a bad picture. Trust me when I say that you don't look that chunky. Take into account the fact that you're wearing an untucked shirt, that's a bit loose, and as such, it will be prone to blousing a bit depending on how it sits. In turn, in the photo it's white, against a washed out light gray background, nearly blending into it. Mind you, I don't know what you've looked like in the past, but I guarantee that you're likely in far better shape than several of us here. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265231#Comment_265231 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265231#Comment_265231 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:56:31 -0700 Casey Cook
On Monday we had plumbers out to fix the drain pipes coming off of the house. The job was cheaper than I expected and we celebrated with long showers the rest of the week. The money leftover from the plumbing job has been converted into a shiny new Macbook for the wife, whose old PC was on its last legs. She's very happy with it, which makes me happy.

The next two days will constitute my new weekend, and I will spend it moving into the larger of our two computer workstations, now vacated as the result of the Macbook acquisition. This will be good as I have totally outgrown the other desk and have monitor stands hanging off either side.

Cheers Warren on the success of RED this weekend!

Picture of me at Sun Studio Memphis last year after a recording session with the band-

]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265237#Comment_265237 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265237#Comment_265237 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:44:14 -0700 stsparky
Ultra Jump Rope/Lasso thing ...

We're pricing the tot's 5th birthday party... She wears me down. We just watched the 2nd to Last and Last Ultraman movie ... it's a phase. I get very sentimental when they roll out the original actors for the 60's TV show for cameos.

Deep in my mind is the thought I must become a publisher ... ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265240#Comment_265240 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265240#Comment_265240 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:32:34 -0700 dot_xom
Heh. Thank you for the kind words. Whether I'm actually a chubby fella or not, it is time I started getting in shape anyway. I enjoyed modeling for my friend, even if it was for shits and giggles, so if any of my other photog friends come a-callin', I'd rather be in the right condition to strut my stuff for them too. If it's any indication, here's another pic my friend shot with her other camera:
morning cigarette ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265245#Comment_265245 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265245#Comment_265245 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:22:15 -0700 Brandon Seifert
Tonight had the sort of surreality you only get when you introduce your IRL friends and colleagues to the people you know from the alt-porn websites you frequent. (By
"people" I mean "models.")

"How do you know her?" "I've seen her stuff things up her butt on the internet."*

* That conversation did not actually take place. Though it could have. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265250#Comment_265250 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265250#Comment_265250 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:51:52 -0700 Alastair Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265253#Comment_265253 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265253#Comment_265253 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:45:53 -0700 roadscum
My congratulations to the young Master Ellis on his cinematic success, i will happily be his shambling henchthing, gibbering insanely while i crank the wheels to open the orbital death ray hanger doors.

I am toying with the idea of starting a blog, more as a device for practising my somewhat atrophied writing skills than anything else. But that's as may be..

So, did my good deed for the year on friday and picked up a pair of really quite sweet girlie hitchers who were stuck in a layby on the A30 down near Exeter.

Nice, arty, middle class and more than a bit hippy, they'd fit in well here. I did mention the Master's name a few times and mutter about my fondness for his work and his forthcoming cinematic thing just to steer them in the right direction. Not of course that i think everyone here is nice, middle class and a bit hippy, before you start releasing the eels, i just fumble a bit with my words these days.

They seemed sound and well grounded if a little less concerned about the potential hazards of being stuck in a layby in the middle of nowhere than they might have been. They patiently listened to my incoherent ramblings all the way back to the Fragrant Picturesque Jewel of the East (with a brief stop in Salisbury for dins and delivery of stuff). I dropped them safely at a petrol station in Barking with directions to the station and a vague warning that it's not the 99% of people who are nice that are the problem, it's the 1% who aren't that you have to watch out for. I dunno, maybe i'm getting (more) paranoid in my old age.

And now i have to rush to be ready to go down to Crystal Palace with a friend and her achingly sweet little 3 year old daughter to feed the dinosaurs and have my shoulder cried on. ]]> Saturday Night Open Mic (16oct10) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265293#Comment_265293 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9059&Focus=265293#Comment_265293 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:18:40 -0700 trini_naenae
I still more or less look like this though:
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