» Nicole's Birthdate...

So the private party last night at the Gothic Theater was fairly ok. The sound system wasn't working on its full potential (no return speakers), which caused a few mistakes, since we couldn't hear each other very well. It was a late show (11:30PM on a Monday night), especially when you get there at 7:30PM for a sound check that never happened. Jena and I even had an argument over some stupid shit...which we later worked out. So here are some more pics.

I woke up so tired this morning, I forgot to shut the alarm off (yes, I have an alarm system in my house). Which brought two of my neighboors to my front door. It wasn't a pretty scene: three messy haired guys on their sleeping wear standing in the front hallway. Talking about nonsense...ah?
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» And...Ta ta tara!

Well, I finally got it. After almost a month and a half hunting down on E-bay, I scored this super good looking puppet:

"Wayang Golek" - a three dimensional wooden rod puppet originally from the Java Island in Indonesia. It has a movable head and movable arms with the aid of sticks attached to the hands and torso. The head and headdress are carved from a single block of wood and then hand-painted Bali style. Man... and it was cheap. I was the only bidder. The shipping cost is almost the same as the cost of the whole puppet. Sandra from Sighshop was a sweetheart. I was very pleased. And now...to the movies....
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» Hangover Free Saturday!

Another show at the Larimer Lounge. An acoustic set, since we were openning for the British songwriter Alexi Murdoch, which I must say is much better live than on his CD. Great performance! The sound guy was new, and he really sucked. Muffled all the vocals, and the sound on the stage was really bad. But we managed to get through, even with a broken capo. I wish we had the whole band there, but Mr. Murdoch is a folk singer, who plays by himself. It would be really rude to open an act like that with a full band...

Yesterday, we had a lot more people coming to see us than the show on August 5th. Which consequently led to a night of dancing to britpop at La Rumba. God! it was a long time ago since I last danced to New Order.

For the amount of liquor i had last night, I feel good! Pretty good! Jena, Michael, Sam...and even Josh and the other Michael showed up. It was a good night. For sure. Right now, I'm trying to get my shit together here, so I can go to Mark's studio. I'm recording 2 tracks on Judith's new album and let me tell you: She can sing like no one else.

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» A lazy Wednesday!

On Thursday we got some more wood chips for the turtle tank. I found out why Harold didn't like to sleep in the cave: it was to wet...I over estimated the amount of humidity they needed. So now things are good in the land of the turtles. I went nuts yesterday printing Old West pictures from the web. I wanted a little backdrop for my cowboy scene in the living room...

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» My crazy Tortoises

Harold is not sleeping in the cave anymore. I'm assuming Maude is too big and she's not leaving enough room for the little boy down there. Look at this pics i took this morning...hilarious isn't it?
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» Ai Caramba!

Well, I didn't win the auction at e-bay. The three dolls sold for almost a $100.00 bucks. A little too much for me right now. I have a few other options and I'm watching them closely. We went fishing on Wed. but we almost turned into fish ourselves, when a rain storm hit us really hard at the end of the day. Did we catch anything? Nope! Mark Joseph did. Go see the pics at Jena's blog.Man, the new Western Union Service (International Money Transfers) is the bomb. You can even send money to Passo Fundo, which is a little shit hole in the south of Brazil. Can you believe? In less than 10 min.!!! Anyway, fixed a lamp on Tue. afternoon. It's an antique metal built lamp from the 60's. You can see here how nice my living room looks now:

Our friend Chris left for Syria a few weeks back. Jena and I suggested he could start a blog to tell his stories to us! Well, I found him today! Go say hello to Chris in Syria!
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» oh..well...

Since I already have one movie production under my belt, I figure it is time to get another one started. I don't want to use actors. They are a pain in the arse and they cost money (even if you act for free, I probably have to buy you food or something), not to mention their egos. So dolls or puppets seem to be the ideal subjects. For "In the land of the blind...", I build a quite impressive puppet which made the movie really work. But for my new idea, I was thinking about something older...with a little more character. So I went looking for some vintage puppets at Ebay this afternoon. And look what I found:

Three indonesian dolls from the 1900's. I placed a bid. But I won't know anything till Monday morning, when the auction ends...
And last week I got myself a bicycle basket. I was so tired of going to the Farmer's Market on Sunday morning, and having to carry plastic bags on the handle bar.


Elliot and I have something in common...
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» I don't give a rats ass...

We spent the entire Tuesday at the Water World. I was a little cranky in the beginning, but I gradually switched my mood as the day went by. No photos because of obvious reasons (I'm not getting my expensive camera drenched in water...no sir). It was a good day, which Jena and I finished with a barbecue and Buffalo Soldiers. This Miramax movie was actually nice. Didn't think it was really a comedy, although the last scene intends that. My Wednesday was promissing, but it was somewhat a creativity down slope. Not able to do the things I wanted...I went shopping. For a Remote Control CAR!!!!. I always wanted one since I was a kid. I remembered they were on sale at the Broadway Ave. Big Lots. The only problem was that the battery had to be charged for 8 hours....ai...ai..ai. So I ended up just playing with it this morning...But hey, it made my morning better...

And get this: Arbon, our drummer has a blog! click here
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» I'm Gio Toninelo!

Nice bill. The show at the Larimer Lounge brought together a nice group of people. Mr. Peter Salett (which was a really nice fellow), and the TarBox Ramblers. The show was delayed for an hour, but we were fashionable late, starting at 8:30PM and playing for a half full (or should I say: half empty)room. Don, the sound guy did a wonderful job mixing all the bands down! Little Josh Novak was happy! I was tooo! And thanks to Shanon Murphy for driving us around! Later we stopped at the Hornet to see our friend Gann play his americana set. Can't get better than this on a Thursday night...Well, if only Jenny was here...More photos on Saturday...

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» The Standard Issue

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» The Village...(idiot)

Saturdays are cool. At least when I don't have laundry to do. I spent the whole morning trying to clean up my computer, after installing Kazaa Media Desktop Piece of Crap. With a faster computer, I wanted a better video editor. Well, I had the software, but didn't have the Mpeg plug-in. Once I got it, then I needed a keymaker for the plug-in to work. Man, what a pain in the ass. Gator...Cydoor...Altnet crap...Not to mention that Norton Antivirus stopped refreshing the virus definitions out of nowhere. Well...everything is clean...clean...clean now. So after the whole ordeal, I decided to take myself out to the movies, to see Mr. Shyamalan’s new film. Somehow, I knew what the twist was going to be...so I spent the whole movie hopping for something different...and it didn't happen. Overall it was nice. For such a fuzz, I think it could've been creepier...I don't want to criticise it too much, 'cause I kind of like M. Night Shyamalan. Specially after seeing his first movie (when he was a kid), with a remote control robot dressed in a halloween mask...chasing a young Shyamalan around the house...he...he...he...
I got some pics of the evenning here.
And check out my tomato plant! Man...it looks so good...Tomato sandwich for lunch tomorrow!!!!

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