i realized today... that i have absolutely nothing in common with kenny rogers...
three nights ago, i was sitting at the bar in the tattooed moms when three buddhists came in and sat next to me. i knew they were buddhist cause the buddha was on their platinum card. the indie-pixie-waitress gave them a staredown then went back to her usual snarl. at some point they mused as to whether travelers cheques were accepted in nirvana. i paid my tab.
ya know, there are orange nights... and there are tangerine nights...
so as the doors blasted from inside a belgian waffle house and the homeless begged for change, i walked on and drank the last of an absinthe slushee and ordered a diesel fuel coffee from an all night vendor. being that neither of us really speak english... it went pretty well... i think. when i finally stopped walking, i noticed my spurs were still making that clangy noise. so i pulled my finger like a gun, aimed carefully, and shot down a skateboarder railsliding in a seven eleven parking lot. i ran before the police could get to the scene. silly rabbits. yeah, sometimes tangerine nights are just like this.
in chinatown, i traded my azure and light blue puma anjans for a pair of wok lids. woks lids make awesome fucking cymbals. i sat on the sidewalk jammin' that funky wok lid bootsy style. i earned two dollars from some banana republic dressed tourist family. i wish that my wok lid playing was really that good.. but i think they were just sorry for me cause i had no shoes.
im not a smoker but i bummed a cigarette just in case someone wanted to bum one from me. a pizza guy just getting off his shift finally asked... so i handed him the smoke... and in his final words... i found an ace that i could keep.
attention katies 1-128... this is a test of the emergency posting system... had this been an actual webpost, this message would be followed by something intelligent and relevant. i repeat... this is only a test.
...every now and again i get asked about my stage rig... not that most of you care one little bit about any of this... but since its just another manic monday (umm tuesday by now)... and my mind is (still) mostly a blank chalkboard, i thought id take this chance to answer the question.
i play a pedulla j2000 rapture through a bass pod into a qsc rmx-2450 power amp driving a g-k 410 rbx. (this is just the stage rig.. sound reinforcement for the room is handled by a separate sound company or the individual club.) for those of you that dont speak fluent bass... there is a picture below from a recent show for your immediate gratification... remember, be courteous and please dont stare too long at the blindingly beautiful bass so as to leave some sparkliness for the next viewer. this means you too, katie 80.
p.s. dont y'all worry... i havent forgotten about you... the answer key for my dIQ is coming real soon.
if ever i should seem to take for granted, this lovely life that i have been handed. darlin dont just stand there, come knock me around. - jets to brazil, wish list
tonight, a wish list starter for a cold january night...
i wish i had something really important to say... i wish that happiness wasnt alchemy... i wish it was warmer out so that i could skate... i wish that i was smarter than i am... but really, i think id rather be better looking... i wish that i could sing harmonies... i wish for smoky rooms that smell like tango and look like film noir... i wish that i didnt betray myself at random intervals... i wish you could go home again (but you cant)... i wish for sultry southern nights and skinny dipping...
what are y'all out there wishing for tonight night angels?...
come one.. come all... all you lovely ladies gather round for the greatest show on surf.... welcome one and all to the dIQ. (the deadstar intelligence quotient) this 55 question multichoicey exam is designed to test your knowledge of... well... me and at the end will accurately tell you the size of your dIQ.
because im with the funness... you will also get a secret code. when youre done the quiz, post the secret code to the comments section of this entry(do not post your raw score as this may discourage other people from playing) or if you feel more comfortable you can email me the results using the link above in the stained glass. the winner will get... the most fabulous prize ever offered here. in honor of my new site look.... a lucite plasticy thingy (pictured below) lovingly handcrafted by me proclaiming you the "fucking dIQ master"
the quiz is easy to take. just click on the correct answer to each question and the quiz will automatically move you to the next one. there is no going back. it also will not tell you if you are correct or not for all the obvious reasons (you bunch of cheaterfaces). after the contest is done, a complete set of answers will be available for your perusing gratification. the number in the circle in the center of the answers represents the dIQ weight of the question. the higher the number, the more the question figures into your final dIQ size.
for those about to dIQ, i salute you...
actual fabulous prize pictured below...
disclaimers apply... jen, you still cant win. also, if youve won something before.. you cant win again and above all... have some fun.
an interesting thing happened while discussing my recent list endeavor here. (below, previous entry) predictably, the people i knew asked if and who they were on the list. dont y'all know curiousity killed the kitten?
so... i asked them which theyd most like to be. just cause im like that.
curiously, almost without fail... no one wanted to be the person on the list that they 'were'. another quiet night, another time to think... to wonder why. is this some cruel twist or just human nature? (or are those two concepts not mutually exclusive?) is the way we see ourselves so different from the way others see us... from the people we all want to be?
so all you night angels out there in etherland keystroking themselves... look at the list below... and whether you believe youre on there or not, of those 20... which would you most want to be? ...and if you'd be so kind... why?
