Now for your turn, putting my heart out on a sleave, tear it up:
Jim O'rourke - All downhill From Here
of Montreal - Dustin Hoffman thinks about eating the soap
The Zombies - Tell her no
Beck - ###hole
Braid - Grand Theft Autumn
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Cee-lo - closet freak
Spoon - Jonathan Fisk
Don Henley - Boys of Summer

um baby um, Colin, I wanna hear those two records next time I come over, the Lefte Bank or The Small Faces, good luck on the chicken. Drink while you cook.

Only certain things disgust me about you all, thats why I still talk to you all, and if that wasn't true about me, than I'll come up with something you can detest. Lets start the nitpicking just out of shear boredom.


Trisha, you cheat:
"In no particular order and without using any band more than twice... "
how about no more than one band by the primary songwriter?


Colin
"preferring the Lefte Bank or The Small Faces to rubbish like Trans-Am or Emperor Penguin doesn't make one outdated... So yes, happy to be a relic of the past and not in vogue with the hopelessly modern scenesters."
I think you just sumed up the all time snobbish remark, too bad it didn't come from your lips into my ear. It would ensue into a hearty conversation which would end with me curling into a ball on the floor as a result of your smarmy wit and the kicks of your shiney boots to my abdomen. The end result, after many hours, would be for me to live in your closet to be cultured in the "right ways". Watch out Colin, don't make your opinion too aparent, these scenesters now a days are running out of new, or "fresh" material to their over accepting ears. You could start a whole new scene, do you really want that? Don't worry, you'll always be my lonely little mod.


And Lauren
Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a good one. I'll be mailing a postcard to you soon.

BOREDOM AT WORK:
In no particular order and without using any band more than twice...
The City - Dismemberment Plan
Savory - Jawbox
Flood of Foreign Capital - Burning Airlines
Bells - Hey Mercedes
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Only In Dreams - Weezer
8 Miles High (cover) - Husker Du
Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth - The Minutemen
Sweet Avenue - Jets to Brazil
Generator - Bad Religion
Killing a Camera - Braid

Reduce my mid-afternoon boredoms!!! Submit your top ten or so favorite songs of today or tomorrow!!!!!!!

Oh, that sucks about QOTSA & AYWKblahblahblah. Is Hattiesburg flooded? That, of course, doesn't make the news here. Date with Jonothan was wonderful. Now, what to do about the pilot...hmmm...never dated two guys at once before, not sure of the etiquette involved here.

Strange that talking to people here about the music that I like is quite similar to talking to my mother about the music that I like. No specifics, just sort of vague notions of strange and not quite melodic music. But everyone I've cornered long enough to make them listen to it just LOVES Hey Mercedes. And Save Ferris. Make whatever conclusions you must.

Shower 21 Trisha 4 (today no hot water)

BIRTHDAY SEASON! Poor Lauren, we're both broke and cake-less. We're going out this weekend for her birthday, though. Everyone tell her happy birthday.

Tube strike sounds so much cooler than a hurricane. Queen's of the Stone Age and Trail of Dead cancelled. Good, I didn't feel like driving in that weather. I emailed the guys from Trail of Dead and asked if they wanted to party down in Hattiesburg on their way from Brimingham to Houston. They went ahead and drove home to Houston, but they did inform me that the Queen's tour bus flooded. HA! sorry, that sucks.

"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -Benjamin Franklin

Been trying to think of that quote since Big Brother started clamping down in the States. And here it is at Burning Airline's website. 70% of British people don't support military action against our pal in Iraq. maybe they don't understand Our presIdent's pLan. Have date with the native tonight. He, independant of my input, was going to take me to see Nada Surf. Fantastistic. But it's sold out.

Time left home for work: 8:00
Time arrived work: 10:00
Time left work: 17:00
Time arrived home: 20:20*

Tube strikes are no fun. *i stopped for mcdonald's and lauren's trip was even worse.

I HAVE DONE IT. Instructions on how to take a shower. 1. Turn on sink tap with red "H" 2. Turn on shower tap with red "H" 3. Turn on shower tap with blue "C" until the water stops boiling 4. Check back in five minutes to make sure the water hasn't started boiling again 5. Lather, rinse, repeat. The key is to divert as much of the boiling water as possible to the sink. Why didn't I think of this before. This makes four successful showers that I've had now. They rest have been disasters.

Also, rode bus (do NOT talk to me about tube strike. easily walked over two miles to work this morning. grr.) with Leo the Venezualen DJ/Graphic Artist Roommate. We have come to the unanimous decision that Dame Edna (Ashley, really) is a raving loon. He is going to teach me spanish. HAHAHA I had to ask him where exactly Venezuala is and I had to resort to my limited spanish. Donde esta el Venezuala? Didn't think he was going to stop laughing but there you go. I am a spanish conversationalist now.

Yay for Lauren's job. We are now safely within the realm of the British Working Force. Oh, Bless them. On channel 5 Sunday night there is going to be a show devoted to the bizarre creature that is Michael Jackson's face. Am going to take pictures of the advertisements on the streets. They're hilarious. PAYDAY. Bye!

Oh yeah. We had an earthquake. 4.8 I think and centered somewhere in the midlands. Biiiig news. Supposedly you could feel it in London but I was sound asleep. I think a church steeple was in danger of falling but no other damage. Also, Lauren pointed out that after reading so many British newspapers, the USAtoday is very boring. Not fun and splashy like the Sun and Daily Express.

Also, I am allergic to something, perhaps Hummous. I got weird spots on my tongue that swelled to epic, red, pulsating bulges. They stayed for half an hour after eating hummous and pita bread then disappeared. I thought I was going to die of foot-and-mouth disease. Um. So that's exciting. Any ideas?

By the way Jets to Brazil ARE GOING TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE THERE. Chris, you had better go. And you had better make a fool of yourself as I did for you in front of Blake. Buy me a pin, i will reimburse you. It can go on my bookbag next to my new Nerf Herder pin. Actually, I might get you to buy me a T-shirt. will let you know. Argh. Might see Nada Surf, though. And Fugazi and Sparta and Q and not U. so, some consolation. but still, Augh.

I am duly impressed with Notre Dame. Everyone, my mom. Mom, everyone. Thanks Chris. Am fighting off black plague. Pollution does strange things to my allergies. Gotta go, nothing exciting to report. In love with London still.

P.S. Bama, we're sorry

I retract earlier statements, and go home with my tail between my legs. As for the rest of the super saturday, Notre Dame in possibly one of the best gmaes and one of the best performances by Michigan State. Their reciever Josh Rodgers is made of glue and springs, made some of the most beautiful catches possible, but ND came back with a 60yrd td run to clench the 21-17 win. Notre Dame is 4-0 so far this season and in 2 weeks move from being unranked to beating the 2 michigan powerhouses and ranked no. 10. I'm ranting about a football team nobody cares about. Go first-year coach Tyrone Willingham, from Stanford. GO IRISH!

The saga continues. We've been keeping up with the hurricane. Sort of. Have a hurricane party for us if it comes. Date with the Dane was fun. We went out for Greek food and rented a movie. Then on Saturday, I met a new pal. Jonothan is his name and he sounds exactly like Hugh Grant. He is taking me out Thursday for dinner and to show me around London to some of the touristy things I haven't made it to. My social calendar is full! I am going to be in for a shock when I return to the States, that's for sure.

Lauren is going to end up married to some filthy rich Arabian oil baron at the rate she's attracting them. We can't even walk down the street without loads of guys coming up and offering to take her places and buy her things. Doesn't happen to me as much. I've had one marriage proposal to her three.

Tube strike looming. Of course it happens on the one day that I need to zip around town with ease. I need to pick up and cash my paycheck on Wednesday the day of the Strike. I will get it if it kills me.

We are learning our way around Queen's Park, our lovely neighborhood (haha). At DEHOG, since Philippe's departure (yes, he moved to Wales. everything's okay now, though) we have a new roommate. His name is Leo (pronounced LAY-OH) and he is from Venezuala. He wears sporty clothes and owns a fanny pack. Not much in the way of English language skills but he's nice and quiet. Dame Edna, in the meantime, has taken a shocking turn. She cleared out what appeared to be years of crap and boxes from the hallways and stairwells and replaced them with nice houseplants. Lauren and I somewhat fear this otherwise pleasant change as we are not sure what her motivation for this is. This from the woman who, when I payed her my rent said "And who are you?"

Funny story: Lauren picked up (through no fault of her own) a Mexican named Victor. His long, shiny black hair would be the envy of many mullet wanna-be's. Anyway, Lauren eventually was successful in getting rid of Victor's unwanted advances. He kept rubbing her hair and she slapped his hand. His response: "oh, i looove you" Anyway a week or so later, while walking the streets of London Lauren hears "Lauren Thank God, it's a miracle!" and turns around to see Victor with his arms triumphantly outstreched over his head. "Come, you are going home with me" is his command and Lauren had to run away from him again. A city of seven million and she runs into Victor the Long Haired Mexican? Only Lauren...

CHRIS: could you please extend an invitation to post to Jeremiah and Steven. This request is from Lauren. I can't get their email addresses as protista.com crashes the computers at work. Thanks, trisha.

Leigh Ann: Watch BBC everyday. No sign of Ritchie, yet. Will tell if I see him. Peace out