the shit factory

unfortunately, shannon didn’t catch the kid on the bike that was chasing me down the k-12. oh, and the fronch fries at wilmot were lacking…

well, someone found my space invaders mobile on etsy and liked it enough to blog about it! let’s hope that someone who reads that blog likes it enough to buy it now.

also, the first automata (maybe last? see below) show was last night at the note. it went quite well. we won’t be playing alpine valley anytime soon, but we didn’t scare anyone away either…

the general consensus about automata is that people don’t get the name… so we’re trying to come up with a new name. a free pixelparty gift will go to anyone who comes up with our new name. the name needs to be short, available on myspace, not the name of a signed band or a working band in chicago, and preferably something geeky… any takers?

UPDATE: the fine folks at geek alerts picked up the first link and posted with more pictures. someone’s just gotta buy something. the pinky ring ain’t gonna give itself away…

well, it’s been 4 months, and I’m another year older… wow. i’m too busy to blog, but i have stuff, so i’ll put it here. maybe I’ll talk about the stuff more? maybe not. nobody’s reading this anyway, so who cares, right?

1. the band i play bass in, Automata is playing at the note on august 26th. that’s in like 2 weeks. fuck.

2. i was jealous of shana, so I opened my own etsy shop. it’s pretty empty right now, but boy you wait til the tv season starts. it’ll be chock full of stuff.

3. i spent my birthday weekend at lollapalooza. it’s no bonnaroo, but they do have a better fountain. I no longer want to be a rock star, I want to be daft punk. their pyramid is too bitchin!

the cats really don’t like the dog, she came and messed up their exclusive hold on the house, and steals all of our attention… If he could, Dizzy would have roasted Monkey’s brains with his laser beam eyes a long time ago… He just needed a little help from photoshop…

so a while back I decided that whenever I was cooking pork as a main course, a side dish must also feature some sort of pork. (I’m such a good jew) so this weekend, I made Dr Pepper Pork Tenderloin (marinade pork tenderloin in 4 parts Dr Pepper/1 part soy sauce + salt, and peppercorns, grill tenderloin, boil and reduce marinade to make “gravy” ) and cheese grits with scallions and bacon (yummy thick bacon)

I didn’t think it could get any better, but after returning the sliced leftovers to the gravy and leaving them for another day, shoving the container with the gravy/pork in the microwave for a few minutes, and whooo lawdy lawdy, that’s some 3 napkin pork!

both literally and figuratively…

exhibit a

exhibit b:
shana (10:00:33 AM): i’m so excited for lost
shana (10:00:41 AM): you need to speeeeeeeed home
shana (10:00:44 AM): like lightning
shana (10:02:21 AM): so fast that you’ll be going backwards
shana (10:02:32 AM): so fast that the wheels will fall off
shana (10:03:05 AM): so fast that cops may chase you because they’ll think you’re up to no good
shana (10:04:32 AM): so fast that the ladies will call you mr. speed

last and the opposite of least, exhibit c:
shanalee (10:49:02 AM): so, i listened to skid row this morning
shanalee (10:49:05 AM): i gave in
shanalee (10:49:26 AM): and what a guilty pleasure it was - furthering my good mood
gorakSH (10:50:49 AM): nice
gorakSH (10:50:59 AM): that’s the cd you wanted
gorakSH (10:51:03 AM): ?
shanalee (10:51:04 AM): yup
gorakSH (10:51:11 AM): ha. slave to the grind?
shanalee (10:51:19 AM): yup
gorakSH (10:51:30 AM): one of the greatest albums ever recorded (seriously)
shanalee (10:53:45 AM): its too bad - b/c although slave to the grind is excellent, i’m thinking skid row would have upped the guilty pleasure quotient…
shanalee (10:53:56 AM): youth gone wild and all
shanalee (10:54:54 AM): plus i’m guess singing i remember you in the car would be really fun

mark your calendars folks, shana’s heading to new orleans for the first weekend of november (11/3-5), and I’ve declared that weekend to be the first annual (or whenever i feel like it) BFF Film Festival. and it’s not limited to my best friends forever, it’s open to everyone because BFF stands for Basement Film Festival (so it’s the basement film festival film festival)

why such a stupid name? well if discount (thanks alan) designer shoe warehouse shoe warehouse can do it, so can i…

so far, the festival will feature the following fine films:

• This Is Spinal Tap (director’s cut)
• Some portion of KISSology volume 1
• The Mothership Connection Live From Houston
• the Moog documentary

please take note of the theme (you figured it out, didn’t you?) and let me know via comments your suggestions (and whether you can supply a copy for the festival. i promise you’ll get it back), and if more than 1 person actually comments (ha! like i have more than one friend) feel free to make fun of others choices also!

the festival will begin friday night, with possibility of pre-festival action on thursday, please submit your entries asap so I can procure any titles missing from my limited collection.

friday night will be metal night, kiss, etc. saturday will be not-metal night. documentaries sunday?

oh, and there will be no schwag bags or paparazzi, so no need to bring your tax accountant or avril lavigne - this ain’t that kind of festival…

pssst. that thing I mentioned in class is here. to use it open the zip (sorry if you have a mac.) and copy the files to your drive somewhere. open the file index.htm. it has a link to install the software and links to all of the files… once you’ve installed, you may have to reboot before clicking on the file opens the application.

and better than ever. woo hoo.

and of course there’s the other half…

well, the ps-10 is gone. but whoah! who woulda thunk it. I sure am gonna get me a nice amp, and a bass for shana and a fridge for the basement and and and and and!!!! WOOO HOOO!

I’ll miss her, but i’ll always have my memories…