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Archive for July 2008

209 Miles to Matagorda

In Photo Album on 3 July 2008 tagged Places, The Man, Two Wheels with no comments

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C and I have been daydreaming of a multi-state motorcycle trip. It’s something both of us have always wanted to do, and now that we have a big person’s motorcycle we’ve been taking day trips and overnight trips just for the pure pleasure of being on the machine.

Last month, in the few days [...]

The Death and Life of Ice Cream

In Video on 4 July 2008 tagged Watching with no comments

Hope you have a hot, sticky, wonderful July 4th.

Crispin Glover : Andy Warhol &…

In Shorts on 4 July 2008 tagged Watching with no comments

Crispin Glover : Andy Warhol > Guy Pearce : Andy Warhol

I made like Betsy Ross today a…

In Shorts on 4 July 2008 tagged Girly, Made with 2 comments

I made like Betsy Ross today and sewed an entire dress from scratch.

Alligator Alley

In Photo Album on 9 July 2008 tagged Places with no comments

It’s taken me a long time to edit and cull them, but I have finally posted pictures from our two-week road trip through Florida. Click the picture to come along with me.

Make You Say Wow

In Video on 11 July 2008 tagged Listening with no comments

Bob Log III is playing tonight at Rudyard’s. I’m going. You should too.

There is more video awesomeness here.

Bob Log III is awesome love.

In Shorts on 12 July 2008 tagged Listening with 3 comments

Bob Log III is awesome love.

Gonzo

In Video on 13 July 2008 tagged Watching with 1 comment

I saw this movie last week. Serendipitously, as I didn’t know it was coming out until the day before it opened and I am currently finishing “Hell’s Angels.” Overall the movie is pretty good, although plagued by “Unsolved Mysteries”-style dramatic re-enactments. There are a lot of video interviews and photographs with Thompson and the best [...]

Beware of the dog

In Internerd on 14 July 2008 tagged Ha! with no comments

More photos here.

Waiting for the War on Bastille Day

In Video on 14 July 2008 tagged Listening with no comments

French late 70s glam-psych rock band Soggy, via Beware of the Blog, who has more delicious info.

Epilating hurts. We women are …

In Shorts on 14 July 2008 tagged Girly with 3 comments

Epilating hurts. We women are a stupid bunch, what with our eternal quest for unattainable standards of beauty.

Home Sweet Houston

In Internerd on 15 July 2008 tagged Texas with no comments

Five years ago this month I packed up more everything I owned and drove to Houston. I got here on a Monday with no job and no permanent place to live and by the following weekend I was bartending in Rice Village and saving up money to buy a bed and some furniture and put [...]

has a broken clutch cable.

In Shorts on 15 July 2008 tagged Two Wheels with 1 comment

has a broken clutch cable.

Needing your lovin’

In Video on 17 July 2008 tagged Listening with 1 comment

Johnny “Secret Agent Man” Rivers is playing in Stafford, TX the night before C goes offshore again. You better believe I already have my tickets, and my outfit picked out. I’m working on the dance.
While we’re on the topic of music, I’ve started (another) list — Shows I Have Seen, 2008.
(Crossposted at Houstonist, where I’m [...]

Roadtrip beginning now.

In Shorts on 23 July 2008 tagged Places with 1 comment

Roadtrip beginning now.

I’m afraid my body might spont…

In Shorts on 23 July 2008 tagged Girly, Places with no comments

I’m afraid my body might spontaniously burst into flames the minute we cross the Louisiana border.

Choo choo chaboogie

In Blog on 25 July 2008 tagged Places, Two Wheels with no comments

We (the royal We) have taken the town of Chattanooga over. We got here about 5 p.m. Thursday afternoon (too late for the ride to Deal’s Gap) but early enough to socialize and meet a few people. We missed the ride today too because SOMEONE (not me) wanted to go antiquing in the morning. Probably [...]

Indulging myself in narcicism

In Blog, Video on 26 July 2008 tagged Girly, Places, Two Wheels with 7 comments

Here’s the video from Chattanooga Channel 12. That’s me in the first montage, kick-starting my scooter in one shot and then revving the throttle a few shots later. That’s also me at the end of the video, rambling about helmet hair. For the record, I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about when I [...]

Not sure what’s gaudier (bette…

In Shorts on 29 July 2008 tagged Places with 2 comments

Not sure what’s gaudier (better), Elvis’ house or Liberace’s