Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

I found an interesting review of the Gomez gig on Sunday. It explains why the Thrills played for such a short period of time, and why the crowd wasn’t paying NEARLY enough attention to Gomez. HELLO?!! So you go to a gig, and the band you didn’t go to see is fucking AWESOME… What do you do? You STFU and listen! That’s what. I hate people who go to gigs to be seen or to seem cool. I’m generally there to listen and watch and participate and to have a great time. I have no time for the losers who hang at the bar, trying to pick up chicks. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be right up front, rockin’ and rollin’!!

The other thing that’s funny about this review is the picture of the sound board. For a short time, I was standing on the landing just above this sound board, and I just kept thinking how completey excessive it was, especially for the Thrills’ acoustic set.

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A yard sale is a great way to make money while getting rid of clutter. Here are some tips poached from The Onion to make your sale a success:

• Holding A Yard SaleTo enable easier browsing, arrange items in order of their shittiness.
• Put your used underwear out for sale. Yes. Put it out. Yes. Yes. Oh, yes, put it all out for sale.
• Try to arrange your random cast-off crap in such a manner as to cause strangers and passersby to burst into tears at the sheer crippling mundanity of it all.
• Don’t put out that used electric hotdog cooker. Not only will no one buy the appliance, but your neighbors will be filled with disgust over living so close to someone who owned one.
• A dollar is a bit pricey for those Reader’s Digest condensed books, Professor Smarty.
• Please don’t sell our Inchworm riding toy! We know we’re 37 years old now, but please don’t sell our Inchworm Ridey!
• A free box is a great way to get rid of incriminating evidence.
• The No. 1 thing yard-sale customers are looking for is a great value. Lucky for you, the No. 2 thing they are looking for is faded purple size-26 Hanes stirrup pants.
• Having shoppers sign a standard yard-sale contract will ensure that all sales are final.
• Yard sales are like love: If you let your guard down and present everything you’ve got to the world honestly and without shame, someone is bound to end up with a bunch of your old clothes.
• Don’t let your children price items. They price the items too high, as you are raising greedy little monsters.
• Don’t forget to chuckle and tell every single customer that the yard is, in fact, not for sale.

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OK. Like I said, I’m trying to be a good liberal, so I’m listening to Air America. Mike Mills from REM is on the Al Franken show talking about the Vote for Change tour of the swing states. I’m really glad this is happening. I wonder if it will make a difference. At least we can try!

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I have just posted this ad EVERYWHERE… well, not everywhere, but here, here, here, here, and here. So hopefully, someone will show up!

TWO HOUSEHOLD MOVING SALE THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 7th

Items of interest include:
* like-new corner computer desk
* 1 year-old Bolen upright lawn mower
* various pieces of small furniture/lamps
* Small appliances (tape players, CD alarm clock, etc.)
* books and CDs
* candles
* frames
* kitchen equipment
* assorted curios and knick-knicks
* 1990 Dodge Dynasty ($900 OBO)

ALL ITEMS MUST GO, SO GREAT DEALS TO BE HAD!

LOCATION: 507 S. Highland Ave. (just down the road from TIS)
TIME: 8 AM – 1PM

I’m having it with Scott and Michelle at their place. They were out of town last weekend, but I had their key, so I went over and filled their house with all my stuff to sell. Aren’t I a nice friend?! Actually, I did call and warn them that I’d done it. I don’t think I’d want to come home to other people’s stuff with no idea of how it got there.

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My friend, Adam, has a great link on his blog today. Check out Day in the Life of Joe Republican. Adam has also reminded me today that I keep meaning to listen to Air America, so I can be a better crazy liberal. I mean, Janeane Garofolo is on a lot, and she’s enough to make me get political AND consider dating women (even though she isn’t gay herself). I LOVE her.

One more interesting tidbit… This woman’s dying wish was for you to vote against Bush.

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