Waiting for Wednesday - Lisa Loeb

Random thoughts for a mid-week:

Today is the one and only Corey Hart's b-day. He is 44 today! A Gemini. Kind of funny that it was in the Arizona Republic today.

Also while reading the paper at lunch, I see they are doing Rockstar again only this time, it is a made up new band. The band consists of Tommy Lee(reality whore) Jason Newstead(Metallica fans are prolly up in arms) and Gilby Clarke(!) So they are going to look for their new singer. I will not be wasting my summer on that even though I do have a fondness for Gilby. Wonder what Kyle's take is on this one, especially with his former band mate.

I am listening to FM96 in London. I dropped a line to Andrea since I haven't been listening to them since last summer. I heard a hilarious commercial for Labatts about Canadian miracles. I will have to write down the funny lines from it, there are so few good radio spots anymore. As I was on the way to the airport to head to LA, PPF left me a message that Sloan was playing in London the day prior to the show at the Kee. I love London so much from years of going there for the boat races. I have so many memories from that track...Jim surprising me at White Oaks mall, Little Lemon guys following Bonnie and I around the hotel, shopping with my cancon lists, I even remember having memories with Adam Jones there.(My very first crush) Of course, Dan and I also went there a few years back and he got his SS tattoo. I can not WAIT to go to London again! I love hot air balloons too...(geek) So I was so caught up in the idea of going to London again, I went to gate B8 instead of D8. I swear it may have been one of my dizziest moves ever. I ended up walking most of terminal 4 to get to D8. I think I am more excited for London than Bala. Andi can come to Ontario now too! Two trips to Canada this summer..I am so LUCKY!

22 days until NS. I have not really done much in the way of preparing lately. I bought a new suitcase. Our large suitcase does not have wheels so Dan always carries it. I needed one to pull. I think I am taking 4 bags, maybe 5. Am I the only person on earth who dwells on what bags to take on vacations. I should be nicknamed bag lady. I dragged Dan into Marshalls to look at another one and realized I have a million bags. I actually walked away!

Dan made me dinner last night. I was warming some chicken and noodles and he took the chicken, breaded it and put all these yummy spices on the noodles to livin them up. I have no idea how to just randomly grab spices and breading and make food taste so good. He amazes me.

London keeps advertising this smoke free city new laws...I guess I won't get Dan back there. They also have a drag race coming there so I am amused by those advertisements. (although FM96 plays way too many commercials) Now they just advertised a record store called Grooves.

PPF and I went into a record store in Burbank and the band Lost Prophets were there. I should have snapped a pix. I keep telling her that I have liked California better the two times I have visited her. I always detested California in my many visits there. For some reason, the areas she has taken me are nicer or something. All the little neighborhoods near her place have all these lovely flowers in their yards. I even love Burbank airport, it is so easy and has a certain old charm to it. Maybe it is the departing via steps off a plane. Oddly, Hollywood seemed less icky to me while there too. We went to a store called Magic Eight Ball, totally my kind of kitschy products. I could have bought the whole store, such fun stuff.

Oh how funny, 13 Engines is on the radio...I was just telling PPF about them. They were on the bill with The Posies and Pere Ubu when I went to Chicago for the Material Issue baseball game radio trip. One of those other times I surprised a certain Mr. Auer by showing up at a show.

Dan and I went to see X-Men on Monday. I knew nothing about X-men before Dan. I certainly grew to enjoy the stories but I was highly disappointed in the flick. I liked their stories and more dialogue. This movie seemed like it was more about action then story. I haven't talked to Missy but I hope Hunter handled it ok. He loves Cyclops, even named his build a bear Scott. In the movie Cyclops dies. I think Hunter saw it, would guess that would bother him. I know he didn't really handle the demise of Anakin in Episode 3.

OK 'nuff rambling from me. I am trying to decide if I am going to blog NS on blogger or LJ. I am having problems figuring out LJ stuff but you can add more pictures I think. Such decisions, such a dork.

I wanna go wanna go..to Ontario (ok it's a Ken song but...)

One more pix not on LJ, JA in the ghetto. For the JA review

I will be there

It is 1am, I should be in bed but I napped today. I just spent a half hour trying to figure out why I can't find the rich text feature on LJ. Computers drive me nuts sometimes. I think it maybe the same reason I can not see who is "online" on MySpace, something is disabled on this computer.

So here is quick lowdown on life in general. I had a really bad week last week. I tried to make some changes in life that didn't go over as well as I hoped. Last week ended after stroke of midnight last night, that is about the time I pushed buy on the "buy tickets" button for Sloan in Bala, Ontario.

Today is a better day, and soon to be a better week. Even with the knowledge that I am going to Canada twice this summer, I can still have an off week, right? Let's just say I am trying to see someone else's opinion from all angles..and their angle sucks! (No, not Dan)
OK on to less cryptic (believe me I wish I could share all this, hence why I was trying to use the private LJ version)

Here's the giddy silly stuff: Glass Tiger has one date on their Pollstar listings...Dartmouth, NS June 30. I am guessing I might be the most overjoyed dork flying all the way to Nova Scotia and will end up seeing Glass Tiger....I had to get an 80's band, right? Makes me laugh thinking how I had recently listened to the travel tape of Nova and I seeing GT in Tucson. I haven't told her yet, too bad she is not going...we could have truly relived our youth. Maybe we should never go back?

Indeed a month later I will fly to Toronto to drive 3 hours to see Sloan at some lake country resort area. The scenery alone (No, not the band) is making me swoony. Seriously, I adore Ontario and want to make it my setting for another novel so I really am thinking about all the notes I plan to take. It is about as far north as Mackinac Island, MI. And yes, of course I will be *pleased* to see the band again also. Not to mention I am beyond excited to be in Toronto... this is turning out to be one heck of a summer.

Before all that Canadian vacationing begins, I am heading off to La-La land again this weekend. Seems we need a part Deux for PPF and I's misadventures! Jon Auer is this Friday night. The solo record is just plain dreamy so this will be a treat to see him acoustic. Saturday is Glen Phillips which should be a great night also. The following week, back in AZ, we actually have a decent show here..SAM! Sam Roberts is playing June 2, although there are like 5 opening acts which is annoying as hell.

I had the last three Blaze station managers at one table on Thursday..that was the highlight of my otherwise shitty week! Nick M was visiting from SD, wish I could have spent more time...

I have other pointless babble in my head but better sleep...I want to start writing number two but Bay Wiondow looks like it needs another edit from what I have gone back and looked at..bleck to editing!~

Only the lucky ones get to see te show

Random ramblings from the Mod Maid herself on a Monday:

Listening to 91X online because Marty Willson Piper is supposed to be on. Sigh, I still love Marty so much! PPF got to see him over weekend. She said he was fantastic plus he is funny and smart! I need to make a list of artists I still wish I could see. Marty solo would definitely be one of them. I have never seen Stringfellow solo either. Of course the two big 80's I never saw: Cutting Crew and Haywire. Then there are The Katies :( Wow, I am quite fortunate I have seen most every artist I love but those are the ones who stick out in my mind.

New stupid girl’s habit - I keep seeing girls in their fuzzy slippers at the store. Today I saw a girl crossing the street, dressed in decent clothes, not shorts and her big green fuzzy slippers. The funniest part was you could tell she could feel the hot pavement. Here's the deal, in AZ you can not even wear thin flip flops or thin soled shoes in summer. I have seen this trend a few times lately-just looks stupid and will burn many girls’ tootsies.

So relaxed today, classes are over, no students for 3 months. I am sure I will get bored and lonely but for now...ahhhhhhhh...

This new Snow Patrol song isn't bad but I hate trendy bands...

Melissa is so easy going! I told her there was a concert with three bands she has never heard of in PEI. She's like cool, we can flip our plans around, let's look at hotel prices in Charlottetown! Oh and she said, make me a CD to check out all three bands! (Hip, Sam and Matt Mays) We are waiting on the plans until we hear who else is playing that weekend. I spotted that Pilate and Immaculate machine are both playing while I am there now too. Looks like there should be some good shows. Pilate is at the Marquee too! (I maybe able to see the inside!)

The writing conference I went to this past weekend was pretty interesting. A very nice gal asked me if I wanted to sit with her. Turns out she kinda started writing the same way I did in that she had a sil who read a lot and she kept chapters going to give her sil something to read! She told me she had an agent but didn’t trust the agent. She ended up self publishing. It doesn't really cost that much too just get the book printed yourself. You promote yourself, you build your own website and they print the books as they are ordered. It serves more as a memory or legacy. It is the idea that you are not trying to get "Signed" to some big money book deal, you just put it out there for your friends, etc... My guess all along is that no big publishing house is going to see me as some fresh faced writer they want to give a big signing bonus. Not too many people would see value in a novel about a girl in radio in the 80's in Canada. Sure, I could try to shop it to some Canadian agents but I am not kidding myself. I just liked doing it. It would be nice to have it in a book form. So I am thinking about just self publishing for the fun of it. I could design a webpage and sell it for like $10 bucks. I wouldn't have to change anything for some editor. I could have Dan draw the cover too! (Although I told him he could not make Patrick and Elise into cartoon super heroes)

I actually did a lot of work today! Even with no commitments whatsoever! :proud of self:

I found a cookbook I have been looking for today while cleaning up Stauffer office-Yeah!

I don't have a good reason to have both a blog and an LJ but seem to have no problem blabbing selfishly on both...

It looks like Ontario is a strong possibility if I can get flight passes. Even the idea of flying into Toronto makes me giddy! Toronto and NS in one summer-Holy spoiled brat! But I worked so frickin hard this past semester, isn't that why we deserve vacations? Fingers crossed~!

Sloooooan Aug 6, The Kee in Bala, Ont

Wasn't sure if it was going to happen but it appears to be...Ontario in Aug???

Many things to tell. Life has been hectic due to the end of school year. I have been to many end of semester dinners and parties. Tonight I am at work late because it is the Cronkite school graduation. Two of my Blaze directors are graduating, one of which is the student speaker for the event. It has been hard to say farewell to this group. We had a huge Blaze party last week, the kids gave me a huge Canadian flag they made me put on as a cape. The next night we had a nice dinner for just the Blaze directors. Tony told me they were bidding on a Jim Zorn jersey for me (sniff) They got outbid at last minute.
Last weekend we had the end of year banquet for my Cronkite Village kids..I just can't get over how well that all turned out. I let the kids put that together and it was at a fancy restaurant, we had to dress up. The menu was choice of salmon, steak, chicken or pasta. They put together a music slide show of their year together, and gave out mock awards. They were so kind to me too, they gave me roses, an engraved pen and engraved business card holder. I guess I am so blessed that this all worked out well for not knowing what the heck I was doing to start.
Last night was the new Blaze directors dinner. I think we have a great group again, just different in that they are a fun loving group, lots of joking around. I am excited for them to see them at work.

I did DJ shift this week, was a dork and nervous for some reason. I decided to do it for the summer to break up my monotony that is the basement of Stauffer. At least it will get me over to Blaze each week and fun to boot!

I am going to a Writing conference tomorrow. I have no idea what to expect but interested in learning. It will be a long day as I will drive straight to Casa Grande to see the Garcia girls who both graduate this week also!

OK, more soon...time for graduation....

Take the Dartmouth Ferry to....

Last night May 1 at 11:53pm, I finished editing Bay Window. I suppose one is really never completely done with one's work but I don't think I will really want to change anything now. I need to spice up some exacts, like names of some specific items or places. As far as story content, I am done. Finally tally seems to be 7 months to write and 3 months to content edit.

Dan is watching a horrible movie (per usual) called The Faculty. I remember playing junk off the soundtrack on The Zone. I am often reminded why I don't watch TV and movies.

Can I rant about Tempe Arizona being the stupidiest town known to man. They have a university that already has near 60,000 students. They want 100,0000. YET, some developer bought the property across the street from The Blaze to build some huge high cost condos. Now they already built high cost condos on Mill that they had to sell to ASU because no one wanted to foot the 200,000 a year bill for a loft. SO instead of having food and service options for the zillions of students, they took an entire block away. The first sign this week was Hogi Yogi closing. There is a sign in the door with a snarky remark "closed due to University Progress.." Something to that effect. Now today one of the directors found out that an investor bought the whole block, which includes Dave's Dog house, Lorenzos, Subway, Restaurent Mexico, etc... I remember that plaza from the first time I came to Arizona in 1981, went to a skateboard shop. Sigh, progress in Arizona is usually always stupid.

My new neighbor in Stuaffer Hall offices told me today her favorite band is Our Lady Peace. What are the chances? I was so nervous my new neighbor wouldn't quite deal with, well me and my kids dropping by... I think I am safe, she has travelled to see them...gosh who does that? ;)

Now American Idol is on,(I'm at inlaws) I have never seen this show, honestly ever! This guy Taylor on right now has early grey...oh my...insert pix of fave guitar Canadian player here...I should just let mine go LOL! OK this is s lame, again, no wonder I don't watch TV. (Rock Star was just as bad, I know)

Andrew brought by my new Canadian CDs by today! Now I can listen to "Save your scissors" over and over! Yeah I finally have City and Colour, such sweet songs. I got the new Sam, Mobile and two Meligrove Band cds.

Funny, a commercial was just a spoof on Twister! OK, no more TV for another year or so..