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Friday, May 19th, 2006
6:48 am	Vacation was a blast!! I can't believe it's over already. Okay, so we've been home for quite a while (a week & a half), and I am just now updating. Ten days were filled with food & friends & music & more food. We got to see Skerik a few times, which was wonderful. We left our Garage a Medeski riverboat tickets at home, so we missed the greatest show in the universe!!! We went to a lot of BOG shows & a small, intimate BOG backyard BBQ/jam. Adam Deitch played with them. He's a trip-hop drummer. I had never heard of him before, but his music is pretty cool! It's a lot of fun hanging out with musicians. I wish I could say it's good to be home, but I want to move to Nola. I've been pretty disgruntled with work lately, but the other day I think I had a change of heart. One of the regulars, Mark Smith, came in & told me how glad he was to have me back. He came into the store a lot during my vacation & was upset that I wasn't there. I think someone finally told him I was on vacation. He said he's afraid one day he's going to walk in to find out that I quit. Normally this would freak me out, but he's this little 92 year old man. He's quite a character though. He's a bit of a mystic & believes in the healing properties in crystals & stones & such. Big believer in Karma & cosmic energy. Once he told me he took a couple of tokes from his pipe & laughed so much he had to sit down!! He'll bring in pictures from when he was young. One pic was of his mother with a dog on her lap. He said she always had a dog. "It's like I say....(long pause)...If you don't like dogs, there's just gotta be.....i don't know.... something wrong with you!!" To quote planetcunt, 'he makes my heart explode x infinity!!!' One thing that has really pissed me off at work though is someone stole the humane society donation jar. I don't know if it was a staff member or a customer. The only staff that I believe would take it is this sketchy ass ex-con on probation dishwasher we have. This has really upset me to no end. I plan on making a donation as soon as I save up some cash. The humane society person wanted to put another jar up, but it will just get stolen again. ( Humane Society rant ) I've gained 10 lbs. in 2 months!!! I gain weight in the worst place too....my mid-section. ( more whining & heart palpatations..... ) Our backyard is finally weeded (is that even a word??) & mowed. It was looking a little scary for a while. We couldn't find anyone to come out & mow it for us!! They would say they would look at it & give us an estimate, but no one ever showed up. Mike called quite a few people too. It looks good out there now. Our neighbors put up this horribly tacky inflatable swimming pool in their backyard. It's really close to our fence, right next to the stone patio area. We plan on eventually buying a patio set, but I don't want to look at that shit!! I have a feeling they are they type of neighbors that are in their backyard all of the fucking time!! And now they will be swimming in this ghetto-ass blue blow up pool!!! It wouldn't be so bad if they had little kids, under the age of 10, but they have teens. It's not even big enough to swim in, you can't do laps or anything!! Oh the joys of having neighbors!!!! Current Mood: high (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
8:53 am	Ten more days till Jazz Fest!!!! I can hardly wait, I feel like I am going to explode!! I'm in desperate need of a vacation. I am getting really burned out at work & I think vacation will help get me back on track. Mimosas on the balcony overlooking Frenchman St. every morning & hearing live music till the wee hours is exactly what I need. ( We will be seeing Skerik... ) We do have other shows to see. I'm not exactly sure what else is planned though. Our friend Brandon started an organization called The Backbeat Foundation. They're having a series of shows at Loft 523. It's an upscale new place that opened in the warehouse district. Whole Foods Market is catering backstage & Absolut Vodka is sponsoring, so it's free food & drinks all night!! I truly think this will be one of the best Jazz Fests yet!!! Mike offered to teach Skerik how to use this program to update his site, so if all goes as planned & Skerik has enough time, he will be IN OUR SUITE!!!!! I hope everyone had a nice holiday, however you chose to celebrate it. Easter w. my folks consists of a big dinner & that's about it. Everyone sits around talking & eating & catching up. We don't celebrate holidays in the religious sense (thankfully!!). It's just an excuse for a huge dinner. My mom cooks enough for an army!!!! I need to get my lazy ass together this morning & do some grocery shopping. If I sit here any longer, it be won't happening!!! Current Mood: stoned Current Music: Garage a Trois ~Outre Mer (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
8:17 am	Mike got me this viewmaster set yesterday. I randomly found it on a website a while ago & thought it was the neatest thing ever!! Who thinks of something like that? He builds small models (1 in. & under) and photographs them. The music & narration that goes along with it is quite hypnotic. Very strange. I want to collect them all!!! That site has a lot of cool things. Check it out!! Current Mood: pleased (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
6:30 am	In less than 1 month we're heading to Jazz Fest for 10 days!!! It will be a much needed & much deserved vacation. New Orleans combines all of my favorite things into one neat package: hotel living, good music, good food, & good friends. Our buddy Brandon & the Backbeat Foundation are putting on a series of concerts. The Skerik Trio is playing one night after Brandon, so hopefully we'll get backstage & Skerik will be there. So far we're seeing him 5 times. He may add a few more dates closer to Jazz Fest. Last year Skerik played 15-17 shows, I think. We only made it to 10 of them. I'm not sure what bands Skerik will be playing with. I know for sure Garage a Trois w. Medeski on the Riverboat & Skerik Trio (whoever that will be, probably Mike Dillon & someone else). We may see the Greyboy Allstars, they are playing a few times. I wish DJ Greyboy was going to be there to play with them. We'll probably see Dr. Lonnie Smith. I haven't heard a lot of his stuff, only jazzy/funky Beck covers. Hairy Apes BMX are playing, but I saw a picture from one of their shows once & Mike Dillon got completely naked. He had an erection. I'm not sure if I want to put myself through that!! We watched the movie Waiting last night. Funny shit!!!! Please be nice to people preparing your food. Stuff like that actually happens!! I'm not exactly a waitress, but I do have to wait on people. They line up like cattle & you wait on one person at a time. Sometimes it takes only for 45 seconds, sometimes you're with one person for half an hour. Once they have their food or whatever, you don't have to deal with them anymore. During Christmas one year I waited on EmmyLou Harris for 15-20 min. She was nice & telling me what she was going to do with all of her stuff, gift baskets & such. She got almost $200 worth of pastries & crap & DIDN'T LEAVE A TIP!!!! To this day I will not wait on her. I can relate 100% with that movie though. It's probably a good thing I'm not an actual waitress, I would be most evil!!! I would be like Alanna Ubach's character, completely insane & screaming obsenities. Oh wait, I already do that... Current Mood: amused Current Music: happy days theme (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, February 27th, 2006
8:02 am	Stolen from hope_persists Name 10 bands/artists you are really into. (do this before clicking on the cut!) 1. Garage a Trois 2. Beck 3. Critter's Buggin 4. REM 5. David Byrne 6. Belle & Sebastian 7. The Dead Kenny G's 8. Talking Heads 9. Jane's Addiction 10. Nick Drake Now answer the questions according to the numbers. ( It's go time!! ) Current Mood: awake Current Music: Garage a Trois ~Outre Mer (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 11th, 2006
7:45 am	( Jazz Fest & Skerik ramblings ) Current Mood: excited (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
8:36 am	I'm glad the holidays are finally over. I guess I should have made that statement a couple of weeks ago, but it took me this long to recover!! From the week of Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve the bakery was a complete madhouse. Who knew overpriced breads/desserts would be in such high demand!!! So far, as predicted, this month has been nice & slow. I wonder why business drops significantly after New Years? I think everyone needed the break though. I really wanted to do a weekend getaway or something this month, but nothing was going on so we didn't make any plans. Mike found out last week Skerik is playing 3 days in NOLA!!!! I'm a little heartbroken though cause we can't go :( We didn't find out in time & Mike isn't able to take off those days since he had a gazillion days off during Christmas. Jazz Fest is coming up in a few months, so we'll (hopefully) get quite a few chances to see him. Belle & Sebastian are playing at the Ryman in March!!! I didn't think I would ever get to see them!!! They are doing their largest ever US tour & they are actually stopping in Nashville. Leslie, my Mom has gotten way cooler..... Brian & Patricia gave us a 1/2 oz. of headies for Christmas & had it wrapped up with our other gifts. They kept insisting that we open that one before Anthony got there. I didn't know what to expect, Brian is notorious for getting us stupid ass gifts. Mike opened it, in front of my mom, & it was 2 jars of bud!! Brian kept joking around about going outside to try it out & to call him on the way home to let him know how it was. My Mom was like "Shannon, wait till you get home to smoke that stuff!!" I don't think my Dad saw it. I don't know if he would have been so cool. It was funny/weird..... He bought it from his neighbor, who is an ex-guitarist from Slayer!! Current Mood: high (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
3:24 am	DEE DEE!!!! Current Mood: Stoned Current Music: Koop - Tonight (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
6:43 am	It's been a while since my last update. Mike & I finally got moved into our new home a few weeks ago. We didn't exactly get all of the painting done that we had hoped. It's a lot harder than it seems!!!!! The main rooms are painted, the other rooms will be easy since we don't have furniture in them. I still haven't taken any pictures. Our lens is too huge & I can't get decent pictures of the rooms. It's so nice having the extra space. It's quiet & private too. I forgot how damn cold big old houses can get!! We're freezing over here!! We adopted a doggie from the Humane Society. Her name is DeeDee & she is a gigantic border collie mix. She's approx. 8 months old & weighs close to 50 lb. Peanut is teeny tiny next to her. They get along so well. She was picked up as a stray. She was already spayed, her nails were trimmed & her teeth were cleaned. She was at the shelter for over a month & no one reclaimed her. DeeDee is very sweet, but has a few kinks to work out. She isn't housetrained, that's the big thing. She's a chewer also, but that is a little more manageable. Does anyone have any advice? I've never had to housetrain a doggie before!!! ( Here's the deal... ) Thanksgiving was nice. My brother & his wife came down from Chicago & my other brother John was there also. I brought a caramelized pear & pumpkin tart from work. It was amazing!! It was garnished with sugared pecans & a ginger scented white chocolate mousse ribbon. It was an upscale version of the traditional pumpkin pie. I'm undecided as to what to bring for Christmas dessert. The Buche de Noel was a little too much last year. Decisions, decisions.... Anyhoo, I've been keeping up with everyone's journals. Mine gets too boring for me to handle!! Everything that happens around here seems too minor to document. I don't feel that way about other journals, just mine. Maybe it's a self esteem issue or something. Hmmm... Current Mood: stoned Current Music: happy days theme (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
1:08 pm	Mike & I are the proud owners of this new home!!! Click the photo for pictures of the inside. It needs a little paint & landscaping, but it's the perfect place for us. I'm extremely excited!!! We need to pack & get out of here by the end of the month. I never thought in a million years that we would be homeowners :) Current Mood: chipper (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 9th, 2005
12:36 pm	I am no longer upset w. Mr. Jones (aka pollock joke). I turned on the news last night & there he was, big as Ike. A while back he bought an apt. complex to renovate & now he's using it to house hurricane Katrina victims, free of charge, for 3-6 months. Seriously, I can't be mad at the guy anymore. I've never known anyone so generous. I mean, I do know a lot of generous people & I'm sure they would do something like that if they had the means, but I don't know anyone that wealthy. It showed some of the people that are living there now & you could tell how much they appreciated it. It makes me a little weepy just thinking about it. I haven't talked about it at all cause I didn't want to jinx it, but we're closing on our first house at the beginning of next month. I'm mucho excited!!! We've offered to let Brandon & his bandmates stay for an undetermined length of time. They're all from Nola & don't know what condition their homes are in. They were doing a mid-west tour when the hurricane hit & are continuing the tour since they can't go home. Brandon wants to coordinate a benefit concert here in Nashville. He knows some pretty big names in the jamband world, so maybe that will pan out. If it happens, Leslie & Stephen you have to come!!!! Current Mood: hopeful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, August 12th, 2005
6:30 pm	Last night Mike & I woke up at 2am & drove to Natchez Trace to watch the meteor shower. It happens every year around this time. I've only seen it once before, many years ago with my Mom at their farm. We pulled into a dark rest spot & got out of the car. There were no lights around & the lot was surrounded by woods. Mike mentioned something about "This is how people get murdered..." We were a little stoned & paranoid. Plus, we've seen too many episodes of Forensic Files. It was probably the safest spot around, a little scenic by-way. Not a grubby rest area off of the interstate. Anyhoo, we witnessed some nice meteors. A lot of them were fast streaks, but a few were big & fiery. We probably could've seen a lot more if we had a blanket to lay on. I was afraid to lay in the middle of the parking lot though, for the fear of getting butchered :) We stayed almost an hour & headed home. I think it's still happening for the next couple of nights if anyone is up late enough to watch it. It peaks between 2-4am & it's glorious. Current Mood: high (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
6:13 pm	addicted meme You Know You're a Pothead When... You think the song "Truckin'" by the Grateful Dead should replace the national anthem. Your music collection is worth more than your vehicle. Your bong is taller than your dog. It takes you more than 30 minutes to roll a joint. You set your wedding date for 4/20. You take off April 20th every year and treat it as a holiday. You spent your last bit of money to score some herbs and don't have enough gas money to get home but you don't care. You start every sentence with - uhhh!. You intentionally roll seeds in your joints on independence day so you can hear the popping because you don't have money to buy fireworks. You eat at Taco Bell more than 8 times a week. You wear sunglasses at night, and see better. You go to the corner store and the clerk automatically tosses a pack of rolling papers on the counter. Your pot tray is fuller than your refrigerator. Your bong gets washed more than your dishes. You sell your car for gas money You are the only tobacco smoker in the room and you look at the cigarette in the ashtray and ask, "Is that my cigarette?" You're eating something on your way home thinking about what you're gonna eat when you get home! Every cylinderical object you see, turns into plans on a new smoking device.... Just to be religous, you observe 4:20 in every time zone. Someone has ever come up to you on the street and said "Hi" and you said "Yep." You thought the ebola virus was a type of weed. You think being stoned to death would be a damn good way to go out. You have ever smoked pot before 8 o'clock in the morning. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other pothead friends. Get Your Own Addicted Meme Here More cool things for your blog at Blogthings (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 1st, 2005
7:58 am	I haven't made a real post in a while, but too much hasn't been going on... Friday night Skerik played at Mercy Lounge w. Ivan Neville's Dumpstafunk. He finally played a show in Nashville!!!! It didn't start until 11pm & I had to be at work the next morning to open (6am). We only stayed for an hour, but what we got to see of the show was really good. It was super funky. I don't know if we were on the wrong side of the stage or what, but it was hard to hear Skerik's sax over the rest of the band. It was fun to see a bunch of people that couldn't dance grinding to funk!! The turn out was decent, much like some of the smaller shows I've seen him play. Hopefully it will encourage him to come back!!! ( Six Feet Under Spoiler ) I need to take Peanut out & cook myself a phatty breakfast. I don't know what's on the agenda for today. I know there's lots of things that need to be done, but I'd like to have a lazy day to relax. Current Mood: stoned Current Music: happy days theme (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 28th, 2005
7:03 pm	You Are an Espresso At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping Your caffeine addiction level: high What Kind of Coffee Are You? (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 30th, 2005
8:20 pm	I'm sitting here watching Yellow Submarine for the first time ever. Why in the hell didn't I watch this when I used to eat acid all of the time???? I completely missed out!!! Current Mood: stoned Current Music: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (4 Comments |Comment on this)
5:26 pm	( big rant ) Current Mood: aggravated (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
7:27 am	Taken from fieldsofjoy ( i love these things! ) Current Mood: awake (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 20th, 2005
5:10 pm	We had a great time in Bloomington :) The festival was so nice, I wish we had something like that here in Nashville. The food was really cheap, nothing over $3, and they had a huge variety of restaurants to choose from. I had a stuffed baby portabello sandwich, a big peanut butter/choc. chip cookie, and an iced coconut coffee from this fantastic vegetarian restaurant. I also had a falafel from another booth, but it wasn't quite so impressive. Skerik & Robert Walters was walking around the festival, but Mike's back was hurting so I didn't get to stalk them. Later on I asked Skerik to take a pic with me, since the one I had taken with him a few months back looked like shit. I have to be the least photogenic person in the whole wide world!!! He was very nice & Mike snapped a few, but I still looked bad!! Not too many people were standing in front of the stage, mostly just little kids, so we were up pretty close. Mike left for a second to throw something away & Skerik smiled at me really cute from the stage!! *swoon* It's funny that I'm almost 30 years old & I still have celebrity crushes :) Feels like 6th grade all over again!! Current Mood: mellow (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 16th, 2005
6:56 am	I wish I had a trust fund, a winning lottery ticket, or something. Skerik is going on tour and he's playing relatively close (Atlanta, Asheville, Birmingham, etc..) and we won't be able to see any of it. Mike wants to branch out a little & see other shows. With Skerik you can see a variety of musicians though, not just him. It's not like Phish where you always see the same 4 guys and maybe have a special guest. I think Mike got a little burned out during Jazz Fest. He actually saw more shows than I did!! We're supposed to be saving money to move too, but it looks like we may be stuck here for a while.... We kinda want to see what this year's hurricane season is gonna be like in New Orleans. I didn't know that it lasted from May-November. Six fucking months of hurricane shit!!! We were talking about moving to Seattle possibly, but it's so far away from my folks. They aren't getting any younger either. My Dad will be 70 this year!! I guess by plane I'll only be 5 or so hours away. I'm not a big fan flying though. But when I think of pilots/flight attendants & how many successful flights they've completed, I don't worry so much. Seattle would have tons of jobs for the both of us, him w. the computers & me w. the coffee. According to my new issue of Vegetarian Times, it's one of the top 10 "greenest" cities. They have more than 20 vegetarian restaurants and 9 off-leash dog parks!! To my surprise, Chicago is one of the greenest cities too. I better wrap this up & start packing for our trip this weekend :) Current Mood: discontent (2 Comments |Comment on this)