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10/31/2006: "Scuppered!"
† explanatory note: this refers to the long weekend Saturday October 1st - Monday October 3rd. There were two footy grand finals and 'twas a little after Speak Like a Pirate Day.
Scuppered, Parishioners,
my Long Weekend was scuppered!
Arr, but I knew it had to happen...
I have, however,
managed to do a few Good Works -
- † busted strings on both acoustics - one on loan from Brother B - (workan on Marty & Britney, doncha know, who woulda thunk they had so much energy?)
- † bought new strings & picks - one whole dollar for a tiny little pick!!!
- † asked Ryan, who is writing a musical, if he was gay - he said that he's not, but he does like Barbra Streisand...
- † declared my love of musicals & dance movies - I'm not either, and I prefer Bette Midler...
- † re-strung my guy's guitar
- † watched the footy - hey! are they allowed to do that?
- † practised my Vietnamese
- † figured out how to replace the elastic in my sexy boxers
- † talked with my long-lost auntie for about an hour!
- † went in to work
- † propagated some azaleas - two varieties, 'Tish!
- † watched the rugby - hey! you can't do that!(Jesu, I get fidgety without a guitar!)
- † did that "cross-everything-off-my-list"-type shopping - I now have kerosene pumps, bourghul & cardamom pods!
- † planted some seeds - mint (three varieties, 'Tish!), coriander & oregano (seeds are surprisingly expensive! - $2.55 for that? AND coriander seeds look just like the ones you buy for cooking - only 62 cents for heaps more! I wonder if they work..?)
- † polished & restrung both acoustics - Gibson polish, Dean Markley 11-52s - OK, Brother B? gauging of these sets was calculated not only for sound and performance but to distribute tension evenly across the fingerboard, thereby protecting your guitar...)
- † restrung one pair of boxers
Now, Parishioners,
some Freakonomics, Rectory Stylee -
Time is money
& all that Jazz...
- † Figuring out how to fix My Sexy Boxers - 30 minutes
- † Elastic - 2 metres (enough for two pair) $2.29 (plus GST)
- † Putting new elastic in not-so-sexy pair of boxers for practice - 60 minutes
- † New pair of boxers - maybe 4 bucks..?
- † Triumph of Logic over Emotion - priceless...
lerevdr on Tue 31-Oct-2006 @ 20:07 e.s.t [permalink]
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On Friday, November 3rd, at 17:00 e.s.t, blockguard said:
"well, a guy goes into a bar, see, and..."
"what's his name?"
"waalll, just a minute now, Bette. His name's Shorty, see, an' he's a one-eyed midget..."
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On Friday, November 3rd, at 18:51 e.s.t, Le Rev Dr said:
Shouting the word 'now'?
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Frank hung his wild years
on a nail
he drove through his wife's forehead...
Bless him...
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On Friday, November 3rd, at 22:22 e.s.t, Brother B said:
Any attention lavished upon my guitar is about ten times more than I ever did. I can sleep at night knowing it's in good hands.
Does it sound any good?
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On Sunday, November 5th, at 09:40 e.s.t, Le Rev Dr said:
'Tis indeed in good hands Brother B - it's a luvverly little device!
Even after all these years, it still astounds me when I change guitars - different devices just leap up & shout play this song!
I have been threatened with another trip down south so, in an attempt to avoid furthur embarassment, I am putting together a song list.
This list is to be drawn mainly from songs I have heard on WS (Western Suburbs - does that tell you everything?) FM that don't invoke the clench - songs that make me have the other autoreaction - me pronouncing "y'know, I don't care how many times they play this, I still like it..."
Yesterday's suggestion was Flame Trees - I think I'll place it between the Screamin' Jimmy and Sarah Blasko vershuns.
Suggestions?
Bless Y'all!
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