Emily. Shock and Awe.

Phil. Just Like In the Movies.

Wendy. Ski Bum and Adventuress.

Rachel. Dancing Queen.

Julie. The Littlest Elf.

Chris. There Ain't No Party Like a Marching Band Party.

Cyn. Just a Pink Haired Girl.

 

Last night the Hirschorn gallery stayed open all night to show an installation created by artist Douglas Gordon, screening Hitchcock's Psycho slowed down so that it took 24 hours. (No, nobody watches the whole thing; the museum director was quoted as saying "if you've seen Psycho, you've seen 24 Hour Psycho, just at the wrong speed.") They also had other art exhibits, bands playing, and, while I was there, a bagpiper, perhaps on the principle that if some culture is good, more culture must be even better. This is me talking to Andy on the phone:

Emily: The same artist has also done an installation of John Ford's The Searchers, but slowed down to five years. FIVE YEARS!
Andy: Wow. If I saw that, it would be the best five years of my life.

posted by Emily Comments [] 10:49 AM

Saturday, February 21, 2004

 

This is what one satisfied customer has to say about the vibrating Harry Potter broom: "[My niece] Stacy and her 15 year old sister fight over it constantly. Make sure you buy enough to go around! I am told you need to replace the batteries almost daily, and can vouch for it since I have seen the pile of batteries after only a week. Pick up some rechargeable batteries, it will really help out." I wish they'd had the vibrating Harry Potter broom when I was that age!

posted by Emily Comments [] 9:51 PM

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

 

valentines day did turn out to be wonderful indeed. first of all, limos are great; very spacious, plenty of free booze. kind of like a bar on wheels that waits for you at the entrance to the other bars. i do not remember much past doing body shots with a guy on stilts, but with that as my last drunken memory, i'm pretty sure the rest of the night was great. on sunday i had to catch the bus to work and teach ski lessons. at 8am i discovered i was still pretty fucked up. i attempted shower but fell down and ripped off the shower curtain. i decided that perhaps i should call in sick to work but could not firgure out how to use the phone. so i staggered to the bus stop. somewhere near the elementary school i found myself staring down into a very deep storm drain. then i threw up. someone came out of the elementary school and gave me a dirty look. i made it to the bus and fell asleep. the bus driver woke me up and i staggered over to the gondola. during the gondola ride i became concerned that i may throw up again (the gondola was very full of people) and that it might prove difficult to teach people how to snowboard in this condition. i went into the first aid room and asked for some tylenol. a friend gave me some excedrin and a cherry coke. i spent a while sitting in the snow behind the lodge trying to focus on not unconsciously petting my jacket and i started to feel better. i taught snowboard lessons all day, ate a philly cheesesteak for lunch, and then went out to sushi. someone in my second lesson advised me that i had a shiny valentines sticker stuck to my neck. sometimes i amaze myself.

posted by Wendolyn Comments [] 1:20 PM

Thursday, February 12, 2004

 

So on the new Mountain Goats album, there's a song where Darnielle sings (in his Mountain Goaty way) "I carry an apple in my pocket," and every time I hear it, I get the Apple in My Pocket (Don't You Ever Knock It) song stuck in my head.

posted by Cyn Comments [] 11:45 AM

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

 

oh i almost forgot-- they are filming a reality TV show at my work. it is called switched; the premise is that people switch places and try to do each other's jobs for the week. they have a ski instructor switching with someone from riverdance. the best part is, not only are lots of TV people staying in our fine condos, irritating me with their frequent use of the fax machine and bizzarre questions about where to buy camera batteries, but they're filming the show at ski school my other place of employment.

posted by Wendolyn Comments [] 8:05 PM

 

for your amusement, the randomness of my valentines day plans:
chris had this idea to roll on valentines day and purchased some supplies to this end. we planned on going to this club where a friend of ours will by spinning and they have chicks who walk on stilts and juggle fire. because the chicks who walk on stilts and juggle fire would be the best thing in the world while rolling!! and wendy hasn't had any quality drugs in ages... but, it turns out that chris' cousin, dawn, and her boyfriend will be visiting that weekend. (dawn has this crazy idea that i hate her because i didn't hang out with her last time she was in town, this oweing to the fact that i had to hang out with dougie who was also in town at the time so we have to hang out with her otherwise she'll think i hate her even more.) chris' parents decided that the whole family should go skiing together on valentines day and then have a "romantic" family dinner afterwards. chris was totally opposed to this plan, so his mom decided that she'd bribe us by renting a limo for "us kids" to take out afterwards. so we have decided to take dawn and the boyfriend and the drugs and the limo to see the chicks who juggle fire. with any luck, i won't have to ask any of you to bail me out of jail on sunday.

posted by Wendolyn Comments [] 7:38 PM

Sunday, February 08, 2004

 

John has started a new news & commentary website, www.rawstory.com, that he is trying to publicize. This is me talking to him on AIM last night:

John: tell people to click on ads too...easy to do, click and then X them away, and it might make us 25 cents per click
John: and then go to the inside pages (quotes, blog, etc, and click on the ads, more moeny!)
John: im all about the moeny! im a capitalist crazyman
John: hey hey hey!
John: go to : the editorials part
John: theres a nixon article, oh, no there isnt actually

& later:

John: i have an addtional email by the way
John: two actually
John: {I edited these out because of the spam bots}
Emily: Whoa
John: whoa whoa whoa
Emily: We tried to go to a show tonight but it got sold out.
John: six
John: sux
John: then you should click on our ads, on the front page, on the quotes page, on the blogs page
John: you know
John: since i love
John: you
Emily: Aww
John: i am going to includeyou in myblog
John: also because iam, drunk
Emily: WHOA COOL
John: and pandering for clcius!
John: clicks
John: that is bad that i am saying all that
John: but drunk is the best way to write blogs i think
Emily: I told everyone about the site!!
John: yesyesyes
Emily: Write write!
John: thanks you my god!
John: i have to finish my emaiks
John: then blog
John: then new arts page
John: then site mapo
John: then jerk mycocko
Emily: Whoa
Emily: You're a busy man.
Emily: I will write about you in my blog!!
John: im a cocksucker!
John: and click on our ads
John: especially!
Emily: SHut up about the ads!!!
Emily: !
John: vonage, tobacco free kids, bikewhatever, the cell phone one
John: why you say shut up about ads?
Emily: You keep talking about the DAMN ADS!
John: thatsmy marketing job!
John: i am the publisher!

posted by Emily Comments [] 1:18 PM

Thursday, February 05, 2004

 

What can anyone suggest for romantic things to do on Valentine's Day? I have never celebrated Valentine's Day before! We might bake a cake, but beyond that, I dunno.

posted by Emily Comments [] 10:28 PM

Monday, February 02, 2004

 

wow, obie x-mas does indeed sound wonderful.
i think that since the dissapearance of chris, we've been missing the random sports angle on the blog. i will attempt to address that:
i broke my traditional hatred of organized sports to partake in some super bowl festivities yesterday, and let me say it was very entertaining. once one gets over the initial fear football fans inspire, i've found that watching their drunken emotional mood swings is quite hilarious. it also helps that my friend julie's party had 1. a keg of a fine microbrew 2. copious margarita supplies 3. a plethora of dips 4. excellent large dog and small children antics. i'm becoming a big advocate of the party dog (or party cat, pony, ferrit, goat, whatever). even if the party guests aren't entertaining, the goat wandering around the kitchen is bound to provide some sort of diversion.

oh, for those of you who did not watch the superbowl, you missed justin timberlake knocking janet jackson's boob out of her top during the halftime show.

posted by Wendolyn Comments [] 7:34 PM