oct 10 - elixir - jon and meg in town
oct 11 - alita housewarming, nina poetry reading, krista shower, ali soft rock party ACK!!!
oct 12 - canadian thanksgiving with matt and dana
oct 14 - stephen cohen in town
oct 15 - jay n bee for ian's bday
oct 22 - silian rail at bottom of the hill
oct 25 - ex-boyfriends and mount vicious at thee parkside
* oct 31 - yelle at mezzanine
* nov 3 - she and him
nov 9 - bday drinks for charlie
* thanksgiving - florida
summer '09 - sharon and ian leave for a long long time
june 27 '09 - jodi and brock get married
nov 14 '09 - andy and ali get married


* = i have a ticket (or reservation), sucka! otherwise gotta get one.

that'll do for now.

( past stuff i did )

• 10:19 work! oh boy! (trying to put myself in a good mood about it. so far not working.) #
• 14:26 squinty. forgot my glasses today. no one is making lj posts. no one is emailing me. saturdays at work are lonely. #
• 15:13 The level of computer illiteracy is astounding. Today a guy stuck his library card in the floppy drive. #
• 15:48 @dichro haha i'm sorry. i will go that immediately. #
• 17:54 Uh oh. Sudden sore throat after a week of extreme tiredness. Never a good sign. #
• 20:36 8:36pm baby shower party time. #

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• 11:03 it feels like autumn today. i like indian summer better. #
• 11:18 @mike why are you getting rid of your bike? #
• 14:52 @miss_saigon i meant to tell you that ian and i borrowed your desk last night. sorrry! #
• 20:03 I could pretty much sleep now and I work tomorrow. but visiting friends at the elixir beckon. #
• 21:40 finally watched michelle obama on the daily show. heart. i love her. #
• 23:03 falling alseep in @aprilini's pajamas #

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• 12:13 my dad and i agree - sensers aren't really good at holidays that require deprivation of food. #
• 16:22 An a-maze-ing day so far. #
• 20:36 8:36pm learning about morocco while the cat climbs back and forth across my lap. #
• 23:25 i'm fondly remembering the show "perfect strangers". #

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i'm bragging, but i don't care. i think it's awesome that monica edinger, a librarian and blogger i have really admired and respected for a long time, made a whole blog post inspired by my latest heavy medal blog post.

it made my day, for reals.

in other news, ian is obsessed this week with making indian food. it's delicious, don't get me wrong. but i think he currently loves a frumpy middle aged lady who makes cooking videos from her home more than he loves me.

• 09:24 today requires coffee. tonight requires getting work done that doesn't get done today. #
• 18:29 yom kippur o'clock #
• 20:36 8:36pm finishing dinner (I'm a bad jew), project runway then beddddddd. #
• 22:11 I like to refer to my bed as "our marital bed" cause it sounds creepy. Either way, that's where I'm heading... #

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• 11:24 i think i'm fighting a cold. so much sleeping and so much tiredness. #
• 17:04 so excited about my genius re-organization and mapping idea for the children's room! aka i'm a nerd! #
• 17:47 where does a lady go to get measured for a bra? @miss_saigon I'm looking at you. #
• 18:05 thanks @sarabethhayden #
• 18:49 he's such a fuckwad. #
• 19:02 @ian israel?? #
• 20:16 @jack nice 7x7 cover! #
• 21:52 @ian is cooking something that makes my eyes burn. #

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so, i think ian and i have finally figured out a plan for africa. it was sort of the big question mark of our trip and we took a few minutes this weekend to talk about it and read about it and make some sense of some of our ideas.

the original places we had thought about going turned out to be in rainy season at the time we would be there. so we looked around to see if there were places where our timing would be more ideal. turns out that there are - and they are definitely places on our list.

so, it's looking like we'll hit west africa. maybe morocco and i think definitely senegal and ghana. maybe mali? we have friends who have spent time in senegal and ghana and one who may even still have a senegalese apartment we can use while there! then we might head a bit north and inland to see the sahara. finally we'll get ourselves down to south africa (fly? train?) and hang out there a bit before flying straight across to perth. it's perfect!

sooooo who knows something about those parts of africa that you'd like to share with us? places to go? places to not go? etc and otherwise?

• 16:56 Clothing swap. D me if you wanna come and need details! #
• 19:09 @almostgold i already took those ones for myself. #
• 19:10 @alibee i am seriously both dying of jealousy and so happy for you. #

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• 11:08 its almost roller coaster o'clock! #
• 14:49 Heading back to sf to rest up before margot and the nuclear so & so's tonight. #
• 20:20 @dan good luck! i'm getting my butt back to the gym these days. ok, once so far. but i'm going tomorrow for sures! #
• 20:36 8:36pm zzzzzz in my brain #
• 20:55 @alibee you are twittering while giving birth! YOU WIN THE INTERNETS! #
• 20:55 @alibee ps yay and congrats! #

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• 11:27 @katelewis that is SO AMAZING!!!! #
• 12:44 @bustermcleod and @kellianne congrats and welcome to marriageland! #
• 14:08 @katelewis can i send you a picture of a horse making a metal fist at a rock concert? because that's immediately what i pictured. #
• 17:57 Apparently my cat has one of the top 10 cat names and my dead dog had one of the top 10 dog names. Hope I'm more creative with my children. #
• 18:06 Waiting for @ian to head off to santa cruz for the night. #
• 18:33 @ian says I can have a motorcycle when my future babies grow up and move out of the house. and it doesn't matter if I die. #
• 20:37 8:36pm arguing about oj simpson over indonesian food. About to see stars/ #

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• 08:13 Abt to head to green card interview. Barf/ #
• 08:20 yesterday's theme was motorcycle accidents. looking for a more pleasant one today. kittens? cupcakes? #
• 09:55 @ian's got a greencard!!!! (Well he'll have the actual card in 2 wks or less.) #
• 09:59 @slowsync one of my fave books of all time #
• 10:03 if only this meant he could vote in this election. sigh. #
• 11:27 @redlamp only citizens can vote. that's another 5 years away should he choose to go for it. now he's a perm resident. but not a citizen. #
• 11:29 @katelewis i wanna see the babies on the webcam! #
• 12:26 My computer is frustrating the crap out of me #
• 20:05 More "good" news from work. 20% paycut (1 day per week furlough) goes in effect nov 1 if it happens + we might strike. Argh. #
• 20:10 @miss_saigon i *knew* you were twittering! #
• 20:37 8:36pm saw 2.5 movies today and now home with the spouse #
• 22:23 @ian has twice as many followers as i do and i have 606. who are all you people??? if you actually read, send me an @ and tell me! #

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• 09:34 One of my friends at the bike shop next door was killed in an accident. I am sad. #
• 10:57 @redlamp 836pm.com/ #
• 17:53 Driving slowly into a giant cloud over san francisco. #
• 18:14 biden is just so much smarter than palin #
• 18:33 this is not my day. I've surely had worse but oh man have I had better. #
• 19:42 Ok witnessing a motorcycle accident the same day that I learned abt a pal's death in a motorcycle accident was a bit much. Fuuuuuuck. #
• 20:36 8:36pm watching post debate stuff until 9 when we'll watch project runway. #

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so, one of my favorite buddies from the motorcycle shop across from the library was killed in a motorcycle accident early tuesday morning. i just found out about it now (and will go over to celebrate his life with them during my lunch break). he was in the band plan 9, and apparently quite well known. although to me he was just an amazingly friendly kind man who loved literature, loved the library, liked to make me coffee, liked to come in and check on us, and always offered a hand when we needed some manly strength for something. he also was always smiling.

i can't proclaim to be a friend - i didn't even know his last name until he was gone. but he was a person i interacted with nearly every day and we had a mutual respect and i had a lot of love for him. everyone at that shop has been so good to me. to the library.

r.i.p. aaron.

here's an article about the accident.

an article more about his death and the band.

aaron is on the right. i believe the other man was also lost in an accident many months ago.