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Monday, June 30, 2008
Today is my 12-year Daveiversary.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:52 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:52 PM | shower me with attention
Saturday, June 28, 2008
I mentioned a few posts down that someone who victimized Gina in the past by stealing her identity is about to get her own show on Bravo. Gina talks more about what happened on her blog.
She's going to write to the producers of the show to let them know what they're dealing with. I hope everyone boycotts the show. I know I'm going to, and Bravo too, if necessary. Criminals should not be rewarded with fame and fortune.
*Note: You may want to go to Gina's blog directly to read it (it's the first post at the moment) because the post-specific links mess up her formatting. (Anyone know why? Help!)
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:51 PM | shower me with attention
She's going to write to the producers of the show to let them know what they're dealing with. I hope everyone boycotts the show. I know I'm going to, and Bravo too, if necessary. Criminals should not be rewarded with fame and fortune.
*Note: You may want to go to Gina's blog directly to read it (it's the first post at the moment) because the post-specific links mess up her formatting. (Anyone know why? Help!)
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:51 PM | shower me with attention
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Note to potential social networking contacts:
Trying to friend me on Facebook with the note "didn't u used to have a Dave Foley website?" is always going to result in rejection. Unless I actually know you, and you're trying to be funny, in which case I'll add you, but give you a little flick in the forehead next time I see you.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:33 PM | shower me with attention
Trying to friend me on Facebook with the note "didn't u used to have a Dave Foley website?" is always going to result in rejection. Unless I actually know you, and you're trying to be funny, in which case I'll add you, but give you a little flick in the forehead next time I see you.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:33 PM | shower me with attention
Always, always have ibuprofen in the house. I was up until five in the morning. All I could do was clutch a hot-water bottle to my abdomen and watch old George Carlin specials on HBO Comedy. At five, I called and left a message for my manager, left my coworkers an email, blinded my eyes against the sunlight and passed out.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:45 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:45 PM | shower me with attention
Happy birthday, Mark McKinney. Yum.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:28 AM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:28 AM | shower me with attention
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
So, the woman who stole my roommate's identity 15 years ago is getting a reality show on Bravo.
Hunh.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:24 PM | shower me with attention
Hunh.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:24 PM | shower me with attention
In honor of the seven-month-dry-spell breaking today in an unnecessarily humiliating and painfully drawn-out way, let's all enjoy the following clip.
Let's also enjoy a little Carl Creighton, who I saw perform for the first time today at hipster-haven-of-five-years-ago, Piano's. He was amazing; what a voice. He even sang my favorite Carl Creight song, "Big Arms". Yay, Carl.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:14 PM | shower me with attention
Let's also enjoy a little Carl Creighton, who I saw perform for the first time today at hipster-haven-of-five-years-ago, Piano's. He was amazing; what a voice. He even sang my favorite Carl Creight song, "Big Arms". Yay, Carl.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:14 PM | shower me with attention
Monday, June 23, 2008
I hate him.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:15 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:15 PM | shower me with attention
Sunday, June 22, 2008
I owe you an email - I haven't forgotten.
Yes, you.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:52 PM | shower me with attention
Yes, you.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:52 PM | shower me with attention
We saw a family of geese on the expressway median outside of Target yesterday.
It was a sad sight; two parents and one single gosling, pecking at the grass. The baby kept veering dangerously close to the road; the parents were too busy eating to herd it back. It was pretty clear what happened to their other babies; geese don't lay just one egg at a time.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:02 PM | shower me with attention
It was a sad sight; two parents and one single gosling, pecking at the grass. The baby kept veering dangerously close to the road; the parents were too busy eating to herd it back. It was pretty clear what happened to their other babies; geese don't lay just one egg at a time.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:02 PM | shower me with attention
My brother (in all but blood) made this comic-book-style autobiographical telling of some of our shared childhood experiences, and it's kind of blowing my mind:
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:20 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:20 PM | shower me with attention
Saturday, June 21, 2008
I'm making ratatouille.
Also, unrelated, Gina bought me a tomato plant for the deck. I realized its name was Morris, and then I realized that it would bear fruit, so it's a girl plant named Morris. Miss Morris.
Gina naps upstairs. Drusilla kneads my side. My ratatouille simmers on the stove.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:55 PM | shower me with attention
Also, unrelated, Gina bought me a tomato plant for the deck. I realized its name was Morris, and then I realized that it would bear fruit, so it's a girl plant named Morris. Miss Morris.
Gina naps upstairs. Drusilla kneads my side. My ratatouille simmers on the stove.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:55 PM | shower me with attention
Oh lord, this is the coolest scarf I have ever seen. Want, want, want.
Reminder: my birthday is in 20 days.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:24 AM | shower me with attention
Reminder: my birthday is in 20 days.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:24 AM | shower me with attention
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Can't stop listening to @#%&*! Smilers.
A random sampling of metaphors and lyric imagery include:
Snow White
Tornadoes
Beer, stout and ale
Poltergeists
Chocolate Easter bunnies
Amusement parks
Houdini
Sword swallowers
The New York Times Sunday crossword
Guess which one got me all excited.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:47 PM | shower me with attention
A random sampling of metaphors and lyric imagery include:
Snow White
Tornadoes
Beer, stout and ale
Poltergeists
Chocolate Easter bunnies
Amusement parks
Houdini
Sword swallowers
The New York Times Sunday crossword
Guess which one got me all excited.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:47 PM | shower me with attention
Crissy's going on tour with El Vez and they're coming to Hoboken first!!
TUE 8/12
HOBOKEN, NJ
Maxwell's
WED 8/13
NEW YORK, NY
LPR
THU 8/14
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Johnny Brenda's
FRI 8/15
WASHINGTON, DC
Black Cat
SUN 8/17
ATLANTA, GA
The Earl
MON 8/18
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Parish
TUE 8/19
HOUSTON, TX
Continental Club
WED 8/20
AUSTIN, TX
Continental Club
SAT 8/23
LOS ANGELES, CA
Key Club
SUN 8/24
SAN DIEGO, CA
Casbah
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:19 PM | shower me with attention
TUE 8/12
HOBOKEN, NJ
Maxwell's
WED 8/13
NEW YORK, NY
LPR
THU 8/14
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Johnny Brenda's
FRI 8/15
WASHINGTON, DC
Black Cat
SUN 8/17
ATLANTA, GA
The Earl
MON 8/18
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Parish
TUE 8/19
HOUSTON, TX
Continental Club
WED 8/20
AUSTIN, TX
Continental Club
SAT 8/23
LOS ANGELES, CA
Key Club
SUN 8/24
SAN DIEGO, CA
Casbah
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:19 PM | shower me with attention
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Peņa, Gina and I went to see The Strangers tonight. It was the tensest couple hours ever. Scariest movie I've ever seen.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:02 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:02 PM | shower me with attention
J's band's last show ever is tomorrow night:
Thursday, June 19th 2008
@ the Delancey
168 Delancey St, NYC
w/ Zero Spanish, Gold Streets, Mancino, MAN IN GRAY
$6, 8pm, 21+
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:54 AM | shower me with attention
Thursday, June 19th 2008
@ the Delancey
168 Delancey St, NYC
w/ Zero Spanish, Gold Streets, Mancino, MAN IN GRAY
$6, 8pm, 21+
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:54 AM | shower me with attention
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Guy Incognito's parody of American Elf incorporates much of the mockery he subjected me to yesterday.
(My explanation of American Elf was to repeat, "It's a slice of life! It's not really supposed to be funny!")
(He also likes to mock me by pronouncing my favorite composer's name as "Sandheim".)
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:33 PM | shower me with attention
(My explanation of American Elf was to repeat, "It's a slice of life! It's not really supposed to be funny!")
(He also likes to mock me by pronouncing my favorite composer's name as "Sandheim".)
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:33 PM | shower me with attention
Monday, June 16, 2008
Today I was ridiculed for:
(1) Living in Hoboken.
(2) Taking pictures of my room and putting them on Flickr.
(3) Reading American Elf.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:46 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:22 PM | shower me with attention
(1) Living in Hoboken.
(2) Taking pictures of my room and putting them on Flickr.
(3) Reading American Elf.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:46 PM | shower me with attention
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:22 PM | shower me with attention
My new bedroom is finally, completely put-together, thanks to the help of a very industrious worker-elf.
I really need to replace that serape over the turtle tank; it doesn't go with my Royal Decor at all...
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:15 PM | shower me with attention
I really need to replace that serape over the turtle tank; it doesn't go with my Royal Decor at all...
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:15 PM | shower me with attention
Have you listened to Aimee Mann's new CD. It's got a short song about the Sunday New York Times Crossword. (Or, ostensibly about, of course.)
Swoon.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:06 PM | shower me with attention
Swoon.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:06 PM | shower me with attention
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Happy International Goil Day. I met Gina and Cheryl 9 years ago today.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:56 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 5:56 PM | shower me with attention
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Happy birthday, Steph Myers. That was a most delicious Eurotrashy meal.
It is very, very hot and very, very sticky in the city. Unpleasant dampness, especially underground. Frizzy hair and shiny faces. Rivers of sweat.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:54 PM | shower me with attention
It is very, very hot and very, very sticky in the city. Unpleasant dampness, especially underground. Frizzy hair and shiny faces. Rivers of sweat.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:54 PM | shower me with attention
Monday, June 09, 2008
Here's the full-frontal (har) shot of my crew jersey. More pictures from my trip are here (but not all, as Kitana still has to dump the memory card and send me the rest. Ahem.)
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:55 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:55 PM | shower me with attention
Happy birthday, Donald Duck.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:54 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:54 PM | shower me with attention
Erin's pictures from Toronto are way better than mine, which I can't fully upload anyway until Kit gets 'em off her memory card and into my Flickr.
So, enjoy Erin's.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:18 AM | shower me with attention
So, enjoy Erin's.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:18 AM | shower me with attention
Jiggety jog.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:10 AM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:10 AM | shower me with attention
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Cheryl and I are sitting around at the airport, our flight having been delayed for at least 2 hours. Not such great communication here at Continental Airlines - they told us about the delay five minutes before our flight was originally scheduled to take off. They also told us they're planning to board us an hour and fifteen minutes early, just in case we can get out of here earlier. Swell.
I'm a grumpy bastard, but I had a really wonderful, Kitana-filled weekend. After Erin, Beth and Sarah left, we spent a lot of time relaxing in our shmancy hotel (the same one we stayed at during the 2000 tour - also the same hotel the guys were staying at, coincidentally) and hanging out with Kitana.We went to Little India and had yummy indian foods and browsed pretty clothes, and Kitana bought a sari. Then we headed to the old distillery district, which is just a great place to walk around. Had insanely good chocolate anddelicious beer. Then, tipsy cab ride with melting blood-orange sorbet to stash in hotel freezer, then tipsy cab ride on to the movies where we saw a very stupid movie that should only be enjoyed with girlfriends, drunk, with a crowd of like-minded skeptics.
Today we had sushi and stopped by Pages, where I proved myself a hypocrite by purchasing two books after telling my dad that I wasn't in Toronto to go book-hunting. Har, har.
Tired. Will we ever get called to board?
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:15 PM | shower me with attention
I'm a grumpy bastard, but I had a really wonderful, Kitana-filled weekend. After Erin, Beth and Sarah left, we spent a lot of time relaxing in our shmancy hotel (the same one we stayed at during the 2000 tour - also the same hotel the guys were staying at, coincidentally) and hanging out with Kitana.We went to Little India and had yummy indian foods and browsed pretty clothes, and Kitana bought a sari. Then we headed to the old distillery district, which is just a great place to walk around. Had insanely good chocolate anddelicious beer. Then, tipsy cab ride with melting blood-orange sorbet to stash in hotel freezer, then tipsy cab ride on to the movies where we saw a very stupid movie that should only be enjoyed with girlfriends, drunk, with a crowd of like-minded skeptics.
Today we had sushi and stopped by Pages, where I proved myself a hypocrite by purchasing two books after telling my dad that I wasn't in Toronto to go book-hunting. Har, har.
Tired. Will we ever get called to board?
Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:15 PM | shower me with attention
Friday, June 06, 2008
There you go, erin got a shot of it.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:09 AM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:09 AM | shower me with attention
The tour is over; real life can resume. I am in Toronto, high on being surrounded by friends I miss so much, feeling terrible separation anxiety for Gina - and I just feel like a sort of big exhale of breath. They did it, and they had fun, and they're not sick of it or eachother, they're ready to do more things together. Mark grabbed me last night and said, "Ohmigod, I have SO much more stuff for you--" shaking his little camera in my face - and Scott flew to Kitana with such excitement when he saw her, shaking off all the fan girls that were clinging to him. He only had eyes for her. I love how much Scott loves Kit. Dave introduced me to Basil, who chattered drolly about his defunct Youtube page - we both agreed that Youtube pages are extremely lame. He's a cool cat, that one.
And, best of all, my nameless goddess presented me with a crew jersey, one of 12 made, with my name on the back. It's a thing of beauty - she designed it herself, a hockey jersey with "Phillips - 08" on the back and "KITH CREW", ingeniously contained in a logo under an image of Dave's time-travel colander-helmet; it's a thing of beauty, and I'll post a picture of it when I get home. I'm more touched than I can express at being included so. What a precious memento of this experience.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:42 AM | shower me with attention
And, best of all, my nameless goddess presented me with a crew jersey, one of 12 made, with my name on the back. It's a thing of beauty - she designed it herself, a hockey jersey with "Phillips - 08" on the back and "KITH CREW", ingeniously contained in a logo under an image of Dave's time-travel colander-helmet; it's a thing of beauty, and I'll post a picture of it when I get home. I'm more touched than I can express at being included so. What a precious memento of this experience.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:42 AM | shower me with attention
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Pete's Dragon trailer recut as a horror movie - amazing.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:06 PM | shower me with attention
Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:06 PM | shower me with attention
I spent an excruciating hour at my pharmacy today, trying to get them to understand that my company has just switched health insurance carriers, that the new plan went into effect on June 1st, and that I do not, in fact, need to pay $162 for a bottle of my medication that should cost me a $30 co-pay. The irate pharmacist, bitch that she was, at first refused to even lok at the printout that my company gave us with instructions to use as temporary insurance cards until our new cards arrived.
When I finally got her to look at it, she told me it didn't have enough information about my new prescription carrier to help me. Making me wonder exactly what the point of the printout was. Great new health insurance carrier we have there, giving us temporary cards with no useful information on them.
Although I was frustrated and annoyed, I made a point of keeping my voice even, but every question I asked was met with extreme defensiveness and a raised voice. I finally asked her, calmly, to please stop yelling at me. I intend to change pharmacies immediately after I get back from Toronto.
I will need the medication before noon tomorrow. Without my medication I will experience crippling withdrawal symptoms that will make me too dizzy, nauseous and depressed to get out of bed.* Unfortunately, I went after work, and there was no one in H.R. left in the office to help me out. The bitch pharmacist told me to have someone in H.R. call her in the morning. I have to leave for Newark by noon, and I have to have my refill before I go; I don't have enough left to last the weekend. I will pay the full price if I have to and get the money out of my insurance carrier, but I'm terribly annoyed at the waste of my time and the way the pharmacist treated. I also rather need that money.
Luckily, I'm seeing Kids in the Hall tomorrow night on their last show of the tour. So, that helps.
*Don't go on Effexor, if you can help it.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:23 PM | shower me with attention
When I finally got her to look at it, she told me it didn't have enough information about my new prescription carrier to help me. Making me wonder exactly what the point of the printout was. Great new health insurance carrier we have there, giving us temporary cards with no useful information on them.
Although I was frustrated and annoyed, I made a point of keeping my voice even, but every question I asked was met with extreme defensiveness and a raised voice. I finally asked her, calmly, to please stop yelling at me. I intend to change pharmacies immediately after I get back from Toronto.
I will need the medication before noon tomorrow. Without my medication I will experience crippling withdrawal symptoms that will make me too dizzy, nauseous and depressed to get out of bed.* Unfortunately, I went after work, and there was no one in H.R. left in the office to help me out. The bitch pharmacist told me to have someone in H.R. call her in the morning. I have to leave for Newark by noon, and I have to have my refill before I go; I don't have enough left to last the weekend. I will pay the full price if I have to and get the money out of my insurance carrier, but I'm terribly annoyed at the waste of my time and the way the pharmacist treated. I also rather need that money.
Luckily, I'm seeing Kids in the Hall tomorrow night on their last show of the tour. So, that helps.
*Don't go on Effexor, if you can help it.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:23 PM | shower me with attention
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
There's been a plumber in the house for the last few days, fixing a leak that goes from G.'s bathroom to my closet. I haven't been able to put anything in my closet as a consequence, so despite having lived here for almost a month, I remain not-fully-unpacked. This is disheartening. I like things to be in their places.
G. made pork chops on the grill tonight and we had them, and broccoli and corn-on-the-cob and Bud Lite for dinner. She barbecues a mean pork chop, with real Kansas City barbecue sauce procured from her hometown and treated as more precious than molten gold, or a bottle of Thomas Jefferson's 1787 Chateau Margaux.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:26 PM | shower me with attention
G. made pork chops on the grill tonight and we had them, and broccoli and corn-on-the-cob and Bud Lite for dinner. She barbecues a mean pork chop, with real Kansas City barbecue sauce procured from her hometown and treated as more precious than molten gold, or a bottle of Thomas Jefferson's 1787 Chateau Margaux.
Why are you in Tavie's head? 9:26 PM | shower me with attention
Sunday, June 01, 2008
