Thursday, September 25, 2008

It's the final countdown....De der de der... de der de der deee

So, nothing to fancy has happened lately. I mean, stuff happens. None of it fancy, though.

What's been happening?

Last week Jody and I went to the zoo. It was super fun! We got to feed the goats in the petting zoo part. That was fun except that the nutty goats were used to being fed, so they went all nuts. Of course, there was one that was sweet. His name is Fred. I named him that, so it really isn't his name. But, in my brain it is,

See, here's Jody with Fred....

It was a good time. The weather was nice. We had a pretty good time.

What else? Jody's band Living Better Electrically was on Good Morning Austin (the local equivalent to Good Morning, America). That was totally awesome! I was so excited and proud of him. You should have seem me at 7:30 am screaming and jumping around the living room.

If you want to see it, go to this link...

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=060632FF4C17D05BE2BDB56B72118391?contentId=7501667&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1



I hope that hyperlinks. But, if it doesn't just copy and paste. I wish I could embed it, but I can't. Maybe if I was somewhat more techno savvy I could. But, you know...I'm old and a girl. Hence, I can't do it.

Don't you like the word savvy, by the way? I love words with inappropriate doubling of weird letters. Vacuum is a good one. I like that one the best.

Anyway, what else fun? Nothing. I am three weeks into school, and already I sure am sick of it. There is nothing wrong with my classes. In fact, they are pretty awesome classes. But, I am just not into it anymore. I can't figure out how people get PhDs. I mean, I am barely making it through my master's program. Well, I am making it, but I am tired! And, I really want to take a break. But, I'm not going to. I would not go back if I took a semester off. I would love to be Dr. Laura. But, at this point a masters if fine. Maybe other people don't work full-time whilst trying to get a PhD. I assume that is probably true. But you can't live on TA money alone. So, I gotta work! Ugh!

Wow, that was a bit whiny, wasn't it? I don't want to be whiny in a post. So, I am going to post fun pictures!



Okay, I am posting this picture because it is disturbing to me. The reason it is disturbing is because it is the picture hanging directly in front of the toilet at Quality Seafood on Airport. Now, the picture isn't centered on the wall. It is just right in front of the pot. Weird! I have no idea why a child looking into what appears to be a fish tank is right in front of the john. For some reason, the kid's t Rex shirt makes me even more uneasy. I don't know why. It made me feel a bit molestery pulling my pants down in front of the kid (which I can't tell if it is a girl or a boy). But, I had to tinkle, so I did. I am sharing it with all, though.



I love this picture because I love the hell out of that mural! Look at the set of cans on the mermaid. I stared at them for like 10 minutes before I pointed them out to Jody (who mind you, is a fan of big knockers). Then they were all I could stare at for the rest of dinner. But, nothing goes with hush puppies like a set of funnily drawn hooters!




Isn't this just the cutest dog in the history of dogs? Yes! I don't care what you think. He is. I love my Schneider. I do, I do, I do! He is so happy to have a yard to play in. I swear, this poor dog suffered through a 196sq ft efficiency, up to a large one bedroom (that was upstairs, so he didn't get to go out the 22 times a day he likes), to a place with a yard! And, boy, does he love it. He loves being able to run around, nose about, and just sit in the sun (which he loves to do). I am so glad he has somewhere to hang out besides the weird vacant lot on 38th where I used to walk him.



Here's my boys watching TV. Well, Schneider is watching me, but he was watching TV about two seconds before. They are so awesome! Really they are. It is nice to have them around. I sure do like hanging out with them. I think they like hanging out with me. Super funness!

Okay, there is some fun!

What the hell else should I blog about? I read The Road. Wow, that was a good book. Pretty quick read. It was for book club. Don't ask me why I joined a book club when I have to read 9348293048 pages of something every week. But, it's my friends. So, really any reason to sit around with my peeps and drink is reason enough to join some sort of club.

I have been watching all the seasons of Arrested Development. It is probably one of the best shows ever. I wish it went on forever.

Okay, I am babbling about nothing. So, I am off! Back to having work fun! Yay!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Really? Really?




Really?

I don't care how cute or cool or hip or in the now or with it or hipster you think you are, this is damn ugly. I knew one day Channelview Market Street polyester hooker was going to be in style. I just didn't realize that the cool kids would be wearing it. Oh god, it's so bad!
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I'm not schizophrenic, I just have diverse taste in music

So, I am sitting here fucking around with my myspace page open. I decided to update a bit. You know, throw on a new song and picture because like Laura Hall, that's just how I roll. (If you don't know who that is, ask me. I am all obsessed with that cuckoo freak.) When I added my new song, I found that there is a list of my song history! I had no idea. So, being as I am curious as to what songs I have put on in the past, I had to look. Upon looking I realize I am a loopty loo! So, I decided to paste the list below and explain why I have chosen each of these fabulous songs to be part of the Laura Ferguson Myspace Experience. I think that will be my band name (that is unless I steal the Boar Witch idea from Jody and Jakob).
  • A Milli
    From Tha Carter III
    By Lil Wayne
    Current profile song

      • This is my current song. It is the new smash hit by the fabulous lil' Wayne. Now, I know that I don't look much like a Lil' Wayne fan. And for the most part, I'm not a super fan. But, I love this damn song. I mean, the bass line is awesome. I can't imagine anyone not digging it.
    • (By the way, I can't figure out how to get rid of these stupid bullets. So, I am just going to go with it.)
    • I also like the words to this song. I like the no chorus or bridge-just the random ramblings of a very odd and somewhat disturbed fellow. I like that in a person. Odd and disturbed. So, I dig this song.

  • some velvet morning
    By Lee Hazelwood
This is a great song. I love the whole Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra combo. It's totally psychedelic. It's totally great music. And the fact that he is 61 and she is like 17 is totally creepy. And, I like that combo. Oh, and it's dramatic. Just listen to it. I totally love it. Lee Hazelwood might be a bit of a genius. That or he has a creepy thing for Nancy Sinatra. Wait, I think it is both.

  • The Red Telephone
    By Arthur Lee & Love
  • Arthur Lee and Love. Well, what is there to say. I love this song. He, too, is a freak. He really is. You should listen to Love sometime. Or just type his name into youtube. I totally dig it. Odd, creative, probably nuts. He did go to jail for a while. I like that in a musician. I dig my druggies and my ruffians and jailbirds. Don't know why, but they just make better music.

  • Goo Goo Muck
    By THE CRAMPS
  • I love the Cramps. I was bored one night and realized that I hadn't listened to them in a long ass time. This tape (yes, tape) was a staple in high school. Oh, how I miss those days. This, Butthole Surfers, Beck, Brujaria....oh, the memories. So, I was being nostalgic. Love it!

  • Black Betty
    From Ram Jam
    This is my and my sisters song. I was missing my Tamaramadingdong and put it up in honor of sisterhood. And it's just a cool song. But, anyway, I still miss my Black Betty! Black Betty, I miss you! Come visit for the hurricane!

  • Only In My Dreams
    From Out Of The Blue
    By Deborah Gibson
  • I was having a bit of a Debbie Gibson moment. Fuck that Deborah stuff. That bitch will now and forever be Debbie. I don't care how naked you get in a magazine. You are Debbie. And, Debbie, I love you. I do. I lipsinked (lipsank?)/sang some Debbie Gibson song in either the 5th or 6th grade class talent show thing. I wore petticoats and danced a lot. I probably looked like an asshole. Or maybe I looked like a cute kid. Who knows. For some reason, I still think I look exactly the same as I did then. So, think of me dancing to Debbie Gibson. Enough said. I looked like an asshole.


    Time To Pretend
    From Oracular Spectacular
    By MGMT
I like this band. I like this song. I like that they sound about 12. Now, I am not a skinny jean, obtuse hair, big old lady glasses, American Apparel loving cool kid, but I can still like their music. Now, I have to say that there are some stinkers on this album. There are. I am going to say it. But, this song rocks! It does. I love it. I could listen to it over and over. And so should you! No, you shouldn't. But, I love it.
This is my favorite movie song. It may be my favorite instrumental song ever. I guess I don't have to many favorite instrumental songs. So, dammit, you should know this is important. This is Ennio Morricone at his finest. I totally dig him. This song is also my ring on my phone. Once in the grocery store it went off. It was so funny! This woman in the aisle ducked and looked behind her. I was very tempted to scream, "Watch out for the Injuns!" But, I didn't. I just laughed at her. It was really funny.

Actually, that reminds me of this time when I was eating in a very dark, very mobster movie looking Italian restaurant in Dallas. I'm sitting there eating my Chicken Marsala (long time ago...hell, I was eating chicken. So, this was a long long time ago). Anyway, all of a sudden, the Godfather theme song comes on. Now, as stupid as it sounds, my stomach dropped, and I wanted to hit the deck. I was totally prepared to sleep with the fishes. It made me laugh. Hell, it makes me laugh now.
I put this song on there in honor of my Jody. He is totally my best friend. I love him so much. I'm getting gay, but I don't care. I totally put it on there for him. That, and I love Harry Nilsson. I really do. I think I have a thing for him. I mean, he did Popeye, the Point, and he put a damn lime in a coconut. How much greater can a man be? Well, a lot. I totally dig the Nilsson! And Jody!
I like this song. I think everyone does. But, it is a freaking cool song. It's a bit dirty/naughty. And that totally gets me going. I like this song cause it puts me in this mood. I can't really describe it, but I dig the hell out of it. I like the whole style of it. It's just a rocking good song. Listen to it, people. Or three people. I think I can just write this to Mandy, Jackie, and Jody! So, you three, listen to it. Well, I am sure Jody has many times. You other two, do as I say!

I put this song on here because it is Jody and my song. Yep, it is. Not as romantic as some people's "song," sure. But, it is our song none the less! (I got lots of Jody talk going on in these last few songs, don't I. I promise to shut up soon.) There is a really awesome version of this song where it is just the vocals and none of the music music. It is freaking awesome. DLR freaking rules. I swear he does. I want to stop here and go off on a tangent about how Van Halen has not been Van Halen since DLR left, and I have not liked a song they have done since then. In fact, I am going to go as far as saying I hate the Hagar. I have a hate for him like I hate Renee Zellwegger and Russell Crowe, and you people just can't understand how much I hate those two. If you want to know why, just ask. I will gladly go on an hour shpeel about how I dispise them so! Oh, and Tom Cruise. But, my hate for him is entirely different and not solely based upon his weird love of all things Xenu.
ELO. What more is there to say. One of the greatest groups of all times. I call them a group and not a band totally based upon their era. Are they a super group? I mean, they are super and they are a group, but are they a super group? For god's sake, they did Xanadu. And anyone who knows me knows my love of Xanadu! If I don't stop this now, I will start singing the entire soundtrack which in turn means I would type it. And no one wants that. But, back to this song. I love it. I pretty much dig all their songs. Now I want to listen to ELO. Here I come Pandora!

Oh, the Donovan. Okay, this is underlined, and it is pissing me off. This damn thing is hard to figure out, and I'm no dummy. Really I'm not. They don't let you go to graduate school without being able to figure out a stupid formatting issue on blogger. But, here I am. So, I am going to figure this out or be thoroughly annoyed.

Oh, for christ's sake. This is awful. Can this be read while being underlined? Guess so. Okay back to Donovan. Hurdy Gurdy Man is just a cool song. It just is. It's a fact. I can't imagine anyone not loving the shit out of Donovan and this song.

Okay, So this underline thing is terrible. It's annoying the shit out of me. So, here is where I will stop. Oh, I will finish this list or explanations. Yes, I will. But, I will have to do it another time when I am bored out of my gourd and really, really, really want to type!

Later for now. And, I shall go off into underlining hell! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Stop!!!!! But, you can still read what the hell I have put on my danged myspace page. I got me some good taste in music, yes I do!


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Monday, September 8, 2008

I'm pretty!


I've always wanted an Afro! And, this is what I would look like with one. I actually like it. I think I might go for it one day.

Boy, I sure am pretty!
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Saturday, September 6, 2008

So many things....and I'm too lazy to blog...

Oh, so much has gone on in the last little bit of time in my life. Some fun, some boring, some just not a bit of anything. So, here goes...(I am digging the hell out of this... lately. You know, the ... I know it has a name, but I can't think of it. Anyone know? Anyone? Bueller?)

Last weekend my very best friends in the world got married. Well, I guess it isn't married married since we live in the dark ages in these United States. So, they actually had a commitment ceremony. After nine years of shacking up, T and J tied the knot. It was so awesome!


Aren't they awesome? Really they are. It was a nice ceremony. It wasn't long, it wasn't super Jesusy, and it was just great. The whole lot of us cried. It was the nicest thing ever.

I mean, I know these two goons better than I know most people. They have been there for me for everything you can imagine. I love the hell out of them. There is no doubt in my mind that they are actually in love with each other. They support each other, they are each others best friend, they are really great together. And how many gay scientists are there? Well, probably a lot. But these two found each other!

Back to the wedding. It was so much damn fun. Now, I started out the day running a low grade fever because leave it to me to get sick on the most important weekend in the world. But, luckily, I have this amazing ability to ignore sickness and having to pee (really, I do!) So, I just sucked it up best that I could. Jody was totally patient with me when I got a bit bitchy about being sick. You know how randomly you just feel like death. Well, he was sweet to me even when I was being a butt crack.

The wedding was at this cool place called House on the Hill. It was an outdoor wedding (as you can see from the picture). And, lo and behold, it rains. Three times! It hasn't rained in Austin in 5 months. Of course, when J is getting married it does. (See, he has the same bad luck that I do). Strangely, it stopped just before the ceremony started. And when it did start, it wasn't 200 degrees or incredibly humid as it should have been. It was really nice.

When the ceremony was over, there was dinner and all that goodness. On the tables where mad-libs. If you don't know what those are, look them up. I refuse to believe anyone in this day and age doesn't. You had a sad childhood if you didn't. Anyway, if you know me and my way of thought, you can surely know that the mad-libs done at my table where wholesome and pure. You can tell by this picture of Koley how G-rated we went.


You see that face? That has something to do with a cross ways man hammer and a poop smeared ball gag. So, let me tell you when it comes to verbs and nouns, we sure did come up with some good ones. See, even Jody was loving the disgust!!


I must take a moment here to say that that fella up there is so super hot. Good night I love the hell out of him. Mmmm, he's sexy! Okay, enough of that. Sorry!

So, after that, there was cake to be had! I was an official cake cutter. Well, I was a cake server. Katie cut the cake. Luckily, T's cousin Jessie (who made the cake which was beautiful) helped because there is a special way to cut a cake that makes it easy to serve 120 people (there were a lot of people at this shindig!). We just started hacking into it like it was a danged old sheet cake. If it would have been up to us, we would have been able to cut this 4 tier cake into about 33 pieces. But, with a little help, we did a great job. It was totally fun to hand out cake on these neat silver trays.

See how cute we are. You can barely see Kate for my boobs and whatnot, but this is us doing our thing. We all clean up nicely. I don't know much about my outfit. But, it was a grown up lady shirt. So, I was proud of myself.

So, that was wedding. Jody and I did a bunch of slow dancing and fast dancing and goony bird dancing. He actually did the Grand March (which is super fun!) and the chicken dance with me. We did a bit of the twist. He is a much better dancer than he lets on. So, if you ever need a partner in a dance contest, I vote pick Jody! He wouldn't do the Cotton Eyed Joe or the Shodish. But, he did some sweet slow dancing with me. It was very romantico!

Now on to other things...(see, there it is again)

We got a new couch today. It's a love seat with a chaise lounge on the end. It's light green with a beigish piping around the edges. It's a sleeper sofa. So, come one down! You know how comfy those are. Anyway, Jody is a dandy fellow and went and picked it up, rearranged the whole living room, and made it all pretty for me. I totally dig the couch! I have always wanted a chaise lounge. I am so excited. And it is comfy as hell! Come on over and see it. You might even be able to spend the night.

Now to stick shifts! What the hell is the purpose of having a manual transmission in 2008? Now, don't get me wrong, it isn't the worst thing in the world. But, how long in a girl going to have to drive one before she doesn't have a mini panic attack every time she has to use first gear? Ugh! I swear. And I will drive 932093409 miles out of my way to avoid this hill on Manor! I am scared about stopping on an uphill incline. Dork that I am, I am scared I will roll back and hit someone. I have, however, learned to ease in traffic. I am so proud of myself for that!! And, today I had to do like a 2334 point turn. And, did I do it? Yes! And did I stall? No! Hell yeah! I am this close to being Mario Andretti. Well, that's just a stupid comparison because I have always driven about 4o miles over the speed limit. For some reason, I just feel that Mario is a damn stick shifter. I bet, though, he doesn't have baby panic attacks when lights turn yellow or at stop signs. But, we are this close to being the same! Sha, right!

What else exciting has been going on in my life these days? Nothing at all. Wait, I started school today. Oh, yes, a Saturday morning class. Seemed like a smart move at the time. It isn't the worst thing ever. I think it will be an interesting class to say the least. Peace with Justice Issues...it could be worse. I like peace. I like justice. I like issues. I think there may be a bit too much Jesus talk. But, I shall deal with. The professor seems like she will be well versed. She's a peacenik! I like those. So, I shall see how it goes. The class I am really looking forward to is on Monday. Thank goodness it happens only every other week. But, it's creative writing. And, I love creative writing.

Okay, enough of this long assed blog that has nothing to do with anything. It is probably quite boring. But, alas, I do not care. For I shall make you all read it, as you are my minions and do what I say! Haha! Do my biding, slave! I have gone nuts. So, I shall stop!

Later!
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