Next mission. . .

Well, after replying to the email that Dave Ratner sent me telling me my story was up on jambase, I had asked him if anyone was taping that he knew of, that I'd really like to get a copy of the show. He said they try to record all their shows, and would check to see if the tapes came out for that one.
I also offered my help any time they needed it. Well, seems SCI is now looking for some pics of their Big Spring Jam show (preferably with The Motet on stage) for cover art for their On The Road release of that show (for those of you who don't know, they make all their shows available to buy on cds, the series is called On The Road). They need the pics as soon as possible because they're wanting to get to press quickly.

So, anyone who may have been taking pictures, be they snapshots or anything, let me know! Just email me and we'll see if we can get some copies. Chris and I have borrowed a negative scanner from a friend, so if you've at least gotten processed negatives (costs about $3/roll to just get them processed, not printed), then we can get electronic copies for no charge. If you've already got electronic copies (i.e. from a digital camera), those would be helpful as well. Anything really!!!

Our cat, the teenaged runaway

Ok, not that Sensi is a teenager, I just think he's sort of got the attitude of a teenager (independent, don't need you unless you want to feed me or pet me, run around doing whatever I want outside, out all day, comes home late at night sort of thing). Well, about a week ago, I let him out in the morning, as usual, and we haven't seen him since. He's been known to take off for 3 or 4 days at a time (usually comes home smelling like old lady perfume), but not usually this long. I did notice evidence that he came home in the middle of the night about 3 or 4 days ago. The stuff blocking the cat door was all shifted and there was food missing, but no sign of Sensi. I've promised Chris that if he doesn't come back we can keep one of Neko's adorable kittens, but I'd really like to have Sensi back, he's a sweetheart. I'm guessing he's probably hanging out with old lady and her perfume, so I may put out signs and see if anyone in the neighborhood has seen him. He's a sweet kitty, and I wouldn't put it past him to cuddle up to pretty much anyone. I just hope he's safe and happy. I know if we get him back, he's getting a collar and a tag before he's allowed back outside, that's for sure!!!

So speaking of kitties, we've got 4, maybe 5 depending, that need good homes in about a month. They're almost 3 weeks old, and absolutely adorable.

Yikes, my head is killing me, must be time for caffeine. I've been trying to eat more bananas lately, trying to keep my muscles from cramping when we go hiking and such (mmmm, potassium). Seems to be working pretty well. They just looked so good at Garden Cove last week. Anyway, I've noticed something, when I was a kid I remember bananas having seeds, kind of like a kiwi. But they don't anymore. Maybe I'm just nuts and remember something that wasn't really there, but I could have sworn they used to have seeds. Oh well, I had heard something not too long ago about there possibly being a shortage of bananas in the near future because those that they breed for companies like Dole and Chiquita (sp?) don't have seeds, therefore they don't reproduce, and the trees are starting to die from old age and other complications. Well, me having the interests and little bit of plant knowledge that I do would just say, CLONE 'EM!! However, I'm sure its not that simple. Perhaps cloning the trees would result in strange defects because of their already genetically engineered nature. Maybe I need to start growing my own, like so many other things I've taken upon myself. Unfortunately where we live now, almost all of my growing ventures must be done indoors in order to give things the lighting they need. Guess that's the downside of living in the woods. I just wish corporate bastards would stop messing with our foods.

Just one left!!!

Well, we're not going to be able to make it to Sound Tribe Sector 9, just too damn broke. So I've put our tickets up for sale. I've got a guy wanting me to hold him 2 of the 3 so there's still one left. It's going for $20 (face value) and if you're not local, we'll be willing to pay for overnight shipping. Please let there be a single STS9 fan out there wanting to go to the show but not wanting to pay ticketbastard charges.

Nevermind, got some replies on a few message boards and looks like I've gotten rid of all 3, pending payment of course.