it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine!)

yes, another damaging storm.

crazy ass thunderstorms are afoot here in new ro...we even lost power for a bit this morning. however, the sight of lightening hitting the rr tracks behind our house didn't stop us from traveling to the bronx zoo for some good old fashioned animal seeing. it was a steaming mess in the zoo. no joke, i was quite literally soaking wet because of the rainforest-like atmosphere. it was worth it tho...wellsybop loved it, and got to come face to face with monkeys and gorillas and flamingos...at the children's zoo she almost had the chance to hold a chicken for a hefty fee of $15 which was just ridiculous. due to the stormy morning, we were let in for free which was pretty neet-o (since it would have cost about $30 just to get in).

dude, the channel 12 news team just informed me that the lincoln ave. exit in new ro is closed due to flooding...we just got off of that exit a few hours ago...we have such impeccable timing, don't we? becky & mark thought it would be a good idea to go to the met game...in the rain? dumb.

i found my marc spitz book "how soon is never?" in the back of my truck, and i started reading it (one of my quirky personality traits that i bet you never knew: i read more than one book at a time.) i fucking LOVE it. even more than "too much, too late." it is thus far pure brilliance. not as much as a character in a douglas coupland book meeting douglas coupland on a flight to china which just happened in jPOD, but so far so good. just as a sampling of how wonderful it is, the title of chapter six is simply "the first violent femmes album". heavenly!uh-oh, the d is squawking about in her crib...i best check on her to assure that she is not naked.

hmmmmmmmmm...she was lying quite serenely under the covers, thumb in mouth, watching Dumbo the Grape...

anywho, had a nice lazing about afternoon reading the book, cooking healthy food for trapskin to eat even tho she awoke asking for chips and candy (christ!). the save the date magnets that i have designed are pure fucking brilliance. i don't know why i'm not a graphic designer, cuz i'm so good...i also should have a mac, but alas... the 2 that are the forerunners are quite nautical and charming if i say so myself... my fave is the downward spiral-looking one altho andy and rebecca like the one with the starfish (which is also adorable!) i downloaded some funny fonts, such as JEDI and the font from the tv show "Charmed" (is that what its called? w/alyssa milano?)(or is it "charming" and i'm a douche?)

echo station news: there is an article on the boys in this weeks The Westmore News. ahhhhh!!!! i am dying to see a copy and i'm stuck here instead. oops i didn't pick up my dress from the dry cleaners today either.

this girl i know from cKy concerts got a crazyass tattoo on her hand, like on her hand onto her middle finger. it is the cKy logo, plus the A for an answer can be found. it is quite slinkster. it has gotten me thinking quite seriously about band tattoos. we've had the discussion before, andy and i, and it just sucks cuz my fave bands logos are too obvious or too scandalous.
bad religion: a cross w/an anti-sign thru it. not only is it quite shocking, it kind of bothers me. the anti-sign is red, the cross is black...but what about the background? do i have to get a WHITE tattoo? that is just so dumb...and it would not look right w/skin...
tool: very phallic wrench symbol (i'd thought about going the alternate route and getting a very large scorpion on my spine, but who would equate that w/tool other than andy and i?)
less than jake: silly pez boy? dynamite? too cartoony for me.
cKy: eh, the A is a cool idea. but not the album i'd be willing to scar onto my body.
nine inch nails: um, other than the NI(backwards)N, really none to mention...and the NI(backwards)N is again, too obvious.
andy claims that if they get signed, he WILL in fact get an echo station tattoo. i'm still awaiting my infinity symbol, dragon fly, and purple heart.
oh, anyway, we concluded that the best band tattoo to get would be a perfect circle... but who the hell wants to get an apc tattoo? i mean, yea, maynard. but not really.

yea that is enough of my ramblings for today. i'm going to go read marc spitz gush about how much the violent femmes rock the world.