Moody Mistress's Journal
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Mood:
Loving: David Tennant
Hating: cleaning
Reading: Doctor Who "Beautiful Chaos"
Music: "Blackpool" soundtrack
Watching: Doctor Who
A Hard Day's Night -
"Sorry we hurt your field, Mister!"
Wanting: a bunch of people whose names start with J...and E
Quote: "Okay...okay. I'm going to freak right out." -Agent Sands
"Oh shit!" -Elvis Costello, playing one wrong note on the piano.
Something Pretty: 
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Bad Luck!
This has been the busiest week I've had for a long time. I've also had so much bad luck I'm starting to feel I've been cursed.
The worst thing that happened was a change in schedules which cut into the plans for a trip that's been planned for about a month--to be as vague as possible. I don't really want to talk about the big scary trip until everything's final.
There's practically no way to change these plans, though, so I'm going to have to achieve the impossible and work around these new problems. I don't know how I'm going to pull this off, but I have to, or I'll have to disappoint a family member. And myself, too. It makes me feel sick to contemplate it.
~Then some pricey software for my new phone didn't work. The phone also can't connect to the computer, so I couldn't transfer the pics from my camera phone to the harddrive. I had to buy some expensive memory card to do it, but my PC can't read memory cards, so I had to buy a memory card reader for the PC.
As for the software, I called tech support and spoke for an hour to a woman in India who, after putting me on hold 5 times, decided she didn't know how to help me, and gave me a new # to call.
The new number transferred me to "Mike," who transferred me to a woman in India, who transferred me to another woman, who transferred me back to Mike.
WTF??
Of course Mike was shocked to hear from me again. Then Mike realized there's something wrong with the connection, but said he'd manually transfer me to the right department. Then "Paul," the first person who had any idea what he was talking about, realized after an hour that my phone model has a defect that can't be fixed, and makes it impossible to connect to the computer. Of course there's nothing they can do about it.
GAH!
So I wasted my money on 2 programs that don't work, and had to throw more away on memory cards and card readers because the phone company screwed up when programming my phone.
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Then I stepped, barefoot, in cat throw-up. BAREFOOT.
And I think I'm getting a cold.
Someone please lend me a lucky rabbit's foot or something.
Posted by moodymistress at 9/28/2006 10:09:00 PM |
Take Me Back Tuesday Week 90
From Music Memoirs
Names.
Three songs.
Elvis Costello - Georgie and Her Rival (not Alison-- ha!)
The Pogues - Sally MacLennane
Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Three artists.
(I suppose anyone with a name will do?)
Justin Hayward
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
Three albums.
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Julian Lennon - Mr. Jordan
Nick Lowe - Bowi (kind of a stretch, and it's an EP, but it is a referecne to David Bowie)
Posted by moodymistress at 9/28/2006 09:54:00 PM |
Friday, September 22, 2006
Top 5 on Friday
Might as well do this Music Memoirs meme early, while I'm on a roll.
Top 5 albums you're glad that you bought this year (not necessarily new releases):
The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
(Bought it right before I saw them in concert. I already had 2 albums, but oddly not their first)
The Radiators from Space - TV Tube Heart
(I don't actually know if I'm glad about it--I just bought it and have yet to see if I like it)
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
(Not my favorite album by a long shot but I'm glad I bought it... I like the bonus DVD..)
Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush (So overjoyed to finally have this on CD)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Josh Rouse - Nashville
That's more than 5, but at least I came up with a few that were new releases. I know I'm forgetting even more...
Posted by moodymistress at 9/22/2006 12:13:00 AM |
Thursday, September 21, 2006
The Music Memoirs
Time for a meme! (Why am I not in bed right now? I'm so irresponsible.)
Take Me Back Tuesday - Week 89
Do you like listening to the radio? why or why not?
There are 2 stations I can stand at the moment. Otherwise I don't love listening to the radio that much.
How many songs can you remember that are about the radio or mention radio in the lyrics or title?
Elvis Costello - Radio Radio
Joe Jackson - On Your Radio
Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart
Elvis Costello - Radio Silence
The Clash - This is Radio Clash
Do you have any memories associated with the radio?
Not particularly, except that I used to listen to the radio more than I do right now.
Have you ever called in a request to your favorite station?
I don't do it very often, but the most recent time was on Elvis Costello's birthday (he's getting a lot of mentions in this post) when I requested Monkey to Man.
Bonus:
If you could request a song right now what song would you pick?
I have no idea. Maybe the Pogues. I never, ever hear them on the radio. Or maybe The Moody Blues, to encourage a local station to play them more often. I wouldn't be requesting "Go Now," I can tell you that much.
Posted by moodymistress at 9/21/2006 11:58:00 PM |
Saturday, September 16, 2006
NYC Photos
My last post, along with Andrea's photoblog, inspired me to share a few other photos from my summer trip.
I love dessert restaurants... Granted, I've only been to one, Ferrara's. http://www.ferraracafe.com/
Here's my strange Italian lemon ice drink that was slightly bitter. I'm still not sure if I liked it or not.
The poor quality of the photos is due to the disposable camera. Half of the photos from it were over/under-exposed. I don't know why, but all cameras hate me.
A slightly more interesting shot...
A fireman with Rosie the firehouse cat, somewhere around Soho/Greenwich village.
And another random kitty. I saw quite a few on the various sidewalks...
Posted by moodymistress at 9/16/2006 12:07:00 AM |
Friday, September 15, 2006
Concert Photos
All my Elvis Costello shots from the Beacon are just going to waste in my computer. So I'm going to finally share some from the second night. The ones I posted in July were admittedly much better.
Classic Elvis expression
Posted by moodymistress at 9/15/2006 09:27:00 PM |
Top 5 on Friday
This week's Music Memoirs meme:
Top five songs and/or albums that should have been "hits"
(I'm going the "album" route... And they're a bit predictable.)
Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace with God
The Monkees - Headquarters
Herman's Hermits - There's A Kind of Hush
Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt
Posted by moodymistress at 9/15/2006 09:00:00 PM |
Monday, September 11, 2006
Guess who this is?
I couldn't believe it. Look at that hair!
Posted by moodymistress at 9/11/2006 07:21:00 PM |
Top 5 and Random 10
Blogger is so slow today.
It's Music Memoirs time!
Top 5 forgotten songs (ie songs with forgetting in the title or songs that seemed to have been lost over the years...or however you want to interpret it):
Justin Hayward and John Lodge - Remember Me, My Friend
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Bob Dylan - I Forgot More than You'll Ever Know
The Monkees - Forget That Girl
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
....and Random 10:
10 songs that sum up your weekend or were on your weekend playlist
Nick Lowe - Dose of You
Nick Lowe - Let's Eat
Justin Hayward - Who Knows
Elvis Costello - The Flirting Kind
Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor - Haunted
The Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Kirsty MacColl - What Do Pretty Girls Do
Roxy Music - More Than This
Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
Herman's Hermits - Saturday's Child
Posted by moodymistress at 9/11/2006 06:54:00 PM |
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Watch "The Young Ones", 80's BBC show, and wish they'd made more than 12 episodes.
Drool over wonderful King of America cover.
Kidnap Elvis AND Justin Lodgey AND Paul to preserve sanity and ward off post-concert depression.
Pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion (like Johnny Depp) just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
Protest War
(feeling a little ambitious, are we?)
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The Parade of Progress Continues!
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