california dreams

[petroldarling]

i know some of you did other things than just club violaine/19 crescent or coachella - how were your vacations?!

i took a leisurely trip to san francisco with some friends on saturday/sunday, i'd thought i'd share a few of the pictures from across the weekend: i wish i had some with you guys from friday night but i left my camera in audrey's trunk!

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emily and o'malley's bar (nick cave reference)

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audrey's husband jan

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audrey, who can look good doing anything

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gory photographs of pope john paul? girlish delight!

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i deleted the embarrassing one of me that emily took and made her take this one instead, hahaha

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audrey and emily

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on the coast (it was so beautiful/inspirational; completely what i needed to see)

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emily and i feel that this photograph best represents our feelings about san francisco, lamest city on earth (for some reason, we just didn't have much fun there. it was full of crazies and we were all very tired)

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SQUIRREL WHISPERERS

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audrey and i, san francisco

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emily and i rode the bus for ten hours on sunday/early monday morning with a horrible bus driver and screaming children. her face explains our feelings on the matter quite well.

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emily and i with our favourite for the weekend (mansun 'kleptomania")

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we returned to audrey's empty apartment at 4am. we opened the fridge, finding nothing but hot pockets and vodka. so we had breakfast with nicky wire (manic street preachers) this is easily the best picture of all time

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and we drew 'entirely accurate' portraits of ourselves on the bus early in the morn (mine are on the left, emily's on the right) (please note the pink and orange "COCTAU TWINS" shirt on emily's version of me. HAHAHA)

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fat pile of stuff i picked up in california - cocteau twins vinyl 'garlands', 'lullabies' and 'treasure'*; dewdrops records 'half-gifts: a tribute to cocteau twins' procured for free at the RG show; manic street preachers 'the holy bible' remasters; mansun 'kleptomania' set, cocteau twins 'tiny dynamine/echoes in a shallow bay' which i've never actually owned before**; mansun 'six', nick cave and the bad seeds 'b-sides and rarities'. ross also gave me robin guthrie 'drifting a.f.u.' which i haven't had a chance to listen to yet! emily has gotten me hooked on mansun, brilliant thing that she is!

* i've never had any ct on vinyl previously so i was really excited - it is impossible to find here. i mean, literally impossible.
** minnesota is a crap place to buy anything

it was a great time but too short - please tell me about your adventures! i hope you had some!

[jottke]

ross also gave me robin guthrie 'drifting a.f.u.' which i haven't had a chance to listen to yet!

i actually prefer this to Imperial, it's brilliant!

but you have to watch out for those squirrels; i just heard on the radio the other day that people in Oregon are being attacked by gangs of squirrels (no lie!) cuz too many people are feeding them and they are becoming less timid!

[Sean_Montgomery]

Thanks for posting the pics! Aren't road trips fun?

"minnesota is a crap place to buy anything"

I found that line amusing, considering the Mall Of America is right up the road there...but then again, I think that just proves the point.

[petroldarling]

we actually didn't give the squirrels anything; emily and i crouched down to see if they'd come over and they did, sassy little things! i believe that though - i bet they can be right vicious! i was almost surprised that they didn't try to bite us... you know, i figured they probably thought we did have food.

i'm going to listen to 'drifting a.f.u' now, i think!

[petroldarling]

...considering the Mall Of America is right up the road there...but then again, I think that just proves the point.

the mall of america is such a shit place, i hate it! there's nothing worthwhile there. it is full of mallgoths and really loud and rude people. i don't even go there anymore unless it is wintertime and i want to walk around somewhere.

PS there are more pictures in my journal if you want to see them!

[E-Lo]

Cute pics Alli :) Looks like you took Highway 1 (PCH) up the coast which is a glorious drive. Santa Barbara, Central Coast and Big Sur, etc. all gorgeous

[Moya xx]

Cute pics Alli :) Looks like you took Highway 1 (PCH) up the coast which is a glorious drive. Santa Barbara, Central Coast and Big Sur, etc. all gorgeous

It certainly is - that drive has to be my favourite - I've taken that road twice, now and I can't wait to come back :)

[Jeek]

Great pics Alli! I love your photodocs!

[andylama]

Is the banana farm sill there (Seaside Banana, south of Santa Barbara, IIRC)?

[Baddy2shoos]

[QUOTE=allimart

emily and i feel that this photograph best represents our feelings about san francisco, lamest city on earth (for some reason, we just didn't have much fun there. it was full of crazies and we were all very tired)
QUOTE]

i'm crazy

[andylama]

i'm crazy
Not in the San Francisco sense of the term, you aren't.

SF is a neat city, but true, it is full of wackos, psychos, and freaks (oh my!)

Remember this guy?

http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/othersites/frank%20chu.jpg

http://www.basetree.com/thumbs/113thisguy.jpg

He's a political celebrity in that town.

[by the sea]

i'm crazy

You must be in love.

[andylama]

...or Patsy Cline incognito.

[Baddy2shoos]

You must be in love.

no, just crazy

[Baddy2shoos]

there are plenty of nuts walking the streets in England

[JohnnyV]

great stuff Ali!!!

Do you need anything more than Hot Pockets and Vodka

[JohnnyV]

there are plenty of nuts walking the streets in England

Including our very own Estonian nutter Ivo.

[blackmoths]

Not in the San Francisco sense of the term, you aren't.

SF is a neat city, but true, it is full of wackos, psychos, and freaks (oh my!)

Remember this guy?

http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/othersites/frank%20chu.jpg

http://www.basetree.com/thumbs/113thisguy.jpg

He's a political celebrity in that town.

Uhh, I've lived in SF for almost a decade and I've never seen that guy before.

[andylama]

Really? That's Frank Chu! I think he hangs out exclusively in the financial district though.

Just Google search on his name. That'll give you some idea about how famous he is. He is WHACKED.

[Thackeray]

Thanks for sharing Alli,
Market street is the wacko-center of SF...I feel at home in the Elcerito del Nord area where people love their gardens. My grandpa lives there. Last time I visited was to see my friend Jocelyn Lawrence. She worked at and lived upstairs in the loft of the Vorpal Gallery facing Nob hill.

[petroldarling]

great stuff Ali!!!

Do you need anything more than Hot Pockets and Vodka

hahahaha! i've never had vodka in my entire life, so we'll just say 'do you really need anything more than hot pockets and manic street preachers?" of course, i had never had a hot pocket before either.

[petroldarling]

Thanks for sharing Alli,
Market street is the wacko-center of SF...I feel at home in the Elcerito del Nord area where people love their gardens. My grandpa lives there. Last time I visited was to see my friend Jocelyn Lawrence. She worked at and lived upstairs in the loft of the Vorpal Gallery facing Nob hill.

you're welcome!! i'm glad everyone enjoyed it.
i don't know where we were during the weeked other than haight street, because emily and i whined about the outrageous prices at this boutique 'wasteland' that audrey really likes and then i spent like a hundred dollars at amoeba music :O

[petroldarling]

i'm crazy

but the good sort, baddy! i like you! i don't think you'd run at our car babbling and waving around shopping bags :P

[Baddy2shoos]

i might

[petroldarling]

ah well, you're too sweet to be scared of regardless

[Baddy2shoos]

you seem to be the only person round here to think so ;)

[andylama]

Aw, c'mon Beth, don't be like that! ;)

We loves ya! Don't change.

[Thackeray]

Aw, c'mon Beth, don't be like that! ;)

We loves ya! Don't change.


I second that!!!

-only don't be afraid to be however you want to be whenever you so like...experiment and experientializing is fun so long as you remain self-forgiving and unwilling to make mistakes repeatedly that bring regret.

My regret at the Guthrie show was not giving Alli a hug when I met her. I sure never hope to repeat that again. :spear:

[Wanderlust]

Really liking the mentions of Mansun! :)

[petroldarling]

My regret at the Guthrie show was not giving Alli a hug when I met her. I sure never hope to repeat that again. :spear:

i thought i did give you a hug! ahh! how terrible of me! a mistake we'll surely not repeat :)


Really liking the mentions of Mansun!

they are absolutely one of the greatest things i've heard. pretty much the best new-to-me thing that i've heard. fabulous!

[Thackeray]

[QUOTE=allimart]i thought i did give you a hug! ahh! how terrible of me! a mistake we'll surely not repeat :)



We meant to...that's real and the important thing anyways...not terrible of you...that was a very strange day and evening for me...I wasn't able to operate coin machines (a first) and felt social anxiety...go figure being such a hermit the last seven years. You are so adorable Alli. Will you accept this long-distance hug? :comfort:

[blackmoths]

Really? That's Frank Chu! I think he hangs out exclusively in the financial district though.

Just Google search on his name. That'll give you some idea about how famous he is. He is WHACKED.

Maybe that's why, I never really go down to the Financial District. That and around that area, down by Market there are so many whack jobs...I guess I've just learned how to tune it all out.

[petroldarling]

We meant to...that's real and the important thing anyways...not terrible of you...that was a very strange day and evening for me...I wasn't able to operate coin machines (a first) and felt social anxiety...go figure being such a hermit the last seven years. You are so adorable Alli. Will you accept this long-distance hug? :comfort:

of course! i was very, very nervous and a little out of my mind that night too, so i apologise & thank all of you for your kindness towards me. the stress of a vacation where i was meeting EVERYONE for the first time, even the gals i was staying with, was so stressful, but i did pretty well overall!

you're stellar, thack- don't change http://www.thesplendid.net/treefingers/heart.gif

[Thackeray]

Since jacket yeilded non-sufficient pocket room I should have brought flash paper over flash bulb non-realities...memory was on sabbatical that morning so nothing of my travels (Robin Guthrie Show) snapped...heh...plumb furgutt.

I will take some desert wildflower photos. How do I post those **MOD HELP PLEASE** This winter sprang for them heavily so has recent spring days ago too. Kumba Mela Tsunami'd the resultant high axis spin anomoly sporting square miles of uranium orange poppies through raunfalls upon the High Mojave Orographic Desertlands. Best rainfall since Thacky can remember 'em...well, comparable to `82.

Anybody want sage blossom poundage pm me.

[Wanderlust]

they are absolutely one of the greatest things i've heard. pretty much the best new-to-me thing that i've heard. fabulous!

To me; the most underrated band. Probably my favourite band ever. I'm glad you're feeling the love though! Do you have a favourite album as of yet? x

[spacepatrol]

I hung out in Joshua Tree and Las Vegas, in addition to Coachella - fun trip!

[petroldarling]

wanderlust- um, i only have 'six' and 'kleptomania' which i bought at amoeba records. they are impossible to find here. my friend emily helped me pick them out, and told me to get kleptomania there because i'd never find it cheaper, which is probably true. i really like six a lot, but it's the only proper album i have.

[petroldarling]

a few more pictures from audrey's camera: the scenery was so beautiful, so i want to share it! and, you know. spam everyone with more useless pictures of people you don't know

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i like this picture of the three of us; i think it's the only one with all of us (except jan) in it! i miss those girls already!

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that one is just so you can understand why emily is so brilliant

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hearst castle is really tiny, on top of the mountain. we didn't have time to go and actually look at it.

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there are those god damn squirrels again

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photographs of jan are inherently hilarious

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audrey almost drove us off a fucking cliff when she saw this

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inside the library grove: hippies getting drunk on boxed wine. HAHA

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wacky wire jesus! and the tiny building in the back is the library

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emily's future home

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hahahahaaa

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i am so impressed by things like this because there is nothing even remotely close to it where i live

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[petroldarling]

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audrey and i mesmerized by harry potter on the tv

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emily

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hahahahaa oh it was the weekend of unflattering photographs: my skin was acting up from stress and my haircolour was all nasty and blah blah blah

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cutie-pie

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bile! piss!

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no comment

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lego land

[E-Lo]

Beautiful pictures Alli, especially like the shots of Highway 1 up along the coast. I just came back from a trip to Santa Ynez Valley wine country and it was amazing with wildflowers in full bloom, if I get some time will try to post a few to share also :)

[petroldarling]

thanks ernie! and do it! i would love to see it!!! i can't wait to go back to the coast. it's one of the prettiest things i've seen, but the east is really beautiful as well, and the forests here are amazing... i think i like nature more than i like to admit to father and brother (who like to make me hike in it for days on end :P)

[Moya xx]

Love the highway 1 shots, Alli - I have lots of very similar pics - complete with seagulls and squirrels ;)

[Wanderlust]

wanderlust- um, i only have 'six' and 'kleptomania' which i bought at amoeba records. they are impossible to find here. my friend emily helped me pick them out, and told me to get kleptomania there because i'd never find it cheaper, which is probably true. i really like six a lot, but it's the only proper album i have.

If you could bear with me for a month a so, I can copy the other albums and some b sides that aren't on Kleptomania if you would like? x

[petroldarling]

i just managed to get 'attack of the grey lantern' last weekend in a half-price bookshop! but if you have 'little kix' that would be so fantastic.... i can't seem to find it anywhere. thank you so much for your kind offer. i really appreciate it and please let me know if there's anything i can send you! xxoo

[Wanderlust]

i just managed to get 'attack of the grey lantern' last weekend in a half-price bookshop! but if you have 'little kix' that would be so fantastic.... i can't seem to find it anywhere. thank you so much for your kind offer. i really appreciate it and please let me know if there's anything i can send you! xxoo

As soon as I'm moved in to the new flat, doing some cds for you will be my greatest priority! x

[petroldarling]

you're a doll, thank you so much :)