Today is hubby’s birthday!  It was always a story that was told every Thanksgiving, that his father picked a dandelion on hubby’s birthday.  Now, dandelions are not real prevalent in Michigan in late November.

Since we’ve moved a tad south of there, thank God!, it’s the red bud that is blooming.

Gotta love spring blooming trees that bloom in November….makes me think spring is just around the corner!

And a big Happy Birthday to Mark!!!!

Una de las bandas más interesantes que ha salido del Reino Unido en los últimos 5 años, ha alcanzado su popularidad gracias a los sencillos de sus dos primeros discos: Dancing Shoes, I bet you look good on the dancefloor, Fluorescent Adolescent o Teddy Picker, que además de pegajozos, sin duda son unos temazos. Ahora los chicos de Sheffield acuden al genio Josh Homme para grabar su tercer disco y los resultados son muy gratificantes.

Comenzando con My propeller, inmediatamente llama la atención que la banda se distancia del sonido del disco anterior, Favourite Worst Nightmare. Ahora no parecen estar apurados o necesitados de hacer las canciones más rápidas que puedan componer, lo que les permite experimentar con nuevas propuestas. Así, el cuarteto se americaniza y sustituye el frat rock por una ambientación lúgubre con un sonido ligeramente sucio, que recuerdan de cierta manera la propuesta stoner del desierto de California, que el productor Homme ayudó a forjar desde los noventa con bandas como Kyuss o Queens of the Stone Age.

En conclusión, Humbug termina siendo un disco que como nieto lejano del Mojave Desert, tiene un compendio de canciones muy parecidas entre sí, donde a pesar de que no hay temas que puedan reventar en la radio o que vayamos a escuchar en una fiesta, dejan claro que la banda liderada por Alex Turner no se conforma con escribir himnos para los borrachos de Inglaterra, y han comenzado a madurar su sonido. El resultado: uno de los mejores discos de este año.

torrent.

Video del primer sencillo: Crying Lightning

Segundo sencillo: Cornerstone

En we blijven feesten …

Voorbije donderdag mocht Lode zijn eerste kaarsje uitblazen. Toen aten we al een stukje taart, als voorbereiding op zijn eerste verjaardagsfeest dat gepland was op zaterdag. Iedereen was paraat : moeke en vake, oma en opa, meter tante Lies & co, peter nonkel Luk & co, tante Veerle & Mondi (die aan het aftellen zijn om het eerste prinsesje in de familie op de wereld te zetten). Alleen grote broer liet even op zich wachten, want ook in zijn klas waren er enkele jarigen te vieren.
Zodra Jef gearriveerd, hebben we Lode geholpen met het openmaken van zijn pakjes. Zijn oogjes blonken bij al die nieuwe dingen.
Toen was het tijd om aan tafel te gaan. Nonkel Koen had vals konijn klaar gemaakt. Sorry nonkel Koen, dat is niet mijn favoriet gerecht (zie ‘wat een sportman zoal graag eet’). De chocoladetaart was wel heerlijk.
Het werd verder nog een spannende avond, want Laura verdedigde ons Belgenland op het Junior Eurosongfestival. Wij hebben stevig gesupporterd. Spijtig dat ze net niet het podium haalde.

Binnenkort is Thibaut jarig. Daarom geeft hij feestje, een FLUO-feestje.

Om 18u30 werden we verwacht in Jobland. Ik had m’n Fidea-fluo-hesje aangetrokken boven m’n Stoer-t-shirt. Even later werden de lichten gedoofd, en gingen de disco-spots aan. Plaats genoeg om te jumpen, en te spelen. Daar gaat een maag van knorren, en die heb ik dan gevuld met 2 hot-dogs. Af en toe passeerde ik dan nog eens langs de snoeptafel. Ook m’n broer liep ik geregeld tegen het lijf, want mama Thibaut vond het een goed idee dat hij meevierde, samen met Thibaut’s tweelingszusjes, die net als Dries in de derde kleuterklas zitten.
De tijd ging heel snel. Om 21u00 was het tijd om afscheid te nemen, van Thibaut, en klasgenootjes.

Dank je wel Thibaut voor het toffe feest.

Schlupfloch

Nochmals zur Erinnerung Schlupfloch

am Freitag den 20.November ab 21.00 Uhr geöffnet Freitag Party
am Samstag den 21.November ab 21.00 Uhr geöffnet, Rock in Party, alles was gefällt

DJ Uli an den Reglern und legt dann für Euch Musiktitel auf und natürlich werden auch Musikwünsche erfüllt. Gina steht wie gewohnt und gut gelaunt am Zapfhahn.

Gruß Gina und Uli

Single und Paare Treffen sich hier.

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I think I’m almost a week late with this post now, but better late than never.  That’s what they say, right?  Even though I’m sick and feel like doodie (which for some reason seems to have become my favourite way of describing being sick this week), I have had to take the day off and therefore finally have the time to actually write.

For those of you who missed it, Sunday was my birthday.  Woot to me!  (I have taken to explaining my sudden flu as my body physically rejecting being older.  Meh, it works).

Anyway, to get you up to date, I haven’t had a good birthday in a long time.  I know, boo hoo to me, but for real guys, my birthdays have pretty much bitten it since I was about sixteen.  I won’t go into detail because…well, because I started to and realised it was a mixture of boring, long and self pitying.  I think it’s all a part of what I like to call the ‘end of year curse’ that seems to have arisen over the past few years, but that’s a whole different story.  Last year was sure a step in the right direction – the actual day was pretty much a bust, but the party that followed was pretty damn awesome.  This year, however, I think I finally broke the streak of bad birthdays.

On the Friday, I had after work drinks with a select couple of people I work with, which was more fun than it sounds.

After Saturday, I now have no right to accuse my Prince of not listening to me; the entire day consisted of things he has slowly but surely picked up on over the past year.  In the morning he booked a two hour massage for me, due to the fact that every now and then he spots me rubbing at my own shoulders to get them to loosen up.  Heeeaaaaven.  After that, we all went out to lunch at a place near the beach, because he remembered me mentioning the fact that I’d been there once and enjoyed it.  When we got home, he had managed to smuggle in cheesecake (my favourite dessert, faaar more than cake) from my favourite cheesecake place and a bottle of my favourite brand of strawberry champagne.  Not the stupid pink champagne that masquerades as strawberry, but actual strawberry champagne.  After the kids went to bed, he played Dance Dance Revolution with me for hours, long after he was bored with it.

Then on Sunday, I was allowed to sleep in to a completely unreasonable time in the morning, and the Prince took care of the kids all day while I lounged about.  On top of that, everyone remembered my birthday.

I know it doesn’t sound like anything fancy, but it was absolutely fantastic.  Maybe it’s an omen – maybe 23 is going to be a great year.

Allaolevasta linkistä voit ladata Guardians 4n uusimman singlen, PARTY TIMEn. Singlen b – raita on Shugo Chara Egg!sujen Watashi no Tamago.

>>lataa<<

Singlen kappalelista:
1. PARTY TIME
2. Watashi no Tamago
3. PARTY TIME (Instrumental)
4. Watashi no Tamago (Instrumental)

Pam! A nie mówiłam, że będzie download? No i jeeeest! xD Dobra, dobra, już nie gadam….

Lista piosenek:

1. Guardians 4 – Party Time

2. Shugo Chara Egg – Watashi no Tamago

3. Guardians 4 – Party Time (instrumental)

4. Shugo Chara Egg – Watashi no Tamago (instrumental)

UWAGA!!!! Plik jest zahasłowany!

Password: koorinoshojo

W pliku znajdują się cztery piosenki i trzy okładki. A niedługo będzie teledysk. Jak mi się zechce go zgrać. No to miłego pobierania/słuchania/ew. śpiewania do karaoke.  Co kto woli.

Aqui teneis en DD el nuevo single de Guardians 4 ^^

Tracklist:

01 PARTY TIME （ガーディアンズ4）

02 わたしのたまご （しゅごキャラエッグ!）

03 PARTY TIME （Instrumental）

04 わたしのたまご （Instrumental）
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The Preschool had their annual Pow Wow’s this week. Kate was lucky and got to participate in 2 of them! The teachers give the children Indian names based on features or things about the child. Can you read Kate’s vest?

Yep she got the name Princess Bunny! Of course because everyone knows that is what she still plans to be when she grows up!

This is her Monday Friday class (very small). She loves it!

They sang “Beat, Beat, Beat your drum play it loud and clear, to tell the Indians everywhere that hunting time is near!”

Parading to the beat of Indian songs!

Tuesday Thursday class.

Kate’s Prince Charming! Sweetest little guy!

Doing the Indian Snake Dance!

In the center of the room they have a fake fire and Totem pole. Each class represents a different tribe, they annouce thier tribe name, tell a little about themselves and offer a gift to share with the other tribes. Beads, Feathers, Furs, Blankets, Baskets, Fish etc. It is a very neat little program always been one of my favs.

This picture is the best I got all week of Kate I love it!

The first person to go up to ZOMGROB and screams “GO LISTEN TO GIRLTALK YOU HIPSTER FAGGOT” will drink for free the whole weekend!

GET FUCKING HYPED! !!!! SickDamage.com will be at this years Anime USA convention! We’ll be covering the con for the blog… and by covering I mean going completely bat shit crazy, drinking nonstop, taking pictures of our selfs for facebook and DANCING ON YOUR MOTHER FUCKING GRAVES! Honestly…. you have no idea! Think of whatever big crappy party weekend your college does (minus most of the girls) and triple the drinking and dancing LOL. I blacked out maybe 95% of last years Anime USA. I know I was there… and I kinda remember making hand puppets over the projector during the Freeze Pop show to make it look like I was grabbing the lead singers tits…. but after that, I’ve got nothing LOL. Also, we will be handing out fliers and inviting people to our Sick Damage Turkey Stomp Dance Party that will be taking place the following weekend in Vienna, Virginia. BE THERE!

WE’LL BE TWEETING ALL WEEKEND! FOLLOW US!

I’ll make you a gin and tonic…. or German suplex you…. depends on how stupid your face is.

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While I will not be buying your book, my dear Sarah, I would like to extend an invitation to you to join our Bunco group sometime!  I know you’d love it….but better yet, you will fit right in!

It’s a bunch of zany gals that don’t have to have a reason to laugh and carry on….the funny thing is if someone would stand outside and listen to the loud laughter (usually over nothing!), they would swear it’s a bunch of drunks.  But there is no liquor….if there was, we’d probably all be curled up on the floor asleep!

Please consider this an open invitation to attend…just contact me and I’ll tell you where and when!

Right now, you may be wondering if you should go ahead and buy a house or wait.  With the amount of information being tossed about in the news about home sales, it’s really hard to know.  One minute, it’s doom and gloom and the next minute, it’s party time!

Point 1 – Realtors tell you it’s never been a better time to buy and lenders are telling you interest rates are below 5% (as of this posting date).  Both statements are true but the bottom line is this….Do you want or need a house?  Can you afford to own a home?  If you can answer both questions with a resounding “YES” then by all means buy.

Point 2 -Folks can speculate about the future but that’s about it.  Real estate has always been and continues to be an industry that’s value is based on supply and demand.  There is a saying that goes like this….   A seller can set the price but the market sets the value.  That statement has never been more true.   Never before have more homes been priced at market value  That means that you are paying a reasonable price and getting a great value.

Point 3 – Home buying credits are available to some buyers now but they will end.  Though credits are attractive, they should not be the only motivating factor.

Again, please remember to ask the 2 most important questions first.   That will make the decision easier to make.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to start looking for a home.   Always glad to help

Ok, so before I go into anything else for this week, I am going to weigh in on an issue that seems to be a hot topic around here lately.  Namely, the 2am lockout for clubs in Qld.

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, in 2006 a (national? I’m not sure on that one…) 2am lockout was introduced in clubs and pubs.  Now, what this means is that by 2am you need to be in whichever venue you want to stay in for the rest of the night; if you leave a club or simply get stuck on the way from one to another after it hits 2am, it’s home time for you.  No one is allowed to enter a club or pub past this time, even if you just popped outside for a smoke or some fresh air.

The Queensland government now wants to push up this lockout to midnight, and close all the clubs at 2am.  So, you are stuck in whichever club you’re in from 12am, and at 2am everyone will be kicked out onto the streets.

There are so many issues that come along with this idea it’s not even funny.  You have obvious ramifications like people getting drunker a lot faster and earlier to try and compensate for the lack of time.  The inevitable increase in violence that comes along with that.  This puts a further strain on the already pushed-to-the-limit police presence in any places where this lockout is enforced.

Beyond the obvious, you have implications for the hospitality industry itself.  Hospitality workers having to deal with a greater number of much more intoxicated people.  Losing hours and therefore money due to the lockout.  The inevitable number of people deciding not to go out in places that enforce the ban at all, especially when they have to travel to do so, which will therefore leave a huge hole in the hospitality industry.  Also the fact that you are messing with one of the biggest revenue sources for places in Queensland such as The Valley and the Gold Coast.

Oh, but that’s still not all.  You also have the issue of people being stuck with no way to get home – can you imagine how difficult it will be to get a cab at 2am?  That is hard enough to do as it is with clubs closing at 5am, let alone at 2am with everyone kicked out on to the streets at the same time.  You also have the cost of running public transport at all hours of the night where it would not normally run.  And that is if people even choose to take public transport, which is dangerous enough to do as the sun is rising.

So why does the government want to enforce this lockout/shutdown?  Because they think it is going to solve any violence problems we have that arise after people have had a big night out.  Um, yeah how about no.  When I was living in Melbourne, there was no lockout, and clubs were open until 10am.  Without saying that problems didn’t exist, because that would be naive, I have to admit there was not nearly as much violence as there is in Queensland on Saturday and Sunday mornings.  Also, by the time people actually got out of the clubs, it was daylight and everyone just kind of moved on and went home.  It kind of puts you off any violent or disorderly behaviour when you walk out of a club into the daylight with people bustling about their day around you.  Also, I found people were more chilled out during the night, because everyone knew they still had hours to party, and eased off on the heavy drinking in a short space of time idea.  By the time the clubs closed, people were already sobering up.

I was talking to my friend at work the other day who is from England, and he was telling me that clubs work like that over there as well.  The amount of problems they have in comparison to Queensland post lockout are negligible.  Even compared to Queensland pre lockout with a 5am shutout.  There is a reason other states and countries are taking this approach – it works.  Obviously the lockout does not, or else we wouldn’t still be trying to come up with solutions for problems that were meant to be stopped by the original lock out.

On a personal level, the lockout and shutout do not really bother me.  The amount of times I actually go out these days is negligible, and when I do, the amount of times I stay out past 1 in the morning are few and far between.  However, whether or not it affects me on a large scale personally does not negate the fact that even I am smart enough to see the numerous problems and implications this idea will bring about.  Also, I do like having the option of going out, and when I do I want to be safe and able to have fun, and have the option of having a long night out when the mood strikes me.

Come on, Queensland government, what are you doing?!

So, what is your take on the lockout/shutout idea?  Right?  Wrong?  Idiotic?  Smart?  Would you support it, or fight it, and why?

This weekend (Friday November 20th and Saturday November 21st) BFF is coming to Boston for an epic two day event. Come out Friday night at 7pm to the Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge for Goldsprint challenges (and to support our boys at Open, natch), then follow up with us on Saturday for movies and short films inspired by the love and thrill of bikes at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Sq. For a complete list of showings, check out the main page here.
Hit up the afterparty at Flat Top Johnny’s @10pm to end the festival on the right note with all the right people.

What is BFF you ask?

“In 2001, Brendt Barbur, Founder and Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. Now in its ninth year the festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. 250,000 people are expected to attend this year.

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle in all forms and styles. If you can name it – Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Road Cycling, Mountain Biking Recumbents – we’ve probably either ridden or screened it. What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance?
We bring together all aspects of bicycling to advocate its ability to transport us in various ways. Ultimately the BFF is about having a good time. We have been fortunate enough to include the work of established artists such as Jorgen Leth, Mike Mills, Jonas Mekas, Blonde Redhead, Swoon and Michel Gondry; as well as talented newcomers as part of our programming.”

Friday NOV 20, 2009
Middlesex Lounge- GOLDSPRINTS
7pm – 2am
315 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Sprints at 7:30pm with DJ Mayhem
Afterparty starting 9:30pm with internationally renowned DJ BREK.one

Saturday NOV 21, 2009
Brattle Theatre- SCREENINGS
screenings 5pm-10pm
40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square

Flat Top Johnny’s- AFTERPARTY
One Kendall Square Building 200
Cambridge , MA 02139

peep the trailer for BFF 2009

Jared Allen discusses his signature mullet and the accompanying lifestyle it demands.

Thanks to Josh for the video!

Although I had nothing to do with the success of this pink party I have a duty to mankind to share the cuteness with the world. Is there anything more cheerful than having pink polka dot pillows strewn about the house, pink polka dot streamers on the walls, pink polka dot cakes on the table, and a whole buffet of pink polka dot food!??! Top that all off with a pink polka dot niece! Love it. My sister went all out and I think that everyone was impressed with how many ways she was able to incorporate the theme. What a crafty sister I have!

Ammie and I took a few of the polka dots home to decorate her room with (I’ll post pics soon) much to the dismay of James, who apparently isn’t a lover of pink polka dots. Bah, men.

Thanks for having such a fun birthday party Madeleine! And just incase you’re wondering, yes, those are watermelon polka dots!