Sunday, August 29, 2004
banshee fangs and wolfie jackie-o catt.
banshee in the foreground, looking stunning without hanging
her tongue out and keeping the fangs at bay... a lovely
american shorthair with a white girlie bow-tie under her chin.
and wolfie, the dog-like maine coon that makes biscuits all day.
just wanted you to see who i sleep with every night.
xoxoxo
- Sunday, August 29, 2004
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
absinthe, micheladas, and the dentist.
oh, the fun of being alive and the consequences thereof.
for the summer solstice, we had an absinthe party. now, as you know, absinthe
is illegal in most countries. it's actually quite harmless, except for this cute little
ingredient called wormwood. so, instead of illegally importing the drink from
czechoslovakia, we created our own.
actually, my precious girl beth made it at home and
brought it to the party.
me waiting eagerly for the concoction. notice brandon
in the background. what a great picture.
brandon waiting patiently... notice my book on the table.
and brandon is my illustrator. he's a patient guy, considering
how long it takes me to finish my work!
and here's the evil green stuff!
my boy daniel passed out with his chihuahua sleeping
between his legs... good stuff that absinthe is!!
and so now on to micheladas!!!!
michalatas are divine. my dearest brandon taught me about them and he
learned about them from some of his mexican friends. this is a unique way,
as most white people use the recipe linked above. we like the border recipe best...
try them both- but try the following one first. you'll see.
-get a pint glass.
-enter juice: 1 orange
1 lemon
1 lime
1 peach
-pour the rest with mexican beer (preferably tecate)
shake in chile picante powder and acidito (you can find
this in convenience stores in the south and sometimes,
if you're lucky, in the north.)
-add one big slice of mango.
andale!!! drink up!!
toddicus, the mad cook, turns into a little teapot.
brandon, lead singer for the scattered pages, shows off the
final product, including extra tabasco and acidito... o!! and beer.
and before i get to the funny dentist pictures...
toddicus and beth's sister, sara, at the scattered pages show.
beth: "no thank you! i'm a lesbian!"
no, david does not sew. it's not even his house. nor mine... just a good picture.
ahhhhh... and now for embarassment...
the dentist.
let me just say that i go to the world's best denstist, dr. schneidler.
his staff kicks ass too. you see, i had a shitty dentist for two years.
i've never had a cavity in my life, and remember, i've been on earth
a looooong time. i go to dr. schneidler (ass kicking dentist) to find that
my teeth have lost enamel from night grinding (bruxism) and have six
lovely cavities. terrified, i put it off only to find that it was a total party,
and i have only pictures to remember it by.
gayla, (i don't know the proper term for her job, but i should!) the bad-ass dental-mama always
makes me comfortable. i took my pills, got a ride, and she whisked me into the
big scary chair.
last thing i remember. ooooooooooo!! look at the mobile! wheee!!!
how about a date?
wanna make-out? see my headphones? i'm listening to vespertine by bjork.
although you may think it similar to the iraqi prison abuse scandal, my
dental girls just wanted to remind me (when i wake up to see the pictures)
that i need to floss everyday. the funny thing is, i remember putting the flosscard in my mouth
and thinking it was the funniest thing in the world because i couldn't feel
my face. the other thing is, although i said i didn't remember anything, i remember
every song on vespertine and a few of the drilling moments. i even remember the dentist
saying, "turn your head away from me now..." and then i think about it, and i remember nothing!!! how do they do that!? soooo weird those pills and gas are!! but
it was all over in a flash...
hey stoner! what a pretty mouth.
thank you dr. schneidler, gayla, susan, and sandra. you guys
are the best, you kick ass, and i want everyone to know that even
though you're truly professional, you make the dentist jitters go away.
thank you for a great set of choppers. xo
there's poetry in this somewhere... i may just have to get those pills
again to do it. xoxoxox
- Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Sunday, August 15, 2004
londontown
i took a trip to london to see the siouxsie and the banshees reunion show,
7 year itch tour and had myself a big fat time. enjoy my story.
i really detest flying. notice the pre-flight cigarette.
it's a bit chilly in july... arrived by train and
much walking to swiss cottage to see my
friend dazzza!!
dazzza's puppy dizzy... learning the stairs.
in london, new architecture meets old...
at the tower of london...
and here's one of the ravens that keeps the tower from tumbling.
me in front of the monument the banshees used for the album 'join hands'.
the real reason i went to london! shepherd's bush empire is the venue.
passed out at 9am in some pub before the show. i wanted to be first in line... and i was,
considering no one was there yet.
sid, inga, roby, and myself waiting for the queen to arrive on stage...
o my god!!!!! here she is and her delectable drummer/husband budgie on drums...
meow!!!
siouxsie's "budgie crutch" after the show...
siouxsie said, " hellllooo gooorgeous!! wot are you doing on london?"
and then...
a big fat smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch!!
didn't wash my face for days!!
yum!
after the show it got really cold...
so i decided to start a game of "name that siouxsie song." i miss these guys!!
someone guessed right away that this was "slowdive"
by my bad choreography... notice roby's joy in the
background...
you see, the rules are: someone whispers a song in your
ear. you act it out. whoever guesses it does the next
song of your choice.
it's a great waste of time.
so we continued the game back at dazzza's with "name that
creatures song".
"b side ourselves". it was guessed right away by andrew who saw the
tour in 1998-1999. it was a banshees song and siouxsie made it a
creatures song on that tour. i thought i was tricky!!!
dazzza and andrew do a stirring rendition of "standing there".
got drunk...
got sexy on the train... and um...
...fell in love with myself.
fay from greece at the train station in luton, 4am. remember, the sun comes up early
on this island.
i got the set list that night after the show... frenk, marco, roby and myself. xoxo
there is a time and a place for everything.
"and if a double decker bus..."
my best "white wedding" look to say good-bye for now...
xoxoxoxoxo
lots more to come. i promise!
- Sunday, August 15, 2004
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
moody gardens, galveston, texas
now i know y'all think texas is a bunch of cowboys and oil rigs-
but my god! how wrong you are.
i took a little trip down to "the jewel of the south", galveston,
as i always do, and visited moody gardens.
i took a picture of the outdoor map for you.
the butterfly at the left pyramid was where i was standing.
i bet you're thrilled to know that.
the moody pyramid with the aquarium.
the moody pyramid with the rainforest.
hi! i'm a dork and i'm touching a stingray.
male seahorses give birth.
siouxsie references that in a song called "swimming horses" so
i found out that fun fact when i was fourteen years old and you were
all listening to top 40. well, not all of you...
there are beautiful paths and walks at the gardens...
...and flamingoes too! they have flamingoes! o my god!!
and those wicked anenomies...
in the creepy expo of deadly creatures, look which one
i found to be the deadliest!! looks just like me... i couldn't
shake it! yikes!!
love you all xoxoxoxoxoxo
- Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Sunday, August 08, 2004
EXCITEMENT SOOOOON!!!
texas renaissance festival is coming next month! i can't wait.
and since i haven't updated lately nor posted new poetry, i've provided
y'all with a smoooooch if you scroll down. xo
and a kiss...
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH
- Sunday, August 08, 2004
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
kemah boardwalk, texas.
hanging out at the kemah boardwalk... what a poseur!!
only go at night when the tourists are gone...
o my god i look old!! o wait, i am old!!
food at t-bone tom's, kemah. i ate it. ugh.
do i look fat now? maybe just nauseated. fried cheese and zucchini,
o! and miller lite- the world's best bad beer.
feral cats at kemah boardwalk after-hours looking for some food-
or romance perhaps!
i love it!
i got a kick out of looking down at the stool
with the texas lone star sewn in.
looks a bit funny now, doesn't it?
hello lover!
squirrelly little train conductor flirted as he went by. i, obviously, was over it.
toot-toot!
see you all later- poetry in the next few days- i promise-
thanks for the supportive emails... i'm doing my best to write y'all back.
xoxoxoxo toddicus
- Tuesday, August 03, 2004