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<small>[ 07-03-2002, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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I thought I’d post this just to be difficult: Fish

It contains a couple little hokey stories to appeal to people’s emotions; skip over that & just read the parts about breeding/trading and proper care. As with any purchase, it’s good to do your research first <img>

Love the exploding dog pic, too!

xo
Rosa

<small>[ 06-28-2002, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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*laughs* I like that one, Halves.

I love how Bush insists that ‘this isn’t a religious war’, and yet he manages to bring up ‘God’ in every public conversation. Whether it be about foreign policy, or that lovely little piece of fabric that impressionable children across the country are forced to salute.

In my 2nd high school, we had this thing called Forum every morning, in lieu of homeroom. It was assigned seating in the auditorium where we received announcements and ultimately said the Pledge. During my junior year, a bunch of people stopped standing up for it, and the admins started handing out detentions. Really ridiculous.

But now I’m overstepping the poetry bounds of this thread. Me so sorry.

I liked your poem.

xo
Rosa

<small>[ 06-28-2002, 02:07 AM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> And on top of all this, I’m still finding time to go play soccer. Gotta get in shape. Have lost 15lbs. since Christmas, getting some nice muscle tone from work, and a great tan from being outside so much!!! Kurtis is looking good! </font><hr></blockquote><font>*drool*

I mean, cool.

As for the marriage proposal…where do you live, K? If I move in, we’ll each only pay $50 rent. <img>

Another fun thing to do in the country is drive with your headlights off in the winter. If the sky is clear and the moon is out, the whole area will be illuminated by the reflection off the snow.

xo
rosa

<small>[ 06-27-2002, 09:28 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> Leonard Cohen – Enter Sandman
</font><hr></blockquote><font>Oh my god, my day has just been made.

I think J should do a cover of ‘Liberian Girl’, by Michael Jackson.

xo
Rosa

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</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> But it was always great songs with Mascis, never great albums, so it’s no surprise when the disc unravels into anonymity.
</font><hr></blockquote><font>WTF?? *shakes head* The language of journalists baffles me. It’s like a competition, to see who can come up with the most cleverly-worded, obscure, questionably-based insults. How can an album be full of great songs but not be great?

On an up note, the pictures on that last site are beautiful.

xo
Rosa

<small>[ 06-26-2002, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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My mom had a great live Doors record that we used to listen to when we were little. I can see the album cover but I don’t remember the name, & I can’t find it on Cdnow or Amazon. It had a rockin’, raunchy cover of ‘Gloria’ on it…I remember my mom would rush over to the turntable and skip over it so we wouldn’t hear the sex parts, haha. But of course we’d put it back on as soon as she left.

Other live ones I like:

-Diamanda Galas- ‘Malediction and Prayer’
-Elvis Presley- ’68 Comeback Special’
-Alice in Chains- ‘MTV Unplugged’
-Marilyn Manson- ‘The Last Tour on Earth’
-Blues Traveler- ‘Live from the Fall’
-Various- ‘Live at the Hootenanny, Vol 1’…great live rockabilly/swing, including Reverend Horton Heat, Mike Ness, & Lee Rocker
-Pearl Jam- the Atlanta concert. this was broadcast on the radio in 93 or 94; I taped it on cassette but I think they later released it as a series of cds. when the concert was over, the band still had some unused on-air time, and Eddie played stuff from his personal collection to fill it up. I don’t know if that part made it to the cds, but it was great; he basically deejayed for 45 minutes after the show.

And how cool is it that br mentioned Jason and the Scorchers?

xo
rosa

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One of these days, OSX, we will have to talk. I almost approached you at the Music Hall last year; in fact, you were pressing by me with a very large camera. I actually had my hand raised to grab your arm, then panicked and took it down. What would I have said? "Hi, you don’t know me, but you’re Pete and I’m stalking you." "Hi there, Mr. OSX; I’m Rosa, but not really, but I wanted to say hi." "Hey, I know you from the website. See the lengths I go to to meet men?"

But next time you’ll be photographing in the Bay Area, let me know. I think it would be cool to meet up, if only for the sole fact that your name rhymes with "oh, it’s sex".

Thanks for the lovely pictures, by the way. Digital is the way to go, when your subject is a convalescing musician who is bothered by flash photography.

take care,
Rosa

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I don’t remember the name of the first band, but they were very very good. It was four Asian kids who all looked really young, and instead of having the vocalist front & center, the bass player was up front. Most of the songs were very bass-oriented, slow, heavy, and dreamy. I wish I could remember their name, because I would definitely go see them again.

The second group was called Dealership, and they seemed to have a pretty strong following. This was three people– a young woman who sang, and played keyboard and guitar; a male bass player who sang, and a drummer (who resembled a pudgy Jimmy Chamberlain) who also sang. They were a little too arty for me, and kind of reminded me of watered-down Yo La Tengo at best. But to their credit, they were very tight and confident and well-received. Just not my bag, musically. I was surprised when a lot of people left after their set. I wanted to shake them and say “Do you KNOW what you’re going to miss if you leave now?â€

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Wow, Jaron called me an idiot. I’m flattered.

Hey, I realize I asked for a lot of the heat I’ve received on this thread. I’m quite aware that everyone think’s I’m a hypocrite for getting upset, then telling others not to get upset. But actually, I don’t care if people get irate, so long as they choose to assemble intelligent arguments instead of resorting to personal attacks and name-calling. What I should have said in my last post was, "just ignore it, unless you can provide a reasonable counterattack".

And just to clarify, my original post was not directed at ALL mascis fans. Note the clever usage of the word "some".

In any case, I’m taking a break from freakscene for a while. Don’t applaud, just throw money. I need to step back for a bit & reevaluate my means of contributing to this community. As much as I enjoy some good heated discourse, I feel like certain people choose to see only that side of my personality. I have made equal contributions to threads that are more lighthearted, relaxed, and friendly in nature, yet so much of that gets pushed aside whenever someone wants to fight.

If I’ve offended, stepped on toes, frightened, irritated; I apologize. But I stick by my opinions.

Rosa, who shaves her legs and wears yellow
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</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> with all due respect, I’ve decided to not give a damn if you get offended anymore.</font><hr></blockquote><font>That’s fine, because I don’t give a damn about what some insecure, impulsive teenager with underdeveloped opinions and limited life experience has to say about my point of view.

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> People will label, it’s the only way to understand things. </font><hr></blockquote><font>Wrong. Understanding is a result of conversation and introspection, and it it requires a large investment of time, patience, and respect. Labelling is a tool used by weak people who cannot or will not acknowledge that people are wonderfully complex and contradictory creatures. By summing someone up in one word, you gravely underestimate her humanity, and you WILL get in trouble.

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> You seem to spend entirely too much time being offended at every little topic that breaches on your feminist/goth agenda </font><hr></blockquote><font>I don’t think it’s fair of you to accuse me of having an "agenda" simply because I enjoy discussion and debate. It’s called having a point of view. I’m not even going to acknowledge the "feminist/goth" comment because it’s completely ridiculous. If you want to create a profile on me, I suggest you get better acquainted first. You know nothing of my interests or perspectives outside of the limited interests in music and sociology that I have expressed on this bbs.

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> If you spend your life getting Riled at everything, you will (A) have a difficult time being taken seriously and (B) not have enough time to be happy. </font><hr></blockquote><font>I don’t get "riled" at everything. Again, this shows how little you know about me and my life. You are making a flippant assessment based on the fact that we disagree about things. If I am offended, I am going to speak up, especially if I feel I can use the opportunity in a positive way (i.e. to better express myself, to show people a different perspective, to open up lines of communication). Please do not advise me on ways to "be happy" or "be taken seriously". You are not my therapist. You are not even a real-life friend.

You have your opinions, I have mine. We both have a right to express them. If I get upset, oh well. You can just ignore it.

<small>[ 04-19-2002, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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Fucking incredible. This is why I said that Mascis fans are the most miserable. You’ve started a thread actually rating the "most annoying fans". You claim that you are anti-label, and yet here you are calling Manson fans "freaks", Dave Matthews fans "annoying", and in general just tossing labels around willy-nilly. This from the same people who, when pressed for a definition of "indie", couldn’t/wouldn’t give me one; even though you all use it profusely.

Every time I’ve seen J, the audience has been full of whiny, socially-alienated-but-I’d-rather-complain-than-fix-it white boys who claim that Mascis is their hero, then proceed to tear down the quality of the show. Boys who blow their pot smoke in my face after I politely ask them to please not smoke near me. Boys who can only see the "depressing" or "sad" shades of J’s music, and not the aspects of joy, survival, wit, love, and charm. Boys who treat girls with cruel sarcasm and judgement, then complain that they can’t find love. People who aren’t even enthusiastic fans, but just there to earn their "indie" badge.

I love y’all but some of you drive me fucking nuts.

xo
Rosa

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<small>[ 04-19-2002, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]</small>

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Rosa vs. Kurticus. In the water. With a few…wait, what was I saying…

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Wow, kurticus is a babe. Abercrombie Soccer though…? Somehow I didn’t picture you the sporty type. Not that it’s a problem <img>

Have fun tonight,
Rosa

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