Monthly Archives: August 2008

Troubadours over the Rainbow

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So, one of my fave bands/ppl are the Troubadours of Divine Bliss. They come ’round these-here parts a couple times a year.

And it’s so much fun. They came back in May for like 2 weeks, & they’re here now for about 2 weeks now. It’s great b/c you can either see them multiple times, or if you’ve got too much going on, you can at least sneak in a show into your calendar.

Wed night was their cd release party at Brothers, & tonight they’re playing at Harpersfield Winery.

Bet’cha didn’t know NE Ohio had a bunch of wineries, did’ja? I’m really excited about going to Harpersfield, cause I’ve never been there before. They’ve played there many times, but I never made it to those shows.

Here’s a clip from Wed night’s show. They played through their new cd (which I bought), & then their older stuff. The played 2 of my fave older songs, so that was cool. Most of their stuff is original, but they do have a couple covers. This is Somewhere Over the Rainbow:

Oh, & the person you see at the bottom there that pops up a couple of times is Bernie. Bernie is like their “unofficial Cleveland photographer”. Either that, or he is official. What you see going up is his flash thingie. Anyway, Bernie takes real pictures w/ a real camera. That is to say that he takes very precise photographs, takes the FILM (yes, film), & produces print photographs. Fancy.

drunken food post

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Ok, so whilst on the internet today, I saw this:

w/out the dark choc on the left, w/ on the right

w/out the dark choc on the left, w/ on the right

It’s Drunken Strawberry Rhubarb Jelly Squares with Dark Chocolate. Yeah. The pic links to the recipe.

While we’re talkin alcohol & food together, I should mention one of my dear friends. She makes the most amazing rum cake. You should know this before I go into one of my Real-life conversations.

We’re at Lucky’s, a bit early to meet friends for Sunday Brunch. We went earlier to stop at the farmer’s market prior to Brunch. So, while ordering coffee to sip until the other gals got there…..

moi: you know I had some Jamaican coffee recently, it was de-li-cious! I wonder if they have any here?

mon amie: Jamaican coffee? Does it have rum in it?

moi: [giggling] no, it’s just imported from there.

mon amie: oh… cause if it had rum in it, I’d probably like it too.

I do love my friends. They make me smile.

btw, the Jamaican coffee I had was from Arabica (I think that’s a national chain) & it was called “Jamaican Me Crazy”. heehee.

PhotoFriday: Self-Portrait

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A friend of mine & I were IM-ing last Friday, & she mentioned that maybe I should get stilts.

And Friday’s Photo Friday challenge was Self-Portrait. That made me think of my visit to the Getty a couple years back, where I took this pic:

Funny lookin, no?

For more funny-lookin (& normal-lookin) PhotoFriday Self-Portrait submissions, go here & click on the names in the left margin.

part of the dust

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So, this move over just means more work for me for a while.

I have to find all my old posts that link to myself. Like, if I’m telling a story that links back to an older story I’d told. And then fix them so that they link to the story on SweetSunshower instead of the old blogger link. Cause that’ll just redirect to the home page here. There’s over 50 of those.

There were also a TON of uncategorized posts; cause I didn’t start categorizing til early 2007 I think. I just went through most of them. Only have 34 left now.

And I condensed a lot of categories. Like fashion/style is one now, as is art/arch. Got rid of some categories altogether, like “Frank Gehry” or “John Galiano”.

Just doin some clean-up. I do have some pix I’m dying to share via the password-protect, & trust me, you gonna wanna see them! But I can’t remember the “safe place” I put my camera so I would have easy access to it when I got to my new place. Figures.

moving in more ways than 1

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Oh, just read the title of last night’s post & realized that I’ve moved myself AND my blog.

I feel very relieved having this blog sittin pretty here as a wordpress blog. I love that I will be able to share more.

But I’ve also just moved back to the West Side. I love the West Side.

I found a small, lil, teeny 1-bedroom apt (it’s part of the upstairs of a house). But it’s just perfect for me. And it’s my very own. And it’s the 1st time in my whole life living by myself! I’m really excited about having my own place.

I’m moving as we speak

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Hey folks,

I’m tired of having to censor myself. I want to speak my mind sometimes w/out worrying about the crazies on the internet, or particular ppl finding my blog & reading about stuff.

I want to post personal/private pictures & videos. Stuff from my life. There are certain ppl who read this blog to keep up w/ what’s going on in my life (family & friends).

So, I’ve moved my blog. I’ve also been afraid of Blogger deleting all my stuff too.

The new page is http://SweetSunshower.com.

I love alliteration. I needed it to have Sun in it definitely. And “Sunshower” is a song by Chris Cornell that I really like. In it, he says “sweet sunshower”.

It’s still under construction, but I think I’m gonna post anyway. Just pardon my dust.

Please update your bookmarks. I’m trying to figure out how this auto-redirecting works right now.

UPDATE: Sweeeeet! Figured out auto-redirecting. Now I just need to play around w/ the design element of it all. My RSS feed is updated too, so you can keep any subscriptions (igoogle, my yahoo, whatever).

Are they watching me?

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Is it just me? Is your spam getting really, really specific?

I kinda freaked when I saw this in my spam folder…I im’d my bff (freaking out) about it, & she said (jokingly, I hope) that they’re watching me.

If they are watching me, does that mean that I LOOK over 30? I take care of my skin. I still get carded. Ppl in real life always think I’m younger. I even know someone who celebrated my 30th b-day w/ me, cake & all. And a few weeks ago, told me I had nothing to worry about b/c I wasn’t even 30 yet (we were talking about me, Mr. T, & the prospect of any motherhood for me, like ever).

So, how come the internet can’t see that?!?!?

OPEN YOUR EYES, INTERNET!!!

it’s all about the loopholes, baby.

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You know how sometimes you pay a diff price for gas depending on if you pay in cash or use yo plastic?

So, I just found out that Visa and MasterCard explicitly prohibit merchants from charging consumers extra for paying with a credit card. (American Express & Discover don’t.)

But all the cards do allow the station to offer a discount for using cash.

So, all they need to do is increase their regular price & give the discount to the ppl who carry green. Sneaky.