Top 5 MEN who I'd just be easy for.
Top 5 Girls who I have mad love for.
As of TODAY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

( lol @ ~*~mad love~*~ )

1. write your lj username.
2. write your two favorite bands/artists at the moment (not overall, just currently).
3. draw a heart.
4. write the name of your favorite person of all time.
5. write down your recently favoured person.
6. tag 5 people to do this meme.

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence along with these instructions in your LiveJournal.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"When I realized this guy was half crazed and about to climb out of his moving car, I shouted for Beverly to turn up one of the tiny twisting streets to escape from all these guys who thought they were riding in a porno parade."

Open your media player, and write down the first line from the first 20 songs.
The 21st song is your poem title.

I PRESENT TO YOU...

"I'm a Stitch Away From Making It"

Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
Oh no, I just keep on falling back to the same old
You know we don't care at all
It's a taxi ride kinda night in the city
I'm your wicked Uncle Ernie, I'm glad you won't see or hear me as I fiddle about

I remember stormy weather
I'm blind with eyes wide open
Mary wore three links of chain
The beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real
Well I know just how much I love you

Every time we come to town, you know she always comes around
Just lay down, and let your worries sleep
Are you falling asleep at the wheel?
There's a thousand words that I could say, to make you come home
All your twisted thoughts free flow to everlasting memories

You always told me, if I ever want to leave
Stuck in time cause I can't decide, what to do or what to say
Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
This will be an everlasting love
You're not alone, together we stand

1. Open in new window.
2. Switch to high quality.

mood: indescribable

1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Break Out - Meese

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Fences - Paramore

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Tattoo - The Who

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Trust Me - The Fray

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Lulla Belle - Zac Hanson

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman - Chris Daughtry

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
With You In Your Dreams - Hanson

WHAT IS 2+2?
Blue Bird - Cassie Steele

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Love Me - Taylor Hanson

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Left Behind - Spring Awakening Cast

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
City Hall - The Fray

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
All At Once - The Fray

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Flying Without Wings (Acapella mix) - Westlife

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
I Shall Be Released - Old Springs Pike

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
River - Hanson

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Weird - Hanson

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Stab My Back - The All-American Rejects

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Trouble - The Spring Standards

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Rock 'n' Roll Star - Oasis

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Say Goodbye - Ashlee Simpson

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Bleeding Heart - Acceptance

WHAT SCARES YOU?
Sore Thumb - The Format

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
MMMBOP (Hex Mix) - Hanson

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The Quiet Side - Meese

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Book Down in the Basement - Fools Banquet

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Deeper - Hanson

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

mood: grateful

THE GIGGLE FIT THAT IS THE SECOND HALF OF THIS VIDEO = FTW FTW FTW DFTWTEWFDFHGJH

Click the picture :):):):):)

HELLO ALL!! I have given in and created a twitter account, so feel free to ~*~follow~*~ me if you wish!

www.twitter.com/slaastandards

List ten songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but that must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your ten songs. Then tag ten other people to see what they're listening to.

1. Right Back to Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
2. Reelin' In the Years - Steely Dan
3. Pride (In The Name of Love) - U2
4. Medley: Kansas City / Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! - The Beatles
5. Trouble - The Spring Standards
6. Catherine the Waitress - The Spring Standards
7. Skyline - The Spring Standards
8. No Scorn - Johnny Gallagher
9. Pedestrian - Johnny Gallagher
10. Mayday On Commerce Street - Johnny Gallagher

The top three are blatant I MISS JUAN songs, except, that's probably not obvious to anyone except for me.
And when I say I miss him, I mean... if he doesn't post something soon, I might lose my mind. I'm well on my way.

I TAG NO ONE, but I would enjoy people doing this if they'd like.

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Right, so today, THIS HAPPENED



I can't even... how... WHAT?

That is him taking a picture of my bag. On his phone. There is a picture of my artwork on his phone.

OH

OKAY.

He also recognized me before even seeing the bag. And I DID NOT POINT OUT THE BAG TO HIM, he just saw it and that was that. I don't even remember what he said about it. I do remember him commenting on the TEXTURE. WHO. NOTICES. THAT? Obviously I did, because I was like CRAP, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO PAINT ON. But honestly? HONESTLY.

HE ASKED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT

Howwwwwwwwwww is my life thisssssssss.

Other things happened but I can't even........

Am I dreaming? No? Oh.

I LOVE LIFE

I have never been more thankful for my artistic abilities. Well maybe that's not true. But then again maybe it is.

( And our family portrait... )

HELLO!!!!!!!! GUESS WHAT

IN TWO DAYS, THIS MAN



AND I, WILL BE REUNITED

So, PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR WHAT IS TO COME


In the meantime...

( Survey! Pictures included! )

ROCK
AND
ROLLLLLL



OKAY GOODBYE

I got a call. I was in New York. Somebody wanted me to replace Keith Moon in a movie. Apparently he had thrown his psyche out of a hotel window and was not available. Yet another replacement gig in my long and illustrious career as a professional exhibitionist and performance artist. My current incarnation was a singer in a rock and roll band, the child of Aleister Crowley and Anita Pallenberg (it was a very difficult pregnancy).

I arrived at the location in last night's makeup and I saw her (to be more precise, the back of her). There before me in all its tantalizing glory was the greatest ass I had ever seen. Somebody said my name and she turned and looked at me over her bare left shoulder. Even though I had hardly slept in several weeks everything was suddenly crystal clear. She smiled and literally captivated and catapulted me into a dimension I had never experienced. No longer was my life about me--it was and has remained about us.

I knew of course who she was--the GTO's were legendary to any rock culture aficionado. In fact her spectacular pedigree made me love her all the more--I was the groupie, not her. She was at Altamont with Mick, the Whiskey with the Lizard King, the Garden with Page. I felt elevated to a rarefied rock and roll consciousness. All of that, however, paled when I realized that no one could be as lustful and loving, as passionate and patient, as her. She was the embodiment of everything I had ever loved about the new world of America. She was Marilyn, she was Elvis, she was a forties bathing suit; she swooned, she swayed, she was the Mary Magdalene of the Electric Church.

My pursuit was vigorous and focused, cutting through the narcotic trance established as de rigeur for a rock and roll decadent.

Then I was at the Hyatt on the Sunset Strip. She had a cowboyfriend with boots and everything. My boots had platforms and silver stars.

I had to be with her, and before long I was. I left the ol' country, I broke up the band, I flew back to LA, and this book, dear readers, describes what happened next.

Along with our miraculous son, Nick, my beloved Miss Pamela is the most important person in my life--a life that has been saved many times by her joie de vivre and joyous view of our increasingly fearful world.

This book is a fierce and honest account of this time in our lives, written by a woman whose skills are unparalleled and wisdom infinite.

My love for you, Pamela, exists in a timeless place that transcends sentimentality and regret, analysis and speculation. We are all in love with you . . . forever. - MICHAEL DES BARRES

mood: indescribable

YA'LL



I just finished reading Dandelion by Catherine James, and omg. I urge everyone out there to go get it immediately! I won't even try to write about it myself, because my thoughts are constantly in a jumbled mess. But she is one of the most inspiring, if not THE most inspiring, people I've ever read about. I can't believe I waited this long to read it. Why didn't anyone slap me??

This is the best, most thorough review I've found:

Catherine James has lived eight lives in 57 short years and her Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit (St. Martin's Press) devastates with emotional sabotages that seem so outrageous that you swear you must be reading fiction. I read the advance copy in one sitting, blown away by the poignancy and ease with which Miss James shares her years of perilous plight. The abuse she suffers at the hands of her Hollywood femme fatale mother Diana reads like Mommy Dearest meets Piper Laurie’s character in the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie. Chapter after chapter she is left pummeled by another emotional battering from someone close to her. Even when she’s able to finally run away from tortuous reality, which is one of her early blessings, she encounters emotional hardships that rival any I’ve read or seen in film. Only her grandmother Mimi – one of the few normal eccentrics she encounters – is courageous enough to try to shield her beloved granddaughter from harm’s way, although she ultimately loses her.

To say that she was trapped in a house ruled by a witch would be a gross understatement of the human condition. Her mother continually tortures her both physically and emotionally, whether it’s tying her to a chair or locking her in a closet to keep four-year-old Catherine in line so that Mom might socialize on the town without worry. Or not feeding her and making her swill hot sauce or dishwashing soap for punishment. Poor young Catherine is not out of harm's way until she is finally able to run away from her forever. And not until the very end of the memoir is there any contrition from Mom, as though that would suffice the years, though Ms. James emotionally detached herself from her shamelessly narcissistic and destructive mother years earlier. She continually denies her daughter’s safety in all areas of parenthood. You’d be hard pressed to find such abuses in today’s family courts.

Thankfully she is befriended by many wonderful and colorful characters along the way who help shine a brilliant light on her budding spirit, including such very famous folks as Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Roger Daltrey, to name but a few.

From the musically charged ’60s of Los Angeles to Andy Warhol’s Factory in New York to the swinging parties of London and back to the woodsy solitude of Connecticut, mature beyond years Ms. James crisscrosses America seeking solace in a tranquil corner.

Her unlucky-in-love character remains optimistic even when her life seems to be spiraling out of control. Time and time again you are certain the fates will finally cast a favorable light on such a courageous soul. But it is not to be.

Even as a pregnant teenager, she is able to rise above her condition and find the silver lining in a seemingly desperate situation. When Denny Laine, her son Damian’s father, once of The Moody Blues, Ginger Baker’s Airforce, and Paul McCartney’s Wings, swoops her up, you think she’s turned the corner. But the physically abusive rocker only adds more heartache and pain to the young bruised beauty’s tale.

Her supremely dysfunctional family will remain with you long after you’ve finished this book. And her triumphant spirit will make most readers take stock at how petty most of life’s seemingly unfair inequities might actually be quite trivial in comparison. Dandelion deserves to be picked from your local bookstore shelf immediately. - Dusty Wright

WERD.

And because no one can write quite like Miss Pamela can:

Dandelion tells the courageous nine-lives tale of an exquisite beauty’s great escape from a turbulent childhood, free-fall into the revolutionary rock music scene, a child raising her own child amidst chaotic upheaval. Audacious and dauntless, Catherine James maintains her sweetness and vulnerability, even when facing down her demons. From the Hollywood heyday to swinging Mod London, to the streets of Greenwich Village and back again, she takes us to shadowy and brilliant places, introduces us to ghastly and illustrious characters, sprinkling heartfelt wisdom and insight on every page. -- Pamela Des Barres

So GO GET IT, FRIENDS! You will not regret it! But if you must wait, Amazon claims that a paperback version will be coming out September 2nd. Which just so happens to be the day after a paperback version of Pamela's Take Another Little Piece of My Heart comes out, with a cover I am hopelessly in love with, and a new foreword by the always dazzling Mr. Michael Des Barres. I also just found out that on September 1st, Pamela's Let's Spend the Night Together will be out on paperback. How wonderfully this all worked out! Of course I can't quite rationalize getting Dandelion or LSTNT again in paperback form, but I will go and gawk at them in the stores. ...Piece of My Heart, on the other hand - YOU BEST BELIEVE I AM SNATCHING THAT UP. My used copy is very 80s and a bit, you know. Used. Or I guess it was the early 90s. With an 80s flair. I'm excited to have a shiny new glamorous copy. And it will be the perfect time to reread it.

In conclusion, I leave you with this. Having watched this video numerous times before actually reading the book, once I got to this chapter, there were giggle fits all over the place.



PS, isn't it great how I've gotten on this sudden LJ UPDATING kick? idk

brb while I go make that into wallpaper for my whole house

10 (imaginary) DOLLARS TO WHOEVER CAN GUESS WHAT THIS REMINDED ME OF

The subject is a hint.

Jefise, Lawdog, THIS MEANS YOU

And since this can't be posted enough:

people in my family are nuts y/y

PEEP THIS, YA'LL

I'VE GOT NEWS. NEWS THAT I COULD'VE ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. LIES. I DO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. A MIXTURE OF THE FOLLOWING: FLAILING, CRYING, LAUGHING, HYPERVENTILATING, SQUEEING, AND LAUGHING ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT TOO AS WELL.

SO, MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD

THE BAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS OLD SPRINGS PIKE, WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS~*~*~*~

THE SPRING STANDARDS

That right there is their new myspace!!!! ADD THEM IMMEDIATELY, YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!!!

There is also a new blog with a PLETHORA OF NEW INFORMATION!!!! INCLUDING: EP ARTWORK



...

EP RELEASE DATE, EP RELEASE SHOW, TOUR DATES!!!! ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! SO YOU SOUTHERNERS ESPECIALLY, GET READY!!... OH!!! AND THESE FANTASTIC ~*~*~BUNDLES~*~*~ WHERE YOU CAN ORDER SUCH THINGS AS*~*~*~ THE SIGNED EP IN BOTH CD AND VINYL FORMAT, A NEW SHIRT WITH THE ALBUM ARTWORK (!!), A TICKET TO THE EP RELEASE SHOW... AND GET THIS... A LAMINATED MEET AND GREET PASS. LOLOLOLOL!!!!!! OMG I CANNOT WAIT! THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MEET AND GREET! IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD

I can't even GET OVER THISSSSSSS! Everything's gone so PROFESSIONAL!! New band name... new band photos... new myspace layout, matching the album artwork... NEW FANCY LOOKIN' ALBUM... NEW MUSIC FROM THE ALBUM ON THE MYSPACE (DKFSGHTIWJRKGRHNYGJHGDF!!!)... a merch store! With actual merch!!!! Tour dates going farther than ever before! SUCH FABULOUSNESS!!!!!

RIGHT, so here is a link to the blog~*~*~

BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG

ADD THEM! READ THE BLOG! SOAK UP THE MUSIC THAT I AM CONTINUOUSLY SQUEEING OVER! Honestly. Little Bug starts and it's just this WAVE OF EUPHORIA. For me personally. I CAN'T EVEN. I MEAN. I didn't even think it would be on the album, much less did I think that the recorded version would just be SUDDENLY SPRUNG ON ME

UMMMMMM...

Yeah, this post was going to be a lot more CONCISE when I was planning it, but these things happen. I AM SO TIRED FALALALALALALA

YA'LL. OKAY, if you read this/go to their myspace/listen to their music, etc GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE I AM JUST SO EXCITEDDDDDDD

LOOK OUT, ADORABLENESS COMING YOUR WAY



CIAO
!!!