Nonsequiturs on parade

[slipjig3]

Brain mushy. Actually fell asleep on the couch while Anna was updating a moment ago. Will be taking it to the bedroom very shortly, just as soon as I'm done with this post.

I finally got my hands on some more JBz [sic] today. If you're not familiar, the folks behind JellyBelly jelly beans, the most perfectly-flavored jelly beans on earth, have broken into the chocolate market by creating their version of M&Ms: milk chocolate center, with a candy coating blessed with JellyBelly flavors like Toasted Marshmallow, Coconut, Raspberry, Orange Juice, Honey Graham Cracker, Juicy Pear, even Buttered Popcorn. I got totally hooked on the one box I picked up a month ago, and hadn't seen them anywhere until today—as a damn clearance item. *sigh* Oh, well. I bought the last 3 sample-sized boxlets at half off, and will be savoring them for the next few days. (If you happen upon any, grab 'em, wouldja?)

To lbitw: Thank you so much for the chipper reminder this morning. *more with the sighing*

Doozy of a thunderstorm today. I absolutely adore thunderstorms; unfortunately, we don't get as many of them in upstate NY as we did in Illinois. This time around I had the dubious pleasure of being out running errands when the fire and brimstone came down, but at least I got to see lightning strikes directly in front of me for the first time in ages.

I'm trying to decide if owning a funky falsetto soul cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" is worth the degree to which rafaela is going to kill me. Speaking of: Music of a related nature will be handed to thee, shadesong and yendi. 'Tis good. I promise.

I realized that I never did tell the whole story of the visit with the kidlings last week. That's partially because not much that was terribly out of the ordinary happened: playground time, dinner at Friendly's, hanging out and such. The one noteworthy event was Nik's pre-school "graduation", an outdoor ice cream social complete with an out-of-control hay fight and a sing-along that included a 73-verse song about pizza. When it came time to hand out the construction-paper diplomas, Nik was the absolute last kid to be called, but he bore it amazingly patiently, until he finally got to go up, which he did at a dead run, followed by whoops of, "I did it! I won!" (More or less how I felt when I finished high school."

So, tags. Should I, or no?

All right. Hitting the "submit" button, then hitting the hay. Sleep well, everyone.

Comments

[adamchristopher.livejournal.com]

funky falsetto soul cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"

What? Where?

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

It's on iTunes, from a compilation called Rewind! Vol.3; it's by a guy named Bing Ji Ling. Very groovy.

[daev.livejournal.com]

I went to a show on Saturday that really made me wish you and rafaela were visiting, because you would have had such a blast. The opening act was Brandon T. Washington and his band, mostly doing covers of Peter Gabriel, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, etc. etc. all in Brandon's incredibly soulful baritone. Everybody in the audience was dancing to "Locomotive Breath," which is not exactly the most danceable song. If only he'd done Gram Parsons he could simply bill the show as "Brandon T. Sings Anna's Music Collection." And then the main act: the CD release party for the amazing Kate Hathaway. Despite all the drunk people (welcome to campus), sound system screwups, and broken glass (see: drunk people), it was just a stunning set -- even a certain Lilith Fair Loather would have liked (or at least put up with) all that Weird Girl Folk-Noise Music. :-) Sometimes you can say that you've been at a show so good you'll remember it for a long, long time, and this made me think of some of those Last Straw and Spring Strathspey performances. I hope Kate tours out your way, because the sight of her with her dark hair all disheveled down around her shoulders, surrounded by swelling sound from the rest of the band, hollering and moaning like she's having a total breakdown right there on stage .... well, I couldn't help thinking "Adam GOD DAMN Fromm needs to BE HERE because he would have a NEW MUSICAL CRUSH ALL OVER THE PLACE."

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I likes! You're making me all musically covetous again, man, same as you've been doing for the last 15 years. Good show, old chap. (We really must go catch some local bands out here some time.)

[daev.livejournal.com]

Mission for Adam: find out if there's anything good happening in the later half of July so I know how to schedule that part of the trip. :-)

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

Hmm.... I should start a countdown. ;)

There was lightning while I was talking to Jason last night. He got to hear me whimpering because it was scary. *nods*

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Countdown unnecessary, thank you. And yeah, it was a lulu last night.

[merowme.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Next time I'm at Yorktown mall I'll have to check the candy store there. I'm betting that they carry a large selection of JBz in bulk because they carry JellyBelly's in bulk. Perhaps you really should think about moving back to IL. *dangles JBz's in front of your nose*

[lbitw.livejournal.com]

You are the welcomed.

[merowme.livejournal.com]

Did a little research for you, don't know if this will help your hunt for JBz...

http://jellybelly.know-where.com/jellybelly/cgi/selection?5=on&mapid=NorthAmerica&place=®ion=NY%2CUS