U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 172

There is actually a thread about it mabs. I think Tiff posted it.

There was a weird maple syrup smell all across the city.

Whore, I directed you to the Odor thread.

(I'll let Patty take the credit though - did you know he pictures me looking like Lucy Liu?? *beams* Oh, how wrong he is.)

Is she actually captioned as being Bono's assistant? I refuse to believe Ali would let someone good-looking be Bono's bitch. (Pick me instead! I'm right HERE!!!)

Speaking of Frankie Valli, have you seen Jersey Boys yet? I heard the ticket prices (even for the crappy seats) are just silly. But now that you mention it, I've got "Oh What A Night" stuck in my head.

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I win over Pat? I win over Pat? Do I? Do I? Do I??

*smirks*

*clings onto any tiny amount of validation available...especially since the personal statement thus far consists of, "Let me into law school please, or your tax dollars will be paying my welfare cheques every month."*

Has Jersey Boys actually been getting good reviews? I haven't heard the buzz for it yet. I'm going to Google Lucy Matthew - aka My New Nemesisisis - now. It would be SUCH a nightmare to handle Bono (well, depending on when and where you're handling him! ) - I bet he's an egotistical prat with an affinity for talking a lot about himself. (10 hours of Rolling Stone coverage? Oy!)

Makes me love Adam all the more for being willing to take a bullet for him, even if it would prevent shutting his piehole.

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No, you and Pat are tied. So there.

Re: Being Bono's handler...I just get visions of his bodyguard after the NYU lecture. In a 10 minute span, he came out w/ Bono's jacket on his arm, and placed it on the front seat. Went inside. Came out w/ his straw cowboy had and placed that on top of it. Went inside. Came out and put the jacket NYU gave him in the back of the SUV. Went in. Came back out to fetch the cowboy hat again. Went inside. Came back out yet again to grab the jacket. You know Bono's in there going: "Ok, you know what, my hair really looks like SH*T, I think I'll need the hat afterall...Yep, just the hat. I think I'm kind of hot. Hah! Yeah, I am kind of hot aren't I? Yeah. So I definitely don't want the jacket." A couple minutes later. "Thanks for the hat, pal. You know, after feeling the draft when you came in, I think I do want he jacket afterall. Thanks, man." This in a 10-15 minute span, w/ THE BODYGUARD! And you know what? He walked out, waved at the fans, and made a straight shot to the car, being outside for all of 20 seconds. Did he really need the hat or the jacket. I think not. I'm sure it's like that w/ him all the time. "You know what I really need? This, this, and this...Cool, thanks...But on second though, I really needed that instead of this. Can you do that?" I really don't think that he's being a prat about it. I honestly think he's just that scatterbrained and spacey. I don't think he's doing it to be a jerk or to flaunt his "power" over someone else. I think to a certain extent, he just doesn't have a clue!...And yeah, j'adore Adam aussi. As if I didn't enjoy him enough as it is, when that English girl waiting outside was telling me about him driving himself to the studio in his little green car, while Bono's carted around (though I'm not so sure he doesn't driving himself around when they're off on their own in Dublin...Eek! A hazard to all!) in his big ass SUV.

Anyway, moving right along. Yeah, the rant was a bit much, but I couldn't help myself once I got going. I was shocked this morning to see that there weren't a dozen replies saying "just be glad someone taped them, and if you don't want them, then don't pay the $350." Something of this just smacks of this guy enjoying the fact that he can make people jump through hoops to get what he's got. Sure it's nice that he's donating this $$ to charity and/or asking you to do community service, but come on!

Ummm...From what I can tell, Jersey Boys has been getting pretty good buzz, especially for a Popsicle. I'm sure I'll get around to it sometime, but if they do, "Let's Hang On" I think I might just let out an involuntary yelp.

Still perplexed by the maple syrup. Thanks for that, btw, you wench! It was ridiculously strong. At one point, I was vegging on the couch, and I kind of turned my face into the pillow, and even it smelled like syrup! I'm surprised it still doesn't, a la "The Beast" from Seinfeld!

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The size of Rhode Island, eh, Pat?!?! That's one hell of a bong!

And I figured a tie was the only way to appease you both. Really, the only true "loser" in this situation is whoever started that thread as "Odor in NYC" rather than "What's up w/ the maple syrup smell??" Just kidding...but really, I figured Odor=Raw Sewage, not sweet confectionary-esque smells, right?

Whoo! I'm finally content w/ my mondo U2 Acoustic 2000-05 mix, having added and acoustic version of Walk On. I'm still kind of up in the air about the track order, but it'll do. *sigh* This is what happens when I have oodles of homework and I don't feel like doing any of it.

Guess that's about it. Oh, I mailed a bunch of blank DVDs out to someone who was going to do a B+P w/ me for the lost DVDs last Saturday, and she still hasn't gotten the package, apparently. WTF?!?! I've NEVER had a problem w/ mailing stuff (and I did a fair amount of trading last year and over the summer), never lost ANYTHING, and now I've got these "missing" too! *sigh* What the hell?!? I suppose in the grand scheme of things it's much better to lose some DVDs than to have had the package I sent to Tiff w/ the tix in it, or a number of other things, but still. Booo!

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Seriously...I know I'm self-diagnosed numerically dyslexic, but this is a bit much! I think I need to find a new post office. I never did end up taking it up w/ them at the Post Office. I figured, I've got a taker for B+P, I'll get my new copies, and then I'll somehow wrangle up someone to make me copies before I let them out again. *headdesk* I've sent and received stuff from all around the world. What is up w/ these DVDs?! Very, very puzzling. I'm sure I'll eventually get most of them back. There have been rumors about them releasing a box set w/ ZooTV Sydney and PopMart Mexico, and I've got a sketchy copy of Boy San Francisco. Tiff has a copy of The Joshua Tree LA, so I could make her track someone down and somehow finangle a copy, and I'm sure I could finangle the others somehow. It's just strange.

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Hey all!
Mabel warned me to stay away from this thread so I did for a while, but I decided to check it out again and luckily came across no spoilers on this page! Yay!
Tiff, I'm downloading that video now (it's supposed to take about 45 minutes to download; ug, I hate dial-up). It sounds pretty funny.

*phew* Good thing I didn't go on a rant about my favorite new highlights of the tour, Elph!

I went on a movie-hopping fest today...good times! Good Night, and Good Luck, North Country, and a repeat of Shopgirl. Fun, fun, fun!

Oh, and that dick on interference has posted a few more times on that thread about trading/charging $350 for a boot. He was saying something about having 5/26 and 28, but he can't trade/torrent/sell them, because he didn't tape them, and promised the taper he wouldn't. WTF?!? That's so F*CKing RUDE! If you have no intention of letting those shows out, not even for the ridiculous $350, then why say anything about it?! What a jackass!

Nothing else up here. I've got a bunch of reading to do, and I'm sure I'll end up watching stupid SNL. Lance Armstrong? Ugh. Looks like it'll be a particularly pathetic episode tonight.

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I'm depressed; Halloween is tomorrow and they don't celebrate it here. I'm going to end up buying candy for myself and gorging it all. How pathetic.

Oh, shut UP, Miss I-Live-Near-A-Cadbury-Factory-When-I'm-Not-Stuck-In-Hobbitland!

I think the best part of the clip is that it was sandwiched in between a preview of, and the segment where, the Today Show was "exposing" the fact that George Bush's telephone conversation with the troops was actually a rehearsed stunt. And they, in fact, well...if there was actually a current in those 6 inches of water, Michelle Kosinski would be up the creek!

What are your plans when you get back to NY? (Aside from catching up on U2 and your shows, natch.) We didn't have a very good look at the B.O. line. It was pissing rain every time we were out there, otherwise we'd taken the sub directly into MSG and didn't have to venture outside, but when we WERE there, there seemed to be a (relatively small) GA line-up and I don't recall seeing people for the BO. I'm sure they were there, but it certainly wasn't a mess like you'd expect. Then again, torrential rains may have deterred people. Keep your eye out on Interference and Craigslist! (Have you checked eBay?)

Re: Lucy Matthew - according to Google, she's one of the spokespeople for DATA. Gee, she's hot AND she's got a good heart? God, I hate her.

Patronus, sorry about the smell. I didn't realize my Rhode Island bong water was floating down-ocean. You should see my Lone Star Bong.

Mabs, how is it that sending a bunch of packages to, you know, "overseas" (as Britney Spears calls Canada) has worked out well, but your domestic shippings have sucked?? TELL ME you learned your lesson after your problem with Pat and insured this one?? Oh, and did SNL with Lance/Sheryl suck as much ass as we predicted? I was out tonight, working and then watched "Serendipity" at a friend's house. Total cheeseball with many headwall moments, but worth it just to reminisce about New York (and see Serendipity 3 not once but twice in the flick!). In one scene, Molly Shannon and Kate Beckinsale order a slice of that chocolate cake we had, and then they decide to pay for it and skedaddle without even a bite! My God! Knowing how bloody expensive that thing was...at least we TRIED to clean the plate!

Oh Ellie, I do enjoy your avatar, even though he was looking far too gaunt in that pic. Have you seen Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? Flaming fun!!

I've been following that thread with the $350 guy. What has he done in the past to piss off those people? I'm glad that other guy called him out on his bull****, since he was like, "If you'll donate $350, I'll send you a copy of any of my boots." Considering the context his original post had been in, he didn't just mean the boots he'd recorded! Talk about not being able to put his money (or DVD-Rs) where his mouth is!

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How was Good Night, and Good Luck and North Country? I'm especially keen to see GNaGL - I'm a bit of a George Clooney lovah.

Yeah, I suppose for $4 worth of blanks, it's not really worthwhile to get them insured. It's just a pisser when you're mailing DVDs that have already been made, and even then, it's not like you can tell the USPS what you were up to!

I've still got to get my l*w s****l applications done. I thought with daylight savings, I could go to sleep at 4:30am (sans DLS) and wake up at 12pm (really 1pm) feeling fresh and new, but I don't.

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He looks like Starvin' Marvin in that pic.

What are your Hallowe'en plans, m'love? I should stay home and work on these personal statements, so it'll probably not be very exciting for me.

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Why stuff yourself with candy on Hallowe'en when you can stuff yourself with discounted candy on November 1, I always say.

Then again, I don't urinate streams of gold like you do.

BTW, I just took a pic of myself with my webcam. Happy Hallowe'en!

<-- Was a blush a bit much?

I don't know what scary movies I'll end up renting tomorrow - Saw? Gigli?

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