Transmissions from Möbius Street
Nov. 4th, 2009
07:51 am - Have an insanely great day!
Happy birthday to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
eli_the_insane (assuming it's still today in your time zone) :-).
Oct. 26th, 2009
Oct. 22nd, 2009
08:57 am - Knot just another birthday
Happy birthday to daisy_knotwise! Enjoy OVFF.
Oct. 21st, 2009
08:06 pm - A note to Brooke
FYI hsifyppah, we narrowly escaped the giant octopi, and we turned the tables on the German Yeti, and stole their chocolate. Thanks for the warning.
I love my friends :-).
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sillyOct. 20th, 2009
07:28 pm - FilkCONtinental Report
Our trip to Germany is almost done. I'm starting this report on an ICE train going from Berlin to Hamburg. Tomorrow we fly home to San Francisco. I’ll probably finish typing this up on the plane flight (no such luck - it's now Tuesday night, oh well). We had a fabulous time. I didn’t have time to post anything while we were there, I hope I haven’t forgotten anything important. Maya and I want to thank the FilkCONtinental organizers for inviting us, and all the German filkers for making us feel so welcome. Also, very special thanks to Steve, Katy, Volker and Kirstin for hosting us before and after the convention. It was a very special time, that we'll never forget.
( Pre Con )
( Friday )
( Saturday )
( Sunday )
( Monday )
( The rest of our visit )
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contentOct. 19th, 2009
Oct. 2nd, 2009
08:39 am - Birthday minus one day
I won't be able to post tomorrow, so an early happy birthday to allisona!
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busyOct. 1st, 2009
03:11 pm - FilkCONtinental Prep
Maya and I are frantically trying to get ready for FilkCONtinental. We leave for Germany on Sunday. I'm excited, I'm panicked... Maya and I have been married for so long, we often have the same thought at the same time (or close to it). That's usually a good thing, but once in a while it can lead to a near heart attack. Case in point:
Monday evening, I decided it would be a great idea to move my passport into my computer bag, so I'd be absolutely sure to have it with me when we leave. I went to the spot where I knew all our family passports are stored to get it. There were only the kids' there. Hmmm. Maybe I had it stored in my bedside drawer, along with some other papers I keep there. No luck. By now, I was starting to really panic. I went downstairs, and as non-chalantly as I could manage, asked Maya if she had seen my passport. "Oh yeah, this afternoon I decided to put both our passports in my computer bag, so we would be sure to have them". Deeeeeep breath... "Thank you sweetie, good thinking". An hour or two later, my heart stopped pounding.
I've been putting together a contribution for the filk auction. I hope what we have to offer will be special enough. I always feel a little inadequate compared to some of the things others bring to the auctions (I'm looking at you ohiblather). Also, we've been pre-cooking a bunch of meals, so the friend who will be taking care of the girls doesn't have to cook every night. On Saturday, I have to drive to Grass Valley (about 360 miles round trip) to pick him up.
Sunday morning, we were asked to provide some music for a Bahá'í meeting. Since our flight is not until later in the day, we agreed.
And oh yeah, practicing so we don't stink....
busy08:06 am - Musing on Birthdays
jodimuse turns the page on another decade today. I hope her UT partners have something nice planned for her!
calmSep. 30th, 2009
07:39 am - A piece of the Puzzle(box) just got older
Happy birthday to trystal.
contentSep. 29th, 2009
Sep. 22nd, 2009
07:42 am - For whom the bell...
Happy birthday to tollers!
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cheerfulSep. 21st, 2009
Sep. 17th, 2009
08:36 am - Happy Birthday Chriso!
Happy birthday to chriso. I hope johno does something nice for you today :-)
Sep. 15th, 2009
01:19 pm - Midichlorian Rhapsody - final draft lyric
These are the lyrics we recorded for Midichlorian Rhapsody, much improved from the version I posted a while back:
Midichlorian Rhapsody
ttto “Bohemian Rhapsody”
©2004-2009 Jeff Bohnhoff
Act 1
I’ve got no real life-
I live on Tatooine-
Working for Watto
He flaps like a buzzing bee.
Open my eyes
Two suns in the sky I see-
I’m just a slave boy, I got no place to be.
I build a pod, build a droid
Obi-Wan gets annoyed.
Where did Qui-Gon Jin go, does the Light side matter to me?
To me.
Mama, just met a man.
Put a needle in my arm
Got a look of deep alarm.
Mama, he says that I’m the One
And now he says that I must go away.
Mama, oooh.
Didn’t mean to make you cry,
If I don’t win the speed pod race tomorrow
Carry on, carry on - as if I were not splattered.
Too late – I saw her face.
And though I’m just a boy
I’ll gladly be her toy.
Goodbye Amidala, I’ve got to go –
Gotta go and fix the Force with Qui-Gon Jin.
Jar-Jar, oooh (worse than C3PO).
You’re surely Naboo’s pride
Though I sometimes wish you’d never been born at all.
Act II
I see a little tin tea kettle of a droid.
Boba Fett, Boba Fett was your father named Jango?
Clones and Dooku’s lightning - very very frightening me.
Master Yoda, Master Yoda,
Master Yoda, Master Yoda.
Master Yoda make him go.
Send in the clones.
I pout like a small boy, why does she love me?
He pouts like a small boy, in him what does she see?
This sad romance just a monstrosity.
Laser gun, 3PO – Kenobi let me grow.
Mace Windu! No! We will not let you grow! (Let him grow!)
Mace Windu! We will not let you grow! (let him grow!)
Mace Windu! We will not let you grow! (let me grow!)
Will not let you grow! (Let me grow!).
Will not let you grow!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no-
Mama Schmi-o, Mama Schmi-o, Tusken Raiders let her go!
Lord Palpatine has a dark suit put aside for me, for me, for me.
Act III
So you think you can train me - just one more Jedi?
So you think you can burn me and leave me to die?
Kenobi, can’t do this to me Obi.
Just gotta go Dark, just gotta go Dark side it’s clear.
The Light side doesn’t matter,
Anyone can see.
The Light side doesn’t matter. The Light side doesn’t matter to me.
Where did Qui-Gon Jin go…
workingSep. 14th, 2009
05:37 pm - This post brought to you by the letter “E”
I spent the weekend recording vocals for our parody of Bohemian Rhapsody. It was the most Extreme Exercise in recording I’ve ever attempted, and it left me Exhausted, Exhilarated and Ecstatic. ( The facts are these... )
excitedAug. 30th, 2009
Aug. 29th, 2009
05:17 pm - A close shave
Maya and I went to the San Francisco Giants game last night. We have a friend with season tickets, and he hooks us up for several games each season. It's nice, because we have regular seats, on the View Level almost behind home plate. You can see the game quite well, and you get a panoramic view of the Bay behind right and center field. We got to the park a little early, so I suggested that we walk around the stadium. We usually just go up to our seats and watch the opposing team take batting practice, but a stroll sounded like fun. There's a raised walkway behind right and center field that looks right down into the Bay, so we stood there for a while enjoying the view. I wasn't facing the field, but out of the corner of my eye, I caught some sort of movement, and I heard a whooshing sound and felt a rush of air go by. I flinched and ducked, and there was a loud THWACK. The baseball ended up in a trash can a few feet behind me. I was so surprised, I didn't have the presence of mind to get it, and someone else dug it out and took it. As Maya and I walked away, a guy who had seen the whole thing said the ball had sailed about three inches over my head. I really don't want to think about what would have happened if I hadn't ducked. I'm not sure whether I saw the ball, or saw other people reacting.
happyAug. 24th, 2009
Aug. 19th, 2009
08:44 am - Another of my talented friends eats cake today
Happy birthday to micktim! Try not to burn your house down with all the candles :-).
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