connielingus: August 2005

My Favorite Reads.....

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Excerpt from "Flaming Iguanas" - By Erika Lopez

Dedicated to Catherine "Han" Gunn.... Wherever the fuck you disappeared too.

Leisha Hailey It Is.......

Congrats to Arcane One who was the first to get the Correct answer!
Way to go....

Yes the pic is indeed L Word's own "Alice Piezecki" taken while she was a member of the 90's Rock band The Murmurs. She was also quite famous for being the young and rocking girlfriend of k.d. lang and also starring in the Teen Lesbian coming of age flick "All Over Me"

Can Anyone Guess Who This Is?

Ok, here's a hint: This photo was taken in the early 90's of a woman who used to be in a rock band and involved with another famous singer...... Now in the mid 2000's has switched careers and her look.....

Whatever Happened to Connielingus????

Errr, Hello.... Remember me?

Yes - I disappeared for a few days there.....BUT, it wasn't so much being "Blog-lazy" as it was that my sweet little life has become outrageously busy and I have been an outright airplane-fixin' whore in this last week.
I ended up working 10 hour evening shifts for 7 days in a row, due to a lot of major repairs needing to be finished in a short period of time....
...also, Jenn has been applying for some new jobs and I have been driving her here, there and everywhere in the mornings.....
... that coupled with the fact that the Canadian Mens Olympic Hockey Training Camp was in town, so being such a shameless hockey slut, I couldn't miss it.

It was amazing the natural skill these guys have... Basically the best players in the world together on the same team. It's ridiculous how simple they make it all seem.

There he is, our boy Bertuzzi(far right) Along with Chris Pronger, Adam Foote, and Mike Peca.
"WHERE'S WAYNER?" - Can Anyone spot Wayne Gretzky in the Background?

Here is what happens when a dumb Baggage Handler hits the side of the Aircraft beside the Cargo pit door. The damage gets cut out.....

... And a huge patch engineered by Boeing gets riveted on.

So this is where I've been - I can barely believe that my computer wasn't even turned on for 3 or 4 days...
I've undoubtedly missed you, and I was very proud of the creativity displayed over the weekend at Angry Chimp with the "Over 2U Friday".
Nice Work!

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO.......

NENA KERNER - of the Band NENA

In typical one-hit-wonder World Domination style, there isn't a person over the age of 25 who doesn't remember and secretly adore the 1984 Germanic New-Wave poptastic little ditty 99 Red Balloons.....

What set this seemingly happy little song about Red Balloons apart from all the braindead happy little songs of the early 1980's is that it actually was a subtle, yet poignant protest song about the past and the renewed cold-war feelings of the Reagan Administration....
- a little inconspicuous darkness for a ridiculous decade.....

The cheesy, less intense English version of the song went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold.

99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'till one by one they were gone
Back at base, sparks in the software
Flash the message "something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
And focusing it on the sky
The ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions treat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
Ninety nine red balloons go by

As ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

After that Exciting Flash-in-the-Pan, The Band Nena followed by issuing an English-language album, It's All in the Game (1985).
But when it flopped, the band dissolved.

(Hey! - is that Mike Meyers on the bottom left?!?!?!?!)

Since then, still living comfortably of the royalty's only enjoyed by an 80's one-hit-wonder artist, Nena Kerner has been recording as a solo artist, mostly in her native language.

The Great Canadian Corrosion Experiment - Week 4

Well, this Experiment is going to be long and drawn out as to be quite honest - so far not a whole bunch has happened.

Great for the holidays, but detrimental to my experiment - it's been so freakin' hot here the last little while that the piss is evaporating shortly after it is dropped out, and the cola seems to have made a hardened gooey sugar protective coating, therefore not allowing in any more air or moisture in.......

CURSES!

Like I mentioned a few weeks ago, if I was to truly recreate an "underfloor aircraft corrosion experience" I would have to simulate a cool dark dank place where nothing evaporates, and only gets added too by more and more corrosive materials and warm heavy human breath and sweat droplets day after day.

But you must bear with me......

The only one that seems to had a bit of change was the scratched clad urine specimen.

This photo really doesn't show you very well, but there is a bit more discoloration and a bit of white powder beginning to form inside the aluminum scores.
As predicted the clad aluminum has not changed at all, and the aluminum with the screw thru has not shown any obvious signs of degradation either.... So far.

Corrosion Experiment INTRODUCTION
Corrosion Experiment - Week 1

"If Love Makes The World Go Round, Why Are We Going To Outer Space?"

Pee Pee Poo Poo Bum Bum

Seeing as this week in the lives of my particular Blog gang has had the "Bodily Functions" theme I figured everyone could appreciate this article from THE QUEEN OF THE POON BASSOON.... The one and only Raymi the Minx

As far as my own personal contribution....

Have you ever had a poo in the bush ?

- Once I did whilst camping in the backwoods of the Cariboo in Northern BC, where my good ol' friend Ape at Salt and Vinegar lives.

Human poo looks wrong in the wild....

I'm sure if any animals were watching me as my pee dribbled on the back of my shoes, they could have certainly sensed my awkward attempt at defecation, smell the toxic combination of Rye Whiskey and Potato Chips and actually really wondered just how it was possible that the bipedal Homo Sapien could have actually taken over the earth.

Ryan Adams Sucks

Well Hello there.

I made it back home after a splendid weekend of sun and fucking great tunes and the wonderful discovery that Ryan Adams is, in fact, the drunken, cocky, asinine perpetual child that he is famous for.
I was not particularity fond of his obvious dissatisfaction with the whole "Family Folk Fest" thing, but then again, I was not really surprised as I almost fell over in disbelief after reading he was a Sunday Evening Headliner way back in June....
Did the Festival organizers not read about his countless unpredictable outbursts ??????

But all said and Done, you gotta love him for staying true and being such a colossal asshole.

Ah well - Like I always say....Love the Songs, Not the Singer

With her twitchy, sweaty, disheveled white "Nancy Sinatra Boot" wearing look, Martha Wainright obviously had a rough night before her 1 pm show....
She was a wee bit of a crack victim, but like a good Rock n' roll trooper, she still managed to kick it out in her hardcore folkin' style....

I love her.

Big in the UK, but basically unheard of over here in Canada, The absolutely-fabulously charming Thea Gilmore forced me to become a fan.

I think I love her too.

So all in all, it was worth the $109 CDN Weekend pass...
a weekend which we happily folk'ed our way through - listening passionately to the angstful poetry set to acoustic guitars, taking in the seemingly impromptu Folk-music-induced "librarian convention" - eating granola bars and lukewarm sweaty cheese and wilted lettuce sandwiches from our backpack, all the while rolling around on Edmonton grasses in the teasing heat of the Alberta Summer till we dropped in a meaningful yet ironic lump.

I Could Use The Word "Folk" as a Funny Expletive, But I Won't....

I'm off once again...

This time 'round it's my annual jaunt to the Edmonton Folk Fest.
This Year I am extremely excited to witness *live and acoustic*, one of my all-time fave artists - The Fabulous Ryan Adams!!!

(I know, I know.... I just have a weak spot for the alt-count-y'all-ternative scene. What's an aging riot-grrrrl to do?)

Actually, I'm pretty stoked about witnessing the melodic raspy-rants of the lovely Martha Wainright as well.... (I wrote a raving assessment of her self-titled album back in the spring in *New Music Reviews*)

Anywoo.... I will see you all on Tuesday with a fresh Update on the "Great Canadian Corrosion Experiment" and some highlights from my exciting roadtrip life.

Have a great weekend!