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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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Ah' date=' that sucks! Hopefully another good one will come your way soon.[/quote'] Our drummer was saying that he had tried to book the show, but the booking agent didn't respond to his offer after asking him to bid on it. He ended up booking the show with another promoter, and now the show was cancelled due to "issues with the promoter". Fucking idiots could have just taken the offer they had asked for originally and not had any issues, and now they're out a tour date's worth of expenses.
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Our drummer was saying that he had tried to book the show' date=' but the booking agent didn't respond to his offer after asking him to bid on it. He ended up booking the show with another promoter, and now the show was cancelled due to "issues with the promoter". Fucking idiots could have just taken the offer they had asked for originally and not had any issues, and now they're out a tour date's worth of expenses.[/quote'] It always sucks when that happens. The more I talk to people, the more I realize what a juggling act every single show is - even an established act playing an established venue. The good promoters, the guys who really care about the music and will bend over backwards to make sure every band is taken care of, are the ones who get screwed when something goes wrong, from what I can tell. Does your drummer do a lot of booking?
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It always sucks when that happens. The more I talk to people' date=' the more I realize what a juggling act every single show is - even an established act playing an established venue. The good promoters, the guys who really care about the music and will bend over backwards to make sure every band is taken care of, are the ones who get screwed when something goes wrong, from what I can tell. Does your drummer do a lot of booking?[/quote'] He has done a handful of shows, but got slowed down when nobody showed up to see his biggest gig. We generated a lot of interest passing out flyers for Raven at King Diamond, quite a few people's jaws hit the floor, but none of them showed up for some reason. He didn't want to screw the band, and ended up taking a bath on it when they came to collect. He hasn't done a ton since, but he was sure that he could do Anaal Nathrakh and at least break even, so he bid on it with the booking agent, only to receive no response and see on Facebook that they had booked with another promoter.
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Classical nostril one. Just like this one: http://www.justpiercings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Joss-Stone-Nose-Piercing.jpg I was thinking about septum, but I don't want my mother to get heart attack, hah.
One good thing about septum rings is, you can hide them. I've had mine for maybe sixteen years now, had a plug in sometimes, and I've even taken it out for years at a time and been able to get it back in without needing a new piercing. I did my nostril myself when I was a teenager, but the results were, let's say, unsatisfactory.
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Our drummer was saying that he had tried to book the show' date=' but the booking agent didn't respond to his offer after asking him to bid on it. He ended up booking the show with another promoter, and now the show was cancelled due to "issues with the promoter". Fucking idiots could have just taken the offer they had asked for originally and not had any issues, and now they're out a tour date's worth of expenses.[/quote'] Damn I heard it was because it wasn't selling well, but i guess that can be a promoter issue as well! I don't think the booking guy has any idea about a lot of basic shit that goes with booking a show. We've had weird ones with him before, like when he booked us while another local show was going on next door (which he completely neglected to mention to any of the bands). The two venues were sharing sound guys and no one had any idea what the fuck was going on. I'm still bummed about tonight, but maybe it's better that all the fuckery happened before the show.
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One good thing about septum rings is' date=' you can hide them. I've had mine for maybe sixteen years now, had a plug in sometimes, and I've even taken it out for years at a time and been able to get it back in without needing a new piercing. I did my nostril myself when I was a teenager, but the results were, let's say, unsatisfactory.[/quote'] Well, I guess you're right. Maybe I get septum one day too. I'm all into nostril at the moment.
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Got the tandem back $400 later. Both wheels have been rebuilt and it's been serviced but there's still a HUGE problem. The reason both wheels were so badly damaged at nationals is all the spokes were uneven lengths and tensioned incorrectly anyway so thanks a bunch previous owner. Also I need to purchase a 10 speed cassette for the bike (currently running 9 speed on a 10 speed groupset) and a new chain. The service will now allow access to all three chain rings where before the big ring was inaccessible so that's a plus. My mechanic also said there's only one tandem he's worked on that rides as good or better then mine and it's the bike he was going to try and get for me so that's pretty cool to hear.

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Well that got ugly fast. Who would have thought simply saying I'd be a couple of hours late for a BBQ because I have other important shit to sort out would spark a three hour fight with one of the girlfriend's friends. If it weren't for the fact that I get along with her other friends I'd just forget the whole thing. While I'm at it who decides they're going to host a get-together then demand their guests supply ALL the food and drink? I mean a plate/platter of food yeah sure but byo booze, byo meat, and bring something to share too? Certainly not something I'd be demanding.

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Classical nostril one. Just like this one: http://www.justpiercings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Joss-Stone-Nose-Piercing.jpg I was thinking about septum, but I don't want my mother to get heart attack, hah.
I have one but wear a stud. Did the piercing myself. I've thought about getting a labret. My mother freaked out when I got my first ear piercings (I was 10)....she's such a prude lol
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I have one but wear a stud. Did the piercing myself. I've thought about getting a labret. My mother freaked out when I got my first ear piercings (I was 10)....she's such a prude lol
I did a bunch of piercings myself, but the only one that healed properly was a navel ring, which fell out at a Cannibal Corpse show when I was sixteen. Heh.
Piercings' date=' yeah I just don't get it, I mean why?[/quote'] I really enjoy the feeling of piercing, and I think the rings can look pretty cool, though I'm over the excessive body jewelry I used to dig when I was in my twenties. Counting the ones I did myself, I think I've had 22 piercings. Fun times!
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I didn't have all 22 at once, some of them were re-piercings of the same location. My eyebrow rings grew out, labret got infected, got really tired of the tongue ring, nipple never healed properly, etc etc. I'll probably put the large ring back in my ear at some point, but atm I have two small earrings and my septum in. I do prefer wearing it to having it out.

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