poppydawn

I will fight you.

You think that is screwed up...I am 2 weeks post final exams and still can't go to sleep until about 3:00 AM. And I have class at 8 AM....quite the recipe for disaster.

You're gonna pull the wrong teeth, aren't you?

Well that can happen..but you are going to have to buy a refrigerated shadow box to keep it at the right temperature to make it last a long time aren't you? Maybe we can make you one of those

Slim Jims are forever.

dayum that sounds like a rockin good time!

And that's why I'm going!

What happens if someone gets "the trots" while on a horse? That's like, pun-potential overload!

I'm sure we'll find out before that weekend's over, what with all the beer, soft-shelled crabs, and horse-jostling. I'll give a full report.

The motorcycle country image is really solidified by all of the hanging baskets of flowers.

Bikers like pretty.

poppy will you be sans clara for the weekend?

I'll be sans Clara Jane and Brian that weekend. Just a bunch of city girls, riding horses, getting drunk, and poisoning the mosquitoes with their bloodstreams.

Well since Maggie and him are practically engaged I bet she can make anything happen for you

I want an autographed Slim Jim.

are any of these friends people that have sent you cake at any time in the past few years? If not I think we win...or I will send you a cake....or maybe I'll bring you a cake...the train is always fun to ride on....

One of them gave me about $100 worth of goodies from Teavana for my birthday and another did free portraits of Clara Jane for her fourth birthday. They kinda win this time around.

Besides, Nels never gave me no damn cake. Not even a Slim Jim.

And why is it so important you go and get eaten by mosquitos....and not come see US and drink bourbon and help me have a proper drinking education...and also hear Maggie talk more..and most importantly see NELS

Well, I actually have other friends who are expecting me to join them in the woods for my heavy drinking that weekend. And I'm not missing my chance to go to the Root Beer Saloon.

Are we calling you Skeeter now?

The best man in my parents' wedding was named Skeeter. Which explains a lot. Like why my inheritance is wrapped up in Nascar collectibles and ill-bred quarter horses.

T-minus 30 seconds until Brad tells you those mosquitoes are nothing, Arkansas mosquitoes blah blah fuckity...

Well I'll damn near be in Arkansas. There's a store in the nearest town that sells 25 kinds of jerky.

I can't wait until you get festered.

This sounds like an STD.

If you are coming up for Nels I can pick you up at the train or bus as well. We need to coordinate schedules on this as I'm picking Maggie up at....some time I don't recall..

Thanks, but my presence is required in the woods. Those mosquitoes aren't going to feed themselves.

LOL @ my nuts being so big she has to kick me in the ass!

I'm so glad you took the photo as I intended!

I am going to kick you in the nuts as soon as I see you.

Does that make this spite bourbon?

Yes!!! :yay

Old Crow gets a bad wrap. It is what it is.

Yep. Vile poison that'll make your intestines escape via your throat.

Probably shouldn't have drunk half a bottle in an hour. Ah, to be 23 and completely stupid again.

Ahem.

Ahem, your invitation is implied. Duh.

Allison, if Ted and I aren't doing anything that day we might hit up the Nels show. Think you can handle a night of Makers and Ted? I'm having LRS party flashbacks to the last time I mixed Ted and VC.

This makes me want to ditch my weekend in the woods.

A little bourbon primer:

Good -

Will make your innards outtards:

Some lessons are learned the hard way.

I like tequila but encourage bourbon, especially since I have a Kentucky puppy (NAPE NAPE NAPE!! Jack is from Kentucky!)

Kentucky Puppy - I'm so making that a pervy euphemism next time I talk to my friend Marybeth, who's originally from Lexington!

yes (kim is right though, it is your throat). to ease it you can order it with ginger ale.

Or beer.

I'm surprised I made it through the whole trip without doing a shot with someone. I usually stick with beer, but I enjoy a shot once in awhile.

Coming to Kentucky next spring?

It tastes like sweet burning.

Just as long as I'm awake by 9 PM the next night so we can start over.

If there's bourbon, I'll definitely be sleeping.

My sleep cycle is still screwed up. Last night around 12:15 I was suddenly wide awake, and after a little while I finally realized it was because I was waiting for an encore.

And I thought my sleep patterns were screwed up! I just want to stay up until 3:30 AM every morning and sleep until 10 like I did the days of the shows.

I'm still a little mentally hurt from being danced at by Meat all night.

Oh, who am I kidding? It was a blast! Of course, he didn't have me in a headlock at any point.

Loved your Blog Bathroom friend

You bathroom girls pulled me out of my comfort zone, and for that I thank you. I'm going to stitch a sampler that says "Bathroom friends are best!"

CASINO QUEEN...YEAH...WOOOO...

 

Tweedy: Please put your shirt back on sir....

 

 

Tweedy: ....no you don't have too.

 

Tweedy: That's the kind of enthusiasm that will be rewarded in the afterlife.

 

Back into: CASINO QUEEEEEN...

YES!!!! :yay Best pictures EVER!

I had a great view of this guy. We had to be sitting near each other.

I love the body language of the woman on his left.

Not anymore.

and with the gas prices going up they are thinking about trying to make the streets more bike/pedestrian friendly to encourage that more.

'bout damn time!

I'd love to be able to bike my kid to school next fall. It's just far enough to be a long walk for a 4-year-old, but not far enough to drive. I've been paying attention to the route and even though we live in quiet little neighborhood it's just not quite bike-friendly enough. I'm going to try to figure out alternate routes.

What really pisses me off is I booked a flight to Detroit on American last month. For what date? June 22 - one week after they start charging.

I think he came out with my favorite line from the whole weekend: "Oh man, I forgot my Depends. I love watching Wilco and peeing at the same time. It's awesome!"

Holy crap, I forgot about that!

Yeah, sorry for the quiet thing. I mean no disrespect at all, it takes me along time to feel comfortable around people I don't know.

In that case, I'm even more delighted that you introduced yourself to me this time.

I think you all are teh awesome concert buddies. M. Chris is truly a calming force too!

Next time, can we assign her to chaparone Meat?

Yeah, he's kind of like a drinking muse, isn't he?

He inspired Brian, that's for sure! I think we were there about three seconds before Rob shoved a beer in Brian's hand.