cognac and sugarcookies didn't disagree as much as i expected.

meh, stinky weekend.

how to begin..



i'm still seething somewhat over saturday. for the millionth

and LAST time, i couldn't get a hold of my friend. we parted

thurday agreeing we'd probably firsbeegolf friday, and though

i've called many many times trying to figure out what's the time,

i have yet to hear from him. i went to the course and saw a mutual

friend who's all "really? we played and he just left, and yeah, i've

called him today."

?!?!?!

he plays it off as all mistakes, but i'm done beleiving that.

everyone who knows him knows he's horrible with phonecalls,


but this has happened so often, i officially don't think i can take it


any other way than "i don't give a fuck whether we hang out or not."


it certainly doesn't SEEM that way face to face, but TOLD

him i hate that MANY times: just answer the damn

phone and say "no" so i can KNOW and get on with things

instead of wasting my time trying to get something to happen.

he's officially made trying to hang out with him not worth the effort,

and i'm DONE.



this was about the mood i was in when i went to the fashion show.

well, kinda. even when i'm mad i'm pretty level, i guess.

Ju-u-ulie, whom i messaged about a cool pic she has wherein

she's wearing a dress made of ties, told me about this fashion

show, which is exactly the kind of new and different type of thing

i've been on the lookout for. i'd never been, so it sounded fun.

i was soooo bummed to be going to this alone, but no friend

was down for a fashion show. i had this cool chinese shirt that

for a while i was thinking "finally! an excuse to wear it!" but

i chose to just wear a black sweater. i don't know well enough

to know what would look silly, so nice safe black.

it was pretty crowded and tough to see, but i once in a while,

i could see pretty well. it was especially hard to see when

there was a crowd favorite, they'd all really scoot around for

a good view then~

i was pretty impressed with the dresses themselves, i wouldn't

go to one of these expecting much, and further i never liked

victorian-era style, but the halfway mix of victorian frills and

2000s sun-dress was good enough to remember, and for me

to remember means it's pretty good ^^

i spent most the show chitchatting with a woman in her

late 30s, mostly peoplewatching. there were a couple

pretty burly transvestites, and i'd bet there'd be noone

prouder to wear one of those dresses if they could ^_^

plus they had some AWESOME free cookies.

cognac and sugarcookies didn't disagree as much as i expected.

after the show, I recognized Julie and Mandy; i think there

were others, but I wasn't sure.

i probably should have said hi, but at the time, i didn't have

any better introduction than "hi, i'm the loser from the net

that came alone" and again, i was still so pissed at my

friend i wasn't in any kind of cheery mood and would

likely have been horrible conversation. not how i'd like to

be introduced, anyway. it was really interesting though, and

i'd totally go again, to at least this lady's shows.



the show was surprisingly short, and i was at a loss for

what to do. i was thinking of going to mantra lounge,

i reasoned: that's another place i've been meaning to

try, and i was already dressed for it on a sat. night.

but i stopped by the quickie mart for a snack while

on the way home to let my dog out first, and happened

to hear some pretty good jazz music booming from accross

the street. so when i came back, i went there instead, and

what a cool little bar. it's called the estate:

http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/business/estate.html

and i stuck around for a couple hours enjoying the show.

the place has the PERFECT decor, it's exactly as i imagine

a jazz bar should look. i love how there's always more

to discover here on the east side, even in plain sight.

on the advice of one of the people inside, i'm thinking

of seeing both friday & saturday's shows, and a week

after that, the drummer for james brown, of 'funky drummer'

fame, is gonna be there!!



man this is typing too much--time to get terse.

sunday i picked up my buddy for our usual habit of

going to famous dave's for some bbq ribs, and the

guy is sick as a dog. i really didn't appreciate him not telling

me ahead, and had to be very cautious not to shake his

hand or anything because i REFUSE to get sick right now,

no f'in way. washed my hands, took some pre-cold ward-er-

offer-medicine, i got too much to get done right now to get sick.



so overall i spent the weekend pretty bummed, but

there were some pretty cool things that happened nonetheless