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Hey there! Hope you had a merry xmas, just like John Waters. As for me, I had a lovely holiday with my in-laws. Saw the little cutie Gareth, his folks and grandfolks. Just great. We also caught a movie that you MUST see: Amelie! RUN. Don't walk. It's almost out of the theaters. Go! Now! I went to college in a town that sponsored yearly hot-air balloon festivals. Check out these special shapes. They're pretty cool. I really like the big kookaburra. The biggest serious website totally about stapler information. Some people would say eccentric, but I say that's devotion. And some mindless fun to wrap it up: The Random Homer Simpson Quote Generator and Who you were in your last past life? Have fun! Hola amigos. I know it's been a long time since I last rapped at ya, but you know, working for the man takes up my valuable leisure time. The NY Times has a cool page reviewing the best gift-gadgets. If you want to achieve fame and fortune by having your name mentioned here on Fava, then please send me the Epson scanner and the Elph digicam. No COD's, please. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a wonderful movie, as we all know. But have you seen the the LEGO version? It's just the musical "Camelot" scene, and it's so worth it. Marketplace is a radio show produced by Minnesota Public Radio, and you can usually hear it on most NPR stations. They've produced a series of shows on the "underground economy," profiling such entreprenuers as gun runners and drug dealers. However, if you're considering a career as a prostitute and drug user, you'll want to reconsider after seeing this. So scary. I've looked at it many times just because it's so haunting. Got a minute and you just want to be entertained? Try Anemic. No interaction necessary. So I have a few updates. Number 1 - I wrote to our local classic rock station, Q 104, and asked them if they do the Alice's Restaurant tradition. They wrote back, and said YES! They'll be airing the full half-hour Massacre on Thanksgiving Day at noon. So now we can all hear about the Group W bench again while the turkey cooks....ahh. (Thanks Deb) Number 2 - Brendan wrote to correct me on my rugby terminology. He says that Rugby League is different from Rugby Union, and the latter is where the real men are. Here's what he says about it: "I'll make it easy for ya from what I was able to ascertain. Rugby Union(which I play) has fifteen men, the numbers 1 & 3 represent the props, 2 is a hooker (yes, it's a position), 4-7 are the second row, 8 is the 8 man, 9 is the scrumhalve, and 10-15 are the backs who run the ball. Rugby League, is completely different in how the positions are set up, and how many times you can get tackled before turning the ball over (similar to downs in football) etc..." So there you have it, folks. DAMN was Oysterhead good last night! It was just amazing. The power from those three guys was incredible. I think the biggest thrill was really Stewart Copeland, who was part of my teenage experience. And he hasn't been in a band since his mostly ignored project, Animal Logic. He looked thrilled to be on stage with Les and Trey. They played the Immigrant Song as an encore. Unbelievable! I'm such a deranged fan. Don't give me some aging rocker who can't button his shirt, give me some real men. Wondering if you'll lose your job? Don't internalize - complain about it! And don't lose sleep over it. What is this? I can't quite figure it out. Anyone who grew up listening to WNEW would surely remember the Thanksgiving ritual listening of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. Now that the radio station has gone the sad way of talk, I miss the cool things it used to do. Their Beatles A to Z Weekends would be a huge event for me; I would carry around my little orange plastic radio just to make sure I wouldn't miss a song. I would even sleep with the radio on. I guess antics like these led to the formant's demise, but does the name Dave Herman ring a bell? Hello again, kiddies. Did you have a good weekend? Mine went way too fast, but I guess that's what happens when you're watching television. So in these anxious days, everyone is seeking out some comfort. Here are my contributions: So, we've been back from our trip for 3 months, and I haven't updated at all. Apologies to those who have been wondering when I'd come back to Fava. We are all, in some way or another, coming back to Fava. What has been going on? Well, I got a job on September 4th, but it blew up on September 11th, and we all know how that went. I just started another job, which is going great. Nice people, interesting work. It's kind of strange because we are also planning to move out of the NYC area as soon as possible. We were planning on moving sometime when we got back from our Wonderful Journey, but in light of recent events we are just gonna go. My awesome husband had an interview up there yesterday. We'll see! Some stuff for you to look at, finally: I will try and do more updates, perhaps even on a daily basis. Thanks for checking back. Greetings from Fairbanks, Alaska! We are now stationed at Uncle Rick's house for a little while, a small vacation from our vacation, with hot water on demand! The smallest of small luxuries are now truly appreciated. So, what have we done, where have we been? The last update was from Vegas, after we saw Jaymee and Stewart in CO (awesome time), and we did all the amazing parks we could in UT (Arches, Glen Canyon, Bryce, and Zion). Since Vegas, we: stayed a night with friend Rick in Salt Lake and now we're here - whew! That's really just scratching the surface; there are stories to each of the items on the list. We are keeping a very detailed journal. We are tan (!) and Duane's beard is out of control. We miss all our family and friends but not being home! We still have quite a bit of distance to cover. Our Jeep is great, the tent is amazing, and there have been plenty of nights when we have to sleep with hats and gloves on, but nothing beats waking up with the sun and being outside. It took us a while to figure out what we were doing, but we have worked it out and we are relaxed and happy! We hope everyone at home is great - we miss you! We'll be here (computer accessible) for a while, so if you want to email, we'll be checking it from time to time. Later! xoxo B&D Greetings from Shiny Las Vegas! We are having a fantastic time - winding our way slowly from Colorado (thank you so much Jaymee and Stewart) to Utah to here. Maybe we'll hit the jackpot tonight - we'll see IF we come home. We miss all the nearest and dearest! xoxo - B&D Ok. Less than a week to go. Holy shit. The Jeep is in the shop getting oiled and lubed and ready to be ridden for miles and miles and miles.... Updates will be sporadic at best from now until whenever. I'll probably do one more this week before we leave. If we happen to pass by a library and we have time to spare, then I'll post a dispatch, but we've received advice from those who know that we should just stay away from technology as much as possible while on this journey. So, please consider FavaBean to be a semi-retired weblog. This is unfortunate since more people seem to be visiting than ever before. Well, you're still gonna die. Happy April 20th! My last day at work. My coworkers took me out for a very nice dinner last night. Temping ain't so bad! Lotsa stuff for you today. Sorry for all the plugin requirements.... So when Benny decides she wants to give me some chewy links, she doesn't mess around. She sent me a goodie basket of freakiness. CousinCouples will satisfy your longings for family intimacy. My Trailer Park Page is too ugly to be true, but it's worth posting anyway. Herr Kotzz is a nasty little animation with surprising sound effects. Not reccommended for those at work, unless you turn your sound off. I got busted. Lost in Translation is by far the best of the lot. Witness: "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" becomes "they vixen the brown express has the appropriate ramificata in putrid the dog". (Jeez, Benny! Thank you so much. Now get back to work) Buttplugs. Uh, buttplugs? Butt. Plugs. Check out the fantastic choreography of the Extreme Stick Death. I watched it about five times yesterday. It's okay to like violence when it's just stick figures, right? Use the Hero Machine to create your own super hero. Savage Love poses a very important question of phraseology to us all. Look at the one from "Straight Boys Have Prostates Too." Did you ever try to eat blue food? Alfred Hitchcock threw a party where all the food was blue. Nobody ate any of it. Other color-pop-psych theory - does pink make you weak? Ok, I think that's enough for today. Updates will be very occaisional next week, since I won't be "working" anymore. 12 days until we leave on our Big Trip, and now is your big chance to become part of FavaBean. We need suggestions on books to read. Mail me your favorite titles, and I will publish them here. Tomorrow is my last day, and still I don't understand my job. Pretend you're in prison and make a license plate. George Lucas is keeping the plot of the new Star Wars movie under such wraps that C-3PO doesn't even know what's going on. My question is, does anyone really care after the letdown of the last movie? One day, my car will grow some grass. It's April 18th. Holy shpedoinkles. In 13 days we drive out of our familiar surroundings into the amber waves of grain and the purple mountains majesty. Another bizarro and entertaining web animation. Very cute cartoon about an egg and his favorite pair of pants. The Interior Desecrator site has added a new chapter. The official Phish site looks like it getting a facelift. Finally, one-stop-shopping for wackjobs. Weird Ebay Finds. What does it mean? I don't know. It is a little hard to watch, though. YES! Librarian porn. When the government tries to get hip, it can only be laughable. The IRS Teen Site. Uh, sure. Thanks to Doc and Libby for a great time this weekend. R.I.P. JOEY RAMONE. So sad. I didn't know that he was sick. The SF Bay Guardian has put together Project Censored, which lists the most buried news stories from last year. What is this? Someone spent a lot of time on it. If you haven't seen this before, please check it out now - Bonsai Kitten. (Thanks Brendan) Check out the second photo down. Another obscure one-hit wonder band from the 80s that I liked was Level 42. I don't like them enough to post my photo in their database, though. Oohh, it's too much. Make it stop, mommy! Do you refer to the brown, bubbly stuff as pop or soda? Little Eugene Mirman sings for you. Highly reccommended. If I dig a hole through the earth from here, where do I wind up? The How Stuff Works site is really interesting to peruse. I especially liked the How Singing Fish Work page. This was on the Cruel Site of the Day a few days ago, but it was so beautiful that I couldn't resist: "If we outlaw dildos and require that all sausages, cucumbers and carrots be sold pre-sliced, we will make it much easier for the women among us to resist the temptation to Masturbate." Here is devotion. This guy has put together The Cinema Pit List, a huge compendium of movies in which female characters show underarm hair. Also, there are ratings as to how much fur you get to see. It's part of the All the Pits, All the Time site. Like I said, devotion. While we're on the topic, why do women feel they have to shave at all? May 1st is National Call in Sick Day. Mister Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina. That stockbroker who we sat next to during Duane's birthday was fired for his big mouth. Instant karma is real. This is so sad. There's a new Monk biography out, which seems like it's more of a bibliography. Great idea. Fred Milton, beat poodle, gets political. Thank you, Rennie and Matthew, for such a lovely time. That little boy is so wonderful - you've done a good job, you two! So, I've told you before how much I like the Naked Chef. I didn't realize that there was a backlash against him before. I still like him, and I think the insults are a riot. I think he would, too. The Last Page of the Internet. Thank god! (Thanks Brain) We are in Albuquerque, getting to know little Gareth. What a cutie! I am so in love with this kid, and his folks are pretty nice too. We'll be back in town late Monday night, so probably no updates until Tuesday. If you ever wanted to feel the love of your fellow New Yorkers, just try and walk up the stairs of the Lexington Avenue E-F-6 station. They will supply endless praise: "Inconsiderate bitch!" "These stairs are for walking down, not up!" "Here's another one." Also imagine the sounds of teeth being sucked to go along with this stream of tolerance and understanding. This is a punch line come to life! Library Science Jargon That Sounds Dirty. I think some good advice to potential burglars is if you're going to try and rob someone while not wearing anything below the waist, then don't also ask for a smoke. Shit apparently doesn't happen in Vermont. Here's what we missed on March 23rd: pictures and words. My NBC buddy Jack is a college basketball freak, and he got to live the life for a day. My dream has come true: a directory of clean public bathrooms around the world! Please add your knowledge to this invaluable resource. The Cacophony Society seems to be a organization devoted to spreading humor and confusion, and they have a local branch in Brooklyn. One of their big nationwide events is called Santacon, in which members fly in to a selected city and swarm the most populous areas while wearing Santa suits and yelling about holiday cheer. Can't you picture it? I want to do this with all of my friends in December, especially since this year's locale will be NYC. Let my reindeer go! This story broke a while ago, but it's worth mentioning: one of the authors of The Rules is getting divorced, right as her third book, Time-Tested Secrets for Making Your Marriage Work is coming out. I guess all those tips on not expressing your true feelings and limiting your attention on your mate really worked! The Hanging Gardens of where? This site tries to make the case for a new set of Seven Wonders of the World. Happy April. Damn that stupid daylight savings thing that robs me of an hour of sleep! Spike Jones, most famous for his choreography in that Fatboy Slim video, has done it again, but this time it's Christopher Walken doing the rockin out. RealPlayer needed. Highly reccommended. Many people find small ways to get back at their employers, like stealing paperclips or making copies of their body parts. This guy has taken it to a new level. Here's the guy we sat next to when we went to Nobu Next Door for Duane's birthday. I have noticed that I have a few visitors from faraway places like South Africa, Malaysia, Turkey, Slovenia, etc. I would like to hear some feedback from you! Please drop me a line and tell me what you think of Fava. Thank you. |
