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October 25, 2007
we can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time
I'm heading up to SAFF in beautiful Asheville, NC this afternoon with Sandy, and am looking forward to the sort of rip-roaring fun weekend that sees you falling asleep in the car coming home on Sunday, beer soaked into the hem of your sweater, wool fibre clinging to your eyelashes and the faint smell of sheep permeating everything. Oh, yeah.
I'm a little stressed out about meeting Jen of Jenla, because I'm the sort of total slob who fantasizes about having a perfectly organized life and so I compensate by being completely obsessive about organizing things that don't really matter, and all of the fibre arts bloggers in my bloglines are organized into Canada, US, abroad and "in the flesh". Where will I file Jenla now when I've met Jen for real but not La? This shit keeps me up at night, I'm telling you. I told Sandy I might just avoid Jen all weekend so as not to have to feel like my filing's all effed* up. Heh.
Because I'm going to Asheville, the jukebox in my head has been playing that song that the Whoreshoes sang about Asheville constantly for the last two days. It's the song that gets lodged in my head every time we're driving down to Athens and I see a sign for Asheville. And yes, I get the Simon and Garfunkel song in my head every time we pass the sign for Saginaw (six or eight times a year) and I get that Harry Chapin song about the bananas in my head every time we pass the sign for Scranton (which, thankfully, happens less often).
*now that job-application time is upon me in the home stretch towards conpleting my thesis, snatching up my hard-earned piece of fancy paper and getting the hell outta Dodge, it's time to curb my tendency to spew swear words across the internet willy-nilly. If I end up slinging coffee next year, or (the gods forbid) blowing up balloons for a living again, the potty mouth will once again run rampant. I suppose I should probably also refrain from joking about getting drunk, but I'm sure y'all know that I'll actually be spending my SAFF Saturday evening cuddled up with a hotel room pillow and my laptop, writing the second draft of my statement of teaching philosophy. Because I party hard like that.
Posted by jodi at October 25, 2007 12:18 PM | categories: jet set
Comments
Enjoy your weekend! I'm going to go party with a bunch of elementary school children at the Mother & Son costume ball and eat pizza. I'm suddenly very happy that I don't know the Harry Chapin song about bananas since I used to live in PA and go through Scranton a lot.. but I'm also rather curious now.
Posted by: Mouse at October 25, 2007 01:20 PM
Ha ha ha! The husband and I just took a quick & short road trip down to Austin and on the way he HAD to play the Harry Chapin banana song! (heck if I know why this is on our iPod.) Too funny.
Have a great time at SAFF, as we know you will, and then tell us all great stories when you get back.
Posted by: Nanc at October 26, 2007 12:49 PM
File us under "in the flesh" cuz...
#1. I'll be there in spirit, and
#2. We'll eventually meet, as I'm planning on going to SAFF next year, and
#3. Jen and I share the same brain, so meeting her IS meeting me!
Posted by: La at October 26, 2007 02:20 PM
I didn't get to talk to you much today, but I would like to say your fabrics are amazing. I didn't realize you made them till I saw your SAFF pics on Flickr during a keyword search. I am coveting your bag BIG TIME. :) SAFF was so fun!
Posted by: Jen at October 28, 2007 01:24 AM
OH - I bet you LOVED Jen when you met her didn't you?? She is fun to be around, although I can't seem to be around her when there isn't beer involved!! I know you are having fun at SAFF and I wish I could be there. Next year FOR SURE!!!!
~ Brittany
Posted by: Brittany Newberry at October 29, 2007 06:14 PM