I dang near blowed myself up...

So, in the process of tidying up my apartment, I was moving some stuff in my bedroom around. My Duette organ was sitting on top of my dresser as it has for months now. (If yr not familiar, the Duette is a weird little French organ made out of plastic that has an electric bellows...it's sort of like a big harmonica with a keyboard.) Anyhow, I hadn't played it in forever, so I decided to mess around with it. I took it down and plugged it in. I could hear the bellows going, but there wasn't any sound coming out when I pressed the keys. So I lifted it up and POW! - something inside it blew up and the fucking thing shot sparks everywhere. The motor was still going, so I put it down and unplugged it. I always knew that that thing was a little sketchy, but now I have proof. Unfortunately, it is also dead. I never got to record anything with it. Damn. I decided to sit, smoke a cigarette, drink a beer, and share my little tale with all of you.

In other news, Anna & I ventured into the Cyclops (on a Saturday, no less) for Chelsea's 27th (?) birthday soiree. Anna was still hungover from the night before, so she just drank 7-Up all night. I wasn't hung over, but really tired nonetheless. We stuck around until 11:00 or so, then went to our respective homes. I fell asleep on the Lay-Z-Boy, only to drag myself into bed at about 2:30 this morning. I was up until 5:00 Friday nite/Saturday morning. Sheesh.

Awright, gotta go potty.

Yet another survey, courtesy of Jennie...

1. NAME: Ed.
2. AGE: 24.
3. HAIR COLOR: brizzown.
4. EYE COLOR: blizzue.
5. NICKNAME: Raoul...Big Raoul.
6. FAVORITE ACTOR: I dunno...Chris Tucker, Christopher Walken, maybe.
7. FAVORITE ACTRESS: Kate Winslet.
8. FAVORITE MOVIE: Apocalypse Now or Pi
9. FAVORITE SNACK TO GET AT THE MOVIES: popcorn, no artificial butter flavored grease, please
10. FAVORITE VIDEO GAME: the Tekken series.
11. FAVORITE MAGAZINE: Ben Is Dead, but it's out of print now, so maybe Bass Player. I read lots of magazines.
12. FAVORITE BOOK: fiction: A Canticle For Leibowitz. nonfiction: Belfast Diary.
13. BOOK YOU HAD TO READ FOR SCHOOL AND HATED: Most of them.
14. FAVORITE T.V. SHOW: The Practice or anything on VH1.
15. FAVORITE LATE NIGHT T.V. HOST: Conan O'Brien.
16. FAVORITE BAND: I'll pick one arbitrarily - Silkworm.
17. FAVORITE SONG: can't pick just one
18. FAVORITE RADIO STATION: if I had to pick one, it'd be KCMU
19. FAVORITE MUCH MUSIC VJ: I guess this must be a Canadian survey...I didn't think we got MuchMusic in the States..
20. DO YOUR PARENTS LIKE THE MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO? Not one bit.
21. HOW MANY CD'S DO YOU OWN? I can't remember what my last estimate was...1000, 1500, something like that.
22. DO YOU USE NAPSTER? when I'm on a computer that can handle it.
23. FAVORITE BAND TO SEE LIVE: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, or Juno.
24. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT: Dick's
25. FAVORITE "REAL" RESTAURANT: Ristorante Machiavelli
26. FAVORITE FOOD: beer.
27. DO YOU EAT HEALTHY? No, but the intenet is there.
28. CAN YOU COOK? As long as I can fry it, boil it, or microwave it, sure.
29. WHAT IS THE STRANGEST THING YOU HAVE EVER EATEN? An ant.
30. FAVORITE CANDY: Not much of a candy consumer.
31. FAVORITE GUM: It's all sort of the same, isn't it?
32. ARE YOUR SCHOOL NOTES NEAT? Seeing as I'm not in school, I would have to say that's a big negatory, good buddy. When I was in school, my notes were at least legible.
33. FAVORITE SUBJECT: history & music.
34. DO YOU EVER SKIP SCHOOL? I think I skipped school maybe once when I was in high school. I skipped class in college all the time.
35. HAVE YOU EVER FOUND SOMETHING ROTTING IN YOUR LOCKER? Probably.
36. IS YOUR BEDROOM NEAT? Define "neat".
37. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR WALLS? Several Silkworm posters, a PacifiCo Records Showcase poster, a very out of date National Geographic world map, a Codeine The White Birch poster, paintings I did in high school, a Six Day Affair poster, a poster from the Del tha Funkee Homosapien/Prince Paul show at the Showbox, other shit.
38. DO YOU LIKE YOUR SHOWER TO BE COLD, WARM, OR HOT? Hot. And steamy.
39. WHAT KIND OF RAZOR DO YOU USE? A Sensor Excel or a Schick Diamond.
40. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH? white & blue
41. DO YOU FLOSS? When flossing is warranted.
42. WHAT KIND OF PERFUME/COLOGNE DO YOU WEAR? Eau de Camel Light
43. DO YOU FILE OR BITE YOUR NAILS? bite or pick.
44. DO YOU LIKE TO SHOP? Depends on what I'm shopping for.
45. FAVORITE STORE: Cellophane Square
46. WHAT IS THE MOST YOU HAVE SPENT IN ONE SHOPPING TRIP? I spent $700.00 ca$h on my Eden 4x10 cabinet. $200-$300 isn't unheard of.
47. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE A GOOD DRIVER? No, but I haven't been behind the wheel of a car in 5 years.
48. WHAT BOTHERS YOU ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S DRIVING? That drivers don't pay attention to what they're doing (like that asshole on 4th & Pike that nearly ran me over a few months ago).
49. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? The kind that's really long, holds between 40 & 60 people, and I pay $1.00 ($1.25 peak hours) to ride on.
50. WHAT IS THE NICEST CAR YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN? My brother-in-law's Honda Accord.
51. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? an old Rolls-Royce, but I'd be too scared to drive it.
52. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE STANDARD? Not very well, no.
53. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Bushmills & soda or Maker's rocks; Mojitos in the summer.
54. LEAST FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: tequila, tied with Jagermeister
55. MOST EMBARASSING THING YOU'VE DONE WHILE DRUNK: Well, there are several bathtubs around the Seattle area that I've...er..fallen asleep in.
56. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON TO GET DRUNK WITH? Wow...that's a hard one...I'll have to say the whole Monkey House crew.
57. HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN DRUNK WITH YOUR PARENTS? I've been drunk in the presence of my pop.

UNATTACHED? ANSWER THESE...(I'm not unattached, but I'll answer them anyway...)
71. FAVORITE AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE: The Flight To Mars at the Fun Forest.
72. LEAST FAVORITE AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE: Rollercoasters. All of them.
73. DID YOU WATCH SURVIVOR? Not if I can help it.
74. DO YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE INTERNET? Not really.
75. HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET? Yes.
76. HAVE YOU EVER TURNED SOMEONE DOWN WHEN THEY ASKED YOU OUT? I think so...I don't recall technically ever being asked out.
77. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TURNED DOWN? yep.
78. DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN? yep.
79. DO YOU WEAR ANY JEWELRY? I wear a ring on my left middle finger, a ring on my right ring finger, and a silver hoop in each ear. I have other piercings that have no metal in them.
80. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOLD YOU LOOK LIKE SOMEONE FAMOUS? I used to get Christian Slater a lot.
81. HABITS (BAD OR OTHERWISE): smoking, drinking, submitting to pleasures of the flesh, usual stuff like that.
82. WHERE ARE YOU TICKLISH? Not telling.
83. DO YOU SWEAR A LOT? Fuckin' A. Got a mouth like a trucker.
84. IF YOU COULD SLEEP WITH FIVE CELEBRITIES, AT DIFFERENT TIMES (OR AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT'S YOUR KIND OF THING), WHO WOULD THEY BE? Not telling.
85. ARE YOU A PACKRAT? Hell yeah.
86. WHAT COLOR UNDERWEAR ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW? Lime green boxers.
87. DO YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY OR SPEND IT AS SOON AS YOU GET IT? Not always.
88. FAVORITE PLACE TO BE KISSED? My neck.
89. DO YOU LIKE TO CUDDLE? Yep.
90. MOST EMBARASSING MOMENT: I do not recall.
91. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SOUL MATES? Sure.
92. WOULD YOU RATHER BE ABLE TO FLY OR MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE? I'd like to be invisible.
93. CAN YOU SPEAK WITH AN ACCENT? If "Drunken Slur" counts, then yes. I can do a pretty decent generic Southerner, and I can still pull of my Yoda voice pretty well.
94. WHAT IS THE NICEST THING ANYBODY HAS DONE FOR YOU? So many to list...
95. FAVORITE SAYING: "mother-FUCKER", "yeppir", some others...
96. MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: I'm tiring of these questions...
97. DO YOU PLAY ANY SPORTS? I go bowling, shoot pool, and I was in a kickball league for about a week.
98. HOW MUCH WOULD SOMEONE HAVE TO PAY YOU TO SHAVE YOUR HEAD? Lots.
99. HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN SOMETHING REALLY EXPENSIVE? I don't think so.
100. DO YOU SMOKE? Yep.
101. HOW MANY CAVITIES DO YOU HAVE? none that don't have fillings in them.
102. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PIZZA? Pesto; canadian bacon & pineapple; plain ol' cheese.
103. WHAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF REAL MAIL THAT YOU RECIEVED? My phone bill.
104. WHAT SCARES YOU? Being eaten; the contued state of popular music...
105. DO YOU EVER DRINK RIGHT OUT OF THE MILK CARTON? Yep.
106. HAVE YOU EVER CUT SOMEONE'S HAIR? I've shaved some heads, yes.
107. DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE: Untrendy, but not hipster-untrendy, cuz that's...er...trendy.
108. FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES: My now-dead Fluevogs
109. PET PEEVE(S): People not using common sense; soft rock, people who are needlessly loud...
110. WHAT WOULD BE AN IRONIC WAY FOR YOU TO DIE? Having my brain explode after being subjected to a weeks worth of Kenny G. records and reruns of Jerry Springer.
111. DO YOU LIKE FILLING OUT SURVEYS? Not now, after I've found out how taxing answering 111 questions is.