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[Barefoot2Dream]

Lookin good, girl. :D Those are some pretty baby blues on that boy.

[LipstickVogue]

thats exactly what i thought when i looked at the pic, barefoot! "baby blues". i love that pic of us because its nice since it wasnt taken with a camera phone and he finally shaved his creepy 'stache. hehe.

[LipstickVogue]

oh yeah, i think i tried to post this, but it got lost in the change over. here is the stache i was referring to:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Evenatari/081806_b.jpg

[sauce.baby]

definitely better without the 'stache! he looks like a whole different person. creepy's a good word for it.. lol

[sway2sway]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/shoe.jpg

[Rensul]

very cute shoes...

[Barefoot2Dream]

So maybe it's just me but it amuses me that in almost every shot of your feet there is a toy on the floor somewhere. :p I can soooo relate to that but round my house they all have wheels which makes for difficult maneuvering in the dark.

[sway2sway]

hahaha, I tell no lie, when I've said I cannot keep up with my housework (I know, why is it my housework? right ladies? I have perpetuated the shackles that were worn by mother....) whatever my house is a mess, there probably is some sort of toy, marble, bottle cap, dog fur, glass, paper, every freakin' square foot. It is very densely populated. I try to minimize, downsize, unclutter and every other person in that house is against me.
Yes, against me.

[sway2sway]

here's the view of my living room as I get home from work. Revel in my peaceful calm oasis of zen living.


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0274.jpg

[sway2sway]

and here is how I combat the extranneous chaos (effective in the long term? I'm not sure, actually, likely not...but the days and weeks go by anyways)
fluffy slippers and vodka lime drink...for a start


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/000_0273.jpg

[Barefoot2Dream]

here's the view of my living room as I get home from work. Revel in my peaceful calm oasis of zen living.


That made me laugh out loud. I sooo hope you didn't mind my bringing it to everyone's attention. It's just the mama in me that got a giggle out of it and I wondered if I was the only one that had noticed.

Around my place our floors look the same (remove dolls: insert hot wheels, monster trucks and Thomas the Tank Engine)..dress out of laundry baskets...dishes go straight from the washer, to stove, table and back again but hey ~ housework can wait, our babies won't stay babies for long.

[sway2sway]

but hey ~ housework can wait, our babies won't stay babies for long.
ain't that the truth mama!

(and yeah right, I mind you pointing out my messy floor...my self-worth is all wrapped up in mr. clean and the swiffer wet jet...of course I don't care.)

[the duke]

Here's one of my new shoes (and dress)...presentation night is only 12 days away....the hair goes next weekend :eek:


http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g188/Asharr3/?action=view&current=Me-1.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1

Unfortunately the fashion here is 'pregnant' dresses....so I found one that's not so 'pregnant' looking....sorta....

[Rensul]

pretty dress- love the shoes too!

[sway2sway]

that is a way darn cute picture of you duke, I think it's my favorite one that I remember seeing. (what's presentation night?)

[tinkerlion]

i like the dress. you did find one that didn't look pregnant.

[sway2sway]

r/t pregnant dresses, it's like a while back when empire dresses were everywhere, they looked great on the models, then 'everyaveragewoman' puts one on and a whole continent looks gestational.

[lietuvaite]

duke, cute dress and shoes :)

[scurfing]

Hey its been ages since I said hi, prob don't remember me! Here I am thou with my flatmate (I'm the Blonde)

[scurfing]

OK, umm.. that didn't work ho i thought I was going to. hehehe

[scurfing]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/scurfing27/PA060140.jpg

[scurfing]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/scurfing27/CharlieBear.jpg

[scurfing]

He's kind of a cross between a lamb and a dog! hehe

[the duke]

Charlie is SOOOO cute!!! :)

Presentation night is basically our basketball club's awards night. We get dressed up, drunk as hell and get trophies and medals and stuff. It's a great night, and I love dressing up for it. It's good to see everyone dressed up nicely since we're always in baggy shorts and singlets etc etc

Thanks for the compliments too dudes :D empireline is SO unflattering to the average chic!

[scurfing]

Charlie is SOOOO cute!!! :)

Presentation night is basically our basketball club's awards night. We get dressed up, drunk as hell and get trophies and medals and stuff. It's a great night, and I love dressing up for it. It's good to see everyone dressed up nicely since we're always in baggy shorts and singlets etc etc

Thanks for the compliments too dudes :D empireline is SO unflattering to the average chic!

Yeah he is a bit of a cutie.

Your house looks awesome, are Melb born and bred? It's a bit nippy down there for me, I have a ball when i'm down there just can't handle the crazy weather!

Cute dress BTW

[ragmop]

rags and cookies, looking spiffy at friend's wedding:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/wedcookies.jpg

[ragmop]

a few drinks later . . .

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/wedcookies2.jpg

[sway2sway]

that's a ha ha ha and another ha ha ha

[ramble on rose]

rag my friend you clean up really well! lol. seriously very handsome, and the honey with you is beautiful. Nice. Looks like fun. love.

[ragmop]

ramble--too kind my friend. but thank you. and that is amanda ("cookies") and she is the finest woman i have ever met.

[sauce.baby]

well that's just 'cause you haven't officially met LSV and i yet ;)

[ragmop]

alright, alright, stace, i will clarify: she is the finest woman i have laid eyes on. ;)

[the duke]

Scurfing...thanks for the love :)

Melbourne born and bred...and I'm like you, Sydney is cool, and I love visiting, but I couldn't live there. Our shopping is just too good :D

Rag, nice to see you scrub up ok :p

[kelli420]

SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO TSKE HALLOWEEN PICS AND POST!!! I love halloween!!! i'll post mine next sunday

[LipstickVogue]

these are my "children". The yellow one chewing on my earring is Buddy and the white sassy-looking one is her cagemate and my precious boy Murray.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Evenatari/_IGP1483_c.jpg

[tinkerlion]

aww, cute. how old are they?

[LipstickVogue]

They are about a year and a half now. a source of endless joy and also much like children in that they are loudest when i am on an important phone call. :)

[Mr. Cleanface]

Looking good Ragmop!

:cool:

[ragmop]

Looking good Ragmop!

:cool:

like ramble said, i can clean up nice if i want to.

[ragmop]

meant to post this shot from the june 1 urbana gig some time ago. sorry about the delay. enjoy

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/gloveurbana.jpg

[ragmop]

and another (with buddha).

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/gloveurbana2.jpg

[ragmop]

partaking of the gift of rags: :cool:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/gloveurbanaspliff.jpg

[sauce.baby]

damnit.. one of these year's he better do a 21+ show over here. i'm gettin' tired of the all ages crap!

[the duke]

that's funny...the gig I went to was at a pub, therefore you HAD to be over 18 to get in (our drinking age is 18 in Australia)...are there any places like that??

Nice pics by the way :)

[the duke]

Here's a pic of me and my buddies at our basketball presentation night...note my now short short hair...it used to be down maybe 3 inches past my shoulders....

http://www.basketball.musa.net.au/photo_gallery/presnight06/Presentation_Night_269

The red face is the alcohol...my feet swelled up so bad that I could barely walk by the end of the night...damn asian mother!! (J/K)

[tinkerlion]

love the hair, super cute!

and yes there are some places that you have to be 18 or 21 to get in. at least in atlanta it's mostly smaller bars with the age limit. at the concert venues it can vary by show.

[lietuvaite]

that is a great cut - looks great on you!!

[sauce.baby]

that's funny...the gig I went to was at a pub, therefore you HAD to be over 18 to get in (our drinking age is 18 in Australia)...are there any places like that??
there are plenty of places like that, but the places he plays just have a bar section that you have to be 21+ to get into.. eugene seems to be the fave town for him in this area because it's a college town, and what grown man doesn't like frosh college meat? err i mean, girls? :rolleyes:

[the duke]

Heh! Here, there's no real 'bar' area, you just get a drink and take it around...where he played here was a pub though, so you had to be 18 to get in...I think we're sorta lax on these things though....oh well, I've been old enough for 5 years...

[sauce.baby]

yeah places used to be like that around here.. then people started sharing with the youngin's.


here's on the way home friday night after supporting amadan in a local band contest and winning an iriver clix!
http://myspace-868.vo.llnwd.net/01417/86/84/1417014868_l.jpg

[tinkerlion]

enjoy that iriver!

[sauce.baby]

oh i already have! it's 2GB, which is supposed to hold up to 650 songs, but i can only cram about 350 on it lol
i took it to work with me yesterday and used my little tape-to-cd converter to plug it into the stereo. it was awesome. and it's so TINY! lol

[tinkerlion]

i'm addicted to my mp3 player. it goes everywhere with me. i'm the chick walking around the supermarket singing to the music only i can hear...

[the duke]

that's awesome! The clix has some cool features too...lucky thing!

I guess with that 4 leaf clover on you you had a good chance huh?? :D

[sauce.baby]

haha yeah, i was channeling irish luck that night [mostly for amadan, they're a punk irish band, but i guess i was due for some good karma that night!]

[the duke]

hehe, nice :) Is that a new tattoo or is it just a stick on thingy?

[tinkerlion]

how did they do in the contest?

[sauce.baby]

they got second actually! though everyone thought they should have gotten first. they had the best crowd response [but that's because the amadan army -as us fans call ourselves- is a right rowdy bunch. we started a small mosh pit and all] and their energy was just out of this world. i'm used to listening to them for 4hrs at the pub, and they only got 10 minutes that night to play, and it was the best 10 minutes i've ever heard out of them.
voting was up to the crowd, too, so it was basically, which band could bring the most friends. problem with that was, most everyone voted as soon as they got to the bar, before the bands even started lol

but, either way, they still get to open [with all the other semifinal winners] for storm and the balls at the crystal ballroom -one of the best venues in portland. pretty much a dream come true for them. i want to go and take pictures for them SO BAD, but i don't have the money for tickets. c'est la vie.

[tinkerlion]

glad to hear they did so well. hopefully they'll get a decent amount of time at the crystal ballroom and get lots of new fans!

[sauce.baby]

well, there's something crazy like, 9 other bands playing that night, also, for the finals. AND, they've had their 7th anniversary show booked at berbati's pan for months lol so they're going to try and play first at the ballroom so they have time to get to berbati's since they'll be playing last there [they have two other bands playing with them]
it's going to be such a crazy fucking day for them lol

[ragmop]

too many beers:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/Nov06NiteOut007.jpg

jessica sonner last weekend in chicago:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/Nov06NiteOut055.jpg


and one of the rag-muffins:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/Nov06NiteOut032.jpg

[the duke]

nice :) Your kids are cuties :D The one in the middle looks like she loves dressin up hehehe

[ragmop]

thanks duke. they are a bunch of posers. the middle one is actually my teenager (very petite). she had just rolled out of bed at noon and threw that together to make her sister's piano performance for 1:00. hat served to hide ratty bed-head.

[Barefoot2Dream]

bunch of good looking kids from a good looking daddy ;) Nice pic's. I see Jessica's come out to Cali in January but nothing near my neck of the woods so far. :(

[ragmop]

jess is definitely my girl. she has loads of talent. she is working on somethings here that hopefully will hit for her.

the girl was sweet enough to intro me at a recent show as her devoted, loyal number one fan who helps keep food on the table. (*blush*) my little deal is this: everytime i see her i try and bring a new listener. and everytime i drop dollars for another copy of the EP. then i gift the EP to yet another new listener. i tell her that i am spreading the word, one listener at a time.

[kelli420]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/kelli420/11-15018.jpghell yeah- i took one pic while on the stage....

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/kelli420/11-15010.jpg...kyle riding a camel!!!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/kelli420/11-15014.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/kelli420/11-15002.jpgthe one and only Chuck Treece in on a song with S.S...


the pix turned out so-so i guess but hey i was i bit intoxicated!

[JpcLicksAgain]

SWEEEET Keli !!!!!



Peace From Long Beach.....................

[sauce.baby]

rag, you are totally the number one fan. that is awesome. i wish i could do stuff like that..

[ben04]

jessica sonner is wonderful!!! I hope she makes her way up here sometime soon!

[the duke]

Ok, so I've read one too many fashion women's mags and they all give tips on how to 'curl' your hair without a curling iron....

SO, here's the product of my experiment. I have dead straight hair...I mean dead straight...so the other night I washed it, put wax in it when it was damp, made little twists, and slept on it...crazy hair was the finished product :p

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g188/Asharr3/curlyhair.jpg

[lietuvaite]

it's not that crazy; i like the tousled look. what kind of wax did you put in and how long did the curls last?

[tinkerlion]

i think i've tried everything to get my hair to hold a curl :rolleyes: . if it works it lasts about 2 hours...

[sway2sway]

I like it duke. When I was just a wee lass, I used to braid my hair up in about 20 or so and tie the ends with twist ties or little pieces of cut cloth. so snazzy, I know. But a day or 2 later, when I'd take them out, it'd be super wavy- but my hair is already wavy, maybe that makes a difference.

[the duke]

i did it wet, with a spray on wax in a can...its by Paul Mitchell and I think you guys have that stuff in the US. Just spray on wax, twist it up (it feels a bit gross) and then pin in to your head..I slept on mine, took it out in the arvo of the next day and then sprayed hair spray on it to hold. It lasted all night (I worked till midnight) and then was curly the next day too. I ended up straightening it back for work the next day cuz it was a bit messy...it took another washing to get the waves out though.

Tink, I have THE most straightest hair ever...curling irons don't work on me...it's so bad that by the time I finish curling my hair, the ones I did at the start are straight again, no matter how much product...I found this way works the best.

[tinkerlion]

spray on wax huh? i'll have to give it a try.

[ragmop]

ben04 eat your heart out!!!!

tristan at the vic in chicago. jess was there watching as well. this boy was in heaven:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/tristan112806.jpg

[LipstickVogue]

Rags, that is downright precious!

[ben04]

ooh rags... please I beat you to it! I saw her on Monday night here in Minneapolis! I should have warned her you would coming:) I am on the lap top now otherwise I would post my pix... Hopefully I can tomorrow or later this week.

I thought her performance was pretty good, I would have liked a different set list... but nevertheless she was great... and like always the nicest person ever!

Ray was also fantastic! I think he is one of the greatest songwriters of our time! I could listen to him all day! Love him!

Also rags, it clearly doesn't look like chicago is going to happen this weekend. I am sad too because ben taylor cancelled here last night! I was pretty upset, but I am volunteering at a cancer benefit gala Friday night so I don’t think I can fit a trip to chi-town in as well:)

[ragmop]

warned her?! hell that girl was blowin' my phone up for a week making sure i'd make it out.;)

the venue set up sucked. typically the Vic is a sweet club because most everything is GA, but this was a benefit hosted by a local radio station (WXRT). so it was assigned seating.

and half the f*#ks (f@*ks) attending were there only for ray, and surprisingly gave trizzy very little respect or attention. example? the couple who were seated next to us came in more than halfway through her set, and turned to us and asked if we new who "these guys" were on stage. luckily for them, amanda chose to handle the response. she knew my response would have been far less congenial to these ppls.

look i know that not everybody is into her or necessarily knows her, but dammit every act, opening or headlining, is compiled of artists who have, and are working their arses off to make it in the biz, and to entertain US. the audience should make it their business BEFORE the event to seek out and learn a little something about ALL acts they are going to be seeing--opening and headlining. it's called the internet, people, you will find every single performing artist somewhere on it. some of the best music out there can be found in the opening acts, ppls.

and look, if you are going to fly blind to an event, then dammit give every act (that you know nothing about) the respect they deserve which is: 1. your attention, 2. your silence during their performance and 3. your applause if you enjoy their sound.

DO NOT arrive late, talk through the set, and interfere with my night, just because you have chosen not to expand your musical horizons!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RR!:mad:

[sauce.baby]

word, rag, word.

[ben04]

I couldn't agree with you more... expecially in a theater setting! It is so difficult not to have those people ruin your show. I literally had the most annoying people sitting in front of me as well on Monday. I was in the front row, but sad enough there was a pit in front of us! After an hour into Ray's set I determined they were on E, that along with the alcohol they were sipping from a flask made their interpretive dance moves all the more entertaining and infuriating at the same time. I mean don't get me wrong there is a time to get crazy at some shows, but when you are in a seat and people can't get away from your craziness- that is not the time.

I haved found some of my favorite musicans because they have opened for other people I have seen. I like the opener 90% of the time. People just need to give them a chance.

I of course know TP loves you rags, you are the reason she comes to chicago!

Here is my pix from Monday....

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e123/bennie504/IMG_0687.jpg

[snappermd]

Great pictures!! :)

[ragmop]

great pic, ben04! looking good! ;)

wtf is trizzy wearin'? she obviously dressed for me tuesday!

[ben04]

she is wearing one of those dress/shirt things... she had jeans on under if you were wonderding:)

[ragmop]

she is wearing one of those dress/shirt things... she had jeans on under if you were wonderding:)

i wasn't wondering, but thanks for letting my mind wander . . .

[Mr. Cleanface]

Bump.

Why was another picture thread started?

I must have been out when that happened.

[tinkerlion]

the other one was really long.

[Miss Shark]

ragmop family vaca withuncle paul atlittle rock waterpark


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/mtgubbins1013/waterparkgroup.jpgEdited by: ragmop

That ain't right.....

I didn't make it through all of these, but how fun!!

I found 'em doing a search for Citizen Cope. Can't wait for the solo show on Monday.

[Miss Shark]

Does anyone have a phone number or email for ben04? I may have an extra ticket for the show.

[hencoop]

Shark, you must have had some time on your hands to dig back that far! Good find! Why so shy Rags?

[ragmop]

huh? who me? shy? she doesn't know me very well, does she phamily? haha. not shy in the least.

i do not remember posting that pic tho. yeah, thanks shark.

[hencoop]

I meant camera shy... other than the one of you w/ no head and shirtless!

[Miss Shark]

yeah, thanks shark.

My pleasure......