April 2004

you can bend my ear / we can talk all day / just make sure that i’m near / when you’ve really got something to say. - “Something to Say” by Toad the Wet Sprocket

This entry is in honor of my mom, Mary Kay Kaup. She passed away March 2003. Her 58th birthday would have been today.

After posting that entirely unoriginal audio post the other day I figured I better come up with something to say today so it has a better chance of drifting off the page sometime soon. There is a lot of interesting things going on this weekend around Boston but I’ll be working throughout most of it. Tonight’s plan, however, is to meet up with a friend or two for dinner at ZuZu (home of the tasty Sour Mash Smash and middle eastern-themed “Pu Pu Platter” - yum!) and then check out the So & So’s concert downstairs at the Middle East next door. The Boston Independent Film Festival is also in town at The Coolidge, Brattle and Somerville Theaters. Over 600 artists in Somerville open up their studios on Saturday and Sunday for the Somerville Open Studios weekend. I hope to wander around with a friend on Sunday.

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There are plenty of websites devoted to someone’s cat, oddly documented yet uneventful life, moist towellete collection, etc. But how many websites are devoted to 8-tracks? Hilary has a massive 8-track tape collection and she chronicles her eBay purchases and 8-track adventures on her weblog. Hopefully VH-1 will have the sense to put her on their new “Totally Obsessed” show about people with curious obsessions. One of these days maybe I’ll get to see her 8-track museum: a room in her apartment entirely covered wall-to-wall with 8-tracks. Check her April 27th entry (I’d link to it but her archives aren’t working) on her website to learn about her plans to get married on May 17th when gay marriage becomes legal in the state of Massachusetts. The photo is one I took of Hilary and her girlfriend Cathy at a Harvard Bookstore holiday party a few years ago.

I just sent out an email to a bunch of people … intended the little list I created to be bcc’d. Alas, it went out as a regular email with everyone’s email address showing. Oops! That’s what I get for sending out an email well past my bedtime.

My first 10 years in Boston are coming up. If you’re in the area, join us for dinner and then Sondre Lerche’s concert on May 12th at 7pm. There’s an evite page if you want to RSVP!

This “note to self” is also similiar to another bit of advice: don’t make phone calls after spending three hours at Sligo with Shannon (and pals) at her going away party. It’s too bad cell phones can’t detect alcohol consumption and shut themselves off accordingly. ;)

“I can see Good-by coming.” It’s not a perfect story, but it’s a good story anyway.

I forgot to renew capricious.org in a timely manner so it’s going to be down for a day or two. If you are wondering what happened to my BloggerCon photos, they will return when things are back to normal.

Here are a few photos I took earlier at BloggerCon II. Ah, wifi!

I took a few photos at tonight’s BloggerCon dinner party at Durgin Park that I put together. There were 70ish people there. The Durgin Park staff was outstanding and very accomodating for the group as people wandered in. The full photo gallery is over at capricious.org. Captions coming sooner or later. It’s way past my bedtime thanks to the early morning kickoff of BloggerCon II that is just around the corner.

Jessica Baumgart is organizing a Dim Sum brunch this coming Sunday, April 18th. It’s open to BloggerCon attendees and anyone else who wants to show up. The destination is Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street in Chinatown, Boston (map, review). The group is meeting at 11am to make sure enough tables can be grabbed. For more information and to let Jessica know you’ll be there, visit her website with additional tidbits. See you there?

I love the gapingvoid cartoons. I think we all have at least one person in our lives who reminds us of this one.