Our Witchstone keeps telling us she's off to pursue acting. She says she's even going to California, as if we believe her. We know that she's just trying to find a polite way of kicking us to the curb, but we love her anyway.
If you can visit, please do drop in. What with this "I won't have time" and "Internet? They don't use the internet in San Diego, it's all done with crystals and mojo," we know it won't be as frequent as we all would like. But mug someone with a WiFi hookup in Starbuck's to let us know you're okay.
You will be missed! And break that leg everyone talks about!
Posted by readymade at August 08, 2003 11:22 AM*sings*
Where have all the witchstones gone,
Long time paaasssingggg...*
*dogs howl*
Posted by: tizzie on August 8, 2003 11:33 AMThank you! I shall remember you in all of my acceptance speeches. Just remember, when I say "And thanks most of all to my management" I really mean you.
Next stop: Land of Smoothies and Sex Wax
And Scarecrow, I'll miss you most of all!
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 11:35 AMDon't even bother coming here. The days and nights run together in an endlessly flowing, irreparably polluted river that leads to one place: death, my friend, death. And cream cheese. The non-whipped kind thats really difficult to spread. I mean, what can you say when your only joy is cream cheese that you can spread?
I...I can't go on.
Posted by: Julio, The Suicidal Bagel Shop Manager on August 8, 2003 11:42 AMHave you ever noticed that "Oscar" is utterly devoid of genitalia? I can't say that I've ever looked before, but this award I poached makes poor Oscar look like a bereft man indeed. There's not even a bump! At least Ken gets a bump to suggest the whisper of sexuality.
Doesn't seem very Hollywood at all, if you ask me. He should at least have a sock in there.
Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2003 11:42 AM[flatt & scruggs]
Come and listen to story
Bout a gal named Witchy
Lived in NYC
But found it kinda sketchy
Once she said,
all those sites are fulla wimps
She was surfin' on the net
and she stumbled on some chimps..
(apes, that is...monkeys..)
Next thing ya know
Old witchy's flingin' poo
We said "Cali-forn-ia's the place you oughta go"
So she loaded up the truck and went to san diego...
(cali, that is, smog, traffic jams..sailors..)
best I could do on short notice
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 11:46 AMLet us all be in agreement that there shall be no Hotel California japery this day.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 11:52 AMOn a dark deser--
*sound of needle scratching across record*
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 11:54 AMif you ever accidently have to come to town the wife and i will buy you drinks after a fab dinner at my mom's house. [she would insist.] luckily for you, SD is far from modtown.
drive [?] safe. email me when you get to SD and have the time.
Posted by: phil on August 8, 2003 11:59 AMAre you driving? Taking the Greyhound? Careening westward via catapault?
Posted by: tizzie on August 8, 2003 12:06 PMIt's all about the astral projection out here, dudes. We just will ourselves to be there, and lo! We are there. There is usually a long wait for luggage at the other end, unfortunately.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 12:08 PMFlying to Utah, buying a car, driving to San Diego. Just me & I-15, baby.
Then of course I have to fly back here in a couple of weeks to load my stuff onto one of those big trucks who take things across country for you.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 12:17 PMwhatchoo gonna buy? the 1958 monkeyshit brown Buick Super is a very San Diego choice.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 12:22 PMMonkeyshit brown buick?? No no no no...
monkeyshit brown 79 El Camino!
Posted by: Fes on August 8, 2003 12:23 PMAlso, you may wanna burn this to CD, just to remind you of the atmosphere around here...
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 12:24 PMFes, I implore you:
Some syllabic sorcery
For Witchstone's farewell
And where, where is ColdChef?
How I miss the sweet smell of his gumbo-laden breath!
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 12:31 PMAnd another thing:
Oscar gripping his belly
a peptic ulcer?
*assume lotus, takes up quill and ricepaper*
California tip!
Trannys there are prettier
but eschew photos.
Since the annoucenment,
I have wondered: although San
Diego seems odd
As an actress'
mecca, it has far more in
the way of sailors.
Before leaving for
good, make sure they have tight black
pants, big clunky belts!
I personally
look forward to the stories
that the New York crowd
will tell: of witchy's
wanton nights, her night-queen ways.
Once they feel they're safe.
Does this now mean that
Vidiot is de facto
number one tartlette?
Why stop in Utah?
Simple: cars there a deeper
shade of monkeyshit.
Hard to see in that pic, readymade, but Oscar's holding a sword. I think there are deep Freudian issues if he has a long sword but no genitalia.
C'mon, witchy -- I manage to post on a dial-up...it can be done. Don't leave us!
And if you're free tonight, swing by Tile Bar after work. There may be some drinking monkeys there.
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:00 PMI'm a wee bit north of San Diego, but I can still say welcome to the West coast! You can now officially add "dude" to your lexicon.
That's right...go on...say it....you know you want to.....
Posted by: salmonberry on August 8, 2003 01:02 PMDoes this now mean that
Vidiot is de facto
number one tartlette?
Huh?
Smile when you say that, hombre.
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:03 PMWhat time Tile Bar? Hmmm. Not sure if I can swing it, since I have to go home before dinner. But can I really pass up an excuse to have photos taken of me that I will regret later?
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 01:05 PMVidiot, I believe you have a future in Freudian analysis. Strange symbolism indeed, except it's Hollywood, so I suppose it makes perfect sense.
Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2003 01:05 PMreadymade, you shame
me with your praise, for I am
just the conduit.
Witchy: now's your chance!
take on Sally in the thigh-
top shoutout showdown!
Tile Bar oh, mebbe from 5:30-6ish on. Haven't really done too much planning really.
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:18 PMFirst of all, I would never take on cowboy_sally. I am not a fool, or at least not a great fool, despite what I may or may not have led you to believe.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 01:18 PMWhat could convince her?
Sam and Jon will have the booze...
What are you, chicken??
Posted by: Fes on August 8, 2003 01:22 PMPerhaps it would be
easier to think of it not
as contest, but art!
Now now, Fes...you've gotten better shoutouts already than anyone around. Don't get greedy.
(Not that the above comment should be viewed as discouraging or attempting to dissuade our friend Witchy in any way whatsoever...)
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:26 PMI think not for just
myself, but for all those souls,
who weep, shoutout-less.
So far, we have tried
peer pressure, creative pride,
and pity. What next?
I think you're overlooking the great motivator. Here's a hint:
1. Go to bar
2. Write shout out on napkin
3. ???
4. PROFIT
I have a dream that one day my name shall be written on a napkin. And then I shall know true happiness.
Father! The napkin has awakened!
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 01:40 PMI just want to note for the record that I have never received PROFIT from writing a shoutout on a napkin. What gives?
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:41 PMMaybe I could get on one of those rotating "endless towel" things you see in your finer gas station men's rooms.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 01:42 PMObviously you're missing something in the 3rd step.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 01:42 PMI just received an email from rhyman blowing. Could this be an old friend from high school?
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 01:43 PMI think I should start monkeyshoutouts.com. With H0TT PRIMATE SHOUTOUT ACTION!
Posted by: Vidiot on August 8, 2003 01:48 PMYou mean the Rhyman Blowing?
And you went to high school with him?
I gotta tell you. Blowing paid for college for me, put food on my table during the tough times, I tell you. Blowing in a lot of ways made my life worth living.
Wow. I wanna shake your handcuffs.
Hand. I wanna shake your hand.
(Geez. I get that wrong all the time.)
Posted by: Chico on August 8, 2003 01:52 PMAre you telling me that the inimitable Mr. K has never been given an "I can't even spell my own name right anymore" shoutout?
I'll have to see what I can do.
Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2003 02:09 PMI want my name written (and misspelled) on FishFucker's forehead.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 02:21 PMOf course, it doesn't bother me to be spurned in this manner. I mean, I'm only the guy who started this site. It's not like you owe me your very lives or anything.
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 02:23 PM*continues to bask, revealing hiterto unknown masochistic tendencies*
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 02:42 PMoh, the horror.
9622.net, abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
Posted by: phil on August 8, 2003 02:45 PMI know for sure that there was a Kafka shoutout during readymade's visit. I believe it was over the portobello salad.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 02:53 PMAHA! I knew it was there. Next time, don't let Kaf pull your heartstrings with the old "Woe is me, where's my shoutout" blarney.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 03:03 PMOne video shoot and I miss the hose of pain. Damn.
I think that you Tile Barrians should write "Kafkaesque" somewhere now, before you start drinking, and then add the easy parts later.
I would have thunk we'd do a Kaf shoutout, but I had no idea that the tendency to "shout out" started so young.
I got this back from the ultrasound. Go figure.

Hose of Pain?
Word to your moms
I came to drop bombs
I got more ryhmes
than the bible has psalms
It's hot out, ok!
[gloating][opens closet; views shorts & sweatshirts]Your weather in SD[/gloats]; you’ll be a true Southern now; even in Cali. FYI SD is just a tad south than Dallas by 0.1 degree, good luck while traveling. Keep your smile and all will go well.
That Kafkaesque shoutout (mine, not Tiny's) is really something! I've got this shit-eating grin on my face, but no-one could tell I was about to keel over from nausea and fatigue.
Although as I recall, Chico ate the majority of my dinner.
Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2003 03:16 PMHot buttered elvis, Readymade. Well, it just goes to show you. One evening in the monkey pavilion at the Chateau Tile can scar your family line for generations.
And tizzie. Sweet, sweet tizzie.
We Tilers do not succumb to guilt trips and emotional blackmail! Yea, though the hose of pain is turn'd upon us, yea, though jon findeth an odd new pleasure source within its needle-like stream, still we shall hold fast to the principle that we shall shit out no shoutout before it's time!
(Okay, fine. I'm hitting the tattoo parlor when I get off work, kaf, and -- oh, that reminds me, I need to change thongs before I get to Tile.)
Posted by: Chico on August 8, 2003 03:18 PMGod forbid, your child someday has a goldfish, and then sees that picture. :)
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 03:19 PMHey Tile Bar boys, it looks like I may be able to swing by around 8pm. Will you still be there? Vidiot, email me your cell and I give a jingle before I head over.
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 03:24 PMI'm confused. Would my kid name the goldfish Kaf? Or does he look like a goldfish? Or both?
I know. He looks like a goldfish. Or a nebula. The Goldfish Nebula.
Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2003 03:24 PMNot that pic, readymade, the shout out pic witchstone linked...
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 03:25 PMAlthough "Kaf The Goldfish" would be right up there with Toad The Wet Sprocket and Ned's Atomic Dustbin for surrealistic band names.
Posted by: jonmc on August 8, 2003 03:31 PMI went to highschool
with the bassist from Kaf the
Goldfish. Huge asshole!
I never listened
to them, but I heard good things:
Much like Morrissey.
Ned's Atomic Dustbin for surrealistic band names. Were great in concert, but no more.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on August 8, 2003 03:49 PMBest. Ultrasound. Ever.
I think that baby's gonna raise a little hell.
Posted by: tizzie on August 8, 2003 03:56 PMAnd just like the Prodigal Son I've returned
Anyone stepping to me you'll get burned
Cause I got lyrics and you ain't got none
So if you come to battle bring a shotgun
But if you do you're a fool, cause I duel to the death
Try and step to me you'll take your last breath
I gots the skill, come get your fill
Cause when I shoot ta give, I shoot to kill
===
Witchy will be missed. I just hope she's not joining the witness protection program or anything.
That is the coolest fetus-graffiti ever, Readymade. I am honored.
*turns off hose of pain*
Posted by: kaf on August 8, 2003 04:22 PMI just hope she's not joining the witness protection program or anything.
Witchy is the real Gigli!
Posted by: Roger Ebert on August 8, 2003 04:26 PMDelicious turkey!
Wonderful to eat, makes me
sleepy when I do.
Farewell, ye heathens
I have found God in the form
of Metamucil
I don't know what that means, but by god, it's 5-7-5!
Posted by: witchstone on August 8, 2003 05:08 PMMake sure you stop by
Behind the Zion Curtain
And flash your boobies.
Gobble, Gobble, yum!
OK, don't get all greedy...
Your turn. Fair is fair.
So, are there going to be panty-obscuring shout-outs tonight? That's really all I wanna know...
Posted by: Cyrano on August 8, 2003 05:27 PMHave fun, witchy.
Don't pick a fight with a midget... seriously, there is no winning that one.
should've been hot-dog finger kung fu.
but it's dirtier the first way.
Posted by: tj on August 9, 2003 12:47 AMChico and Jon and I went drinking last night. Witchstone did us the honor of stopping by. Pictures here.
Posted by: Vidiot on August 9, 2003 07:21 PMBudget cuts, kaf.
(What? Chico leering to himself and licking his lips while holding a napkin bearing your name on it to his nipple wasn't good enough for you? Sheesh...some people...)
Posted by: Vidiot on August 9, 2003 07:54 PMYou guys have so much fun it makes me feel like killing myself.
Posted by: Crash on August 9, 2003 08:08 PM*sigh*
I remember that bar fondly. Which denotes exactly how little liquor I drank that night, being a crafty lass.
But it looks so cozy and loveable!
You guys look pretty swell too, napkin pasties and all.
Posted by: readymade on August 9, 2003 08:29 PMAs a matter of fact, readymade, Jon and I made sure to play "She's Crafty" on the jukebox last night. Now we know that it was in your honor.
Posted by: Vidiot on August 9, 2003 08:50 PMI'm guessing that's not the first dong the barfly had in his hands that night
Hi-oh!
Thank you Ed. Play me to the desk, Doc.
Posted by: dong resin on August 9, 2003 09:19 PMThe shot of Jon's inner turmoil at the women's room is priceless.
Posted by: dong resin on August 9, 2003 09:23 PModdly enough, my (solo) day out today was almost as weird as yesterday, if you can believe that. Watching a street person pass out and harmonizing on "Sweet Virginia" with complete strangers (including the anonymous barly vidiot photographed, his names jack) qualifies as strange right.
Plus honeydew flavoered frothy milk tea with tapioca rocks.
Posted by: jonmc on August 9, 2003 10:39 PMPearl was the name of the place, somewhere in the west village. I also bought a vintage biography of Babe Ruth in Brooklyn and had an excellent bloody mary(with chipolte peppers!) and a monte cristo at prune on East 1st.
Posted by: jonmc on August 9, 2003 10:48 PMSounds good. Wide-ranging travels!
(I stayed in today. Trying to conserve what's left of my money for Monday and Tuesday.)
Posted by: Vidiot on August 9, 2003 10:53 PMthis is totally unrelated, but i'm slightly intoxicated and in chicago, and damn, its a pretty cool town. any monkeys around here?
Posted by: phil on August 9, 2003 11:29 PMCold Chef better have that printed out and framed.
Or not.
The little wet spot is what reaaalllyyy makes it special.
Great pics - and mine hubby just saw Witchy over my shoulder and remarked, "She's lovely! She's one of those monkey-people?"
Posted by: tizzie on August 10, 2003 09:17 AMNot to mention that hanging out with guys like us just makes her look even lovelier by comparison...
Posted by: Vidiot on August 10, 2003 01:24 PMjonnymacanudo: obviously that's a side of you I never thought I'd see. Nevertheless, that was fucking great. Not as hot as the Cowboysally crotch shot, but close-ish.
Witchy, Good luck. I hope that Kaf and Ebk welcome you with open legs, or at least arms.
In the meantime, and pardon the self-link (as I'm understandably drunk on a Sunday night) I think I've lost my motherfucking mind. Wish me luck.
Posted by: ufez on August 11, 2003 02:24 AMNooooooooooooooo....I've been offline for a few days, and I missed my Witchy's farewell.
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May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
May a cute guy buy all your drinks and not expect a blowjob in return.
Dang, you go away for a week and the things you miss.
Good luck in SD, witchstone! I hear the kisses are hers and hers and his out there.
And jonmc, that shout out, it vibrates? I have to agree with tizzie: the wet spot is what makes it special.
And ufez, I wish you luck! Some of my friends do the NY marathon every year. They say that anyone can do a marathon. That it's just a matter of pacing oneself. That and wearing those nipple protectors. You can do it! (This from the woman who just came back from a two-mile run, made a pot of coffee, and had that most delectable of post-constitutional treats, the morning cigarette.)(Oh, and if anyone is looking for me, I'll be in the bathroom. Don't nobody go in there for 35 to 45 minutes.)
Oh, and in the interest of self-promotion, any monkeys in the ny area wanna come do karaoke at Enid's tonight?
I ran a marathon once.
Really, do tape up the nipples... or at least pause to smear some of the blood into a crescent shape under them on your shirt so it looks like a smilely face, and is less upsetting to small children.
If I had a motto, I think it would be something like: "Avoid prolonged periods of self-inflicted pain that result in your nipples bleeding."
Posted by: Cyrano on August 11, 2003 10:25 AMUfez,
Man, good luck on the marathon. You might want to startwith a couple weeks' bike riding, so your joints can get used to things. As for smoking, I've got the same problem (quantity, too), but find that if I work out in the morning, I want less smoke for the rest of the day (and I'm about as much a morning person as jonmc is subtle).
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