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[thehefner]

Big thanks to everyone who's responded to ALONE AT THE EMM GRYNER CONCERT so far. It's really important to me that I get your guys' honest thoughts on these. If you have criticisms, well, I won't love to hear them but I really *need* to hear them. I want to produce a body of work for a whole book eventually and I'll need all the help I can get!

Speaking of Emm, I just downloaded her first album from iTunes, "The Original Leap Year," and man, it's so good. I love this gal so much. In fact, I just found out she has a myspace.com page! I wonder if I should send her the Hefner Monologue. Wonder if I should? Hmmm... maybe it'd finally remind her to send me that mp3, which she still hasn't done. Not that I really am gonna press her on that.

In fact, because I'm in an Emm-y mood, I think I'll post some of her lyrics. I found this particular song for download off her myspace page:

Thank God I've got three minutes to tell you what I did today
I left this ugly city, with a computer and your cabaret
And I am happy for you, as happy as I can be burning alive
Is Paris as green as you say that it is
You can fill me in sometime

This is me without you, standing in the air I breathe
And I am half sorry that I came
This is me without you, standing in the air I breathe
And I am half sorry that I came around for you

I listened to your point of view, while mine went up in smoke
So go where their skin's the same shade as mine
And remember me, I hope you will
And I'm slowly getting there, the place between love and I don't care
You should have seen me on tuesday night
I will fill you in sometime

This is me without you, standing in the air I breathe
And I am half sorry that I came
This is me without you, standing in the air I breathe
And I am half sorry that I came around for you

I miss you but you don't care anymore
I miss you but you don't care anymore
I miss you but you don't care anymore
I miss you but you don't care

Thank God I've got three minutes to tell you what I did today
I left this ugly city, with a computer and your cabaret
And I am happy for you, as happy as I can be burning alive
Is Paris as green as you say that it is
You can fill me in sometime

In totally other news, my father wanted to talk to me today. As he has (so he claims, not sure what his sources are) reached the age expectancy for men in this country, he wanted to just make sure I knew that his ex-girlfriend Nita had the power of attorney. He also told me that he wanted to be cremated and not displayed in an open casket, just so I knew first-hand that's what he wanted. As for the ashes, they were to do with them as I deemed fit. I could probably think of something really smart-assed to say right here, but I won't.

Maybe I can make it an excuse to finally visit Austria. To distribute his ashes somewhere in the country of Mozart and the Hefners. I'll have to give it some thought.

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[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

My father has been telling us for years that he wishes to be cremated, and would like his ashes to be scattered over the lake at our cottage (as if it's not dirty enough). I'm pretty sure it's prohibited by law, but that doesn't stop him from bringing it up time and again. If the lake will be involved, I'd prefer to give him a proper Viking funeral myself.

[ortugatay.livejournal.com]

Oh yay, you figured out how to change your format after all. Hurrah icons!

Let me know if you ever want me to copy edit your monologues. It's a hobby of mine because, yes, I am that nerd.

Also also, Juliana sent me an Emm Gryner song and it's reaaaally pretty!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'm not really satisfied with it. It messed up my whole friends page. Once I get broadband at work tomorrow, I'll work on it a bit.

Oh, that'd be great! If you're really bored, go ahead and do it now, by all means, otherwise you could wait until I wrote the whole book. Whatever. Thankee!

What Emm Gryner song? Is she listening to her now?

[ortugatay.livejournal.com]

Symphony, I believe it was called. I really like it and now I'd like to hear some more stuff.

I might start playing now with editing once homework is done. Boy do I love to edit...