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Hey Dave! You might finally be able to get your JoCo on! This here post lists his tentative UK tour schedule!!! Oct 24: Dublin Oct 25: Glasgow Oct 29: Manchester Oct 30: London - Shepherd’s Bush Empire Oct 31: Nottingham - Game City Nov 1: Oxford He's not coming to Yorkshire like you wanted, but wouldn't Nottingham or Manchester be doable for you? If you can, you MUST go see JoCo!!! Tags: joco
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On August 6th this year ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hellbob & I will be celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary. On August 7th he will go on vacation without me. Then on August 14 I will go without him. It wasn't really planned that way, it is just how things turned out. I really wanted to go out to Vegas during the NME to meet all my online podcasting peeps and to go to the JoCo/Richard Cheese/Chance Coverville 500 concert. It just happens to be Microsoft's Patch Week, so my darling hellbob decided he shouldn't go. Then last night as he was reading anything new on the internets about The Police he saw that their absolute final last concert together ever was going to be August 7th at Madison Square Garden in New York. And he started to hatch a plan. So yes, hellbob will be getting two tickets for that concert tomorrow when they go on sale. He's going to go with kaldeth. They will fly out the day of the concert and fly back the next day. Damn expensive concert, but how could I say no to him? He's put up with my James Marsters obsession, after all. It just seems weird that after rarely flying for vacations in all our time together now we are both going to fly opposite directions without each other! Of course, he will only get to gaze lovingly upon Sting, Andy and Stewart from afar. I, on the other hand, will most likely get to hug the adorable Mr. Jonathan Coulton. *grin* I also have to admit to a bit of a twinge of jealousy, as I've already been to Vegas 3 other times (and Hellbob's been twice) but I've never been to New York City! Hardly seems fair seeing as how I'm the one that was born in New York state! Tags: concerts, hellbob, joco, police, vacation, vegas
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Even though hellbob won't be able to join me - :( - I'm going out to Vegas in August! I'll be going for the New Media Expo. I'll be doing the free Exhibit Hall and Keynotes Only registration. Since I don't actually do any podcasting, it would be silly to do the full conference registration at $349! It's gonna be so cool to meet all these people that I know just through podcasts and the internets! If any of you on my flist are going to be there *looks towards Phoenix* be sure to let me know so we can meet! But the BEST part of this trip? The Coverville 500 Concert!I'll finally meet Brian Ibbott in person after 3 years of email correspondence & keeping his song database for him. The concert he's going to have was the deciding factor in me going out there. To celebrate episode 500 of Coverville he's hosting a concert of some of the favorite artists who have been played on his show: Richard Cheese, Jonathan Coulton, and Chance. Also, there will be a singer named Natalie Gelman who I haven't really heard. w00t! You know I loves me some JoCo. And Chance does the most awesome cover of Kelis' Milkshake ever! If you are going to the NME and want to go to the concert, tickets will go on sale on June 1st. It's at a venue down by the MGM, so it's an easy monorail ride down from the Hilton. Only $20!  Tags: coverville, joco, nme, podcasts, vegas
I'm feeling:  excited
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Only one week until the First of May! Do you have your Coulton tickets yet? If you don't know the significance of The First of May you need to start listening to some Jonathan Coulton! A lot of his music can be downloaded for free HERE. Some of them are free, all of them can be listened to (the whole song, not just a 30 second snippet) Jonathan will be performing here in town next Thursday, May 1st, at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown!!!! Opening for him is the excellent duo Paul and Storm. Y'all should check out the music if you haven't yet, and come on out to the show! I'll be there manning the merchandise table with the other Sharon ( Birdchick) and hellbob. A fun time is guaranteed for all!!! Tickets can by gotten through TicketBastard, or at the Loring Pasta Bar. They are MUCH cheaper at the LPB because there are no inconvenience fees. Seriously. You save over $5 per ticket. They are just $17 each at the LPB. Also, if any of you need one ticket, I've got one that's still unspoken for. We just need to figure out when/where I can get it to you. vorrant, we need to figure out some time for me to get your ticket to you. You can just pay me for it at the show. lucky13charm, I've still got your ticket too. Also, lucky13charm, genevra is interested in carpooling with you since she's going by herself. ( And for all of you weeping non-stop because you don't live in Minneapolis and will thus be missing this awesomeness, here is a list of all of JoCo's upcoming shows: )Tags: joco, jonathan coulton
I'm feeling: excited
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October 6, 2003. That's almost 4 1/2 years ago that my shiny baby came to live with me. She is definitely feeling her age. Her HUGE 60GB hard drive hasn't had less than 50GB used for a looooong time, and usually more like 55GB. Her internal wireless gave out. She's been through 3 different batteries, and a couple of power cords. Now the AC input is starting to go again. Every now and then she'll start flipping between using battery and charging. When this happens, not only is the battery not charging, but it is also wearing down faster because of the switching. And the screen gets brighter or darker each time it switches. It's happening more frequently and it isn't worth the price to fix her with as old as she is. *sigh* As nice as the shiny new Macbook Pro I'll be getting will be, I really will miss using Chiana. She was both my first laptop and my first Mac. But, she's not quite dead yet, and the new one isn't ordered yet. But it is inevitable and will be happening in the near future. *pets Chiana* And of course, there is no one out there who can express geek feelings quite like Jonathan Coulton: A Laptop Like YouHere you are at last
To bring my cold lonely soul sweet release
From my weary past
Always searching, the one missing piece was you
And I beg you, come away with me
And together we will find a place to call our own
I can’t wait to see what I can do
With a laptop like you
It’s not your CD slot
Or the Unix on which you are based
You make my lap hot
Cause underneath your aluminum case there’s love
And I forgive your strange one-button mouse
I forgive the way your keyboard leaves marks on your screen
I can overlook a fault or two
For a laptop like you
We will always be together
In love in spite of everything
Hang on tight through wind and weather
Heaven knows what time may bring
In a year or two
You will seem big and heavy and slow
I will carry you
To wherever it is laptops go to die
And don’t think it won’t be hard on me
How’m I ever gonna find a way to justify
The money I will spend on something new
For a laptop like you
For a laptop like youThe title is linked to a downloadable mp3 of the song. A Laptop Like You is released under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons license. If you like the song, go give Jonathan Coulton some money. Tags: chiana, joco, mac
I'm feeling:  sad
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amused