guess who just got made office Fire Warden

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yo
there's a fire drill at 1:45 that i'm not supposed to tell
you guys about. we have to be outside within four minutes or do
it all over again. i'm warning you because you have hot food...
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thanks, steve-o, i can see you take your responsibilities very seriously.

we *heart* dean gaffney

tacky fantastic. the `epiphany' of cheese. call it what you will, but this new hoodie is blingin'.

fans, don't worry, she's not Mrs. Scardino yet, but she will be soon. cheers to the happy couple, and may you always find your way into and out of the woods.

HELP AMY

Almost Famous: amy and her band veil veil vanish are THIS CLOSE (they've already beaten out 140 bands) to getting to open for The Killers, The Raconteurs, The Shins and various other bands at Not So Silent Night 2006.
go here and give 5 stars to What Will You Say Tonight. Voting ends Friday Nov. 24, so get clicking.

i, for one, would like a lifetime supply of backstage passes.



*yes, you have to create an imeem account but no, it won't cost you a penny/pence/euro cent

photo of the week: Free Katie!

weekend coverage

thank god this shindig took up most of saturday and sunday. at least one of my stories will be read from this weekend.

highlights include: the gift of a cat, a cooking pan and a comb (those Scientologists know just what a girl wants). four guys trying to crash the 15th century castle in a rented limo and sunglasses and TomKat pissing off the locals.

*official foto credit to Robert Evans

choking on the chokes

LP back in rome. just can't get enough of the chokes.

thank god

and....back to frankfurt

the guy on the screen was the one i was flown in to interview and who immediately took a disliking to me. i knew i should have had gk1 ship me a burkha.

it's not goodbye, it's see you later, take 2

are you coming back yet?

the lady doth protest too much

`i swear i wasn't flirting, she talked to me FIRST'

frankfurt interlude

not for just anyone would i spend a 10-hour layover back in rome between frankfurt trips.

don't worry, C, you're in good company

just tell your friends you're going away for `the summer' and you, too, can kiss your klunkety-klunk goodbye

beauty and the (massive, klunkety-klunk) beast

no more klunkety-klunk!

Introducing....The BHG

quick sketch from memory.
p.s., chippy: f says no need for a pic, thanks

polaroid posterity

some flubbers are more enthusiastic than others.

hi C!

flubbing for hitler

flubbing for okonomiyaki

my earwax is flakier than yours

dinner with the loopers 2

nappy's spread - maybe M should leave more often.

i want from you, is empty your head

saturday morning recovery with damien

negroni-fuelled milanese sight-seeing

the HC reunion: ana ahebbek

Fiesta! Tooooooooooooooo!

4 days later and braga's still recovering from 3 negroni sbagliati.

milan: off to a great start with the marchi