Website of The Day – 7/7

Being bored at work gives you to a lot of unavoidable internet surfing time and a plethora of hilarious/mediocre/seriously, you’re a frickin idiot websites. Either way, they all do their job of passing the tedious workday that much quicker.
Here’s one of the better ones:

The Onion
A magazine dedicated to unearthing the hidden truths about the important and relevant issues of our day. No fluff pieces here. Just cold, hard truth. I was particularly interested in their Sunday Magazine section today. Here are a couple of my favs:

Angela ‘The Halfrican’

The Week in Review (6/29-7/6)

SUNDAY

• Went to a grad party. A high school grad party. Granted it was my best friend’s little sister, but still. There’s no better reminder of how quickly time has passed than to be invited to a high school graduation party just shy of 10 years after your own.
• Shawn, the lead singer of my band Vienna (shameless plug), had some friends singing at Minneapolis’ Gay Pride event in Loring Park, and he asked me to come along. I think I had my fill of drag queens lip-syncing to disco hits of the 70s/Pussycat Dolls songs and boys in speedos for a while….
• Went out to eat w/the crew at Sweeney’s Saloon and Cafe in St. Paul and while trying to enjoy a delicious black angus burger, had to hide from the boy/girl/girl drama unfolding not 5ft. from me. I hate drama.

MONDAY

• Took a nap after work

TUESDAY

• Visited my mom in the hospital

WEDNESDAY

• Worked on some HTML for a myspace band profile. Funnnnn…..
• Went out to Tea Garden and then to see Z-Mo Trio at The Uptown Bar with Dena and Steve. A magical blend of emo/jazz/fusion whose clever melodies and stunning hooks touch the very heavens. They are amazing. Period.

THURSDAY

• Stayed an hour after work to get past a very annoying glitch in HTML coding. Found it, went home. Three hours and 2 Excedrin (my drug of choice) later, the page is finally done!
• Went to the Jamestown Story afterparty w/my rad friend Mary, her husband Chad, and his bandmate Nick (they’re in Take Cover). Here’s where it gets interesting folks. Proceeded to get hit on for the next 4 hours by a guy i just met who I guess when I went to the bathroom, was telling everyone how gorgeous my eyes were. Yeah…. Devised a plan w/Mary that consisted of Chad and Odin (another rad Take Cover boy who sports a sweet white boy fro) standing/sitting on either side of me for the rest of the night to deter said boy’s advances. Didn’t help much. Had to construct another, more covert operation plan in order to get out of the house under the radar. Luckily, I didn’t have to put that plan into effect and was able to walk out the front door without being detected. My parents were military intelligence….good thing it runs in the family.

FRIDAY – 4TH OF JULY

• Went to the beach with some friends, played some bocce ball, went to another beach. It was fun but I don’t swim cuz I’m black.
• Had 1.5 Spongebob popsicles. The other .5 fell on the ground
• Drove up to Forest Lake and hung out with Dena, Emily, & Steve. Grilled out a lot of great food. Walked to the lake to watch the fireworks, listened to drunk people sing karaoke, and walked around the 4th of July carnival that apparently small towns have….that was a new experience…

SATURDAY

• Hung out with my parents all day cuz my mom got to go home from the hospital. Grilled out on my dad’s new grill -  he was very excited about it

SUNDAY

• Watched Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Terminator 1&Terminator 2, and ate Chipotle, cake, and ice cream. Yum.

Overall, a very fun week. It definitely had it’s ups and downs, but that’s life, right!
Angela ‘The Halfrican’