debut(ante)

Numerical List in Alphabetical Order:
1. Aren't you wondering where everyone else is? Jon, Ben, Ryan...
2. Ben Harper is pretty good, especially live. Props on turning the slide guitar into a rock instrument (take THAT, every country song, ever).
3. "Cougar" is no longer known as such. "Laura" works just fine, thank you.
4. Dante has 1800 more miles on him now than when I acquired him... 28 days ago.
5. Envy was apparently a good show, I'm sorry I missed it. Luckily,
6. FOO FIGHTERS were amazing. I almost cried when they played "February Stars". True story.
7. Great Caesar's Ghost, Autumn '06 is just around the corner. You can feel it. Feel it.
8. Hawthorne House in the... house.
9. I might be running out of things to fit alphabetically.
10. Just kidding.
11. Kilby House 06-07? Yes, please.
12. Little Miss Sunshine.
13. Miller Time moving back to Chicago? O.k., we haven't talked in like a year and we missed each other last time he was in town, but come on... that's thumbs up all the way around.
14. Naturalist Canoes. FINALLY.
15. Owen
16. Puppy love. Buster B. Exley rocks the micromaphone.
17. Q-tips. A guilty pleasure? Discuss.
18. Rick "Fred" Stawarz. My hero.
19. Shows I've been to in the past six weeks: 4. Shows I'm going to in the next 6 weeks: at least 3. This is significant because I probably only went to three shows in any given year at school. Being graduated rocks, though it's taken me close to two years to realize that. (And if you're thinking, "That's a lame reason to enjoy being graduated," then you've really stopped enjoying the simpler pleasures in life and I feel sorry for you.) (Just kidding. You have none of my sympathy.)
20. The Format.
21. Unpossible. ("Me fail English?"
22. Virginia is for Lovers. But I've never been there. Sep. 30...
23. Whitey. Honduras isn't quite Chicago in the fall, is it?
24. Xylophone should start with "z" (R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg)
25. You can't spell "Johnny Five is Alive!" without
26. Z. Oh wait, yes you can.

- e.

august 26th

getting ready for the big day.


comfort is key. unfortunately jon and i matched.


liz and ben bunch-kramer arrived on time, but we were still waiting for the others, so we watched an episode of father ted. (thats our living room)


jess and the other liz finally arrived, so we made our way north in 2 cars to jonathan's parents' house to pick up caitlin. liz was camera shy. you'll see her later.


once we left the greener house in deerfield, there would be no more stops until the much-awaited faire.


can't you just see the excitement on liz's face?


once we got there, we parked, and headed inside.


we were just in time for a showing of "the mud show" -- a very PG-13 show involving mud and a competition to see who can give the most money.


weapons... how exciting.


more weapons. there were a lot.


pretty medieval.


sauron, jess, and liz. we didn't actually go to the faire with sauron. we just met him there.
jon registered in a raffle to try and win that bad boy.


the queen of england on parade.


this guy was absolutely ridiculous. duct tape miniskirt and tube top, dominatrix boots, and a final fantasy sword. did i mention that there were weirdos everywhere?


okay, so we decided to play dress up too.


jess and liz.


jonathan, the pauper.


christopher columbus (posing as ben kramer) with liz.


caitlin and jonathan.


the main reason jess came was to shoot a cross-bow. and yes, she did hit the target... on the 3rd shot.


the jousting match was a bit disappointing. it was so obviously scripted, and england's jouster was highly favored. but we did see some shattered jousting sticks.

after jousting, jess, ben, and the lizs went home. jonathan, caitlin, and i stayed on. we weren't yet satisfied.

we decided that we needed to find a glass of meade. after all, what's a renaissance festival without one?


it turns out that a renaissance festival is fine without one. terrible after taste. take our word for it.


so we sat in the sky chairs for a bit...


bid farewill to the wizard...


and hit the dusty trail.

we headed back to jonathan's house to have dinner (thanks!) and kill some time before the show.


at about 8, we headed to chicago, down belmont, and to the beat kitchen.

guess who we found?


max martinez. you may remember him from his appearance on the furnace fest dvd of 2002. andrew wk. they were partying hard.

the first band, sleeping peoples, was surprisingly good. instrumental math rock.


envy was great. straight from japan, they barely speak english.


we were, however, able to communicate that we wanted a picture. jonathan with Dairoku Seki.

russian circles was just alright. we got bored and left after the 2nd song.


it was getting late, and we needed to be up for church in the morning, so we went home... following "thor" all the way.

keep checking

a sweet post is coming, including a trip to the renaissance faire and a show with envy and russian circles. youre going to want to check in pretty regularly.

more from august

although we don't subscribe to internet at our house, the Lord has blessed us with free wi-fi in the garden. thanks "linksys."


jonathan


ryan


jon and gabe recorded a grind song the other day. stay tuned for its myspace debut.


s joel norman -- you may have heard of him through his famed guest appearance on accordion with the miles van someren noise experiment or his dragonforce accordion cover band.


(remember?)


notice that all three are wearing camo shorts... lame.


so we needed more firewood.

august

typically, we're going to try and keep you well updated on what's going on in the hawthorne house. however, we're a bit behind in starting, so this is going to be a whirlwind photo update.




we had some chairs that were in need of destroying.


then there was the magical fairy wand.


hmm... this red curry red bean and rice concoction is a little thin.


crackers to thicken. we should be published chefs.


(the chefs)




some homeless street performer we invited over for tea.


you may not be able to read that, but it's a rectal suppository. how this empty wrapper found its way to our kitchen floor is a mystery to us all. we'd appreciate an explanation.



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