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deviantART: by:RiverMist http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:RiverMist&section=today deviantART RSS for by:RiverMist en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:15 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png RIP RePete http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/29064615/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/29064615/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:16:58 PST yet..

and I have had the worst day.. not to even mention the uneventful
night last night that left Katie sick and me in a bitch fit over my mother's paranoia.
That can wait..

But as we were heading out to a family Christmas party this morning, we found one of our cats, RePete, in the road. She was hit by a car..

I'm still in shock, I mean, we had raised that little bundle of joy since she was a kitten..
she was one of our babies, a Whobie. And to think she's gone is just too hard for me to
accept right now.. and the fact that we think she was pregnant drives the nails in even
further. [link] Please.. if you have a beloved pet, just give them an extra hug or pat tonight.
Rest in Peace, RePete, I know God has one hell of a good cat in his lap right now. I miss
you.

--Patricia

And now I hear Brittany Murphy died today as well from a heart attack? Damn, I need some
comforting news..

]]> ~RiverMist Santa is Just A Red Ghostbuster.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/29027477/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/29027477/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:11:20 PST Don't worry, don't worry.. i'm holding my white flag to up to surrender apologies this
time. Let me just clarify... 1. I was NOT referring to any of my friends and watchers as being an ignorant crowd (although it does remind me of that old Groucho Marx joke "I wouldn't be a part of any club that would have me as a member.") I simply meant that.. I need some help. Not just critique but an actual opinion over what you think might fix the screw-ups. That's all I ask.

2. Christmas is less then a week away and my heart is pounding like a jackrabbit trying to
cross an LA interstate... most of my art is finished off, I try to say optimistically, but I still
have several people that haven't gotten their drawn gifts from me. Including

and

, i'm getting there guys.. i'm just slow. Don't think I love ya any less.

3. Erm.. well, nothing much is happening besides that. My mom has a bad case of the Christmas
downers, having not heard much yet about her social security disability claim. An avid reader, she's been confined to her bed a lot more lately.. sleeping and reading. Sleeping and reading. Crossword
puzzle. Sleeping and reading. *sigh* Do you ever wish happiness could be given to people as a present? It sure would be better than sleep pajamas..

4. I'm sure "into" numbering the topics of this journal today.. guess that means I need to dump a quiz in here then. Sounds like a good plan to me. So.. before we dive into the insanity of my life distracters... what's up with you guys?

Really? Far out.

Stolen a few days ago from.. uh.. i've fogotten.

First Quiz: ABC's...
A - Accent - WellÂ IÂm an American from Tennessee so I do have a southern drawl,
according to one of my Northern friends, ÂitÂs more refined then I thought it would be and you can only catch it on certain words.Â

B - Breast size - What a nosy damn question.. C cups. >.<
C - Chore you hate - Cleaning out the dog pen and doing laundry.. we usually let it pile up and take one big ass trip to the Laundromat to do it. In fact, we did it yesterday and the clean
clothes still haven't been hung up yet.
D - Dad's name - Ralph.. as in puke.
E - Essential make-up - Lip gloss lately has been the only thing I really use lately.. I guess you can say IÂm too lazy.

F - Favorite perfume - Eh, anything that smells edible or earthy.
G - Gold or Silver - Silver, both as a color and as a metal.
H - Hometown - Hell.
I - Insomnia - You have no idea. Why do you think IÂm doing this?
J - Job title - An unemployed, aspiring artist. Haha, and IÂm already struggling..
K - Kids - Maybe someday.. not anytime soon though, half the time I can't even take care of myself.
L - Living arrangements - Rented house. Still at home, living with my mom and my best friend/now-official-closer-than-sister-writer-freak: :ionsallyface90:
M - Mum's birthplace - The same as mine.
N - Number of apples you've eaten - Probably several hundred bushels so far..
O - Overnight hospital stays - For myself: tonsils removed when I was in the second grade, and 2 times during my mom's histerectomy and first back surgery. That's all I can remember.
P - Phobia - I'm scared of phobias... fearing something scare me.

Q - Quizzes like these are???- A way to pass the time when you should be doing something else.
R - Religious affiliation - Eh, not religious.. although the whole concept fascinates the hell out of me. If anything, I follow more along the lines of Native Spiritualism today.. my mom brought me up in a very Christian-esque fashion, and I still maintain a few of those values bec... ]]> ~RiverMist The Long and Winding Peeve http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28961952/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28961952/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:40:12 PST
Now.. generally I keep to myself about my interests and opinions, letting

channel most of them through her own journals while I myself watch from the sidelines. I suppose that's not the greatest way to be seeing as I am only human and do feel the bitter after effects of loneliness on occasion. But.. unless it really is deemed important that I comment (such as you being a friend of mine or actually being on the recieving end of a thorough response), I don't. And unless you are trying to keep up a conversation, I won't talk or make the first move. That's just how I am, on here and off.
So don't "expect" things from me, kiddos. It drives me crazy.

Someone once described that as an "Entwistle-type" trait but I doubt John ever wanted to keep the coversation going for that long anyway. Besides, privacy can be just as loud as standing in the middle of a room screaming at the top of your lungs if you would listen properly.

I digress.

Today is one of my rare opinion-sharing days.

My main peeve. I have a very low tolerance towards immaturity right now. And yet as of late, this seems to be the only choice I have when talking to some people. I have to tone my comments down a bit for fear of "hurting feelings" or seeming like the old fart that actually wants to have an intellectually stimulating conversation once in a while. On the one hand I get the whiners who hold a biased resentment against it (without even asking about "it" in the first place) and on the other I get "Oh no, there she goes talking about the fundamentals of Native etiology again! Someone taser her!"

I believe in remaining youthful at heart but their are only so many "Epic. Lol." remarks in my inbox I can take before I want to delete the whole lot of them. I love you guys but.. surely the generation that rang in the I-Pod and Playstation 3 can construct a few sentences that merit a bit of artistic expression? Tell me what you get out of it! If you comment on something that "looks off", include what you think I could do to fix it!

I think that's about all I wanted to say, so I shall wrap this up for now.

Peace & Love,

--Patricia

P.S.: This is not directed towards those who actually talk to me on a regular
basis, so don't be offended if you think i'm picking you out of the crowd. I'm not.
(Oh.. and congratulations to Genesis and The Hollies for finally being inducted into the
Rock Hall of Fame! Best news i've heard so far today.

)

]]> ~RiverMist Can You Say Quiz? I Know That You Can... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28952058/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28952058/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:31:12 PST I did from

Can you name 20 characters from anywhere (including shows, anime, mangas, OCs if you ran out of names) right off the top of your head? Don't read the questions underneath until you write the names of all 20 people. This is a lot funnier if you actually list the names first!! No cheating!!!

(I'ma include some peeps)

1.

2. Keith Moon
3.

4. Art Garfunkel
5. Roger Daltrey
6. John Entwistle
7. Pete Townshend
8. Donald Duck
9. Horace
10. Theo
11.

12.

13. Mr. Rogers
14. Vincent Price
15. Darth Vader
16. Stephen Spielberg
17. Ringo Starr
18. Stephen King
19. Pumbaa
20. Bob Geldof

1. Where did u first see 10?

and I were sitting on the porch and she was describing to
me what this new character of hers looked like, thus Theodore the drag queen was born!

2. What would u do if you never heard about 3?
Be sad forever.

She is an amazingly awesome chick! Such a witty and fun-loving spirit,
i'm glad to know her!!

3.What would you do if 20 and 15 dated?
Hide beneath my bed, because I would know I was completely stoned out of my mind.

4. If you could marry either 7 or 14, who would it be?
Well.. Vincent is long since dead, and Pete is with someone.. plus Katie would shoot me
if I chose Pete.. lets just say Vincent. I loves me some Mr. Price.

5. Did you ever like 9?
Loath him... with a passion. And why wouldn't I? I created him!

6. Have you ever seen 4 cry in any episode/chapter?
No.. I would be completely in shambles if I saw that though!

7. Would 4 and 12 make a good couple?
Well... I don't know, I don't think Dawn would go for Mr. Artie.

That's okay, more for meeeee!

8.Would 1 and 2 make a good couple?
Oh, why the hell not, sure they would.. *grumbles*

9. Describe 8.
A bit on the eccentric side at times, generally a pensive being.. although
has a tendency to show out on occasion. Could be from a bad childhood. Or never
being given the chance to wear pants..

10. Last time you read/seen/drew 12?
I just talked to her through a comment a little while ago! I love you Dawnie!

11. Tell me something about 20.
Sexy. Crazy. The Wall. Live Aid's Creator. What more is to say?

12. What is 7's favorite color?
I would say blue, after being given permission to say so from Katie.

13. What would you do if you met 1 and he confessed that he liked you?
I would hope she likes me... she LIVES with me!

14. When was the last time you got pissed by 6?
Every second of the day that he's not around to share it with us fans...

15. If 18 were to meet you and get to know you very well, how do you think he would feel about you?
He would... ]]> ~RiverMist A Journal of Monumental Importance http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28869540/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28869540/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:25:07 PST
How detailed is your life?

]]> ~RiverMist Ever Tried Digging in an Octopus's Garden? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28832437/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28832437/ Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:33 PST

120 deviations, 70 journals, 32 responses and 17 comments.. all after 2 days of being lazy. Sorry y'all, I try to be as thorough as I can and look through everything and sometimes that means i'm the last to hear the good and bad news, remember I love you all even if it takes me for-fucking-ever to
say so.

Er, other then that, i'm perky! (Thanks

for aiding in that, you wonderful gal you! And, of course,

is always keeping me perky.. :3)

Oh man, did you guys hear about this? Not ONLY is The Who doing the Superbowl this year.. but Roger Daltrey is teaming up with Eric Clapton's as his special guest on a 2-month tour happening early next year! And guess what... out of twelve gigs we're squat in the middle of two towns where they'll be happening! Both in our state!
The closest being mine and

's own birthtown of Memphis, TN., less then 50 miles
away, and the other being Nashville where we just saw him in October!!

It was such a welcomed surprise hearing it on the radio yesterday, Katie and I shrieked like damn school kids all the way home. I pray.. pray, pray, pray.. that we will be able to get to go and see him again (and Eric Clapton - are you fucking serious?!?!

) with close stage seats.

Tickets haven't gone on sale yet so i'm trying to remain collected about it all, but things just seem to be.. "happening" for the both of us lately. It all feels like it has some sort of higher meaning behind it, and even if you don't believe in that kind of thing, the words "we will" are still as strong as ever and do have a certain positive power behind them. We Will meet Roger Daltrey again. And when we do, I Will not forget how to convert sound into words like I did last time.

What other interesting things have been happening as of late?

Well, Katie had bought Monopoly The Beatle's edition yesterday so we just came from her Dad's
house after playing it with her little brothers.. we didn't finish out the game but it was still pretty fun.

What are you guys up to tonight then?

]]> ~RiverMist Rest in Peace http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28832327/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28832327/ Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:19 PST

Dedicated to the memory of John Lennon.. who lost his life 29 years ago today.

One hell of a radical.

One hell of a husband and father.

One hell of a teacher.

One hell of a spokesman for the silent.

And one hell of a human being.

]]> ~RiverMist Blowin' Off Steam.. Rants, Tags and Stolen Quizzes http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28791272/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28791272/ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:28:56 PST very chilly, Sunday evening.

Once again it's time for my annual "blow off some of that built up steam" journal that i'm sure everyone is just dying to read about.

For your safety, I would just close out of this right now.

Do you ever have one of those days where.. everyone.. just seems to be pushing your buttons?

Yesterday was mine. I realized that within the past year or so.. my mother has turned into the reincarnation of my grandmother. Even down to the discussion of her ailments being her biggest pasttime. "Miserable" and "Horrendous" now seem to be her favorite descriptions of how she is feeling, and at any moment I expect her to burst into tears over something as trivial as the wallpaper. She's only 50 and yet she acts like she'll be turning 75 next March. It's driving me up the fucking walls..

It started in my early teens, with the divorce and court trials and then when her first back surgery swung around.. I dunno, it's like the fun fizzled out of her. She doesn't get any enjoyment out of life anymore.

And quite frankly, I don't know what to do about it.

Besides that.. I have so much stuff to do before Christmas and my lazy ass hasn't even
attempted to tackle the list. Drawings, decorations, it's all seen with a sense of "blah"
this year.

Ah well, what can you do, right? Take it slow and hope for the best? Trying that, believe me.

Anyway, tell me some good news, what's up with y'all?

Peace, Love and Rock'n'Roll,

--Patricia aka RiverMist

Oh, and i've been tagged by

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 10 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs.

1. I can't pronounce the word "asphyxiate" to save my ass but I can spell it with no problem.
2. I have abnormally large bones from a childhood defect called "Accelerated Bone-Growth".
3. Erm.. above my bed is a hand-made sign that reads "Keith Moon Should Lie Here".
4. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window is my all-time favorite movie.
5. Jellyfish scare me more than sharks do.
6. Oysters, tuna, and cherries are 3 foods that should disappear off of the earth's face.
7. I wish I could take a time machine and start over in London, 1964.
8.

is my best friend, roommate, and is the first one i'm tagging when
I finish this.

9. I hate diets but desperately need to start one again.
10. All of this was the truth.

I TAG:

http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28618330/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:14:23 PST Watch me Note me Journal Instructions

Hey folks, what's shakin? Bellies still stuffed and Christmas stuff being brought
down from the attic yet?

So, Katie and I watched this really good movie last night called "The Reader" and it
made me realized something.. the actor Ralph Fiennes looks almost exactly like how I picture
my character Horace. And in some pictures it's uncanny, down to the
turtleneck sweaters and fly-a-way hairdo. Especially here ---->
[link]
[link]
[link]

Wonderful revelation in finding Mr. Anderson's twin.

That is all.

]]> ~RiverMist "I Can't Even Fit Through the Door!" http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28568175/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28568175/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:56 PST Watch me Note me Journal Instructions

Saturday Night Live.. Paul Simon.. Turkey outfit.. brillance..

Wishing all of us American dudes an early Happy Thanksgiving before I have to get offline.

Hey, might as well include everyone else too. Even if you don't celebrate.. nothing wrong with being
thankful for something!

Just remember to take the metal prongs out before you cook the turkey..

My head is a little swimmy right now so i'll just make this short and sweet. Life is good,
the sun is shining, and i'll probably be spending this Gobble-day with

relatives so..
bring on the spiral sliced ham, haha!

I think my art block is finally receding somewhat.. i've been popping off with writings and
drawings left and right these past few nights. Amazing what a little of the right inspiration can do!
Thanks again Keefers, Paul and Artie..

What are you guys going to be doing? Keep me posted!

]]> ~RiverMist This is Just a Test, I Repeat, This is Just a Test http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28432129/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28432129/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:49:14 PST Watch me Note me Journal Instructions

Just seeing if this new skin works.. i'd like to be.. under the sea..

Nothing new to really update on. Dieting again so

and myself are starving. I need artistic motivation but have none..
and people need to stop wearing peace signs as a fashion statement.
It actually has a meaning behind it..

So how is everyone doing out there in the world of make-believe?

]]> ~RiverMist The Who Set to Play Super Bowl 2010!! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28359902/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28359902/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:18:03 PST
As of right now, a little birdie let slip that the performers for next years Miami-based
Super Bowl's halftime show will be none other then.. Who? THE WHO!

Ah man, i'm praying that this is the truth, i've been wondering for years now why they
haven't had them on there... I mean, they're had Bruce Springsteen and Prince.. come on.
Pete and Roger need a chance to reboost the spirit in us die-hards and show the rest why we
love 'em so much. I especially loved the look on my mom's face when she heard the news..
amidst the pronounced sigh and roll of eyes.

Just keep your fingers crossed, mateys.

Other then this wonderful speck of hope... we went to see the movie 2012 yesterday, hands
down best disaster flick i've seen that actually kept me on the edge of my seat. And the
sweet part about the whole thing? They even relied on the actor's to make it realistic.. not
just the special effects. Which were good, but still. With a movie involving John Cusack
and Danny Glover?
It's got to be worth seeing.

Anything else? Well, my allergies are really acting up on me.. itchy eyes and what not.
And i'm starting on a new book called The Once and Future King all about King Arthur and
the Knights of the Round Table because i'm a nut for the medeival stories.. especially ones involving the days of Uther Pendragon.

Enough about me and The Who, what's up with you?

Lotsa love

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist Homahgah.... Messages... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28322618/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28322618/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:05 PST
Wow, I let my inbox back up for a few days and now when I get on the amount of messages literally blows me away.

A quick apology on my part to everyone who is waiting on a reply to a comment or acknowledgement that i've seen your latest journal or creation. Lately my time on DA has been limited.. but I will eventually get around to responding as soon as I can!

ALSO!

The rumor that had been buzzing around about Steven Tyler quitting Aerosmith? Well, it turns out that it was JUST a rumor.. straight from the horse's mouth itself, Mr. Tyler has confirmed that he as of now is still with the band and shall go on performing with them until his larynx gives out.

That's something to cheer about.. ROCK ON!

]]> ~RiverMist An Italian Brit at your service... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28157187/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28157187/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:46:39 PST let go and move on. It's over and shall always be one of the fondest
memories held in my heart.

Anyway, here we are again at

's college library, i've been trying to sort through my mountain of deviations and comment on everything.. so be patient with me if I haven't gotten to you yet. I will eventually. Lol. Katie's got pink eye.. I need a bath.. and I just saw someone who could be my character Horace incarnate stroll by. And he smelled strongly of a natural herb that Bob Marley would have been proud of..

I love observing strangers.

Man, my mouth is so sore, I went to the dentist yesterday to have a filling replaced and the spot where the novacaine was injected is literally pounding against my jaw. I should have taken some Tylenol this morning..

Anyway, here's a survey to munch on a few brain cells.

Stolen from

ââ B R I T I S H ââ

[x] You drink a lot of tea.
[x] You know what a brolly is.
[x] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[x] You use the word "bugger" or the phrase "bloody hell."
[x] Fish and Chips are yummy.
[x] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[x] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[x] It's football...not soccer.

Total: 8

ââ A U S T R A L I A N ââ

[] You wear flip flops all year.
[] You call flip flops "thongs", not flip flops.
[x] You love a backyard Barbie.
[x] You know a Barbie is not a doll.
[x] You love the beach.
[x] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[] You're a sports fanatic. Football.
[] You are tanned.
[] You're a bit of a bogan.
[] You have an Australian something.

Total: 4

ââ I T A L I A N ââ

[] The Sopranos is a great show.
[x] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[x] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[x] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[x] You know Italian songs.
[] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[x] You speak some Italian.
[] You are under 5'10".
[x] You know what an Italian horn is.
[x] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[x] You talk a lot with your hands.

Total: 8

ââ S P A N I S H ââ

[] You say member instead of Remember.
[] You speak Spanish or some.
[x] You like tacos.
[] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr.
[] You are dark skinned.
[x] You know what a Puta is.
[x] You talk fast occasionally.
[x] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[x] You know what platanos are.

Total: 5

ââ R U S S I A N ââ

[x] You get short tempered.
[x] You know of somebody named Natasha
[x] You get cold easily.
[x] Rain is fun for you.
[] You get into contests all the time.
[x] You can easily make do with the cold weather.

Total: 5

ââ I R I S H ââ
[] You think beer is the best.
[x] You have a bad temper.
[] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murphy, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y or L.
[x] You have blue or green eyes.
[x] You like the color green.
[x] You have been to a St. Patty's day party.
[] You have a family member from Ireland.
[x] You have red hair.
[] You have/had freckles.
[x] Your family get together always include drinking and singing.

Total: 6

ââ A F R I C A N A M E R I C A N ââ

[] You say nigga/nukka casually.
[] You have nappy hair.
[] You like rap.
[x] You know how to shoot a gun.
[x] You like chicken.
[x] You like watermelon.
[] You can dance.
[] You can sing gospel.

Total: 3

ââ A S I A N ââ

[] You have slanty small eyes.
[x] You like rice a lot.
[] You are good at math.
[x] You have played the piano.
[] You have family from Asia.
[x] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[] Most people think you're Chinese.
[] You call hurricanes typhoons.
[] You go to Baulko.

Total: 3

ââ G E R M A N ââ

[x] You like... ]]> ~RiverMist Roger Daltrey's Hug Squeezed My Heart... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28057617/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28057617/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:52:55 PDT and simple.

Where to begin.. I feel like so much has happened within such a short period of time and
at the moment it's left me with a buzzing sense of shellshock. I feel drained, melancholy
and euphoric all wrapped together in one. It's mind-boggling and surreal, i've fallen in love all over again and feel as if everything I want to be and be seen by has been washed
away by the rain and moved onto Indiana in a little white van. How can your heart be made
whole as well as torn to utter shreds at the same time by someone you only got to spend 1
minute with? I feel blessed. Eternally and spiritually blessed. I feel like I should have
said more, I shouldn't have just stared in transfixed silence at him. I feel like crying in
pain. I feel like laughing with joy. I feel drained, melancholy and euphoric.

This day has definately been one that will stick out for the rest of my life.
A maturing and tear-jerking experience worth every penny.

It all started with wandering around downtown Nashville most of the afternoon in utter
impatience until the box office decided to finally open.

and I had been a
bit snippy with each other from parking stress and general irritation with people forcing
you into a corner wanting hand-outs, Katie got an interesting hug and a "boob kiss" from some
guy on the strip she gave a couple of bucks to.. and then at the bar we stopped at called Tootsie's where we were supposed to meet a couple of Who fans from thewho.com, some
singer (while singing Squeeze Box - amusing, no?) for no apparent reason grabbed my scarf
and wound up keeping it. Not from my generosity, he just wouldn't give me the damn thing
back!
So needless to say, we needed something major to cheer us up.

A few minutes before 6PM, we were standing outside of the auditiorium, a very gorgeous old
building in it's own Christian tabernacle way. People were mulling around outside and a few
sprinkles had begun to fall. Killing time was easy, all we had to do was start up a few
conversations!
The first pair we talked to seemed a little stand-offish but the woman showed us her copy
of Roger's album Ride a Rock Horse that she was hoping he would sign. That started the
chain of when she first got to see The Who themselves perform, and then the topic of age
differences, the fact that we were into them at the age of 18 and 19 seemed to really stand
out. We also met a woman who reminded me so much of Katie's aunt Jan! She was such a
cool bird and had been in love with Roger for years.. her own enthusiasm maximizing with
ours. Haha.. I even remember her saying that she had lied to her husband about buying the
350$ plus Meet and Greet ticket and instead told him she had won it.

She is yet another nameless face that will live on with us.
We also met this interesting firefighter named Kip who seemed to have been very taken with
us, he stuck with Katie and I throughout the M&G and concert, showing us the gift that
he was going to give Roger, offering to buy us drinks, etc. Slightly odd at first, BUT
aren't we all? He was a very kind man when it came down to it.
It turned out Kip had the seat right next to mine and ended up switching with Katie so
that she and I could sit together. Such fortunate circumstances and sweet gestures!!
Anywaaaaaaaay.. we got our laminates in the lobby and headed to the balcony where we all sat
around until Roger was ready to see us. And then.. while we were in our seats watching
them set up the stage.. there he was, we had caught a fleeting glimpse of Roger Harry
Daltrey backstage!! What made that part even more memorable was Simon Townshend (Pete's
brother who was guitaring for the band) catching sight of us two waving at him and actually
waving back!!!! I love the man, he looks nothing like Pete, but a little like Mr. Clean, and
has a shitload of guitaring talent that makes my toes curl just thinking about.

Then the time came.

We (all 50+ of us.. their were sooo many people there for the Meet and Greet) were ushered
through into the dressing rooms by a Ryman worker. Standing in line, the excitement was exhilarating. Everyone... ]]> ~RiverMist Knock Once for Yes, Twice for No.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28038538/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28038538/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23:12 PDT

and I have arrived safely in Nashville. We're set up in the hotel, (that
was the easy part.) The hard part was finding our way downtown to the auditorium and
then re-finding our way back. It took us about 5 hours grand total to navigate... full
of wrong turns, tears and insanity. Did I mention that I love big cities but hate roads?

*phew* Either way... we're back safe and sound.

BUT!!!!

Okay, this is where I honestly felt like we entered the Twilight Zone for a moment.
When we stood around outside of the auditorium (just to get the excitement out of our
systems to know that this was really happening) we noticed that a big, white, tour bus without any indication of who was inside was idling right by the entrance. We could
see a bunch of people inside chatting.. and it was just too good of an opportunity to pass
up. If Roger was in there, I was going to make our existance known. So after building up the courage, I knocked on the door. This pudgey man with glasses and a pissy look answered. I stammered "Hi, w-we were just wondering if this is Roger Daltrey's tour b-bus?" He answered quite impatiently. "Who??" I repeated my question. And then he answered with a very
blatant 'fuck off' expression. "No.. this is Lewis Black's tour bus."
I quietly nodded like an idiot with a muffled "Okay." before walking away with Katie.

Then it dawned on me a few seconds too late that that had been the asshole of a
comedian himself, Louis Black.

I have no idea how to feel about it. I just wanted to share it before we went to bed.
Tomorrow is the big day, but that was a pretty odd experience.
Talk to y'all later.

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist The Final Countdown has Begun http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28011020/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/28011020/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:14:55 PDT
You know what I just realized, the chief librarian here could be an
American version of Phil Collins.. he's so adorable!
And speaking of Phil, do your part and send up a little hope that Genesis will FINALLY be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
next year. That goes for The Hollies and KISS as well...

Anyway.

It is two days until Roger Daltrey's concert, one until we leave.. I
feel like i've been neglecting the countdown, but I think it's just been
a bit too exciting to express all of the emotions running through
the likes of

and myself.

One definite thought crossing my mind strictly for myself is "Why the
hell didn't you stick to the diet, you bloated cow!?"
Aren't I just the best self-cheerleader?

We're pretty much packed and ready to go.
All that's left is the damn waiting.. and I still need to finish Elvis.

Oh! And to all of my friends who wanted a good picture of Roger from the concert, i'm going to try my best and get one for each of you (you
know who you are) if my camera is able to pick up in the auditorium.
I love you guys, and hopefully the next time you hear from me it
will be filled with a radiating high that leaves the computer
slightly buzzing. That's what I pray for at any rate.

Ciao for now.

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist How Much Am I like OoLivelyRiaoO? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27962506/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27962506/ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:17:23 PDT

made. Let's see how much we're alike then!

APPEARENCE:

[] Brown eyes?
[x] Long hair? (like, LOOOOOONG)
[] Braces?
[] No muscle?
[] Long face?
[x] Pale?

TOTAL SO FAR: 2

FAVORITE:

[x] Color is blue?
[] Band is The Beatles?
[] Book is Harry Potter? (dun matter which one)
[x] Decade is the 60's?
[x] Music is classic rock?
[] Animal is a fox?
[] Season is spring?
[] Candy is M&M's?

TOTAL SO FAR: 5

LIKE:

[x] The Who
[x] The Beatles
[x] Led Zeppelin
[x] The Jimi Hendrix Experience
[x] Bob Dylan
[x] Bob Marley
[x] The Stones
[x] Coldplay
[] Muse
[x] The blues
[x] Rock'N'Roll
[x] Candy
[] Homestar Runner
[x] Queen
[x] Facebook
[x] Texting
[x] Inside Jokes
[x] Escaping relationships (It's America's Pass-Time!)
[x] England
[x] Flying Dreams
[x] Weird Dreams
[x] George Harrison

TOTAL SO FAR : 25

HATE:

[x] The Disney Channel (new stuff)
[x] Classic Rock Posers
[x] Super hyposrites
[x] Homophobes
[x] Rednecks (he ass-hole ones)
[x] The Jonas Brothers with a firey burning passion strong enough to make the sun sweat.
[x] Embarrassment
[x] Depression
[x] Parents that yell too much
[x] Guilt
[x] Skinny Jeans
[x] Preps
[x] My generation (not the awesome song!)
[x] Dissapointing people
[x] Being unprepared
[] Cave crickets
[x] The color pink
[x] Snobs
[x] Hollister/Abercrombie/American Eagle
[] Dresses
[x] Jealousy

LAST ONE! 44

[x] Took this survey?

Total? 45!

I'd say quite a bit!

]]> ~RiverMist I'm like John, Ringo and Paul.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27943579/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27943579/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:00:56 PDT

must be the George to my split personality.

John Lennon:
[] You were raised by someone other than your parents.
[x] You have step siblings.
[x] You get in trouble a lot at school. (Got.)
[] Your birthday is in October.
[x] You love Elvis.
[x] You donÂt like organized religion.
[] You like cats more than dogs.
[x] You wear glasses.
[] Your favorite color is green.
[] You hate the dark.
Total: 5

Paul McCartney:
[] One of your parents died when you were young.
[] You are the oldest child in your family.
[] You do well in school.
[x] Your favorite color is blue.
[x] You are fairly quiet.
[x] You are tall.
[] You are conventional.
[] You are a vegetarian.
[] You were born in June.
[] You had sex at the age of 15 or younger.
Total: 3

George Harrison:
[] Your parents are still together.
[x] You are the youngest child in your family.
[x] You donÂt do very well in school.
[ ] You were born in February.
[x] You love gummy bears.
[] You are religious.
[ ] You are younger than most/all of your friends.
[ ] Your favorite color is purple.
[x] You are shy.
[x] You are mysterious.
Total: 5

Ringo Starr:
[x] Your parents separated when you were young.
[] You are an only child.
[x] You get sick a lot.
[] You were born in July.
[x] You are one of the oldest of your friends.
[x] You are picky about your food.
[] You really like your independence.
[x] You have blue eyes.
[] Your favorite color is red.
[] You are short.
Total: 5

Hooray for split personalities!!

]]> ~RiverMist Lava Lamps and Pearly Beads http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27928647/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27928647/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:42:10 PDT

http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27875417/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:30:45 PDT

and myself threw together last night out of humor and boredom. Readers discretion should be advised within the last few questions.. some get slightly graphic.
Enjoy!

~The Basics~

1.First of all, do you even like surveys?
Actually.. yes, I do. They give me something to do on those long, lonely nights in Âno lifeÂ
land. And I like reading other peopleÂs answers if they do it afterward.

2. What are you currently doing?
Watching "It's A Wonderful Life" because I'm a schmuck who loves watching Christmas
classics in mid-October (not to mention horror movies on Christmas Day!).
I'm also trying to sketch out a decent picture of Joey Ramone..

3. How are you feeling?
A bit sleepy, but upbeat. George Bailey has that effect on me I guess.

4. What are you thinking about?
A mixture of all sorts of strange thoughts, i'm wondering if Lionel Barrymore (aka Mr. Potter) has a twin that played the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. And then a few "other" nice images of Mr. Ramone are coming to mind as well.

5. What could you not live without in life?
My hands. That may sound odd, but IÂm a very touch-oriented being and rely heavily on feel.. paint between your fingers, charcoal smeared heavily across Bristol paper, sculpting clay.. life would not have meaning to me without it.

6. Is there somebody you will never forget?
Leaving

out of this.. of course.. she knows I will never be able to forget her.
She wonÂt let me.
But.. many. My mom. Nana. Lori. Jimmy. Two in particular that weÂve left at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and on Abbey Road.. Many that have shown Katie and I the importance of living life to its advantages. To rock on though some people might try to turn the music down. Many that will probably always remain unforgettable..
Carl who showed me what true kindness and generosity wasÂ Dennis who showed me inspiration and let me know it was okay to be who you areÂ the real rockÂnÂrollers.

And how can I forget The Who?? Keith, JohnÂ Pete, Roger (he wonÂt let us forget him either I hope!)

7. Are there really more fish in the sea?
Yeah, and theyÂre already with the other fish.. maybe I should go to Long John Silvers?

8. Do you have a mental disorder?
Yes, IÂm sex, calorie and iron deprived. An old manophile. Living with

who likes to do random tentacle mating dances at midnight and is a raging slut during the day. You should feel blessed that you donÂt have to live her. IÂm also slightly OCD.. how about you?

9. Who has the prettiest middle name you know?
John EntwistleÂs, of course.. John ALEC Entwistle. ItÂs the fucking greatest middle name I can think of! Besides my future male childÂs middle nameÂ Riley.. Jude RileyÂ

10. WhatÂs the best thing that you have heard lately.
Three words - Menage a troisÂ thatÂs it.

~Musical Interlude~

11. Who is your favorite band?
Yes, thatÂs right.

That was the worst set up joke.. but The Who are my favorite band.

12. Ever seen them live?
No, I never got the chance to see them in their prime... even when John Entwistle was still alive.
And especially not when Keith Moon was around, I wasnÂt even an idea in my momÂs head then.
But weÂre going to Roger DaltreyÂs concert at the end of this month.. and eventually I make it mandatory we see he and Pete together too. <3

13. Favorite members of this band?
I wouldÂve said Keith and John at one time.. but honestly, with The Who you canÂt have a favorite because Pete and Roger deserve that recognition too. I canÂt narrow it down to a list of
features and expressions.. you love them either for all or for nothing. And thatÂs the way it goes.

14. Favorite song theyÂve done?
ThatÂs like asking a wine connoisseur what has tasted the best so f... ]]> ~RiverMist 9'000 Pageviews.. For Moi?! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27860798/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27860798/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:56:24 PDT

So yeah.. pretty self explanatory! Thank you all so much!!

I wanted to send a shout out to all of the kick ass and wonderful
friends i've made through here, you guys have not only been there for
me when I needed a new idea for inspiration.. but when going through
those downer blues-ridden days that just seemed like they would last
forever. This is a journal for YOU!

ROCK ON YOU FAR OUT, GROOVY, HIP TO THE JIVE, COOL CATS AND YOUR TURN TABLES TOO!

]]> ~RiverMist Bubba Gump Shrimp Corp. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27840739/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27840739/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:27:19 PDT
Here? Eh, life is life. Conversing with old tribute rockers and trying to find something new and interesting to talk about.. you know, the usual.

We're getting down to the wire with Roger Daltrey's concert.. it's a little less then 2 weeks away. That's one thing to get excited about. :3

Other then that, nothing much to talk about. I want shrimp... is that enough info?

Here;s yet another survey I stole from

, they always ask the same questions but they're so addictive.

001. Real name â Patricia
002. Nickname â Trisha, Patty, Pattycakes, Trish, Trishkits, PJ, Piege, and anything else you want to call me..
003. Operationâ Is it water on the knee? Operation!
004. Zodiac sign â All the Capricorns and Rams do the dance of the lambs!
005. Male or female â Female
006. Elementary â Were the best years of my life.
007. Middle School â The worst.
008. High School â Was spent at home and i'm still not out!
009. Smart â Eh.. people tell me I am, but I consider myself pretty idiotic. Most of my "smarts" reside in common sense, which who really wants to be that if it's common?

010. Hair color â Right now it's a pretty drab and dingy light brown, but hopefully not for long!

and I are getting it dyed for Roger's concert and i'm thinking of going burgundy red for the base with blonde highlights in front again.
011. Long or short â Pretty long.. I self cut it a few weeks ago and it didn't really do anything but make it grow faster..
012. Loud or Quiet â Depends on who i'm with. If I don't know you that well i'll feel really uncomfortable and be extremely quiet.. but the people who know me the best can't get me to shut up. I'm literally off the walls around my friends and family.

013. Sweats or Jeans â Jeans, of course!! Bleh.. sweats...
014. Phone or Camera â Camera. I quite honestly hate cell phones and won't let myself become that dependent on technology..
015. Health freak â Haha.. not in the slightest.
016. Drink or Smoke? â Neither.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? â Besides Keith Moon and the rest of the gloriously wonderful Who members? No, not in real life.. other then an older, sexy guitar man who is in a relationship and lives a few hundred miles away.. the rest of the people around here I really can't connect with. I can't find many who share much in common with me. But that's okay, I still have my lovely internet buddies who "get it!"

018. Eat or Drink â Eh, I love to eat (which I think everyone can tell) but if I could live off of just drinking and stay nourished and full with only that, I would.
019. Piercings â Two holes in my ears. I don't really want any other bodily piercings.. they don't fit me.
020. Tattoos â Not yet, but soon. I'm already pinpointing where I want them to be..

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing â
024. First best friend â

whom I met when I was either 1 or 2.. she holds the best friend slot in my heart even today!

My God-sent twin.
025. First award â Eh.. the earliest memory I have of any awards was for a drawing I did in elementary school based around some Christmas theme. My version of Jack Frost got in the paper..
026. First crush â His name was Drew (sadly I can still tell you his full name) and I do believe that I fell for him in 1st grade. It lasted for a good 4 years until I moved from that town.. he still pops into my head from time to time.
027. First pet â Lots and lots of fish..
028. First big vacation â Probably to San Antonio, Texas when I was a child.
029. First big birthday â 5 years old.. I had this giant cake that went into the kitchen floor in no time flat.
~RiverMist I am 96% obsessed with Music.. Huzzah! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27776791/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27776791/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:53:40 PDT

because it looked fun.. and I wanted to do it.. no better reasons then that!

ALTERNATIVE:
[X] Weezer
[] Paramore
[x] Panic! At The Disco
[ ] October Fall
[] The Academy Is...
[ ] Coheed And Cambria
[ ] Bayside
[x] Yellowcard
[ ] Sugarcult
[x] The Dresden Dolls
TOTAL SO FAR : 4

COUNTRY:
[x] Rascal Flatts
[ ] Carrie Underwood
[ ] Leanne Rhymes
[ ] Garth Brooks
[ ] Dixie Chicks
[ ] Kenny Chesney
[ ] Tim McGraw
[ ] Faith Hill
[ ] Shania Twain
[x] Johnny Cash
TOTAL SO FAR: 6

EMO:
[x] Hawthorne Heights
[ ] Halifax
[ ] Forgive Durden
[ ] Amber Pacific
[x] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
[ ] From First to Last
[ ] Senses Fail
[x] Underoath
[ ] Something Corporate
[ ] Hit the lights
[ ] Dear Whoever
TOTAL SO FAR: 9

INDIE:
[ ] The Hush Sound
[ ] Eisley
[x] Death Cab for Cutie
[x] Dashboard Confessional
[x] The Killers
[] Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[] Hot Hot Heat
[ ] Gym Class Heroes
[x] Franz Ferdinand
[x] Modest Mouse
TOTAL SO FAR: 14

METAL:
[x] Slipknot
[x] System of a Down
[x] Disturbed
[x] Metallica
[x] Guns n' Roses
[x] Lamb of God
[ ] Slayer
[ ] Hatebreed
[x] Killswitch Engage
TOTAL SO FAR: 21

POP:
[x] Teddy Geiger
[ ] Ashlee Simpson
[x] Kelly Clarkson
[ ] Jesse McCartney
[ ] Avril Lavigne
[ ] Pink
[ ] The Veronicas
[ ] Daniel Powter
[ ] James Blunt
[x] Natasha Bedingfield
[ ] Ryan Cabrera
TOTAL SO FAR: 24

POWERPOP/POP PUNK/PUNK:
[ ] Hellogoodbye
[ ] Cute is What We Aim for
[ ] Cartel
[ ] The Click Five
[x] Fall Out boy
[ ] Lucky Boys Confusion
[x] Good Charlotte
[ ] Bowling for Soup
[ ] Reliant K
[ ] Less Than Jake
[x] Simple Plan
TOTAL SO FAR: 27

RAP:
[ ] Ying Yang Twins
[ ] T.I.
[ ] Paul Wall
[ ] Tupac
[ ] Jamie Foxx
[ ] Ludacris
[ ] Lil' Jon
[ ] Outkast
[ ] 50 Cent
[ ] Kanye West
[ ] Notorious B.I.G
[ ] Young Jeezy
TOTAL SO FAR: 27

SKA:
[ ] Reel Big Fish
[ ] The Specials
[x] Mad Caddies
[ ] The Aquabats
[x] Sublime
[ ] No Doubt
[ ] Madness
[ ] Operation Ivy
[x] Bob Marley
TOTAL SO FAR: 30

ROCK:
[x] Taking Back Sunday
[x] All American Rejects
[ ] Motion City Soundtrack
[x] Avenged Sevenfold
[x] Angels and Airwaves
[x] Evanescence
[x] My Chemical Romance
[x] Green Day
[] Blink 182
TOTAL SO FAR: 37

CLASSIC ROCK:
[x] The Beatles
[x] Led Zeppelin
[x] The Rolling Stones
[x] The Who
[x] Pink Floyd
[x] The Doors
[x] Jimmy Hendrix
[x] Queen
[x] Van Halen
[x] Bob Dylan
[x] Simon & Garfunkel
TOTAL SO FAR: 48

Multiply your total by 2 and post as: "I am ___% obsessed with music"

Of course we had to check off all of the classic rock... who couldn't with that line-up!
And I can even include Bob Dylan now.

Ciao for now!

--RiverMist aka Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist Questions About Commissioning? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27744102/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27744102/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:55:36 PDT

Alright.. so, i've been tossing this about in my noodle for the past few weeks and
need a little feedback on it. I've been considering over the possibility of starting to do traditional commissions for people. Although it would be a big, bold step forward I suppose if I really want to consider art as a career ... I just have no idea where to start.
I feel sort of like a toddler trying to learn to use the bike without training wheels..
thoughts of how much would be too expensive to price people? How much would be too cheap?
Then shipping and handling charges.. which i'm sure I would be responsible for, say
if I charged 5$ a sketch to send to someone across seas.. in the end I would be losing
money. But then if I bumped the price up, who would pay 10$ for just one of my sketches?
There is the issue of having my own Paypal, which I suppose I can find help in starting one
up..

I dunno. It's just a fly tickling my brain that won't go away.

Anyone who already does commissions, clue me in on how it's worked out for you. I would really appreciate any help.

--Patricia aka RiverMist

]]> ~RiverMist Wistling Pups, Eddie Vedder, and Feelin' Blah! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27741037/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27741037/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:16:48 PDT Greet/Concert in 17 days makes it all just a little easier to swallow. AND.. apparently
he was joined by Pearl Jam's very own Eddie Vedder last night in Seattle.. bothing doing
a medley together of 'The Real Me' and 'Better Man'..

*squeals like she has a mental disorder*

Haha.. being that our own showing is going to be in Nashville.. he'll probably be joined
onstage by Rascal Flatts or somebody like that. Which, hey, even if I don't care too much
for country that would be perfectly fine with me!

Oh my God.. I just stumbled upon the cutest thing ever. Almost overwhelmingly 'aww' worthy.
Pete Townshends's Yorkie (his special little girl apparently).. her name is Wistle.. without
the 'H' like John Entwistle's last name.
D'AW!
And then he has a couple of golden retrievers, a border collie (

!), a Bichon Frise
and a large-ish poodle.

Anywho.. like I said, i'm feeling pretty shitty today. My throat and head hurts some kind of
rotten, and my nose has been running nonstop since I woke up to come with Katie to school...
I feel bad because when I get to feeling like this, it's like I lose all of the patience and
tolerence I have with other people's problems. I get short easily and tend to be very blunt
and harshly cold.. it's a character defect of mine that I need to fight off somehow. Bleh.

Oh well.. I can't do anything about it now.

Other then that, i've finally decided on what i'm going to draw for Roger..
after pondering about it long and hard I think i'm going to try and make a.. drawing collage
of sorts involving Johnny Cash, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Bo Diddley together on the same
page. I have no idea how, no idea when, and no idea if he'll even like it but I want to try.

Now for the quizzical interlude.

Stolen from

who stole it from someone else, who stole it from someone
else.. because we all have no life in this state of boredom. Huzzah!

Why did you join this site?
Because it sparked my creativity too much to let it pass up..

What does your username have to do with you? Is it a combination of your favorite things, or a character of yours?
I saw it in the paper, their was an advert for RiverMist hottubs.. and the name just stuck
due to my unoriginality. I have no beef with it now.

What is your current icon of?
Keith John Moon.. original drummer of The Who, looking extra sexilicious as always.

How many watchers do you have and how many people are you currently watching?
I have 75 watcher and I watch over 200 people..

Do you have more than one account?
Well, lemme see, I deleted my original account when I rejoined after a year's lack of internet service.. and then Katie and I share our Who based roleplay account

, oh, and a Craig Fe... ]]> ~RiverMist Long Gone John-Johns... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27673366/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27673366/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:44:28 PDT
Anywho.. *deep breath*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN ENTWISTLE, JOHN LENNON AND SOME OTHER RANDOM JOHN PERSON OUT THERE
IN THE UNIVERSE!

I present them each with cake, a rolex, sunscreen, a good magazine, a fruit basket and their
own personal can of turtle wax!

All joking aside, my smile has to wain with a bit of sadness... Entwistle was just too
cool and too smooth to have been taken so soon. Lennon, well, let's just say I hope the guy
who shot him never is let out on parol.

They each shared so much with the world in their own, personal way.. one maybe in a few
less words then the other but still all the more potent in day to day living.

Sometimes.. all you need to do is go fishin...

RIP my Long Johns.

-- Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist What Was Your First? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27655258/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27655258/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:24:13 PDT
Quiz

and myself created.

1. What was the first song that got you into The Beatles?
A good way to start this off.. well, I remember when I was a kid my mom always loved to watch stuff like reruns of the Prince's Trust and Live Aid.. so we always saw the musical based Telethons when they aired. Well, on one particular occasion, I just happened to come home right as Paul McCartney had sat down to his piano and began on this long and beautiful rendition of "Let it Be"
I had always know who they were.. but never the music. From there on, I was hooked.
As of now, I have to say that Ringo has really kicked my love for them up a notch. I think he has a unique voice... and a beautiful nose.

2. What was the first song that got you into The Rolling Stones?
Oh, that's an easy one. 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'

I can remember hearing it all of my life at the beginning of a movie called The Big Chill (because they basically play the whole song) and then when I hit teen puberty it sent me off on a rampage to download and listen to every Stones song I could that night. It spawned favorites of mine such as "Sympathy for the Devil" and Paint it Black and let me meet some really cool people who were just as obsessed with classic rock as I was. And.. it also introduced me to the sexiness of Keith Richards. You should've seen my jaw drop when I saw him on the big screen during the final Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Oh, and when Mick Jagger tears his shirt off during The Rock and Roll Circus... yeah, that's just not
orgasmic at all?

3. What was the first song that got you into Elvis?
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Okay, not to be rude but... I was born in Memphis Tennessee. In my youth I was asked by several people on Beale how to get to Graceland and when I just kind of shrugged it off in apology they stared at me like I had giant crabs crawling out of my ears.
I've never been, and don't really want to go.. because it is (in all sincerity for The King).. one tacky house!
That being said, he is a great icon for the city.. and I still do love Heartbreak Hotel, but we have so many more iconic figures from Memphis then just him. As Katie said, B.B. King.. and Mose Allison, the birth of blues, rhythm and soul. And BBQ!!

4. What was the first song that got you into Led Zeppelin?
As it is for many others besides myself, Stairway to Heaven has been played relentlessly on the radio throughout my life and probably was playing somewhere on it when I popped out the womb. Only during these years do I finally get just how powerful of song it was.. and how much it shook a generation to withstand the test of time. But, then again, the same can be said for Whole Lotta Love and Kashmir for my own personal Zep taste.

It wasn't until I heard about the legend of Keith Moon and John Entwistle of my band, The Who, officially naming them that I took up more of a love for just how important Led Zeppelin is in rock and roll history.

Did you know Katie's heart could have an erection? She just wrote about it in her journal. I didn't know that.
Now I think I will use this icon of the constipated turtle just toy with her mind..

5. What was the first song that got you into The Kinks?
Haha!! Lola because it is one of the most kick-ass songs in the universe!
I heard it a loooooooong time ago when I was still in grade school, my teacher used to have this nauseating knack of singing at the top of his lungs whenever we would come in from recess.. and that was the particular choice of song that day.
Later on when I finally found out what the song was about, I got to wondering more and more about the private life of that teacher...

Anyway, The Kinks rock my... ]]> ~RiverMist Quads-and-Sods Plug! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27647599/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27647599/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:39:48 PDT make an entire new one devoted to it.

If you don't know it already,

and myself have concocted a whole world, thought out, role played and dedicated to our own "purely for fun" interpretation of The Who's life together.
Recently, we've started compiling and writing out our detailed world into another DA account from the very beginning and so far, we've only shared it with a few close friends of ours.
But now, with a bit more present in the gallery, it's safe to say that Katie and I are more
ready to present it to an unsuspecting public. We want feedback and would appreciate any
sort of attempt to read our stuff.

---------->

We still need an avatar, so if anyone feels like being creative and contributing with their
own personal flair for one.. flash, animated, whatever... we would embrace you with open
arms!

(This includes relationships between members so fair warning to anyone who is interested -
we get pretty graphic and realistic with our descriptions. I.E. these stories are not for
the faint-hearted, narrow-minded homophobes of the world who believe we are exploiting
these respected men for our own sick benefit.. it's our way, in a sense, of showing them
just as much appreciation as a fan letter or picture might express. We pour ourselves into
these characters, these people, and have wound up molding quite a few harrowing
experiences.)

That being said, to the rest of you who have bothered reading this far, head on over to the
page and dare to take a dive into Who-filled insanity. We would love you for it, and i'm sure the boys would too.

Isn't that right, John?

Well.. I mean, they probably have a lot more important things to do then indulge your
obsession with emoticons and fake smiles.. why not take up fishing?

...
That's his way of saying "Yes, head right on over and leave us lovely comments that you've
stopped by!"

]]> ~RiverMist *Squeals Like an Annoying Fan-Girl* http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27647340/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27647340/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:16:30 PDT
So i'm watching a video on YouTube of Roger Daltrey looking amazingly sexy on the Ellen show
from October 2nd.. and my heart just fluttered into the pit of my stomach and my giddiness
renewed itself. It just sort of hit me like a bolt of lightning.. we're going to get to meet
this man at then end of the month.. talk to him.. hug him.. man, why is October so slow!?
[link]

Calm down.. calm down.. let the excitement die down into a "Damn, I need to keep sticking to
the diet" phase. Oh, and give me a bit of feedback on this.. i'm not sure what I would
like to give Roger when we meet him, art wise I mean. I know I would like to share some drawings with him but have NO IDEA what kind. Any ideas?

Um, okay, so what's new in my life?
Not a damn thing. Mom's pretty much better, already back to her old, independent self.. she's
always been like that regardless. Katie is stressing over school, shitty professors and art
projects.. and me? I'm in the middle. Floating. Not really doing much to improve my situation
but not dropping it down another notch either. Lately i've been feeling the need to write
more.. almost as compulsive as drawing has always been for me.
And what with nothing but time on my hands to kill.. why not do it with at least one random
muse a day I say!

So i'll just wrap this up, short and sweet (you know how I love to ramble) with a
random burst of stupid achieved from a quiz stolen from

What color/kind of socks are you wearing?
[ ] Red = loud
[ ] Green = stupid
[ ] None = freaky
[ ] Fuzzy = gorgeous
[ ] Yellow = innocent
[ ] Purple = a little too happy
[ ] Black = emo
[ ] Stripes = funny
[ ] Gray = skanky
[ ] Pink = preppy
[ ] Light blue = sweaty
[ ] Other = hot
[x] White = sexy

What kind of pants are you wearing?
[ ] Shorts = cutie
[ ] Skirt/skort = skank
[ ] Corduroy = faggot homosexual
[ ] Tight jeans = scene kid
[ ] Ripped jeans = emo
[ ] Cammo = cage fighter
[x] Jeans = prep
[ ] Pajamas = pimp
[ ] Cargo = clown
[ ] Sweats = athlete
[ ] Boxers = brat
[ ] Booty shorts = female
[ ] Capris = Gangster
[ ] Nothing = hoe
[ ] Dickies = weirdo
[ ] Bikini bottoms = tiki girl
[ ] Other = sex addict

What is your natural hair color?
[x] Auburn = that every one wants to make out with
[ ] Blonde = with a broken heart
[ ] Black = with a sexy smile
[ ] Really Dark brown = with a hot boyfriend
[ ] Red = that likes to have fun
[ ] Brown = who loves to be different
[ ] Dirty blonde= with sexy eyes
[ ] Bald = with herpes
[ ] Other = with a nice ass

Pick the month you were born on:
[x] 1 = who ate
[ ] 2 = who needed
[ ] 3 = who killed
[ ] 4 = who will be naked
[ ] 5 = who killed
[ ] 6 = who banged
[ ] 7 = who smoked with
[ ] 8 = who ran shirtless with
[ ] 9 = who was stabbed horribly by
[ ] 10 = who cuddled with
[ ] 11 = who slept with
[ ] 12 = who shot

Pick the day you were born on:
[ ] 01 = the kool-aid man
[ ] 02 = a dog
[ ] 03 = a shoe
[ ] 04 = a toothbrush
[ ] 05 = Santa Claus
[ ] 06 = The Trojan man
[ ] 07 = a glass of milk
[ ] 08 = a prostitute
[ ] 09 = a porn star
[ ] 10 = a bag of weed
[ ] 11 = a lover
[x] 12 = Barney the dinosaur
[ ] 13 = a horse
[ ] 14 = a lesbian
[ ] 15 = a stripper
[ ] 16 = a pickle
[ ] 17 = a jew
[ ] 18 = a homo
[ ] 19 = an orange
[ ] 20 = a dildo
[ ] 21 = a homeless guy
[ ] 22 = a whore
[ ] 23 = my crush
[ ] 24 = an easter egg
[ ] 25 = a jar of honey
[ ] 26 = a condom
[ ] 27 = a bowl of cereal
[ ] 28 = a french fry
[ ] 29 = your dealer
[ ] 30 = Paris Hilton
[ ] 31 = your grandma

Pick the color of the shirt you are wearing
[ ] White = because I love marijuana
[ ] Black = because im sexy as hell
[ ] Pink = Because the lil people told me to
[x] Blue = because I have amazing boobs
[ ] Red = because I'm a... ]]> ~RiverMist "See the Violence Inherant in the System! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27601200/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27601200/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:34:00 PDT
A quick shout out because it's a good day today... you know why?
Do ya?
No?
Well, i'll tell ya!

Today is the 40th Anniversary of MONTY PYTHON! *waits a few seconds to let that news sink
in to your subconcious where it will hopefully be devoured by men named 'Tim' and Gremlins*

Yes, 40 years ago, a band of insanity combined together to make the original team of.. said
insanity. Which spanned off into a TV Show, movies and much publicity for the members
themselves.
Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin (not related to Sarah),
Terry Jones... and of course Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes as the hidden members because
I will always firmly believe they were part of the troupe. :3

Some fan art will come pretty soon for my favorite members (Graham and Eric) in probably
a Gilliam style sketch but until then I will leave you with this...

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD NIGGGGGGGGGGHT-DING-DING-DING-DING-DIIIIING!

-Patricia aka Me aka You aka Them aka Everybody!

P.S.
25 DAYS NOW UNTIL ROGER DALTREY CONCERT!

]]> ~RiverMist People... people... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27518121/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27518121/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:14:56 PDT "Y'know, I don't even really like babies.. I really hate children. They're
just.. gross beings."
and then follows it up with:
"I could have had an abortion but as a single mother, the government is going
to pay my way through.."

I feel so sorry for the kid already and he hasn't even been born.

What the fuck, man? What has happened?

As a little edit: John Entwistle's clone has just walked into the building. Wearing
a Zeppelin shirt and a tiny peace sign earring... damn, I wish I had some confidence
right about now.

]]> ~RiverMist "I'm Chevy Chase, and You're Not!" http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27503328/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27503328/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:46:59 PDT
The sun is shining, my nose is running and the librarian is screaming at ignorant people -perfect time for a journal.

A few quick updates:
Mom is recovering from her back surgery beautifully, she went to the doctor a few days ago for her check up and they finally gave her permission to get in the bathtub which i'm
sure thrilled her soul. I know it would mine.

Katie is currently in her 2-D design class and should be out shortly, i'm surprised we
both could even get out of bed this morning feeling halfway decent. Yesterday was like
a day from run-down-and-feelin'-sick hell (probably because neither of us have been
sleeping that well) and with all of this talk of Swine Flu spreading throughout
Tennessee.. you can't be too careful. Katie especially what with a full schedule of
school and work on her back.

Um, it's finally getting cold around here! And I love it, I have been so sick of hot
weather and anything under 80 degrees is a breath of much needed fresh air. And it also
is nice to see skanks actually covering themselves up for a change.
People.. if you're not being paid to take 'em off.. put some damn clothes on.

Anyway, I can't wait for the extreme drops.. drink some hot peppermint tea (mmm) and sketch
around our portable heater. Snow. Birthday. Christmas. Halloween. Roger Daltrey concert..
*gasp*
Which is almost EXACTLY one month away!!!!!

That means it's diet time.
.............

How about random spurts of information? Sound good to you? M'kay, just making sure!
1. Lately i've developed an interest.. an attracted fascination with mister interesting
himself, Dan Aykroyd.
The man believes in aliens, ghosts, loves The Twilight Zone, is fascinated with criminals
and police officers, has syndactylism: a birth defect where several digits are fused
together, was born with complete heterochromia; his right eye is blue and his left eye is
brown, as a child in the early 1960s - he was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome and
Asperger syndrome (the symptoms subsided by the age of 14), he's ambidextrous, has his own
wine company, and majored in Criminology, Sociology and Psychology but chose to go into show
business.
That's INTERESTING!

I've been trying to compose him a fan letter for a little while
now. I just have no clue what to say to him. People with that stem of brilliance leave
me at a stand still. What would you say?

Anyway, enough of my meticulous evaluations!
I'm hungry.

And as a service for my readers who have difficulty with their hearing (?).. I will repeat
that last statement aided by the headmaster for NYC's School for the Hard of Hearing,
Garret Morris.
Me: Our top statement today, Patricia is presently feeling a little bit famished!
Garret: OUR TOP STATEMENT TODAY, PATRICIA IS PRESENTLY FEELING A LITTLE BIT FAMISHED!

Thank you, Garret.

(And Kudos to you guys who get the reference.)

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow!

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist Movie Taaag! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27372436/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27372436/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:21:50 PDT

to do this quizzie-majigger-thing!
Listing my top ten favorite films.
This is gonna be a tough one for me.. i've literally seen thousands and would love to be a movie critic. But i'll give it a shot.

1. Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW - It was the first flick to ever convey the message to me that film-making was an art, an art that showed with just the right amount of angle to the camera or with a long enough pause for suspense.. could exude magic.
It taught me to appreciate movies and a well-cultivated Jimmy Stewart impersonation.

2. ANNIE HALL - Like most on the list, I have this one memorized by heart.

That's
how much I love it. The quirky puns.. the lobsters.. and Woody Allen's little neroutic self always cheers me up!

3. Stanley Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - Okay, this one isn't for everyone's taste but it's a favorite of mine for the idealogical mindfuck it can have do. Annnd.. their is a poster right in front of my bed of Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge..
He is one of few that has the ability to turn me into a quivering wasted piece of jelly.

4. Carl Reiner's THIS IS SPINAL TAP - This hysterical look into rockumentaries can be summed up in two words: Nigel Tufnel. And then two more words: Big Bottom. Oh, and one number: Eleven.

5. Jeff Stein's THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT - A collection of videos, recordings and interviews that make me fall even more for The Who every time I watch it.
And any movie where I can see Keith Moon being whipped by a domanatrix (fake or not) is alright by me! xD

6. A DAY AT THE RACES - I'm a Marxer. Always have been a Marxer, always will be a Marxer. Not sure what a Marxer is? Well, lemme clue you in! That's the term used for big Marx Brother's fans. I.E. Groucho (my personal favorite), Harpo (a close second), Chico,
Zeppo, Gummo and the other Marx noone ever talks about. The Marx Brother's were a family
comedy troupe that originated in 1920's Vaudeville stage acts before hitting it big time with
back to back hits of "talkie" pictures. This one being one of the winners. And for good reason..
The sight gags and jokes don't come any funnier. Did I mention Groucho's my favorite?

7. HAROLD AND MAUDE - I just realized something. Most of, in fact all of my favorites are
older. This being another classic I hold dear because the ideas are just too brilliant and go
to show you their's somebody for everyone.
Harold is 20 years old, fixated with death, interested in ways to fake suicide, and drives a
hearse. Maude is an 80 year old radical who wants nothing more then to enjoy life to each
and every degree she can, even if it means stealing a cop's bike to go and plant a tree..
They fall in love.

8. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - The first and best of The Beatle's film series, I suppose it's the easiest job in the world to act when you get to play yourself. :3

9. Frank Capra's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, macabre, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Peter Lorre, Cary Grant, Josephine Hull! Sweet little old ladies
poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in their basement, with a brother who thinks he's
Teddy Roosevelt... that's entertainment. :3

10. HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL - Because Vincent Price is my favorite actor, I couldn't leave one of his movies off my list ever. Especially as well constructed as this one is. It has all of the cheap thrills and spooks that make me a happy horror movie lover! <3 <3 <3

10 Honorable Mentions:
(Haha! For the ones that deserved a spot on the list!)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DR. STRANGELOVE
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
DROP DEAD FRED
FARGO
A CHRISTMAS STORY
MURDER BY DEATH
MONTY PYTHON (GRAIL, MEANING, BRIAN)
THE BLUES BROTHERS

1st: Make sure to tell people if you tag them.

2nd: 7 people or less.

3rd: You DO NOT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE

I tag:

http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27353886/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:33:35 PDT

Man, it's not even noon yet and I could already curl up in a dark hole somewhere and sleep
through the rest of September. WHICH I might add, has gone by quicker then I ever would
have thought... this whole year, man. Where has it gone? And why do I sound so old..
You know you've become an adult in some way when you actually notice time starting to fly.

Anyway!

Here I am, in my new Tuesday ritual of accompanying Katie to school and bumming Wi-Fi for several hours until we depart on some grand and glorious adventure that hath not unfurled
yet.
Which, in the end signifies:
"Katie, does Steak and Shake sound good to you? We have those coupons.."
"Yeah, sounds good. After class?"
"Mhm."

I don't really have anything major to clue you guys in on about life.. um, went to the
dentist last week which I still am feeling the aftershocks from. It feels like she loosened
my teeth just from all of the scraping! Maybe I should just smile internally from now on..
Hmm, I did have more to do, as in upload another poem and Horace & Tommel picture but
this college library filters out your ability to upload pictures or visit some high
risk sites. Guess it will just have to wait.

Aw! I just saw Frodo Baggin's twin walk by, that was the most adorable thing. Oh, and there
went Michael Jordan if he had been born caucasian!
...

Aren't short term attention spans fun?
Leave me alone, i'm tired.

Since I have nothing to talk about, how are YOU all doing? Give me some updates on
anything you want to - New job, childhood dreams, washed your dog today, whatever.

Love, peace and all that jazz!
-- Patricia aka RiverMist

]]> ~RiverMist I'll Do It Just Because It's Stolen... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27259147/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27259147/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:52:39 PDT

who stole it from the just as
devious

(so i'm really stealing it from her!) who stole it from the
world of Myspace..
That sounds like a bible study beginning. "And so and so stole the quiz from so and so.."

Lets start it off with, why are you single?
Because A. I haven't found the right one and probably won't living in a place like this where
every guy you know either wants to talk trucks or deer hunting.. and B. As my best friend
Katie stated, I don't really feel the need to be in a relationship right now. I'm happy just being free, with my friends, pets and family.

If you were paid 1 million dollars to spend the night in a supposed haunted house would you?
I don't need the million dollars... i'd do it now without pay if I could. In fact, you
know what would be awesome? Staying overnight at that hotel in Colorado that's supposedly
haunted. The one Stephen King based the 'Overlook Hotel' in 'The Shining' on.
*sigh* One day.

You're locked in a room with the person you last kissed, how is it?
That's cool, i've always wanted to practice survival nad twisting techniques.. he'd be
the perfect target.

Tell us a story:
Once upon a time,
sat a little fool,
and under the little fool,
sat a little stool.
And under the little stool,
their was a little ghoul.
If only the fool..
had stayed on the stool.
Poor little fool, poor little fool.
Now on the stool,
sits the little ghoul.
The End

Have you ever been told that you were going to hell?
Yeah, that's one reason I stopped going to the church I was attending.. it's not the morals
taught that bother me, it's the people.

How do you feel about your hair right now?
I actually was thinking not less then 5 minutes ago "I need a brush.."

If you could put last night on repeat, would you?
Sure.. any time Katie and chill and laugh is a night worth repeating, dontcha know!

What was the most memorable thing that happened last summer?
The Move! Oh my God, you want to talk about memorable! Packing all of our shit into
a tool trailer and having to have a tow truck get us out of our driveway before we could
leave. Then having to stay with one of my mom's friends whom we just recently found out
has cancer... why watch soap operas when life is like one?

It's not all morbid though, I got my soul mate back! That's the important thing.

Have you ever gone out of your way to do something meaningful?
Yes, not necessarily for the idea of being "meaningful" but I try to do a lot of things for
people that I would like to be done for me. Especially for my mother, Katie, and any little
critter that comes my way.

Are you missing someone right now?
I've been missing my Nana quite a bit lately.. and it's strange because most of the
time I get too caught up in life to really think about it.
I said some really harsh things to her when she was alive and, it really has been
hurting me that I never got the chance to apologize for my cruel, teen behaviour.
I wish I could..

Are you good at hiding your feelings?
Depends. I prefer to hide them because it saves questioning.. but then "some" people
know me like an open book and make it pretty hard to hide. *cough*

*cough*

Has anyone ever told you that they want to spend the rest of their life with you?
Nope. Aside from friends.

Are you afraid of falling in love?
Yes. I've never been in love before.. aside from the kind I can never attain. I'm scared
of letting my heart become that involved, of actually trusting someone enough to risk
getting my heart broken.

First and last name of the last person who texted you?
Christy YouKnowWho

Did y... ]]> ~RiverMist What's your Worst Song or Music Video? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27225555/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27225555/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:15:25 PDT

went on a fiery rampage of looking up Who/Beatle cover songs that should burn in the furthest level of hell..)
I was curious.
What would you consider to be the absolute WORST song or music video ever made?

Here's my first pick that nearly made it hard for me to contain myself in this public
library. It's a wee bit graphic but:
[link]

This gets honorable mention:
[link]

And then just a few more random ones:
[link]

[link]

[link]

[link]

]]> ~RiverMist RIP Patrick Swayze http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27217122/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27217122/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:49:38 PDT [link]

So yeah... Patrick Swayze died today at 57.

He had pancreatic cancer.. and even though I had known about his illness for
quite some time it still is a blow to hear. Growing up, 'Dirty Dancing'
and 'Ghost' were two movies that were always.. always.. in my movie collection.
I even went through a big Swayze phase in my youth where I had to see
EVERY movie he had starred in (even now I remember thinking
when watching King Solomon's Mine that he had some form of cancer, before
the news was pulicized.)
And then earlier this morning.. I caught myself thinking about the episode of
SNL where he and Chris Farley had a Chippendale dance off. *sighs*

......

RIP Pat, as far as I am concerned.. you'll never be put in the corner either.

]]> ~RiverMist Nippie Mockers and Stolen Tags http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27137009/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27137009/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:06:22 PDT

journal I feel a wee bit sick. Hilary Duff singing
The Who's My Generation, it's enough to make you wonder why we haven't resorted to living
in caves again and grunting for food.
Probably because a fair few of us out their actually RESPECT the originals and will continue
by passing it onto our friends, co-workers and even kids one day. I know my ankle biters are
going to be raised on a healthy diet of Townshend's brilliance, Joplin's power, and Parsons Project's cool-ass name. Rock on with me, guys. Rock on.

Oh, speaking of rock... so we were discussing the idea of stereotypes earlier (and the fact
that "specifically" we have no label) but, just for a bit of fun, I coined a phrase today for Katie and I that just seems to fit.

Nippie Mockers.

Let it sink in momentarily... *waits patiently tapping her foot* Okay, that's enough.

Nippie, a combintation of New and Hippie. Mockers, combining Mods and Rockers (well, that last word technically belongs to Ringo Starr because he uses it in 'A Hard Day's Night' but
i'll buy the rights if he ever comes knocking on my door.. which would be rather rad
actually.)
It's a name symbolizing the people who were born today but live for the yester-year cause.
Saying, yes, we may live now.. but our hearts still beat firmly in a time long since past.
As is in my case, the 60's and 70's. The music.. feeling that the belief in something right was worth standing up for.. when hope and change was more then slogans for presidental
campaigns. It was seen in action.
Sure, I know it had it's downfalls and I know that not everything was seen through rose
colored lenses. But at least a sense of unity reigned for a little while.. and they had
a hell of a lotta good tunes to jam out to on the picket lines. Haha.

Here here to the Nippie Mockers!

Anyway, enough of my rambles. Who's for a tag?

Stolen from

because it looked fun.

Name your top 10 most played bands on iTunes (Or Last.FM):
I'm just using the bands I listen to most of all.

1. The Who
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Beatles
4. The Kinks
5. Queen
6. Elton John
7. T. Rex
8. The Rolling Stones
9. Pink Floyd
10. Moody Blues

>What was the first song you ever heard by 6 (Elton John)?
Hm.. that's difficult to say. My mum is a biiig Elton John fan so i've heard him
throughout my childhood. Haha, actually, I can tell you! It was when The Lion King first came
out and we bought the soundtrack. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" as a little girll.

Ah.. I love when those kind of memories flash back.

>What is your favorite album of 2 (Led Zeppelin)?
The first they ever did, simply titled after their name: 'Led Zeppelin'.
I fell in love with the song "Communication Breakdown" when I heard it a couple of years
back.

>What is your favorite lyric that 5 (Queen) has sung?
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me

Fat Bottomed Girls have to be on there.. and also:

Drop of a hat she's as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild!

Ah, I love Killer Queen. Great song.

>How many times have you seen 4 (The Kinks) live?
Haha.. none and probably never will, they split apart long before I was even born,
and now Ray Davies has gone the Country route. Sad, really. But i'll still be
listening to them for years to come I know that much.

>What is your favorite song by 7 (T. Rex)?
"Bang-a-Gong (Get it on)" Man, Marc Bolan made that song sex on record...
I recently watched a video where he and David Bowie collaborated on it and
discovered that I must have extensive salivating glands.

>What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10 (Moody Blues)?
Well, one is... ]]> ~RiverMist SHH!! Cries the Librarian http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27112079/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27112079/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:21:02 PDT with flying colors and did fine yesterday when she was still drugged out of most of the pain.
Today, not so much, while they still have her on the morphine pump she's really sore and
hardly getting much rest. She WOULD get more pain medication if the damn doctor
would see her and answer some of her questions.. which he hasn't since surgery I might add.
They had discussed even releasing her today but those chances are pretty unlikely now that the pain has flared up and he's been a no-show to dress her incision or even check on her
progression.
What gets me though is it took them for-fucking-ever last night to even get a meal to her
because he wasn't around to give the "say-so" that it was okay!

Right now i'm hanging around Katie's college in the library just to pass some time before we
both go back up to the hospital. Right now, I think i'm going to shut this baby down and
crack out my sketch pad that hath been gathering dust for hopefully a little art block
breaking.

I'll keep ya posted of the changes, guys. And much appreciation to all of you who sent
yor well wishes.. my own heart goes out to friends who still care in the world.

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist Waiting Room Rambles of Surgery and Such http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27089794/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27089794/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:59:09 PDT Y'know something, hospital cafeteria food isn't all that bad either.. I
just got back from filling my belly because i'm probably going to be in here a while.
Mom has gone into extensive fusion back surgery (they're fusing her spine together with
cadaver bone basically) and she's going to be in surgery for probably a good 6 hours.
Thank God the people around here have been really helpful with where to go and who to talk
to.. otherwise I would've been a nervous wreck, mostly from lack of sleep.
She's going to be staying here for a week or so and then the rest of the recovery time will
be spent at home. Katie will be coming by later after her classes are over but until then..
it's just yours truly here, keeping everyone posted of the updates. I'm not much of a pray-er myself, but during times like these it never hurts to send up a word of smooth sailing for the rough seas ahead. Just keep my mom in your own prayers, guys, I would appreciate it.

*sigh* Well.. I have some time to kill.. what else can I tell ya?
Ah, hell, why not just get it all out somewhere while i'm feeling it. Maybe then it won't plague my mind so much. Sound good to you guys? Me too.

In essence, I had a pretty downer of a day yesterday.
Everything seemed to have piled up to the point that I had no idea how to express "what" specifically was wrong (besides it being Keith's Deathday and my crappy little journal that had no real depth being the only thing I could crank out to show for it.)
It's almost like hitting a critical standstill point, where nothing seems to be moving for you but everyone else is passing go and collecting 200$ plus a bonus!
Even now, I feel locked up, like my creativity has been leeched right out of my body and I have nothing left to offer the world but a blank sheet of paper or an unfinished story. Every thought is screaming in my head: You prick, what right have you to bask in the luxury of sadness? You've only dug this hole for yourself, so accept it! Sure, you see your friends around you growing up and moving on with their lives.. but what have you accomplished? Driver's license, where is it, eh? Gotten your GED yet? Hm? Even opened the book to study? Hmm? They'll go on to succeed in their dreams... 'your' dreams... because they've worked for it, but you'll still remain ignorant. You say you want to be an artist, to see the world.. yet you still live by that same ole' "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow" tradition. Walking the same path laid before you.. because you haven't the drive to create your own. Such a shame..

I have noone to blame for it but me... I know that.
But even knowing the worst about yourself when knocking on Responsibilitie's door,
their is a little girl standing on the porch still shaking with paralyzing fear of change and possible failure.. wanting nothing more then to hide and cry it away as she always did in the past. But sadly, a thousand tears couldn't help with this one.. this puzzler of trying to "begin" with no beginning.
At times I wonder if it might just be better to give it all up, to give in to the cowardice and fear with the easy escape route. Sure, it might be the ultimate act of self obsessed pity but it still buzzes like an annoying fly. Maybe that just shows the pain.. personally I think it just makes me a pain in the ass.
My mom's in fucking surgery and i'm pissing and moaning about not being able to start a life because of lack of motivation *deep breath* with the comforting option of death if that proves true? Geez, wake the fuck up, Patricia!
I need to stop thinking so much in waiting rooms... they're so depressing. I wonder what everybody is waiting for? One woman I see is waiting to take calls for her loved one, one man is waiting on his friend to bring him a sausage and biscuit.. what am I waiting for?

......

That's the real question right there, isn't it? What am I waiting for.

Right now i'm waiting on a phone call to tell me how my mom is. And that's the only thing
that matters right now.

Talk to you guys later.

]]> ~RiverMist For the Loco Lunar Lad we all Loved http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27078849/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27078849/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:13:02 PDT
So maybe this will be poetry enough.

I don't have it in me to draw today, my pain would leak through the pen.

He wouldn't have wanted tears staining something flashing his name...

Who would with a name like his anyway? Who, who, who, who...

And even if I cracked open the paints, and mixed them together for an encore.

It still would never add up to the 3 decades and 1 blink that have gone by.

To the bottles of cheer still rolling around, waiting to bubble for the death of a clown.

I will wave goodbye to the toothless grin.. but not forever.

You see? The legend lives on regardless. For those who care to remember.

Maybe in the end, that's poetry enough.

Keith John Moon... too soon man, too soon.
1946-1978 RIP

I hope God installed cameras and hired better security when you entered the Pearly Gates!

]]> ~RiverMist Tap's Back From the Dead http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27057855/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/27057855/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:15:33 PDT Sounds like some sort of relentless... wailing.. mantra..

So I finally was able to find a copy of Spinal Tap's new album (amazing when you have to travel 50 miles away JUST to find a little bit of pop culture you like) and it made me realize something... well several somethings...

1. Christopher Guest can do a mean duck impersonation and "Physically you cannot overload the bass spectrum... it's impossible."

2. If I could have one "out there" dream - besides Katie and myself aiding Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey in a Who encore and joining the two after for a lovely nightcap... it would be to start
a female-based imitation rock group called "Epidural" and headline for Tap with such smash hits as 'Smack the Baby (Doctor, Doctor)' and P.S. - PMS (of course the European title for that would be The Red Sea's Flowin' Dry) with special guest star Elwood Blues giving a rousing Harmonica solo during that final bridge.
*le sigh*
To dreeeeeeam the impossible dreeeeeeeeam....

Anywho, I also found Katie this John Lennon collection that I hope her Lennon obsessed self
likes (enters Katie "I LOOOOOOOOOOVE it") and a 6 DVD collection of Buster Keaton and
Charlie Chaplin silent films for my overly happy self. It was a good day!

]]> ~RiverMist In the Year 1969... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26984031/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26984031/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:47:16 PDT
Hello germs and fungi!

Saw the new film 'Taking Woodstock' today with Katie and her cousin.. it was some kind of
wonderful and i'm now raring to see the original Marty Scorcese film 'Woodstock' again.

Or just find a time machine and jumpstart myself back to the 60's.

How about this... we all just start using the lingo again, kay?

Beautiful. Fab. Groovy.

]]> ~RiverMist From The Break Room http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26956013/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26956013/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:46:54 PDT (especially you Dawn and Britt!), it's been on the fritz for a good two days now and I
can send out messages but can't recieve them.
I swear, the first person who stumbled upon how to manipulate a computer virus should be
strung up by his nads until death. Oh yes, i'm almost 99.9% sure they were male..

Ah, so what can I tell you... it's almost 2 o'clock, i'm sitting in one of the break rooms of Katie's college and waiting on her to get out of her drawing class. I'm wondering if she's
shading in circles.. or squares.. while I myself just finished up a rough sketch of Ringo
Starr in my Bristol pad.
His teeth aren't long enough and his eyes are too squashed.

Erm, i'm sleepy, hungry, uncaffinated and running out of things to look up online.. after the general is out of the way their really isn't much else to do.
So I figured it was the perfect time to put up another journal!

I'm not really sure what's wrong with me at the mo'.. maybe it's a combination of all of
the things forementioned, maybe a cheeseburger and a nap would pep me up a bit. *sigh*
But we're back on the diet again (key word being "die") and i'm hell bent damned determined to follow it this time.
.........
Man, college students are noisy. It sounds like a high school cafeteria in here only the
voices are a little deeper and the lingo is a little more sophisticated.
Anyway..... the Roger Daltrey concert two month countdown began a few days ago (Was it yesterday? Lordie, my days are screwed up.) and as Katie has already mentioned... we both
are teetering on the brink of overexcitement and about to fall off. Apparently the tickets are now verified and our tour tee shirts should be sent via snail mail fairly soon.

Gr, think happy! Think happy!

Oops, interruption time. I'll finish up on this later..

Peace, love and rock 'n' roll!

--Patricia aka RiverMist

]]> ~RiverMist Loooooong Music Survey http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26844336/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26844336/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:34:29 PDT
Note: And if any of this seems vague and pointless, refer to

's journal... her answers are basically everything I want to say but can't put into words. Because the whore is good like that. It's amazing how much we end up answering alike, because the funny thing is... we're doing this apart! Ah, half of her brain belongs to me.. it's copyrighted. I also have her whole heart,.. so I actually end up caring!
(And she also doesn't know that when I was a child, I stole her tonsils. That's right.. and her appendix... but I let that remain in her body for safe keeping. I'd lose it...)

STOP COPYING ME, KATIE! DAMMIT!

Anywho! On with the survey....

1. Favorite band(s) or artist(s):
The Who first and foremost, but I think we all know that.
Besides that.. Moody Blues, Kinks, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Blue Oyster Cult, The Clash, Green Day, Beach Boys, T-Rex, Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Spinal Tap, Journey, Pearl Jam, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Oasis, The Ramones, The Mamas and the Papas, Jan and Dean, Nirvana, The Guess Who, Steve Miller Band, The B-52's, Smokey Robinson, Deep Purple, David Bowie, Boston, Bad Company, Billy Joel, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Phil Collins, Ozzy, Alice Cooper, Weezer, The Yardbirds, Yes, Peter Frampton, Billy Idol, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steppenwolf, Seether, The Bacon Brothers, The Doors, Bush, Bay City Rollers, Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, CCR, Train, Matchbox Twenty, The Eagles, Floyd, Joplin, Elton John, Queen, Hollies, Animals, and The Cure! Plus many, many more.

2. Favorite classic and modern metal band or artist:
My favorite classic metal band is a mixture between Zeppelin and AC/DC... although Zep would
be cream of the crop. Jimmy Page being one of the first to revolutionize the squeal that most metal bands still try poorly to mock today, and of course... who couldn't get over Robert Plant's chiller of a voice?

Modern metal band - I honestly don't have one.

3. Favorite grunge band or artist:
The first: Nirvana. Period. Kurt Cobain's legacy will never be outdone in my eyes.

4. Favorite pop group or artist:
Besides, as my bestie mentions in her own journal, the Backstreet Boys because we grew up with them and they still rock... another would be Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas's voice in "Unwell" still makes me smile.

5. Favorite hip-hop or rap group/artist:
Ah, the genre that pauses me a moment.
Run DMC and Dr. Dre still hold my old schooler's heart because they actually rapped about something with a purpose.. not just about fondling, drugging and money that so many artists I hear of from today seem to put in their music.

6. Favorite country group or artist:
Eh.. Lonestar perhaps. Or Reba McEntire. Yet again, not my thing.. in this case I have favorite songs, not groups or artists. If I like it, i'll listen to it.

7. Favorite male solo artist:
My mind is screaming "You know who it is... Pete Townshend, ya dumbass!" which in reality, it is.
In The Who he was the heart, but with his own solo career he was the soul.. nothing can compare
to the bitter, emotional, and even cynically humourous songs that the man could churn out about as easy as butter.

8. Favorite female solo artist:
Janis Joplin... the woman had a raw and unchained power behind her voice which left even the casual listener in complete awe over what she was trying to tell the world. A message that always came across clear as crystal. That, I envy.

9. Favorite surfer group or artist:
The Beach Boys. Jan and Dean. The Surfaris, Turf Surfers, Board Bums... seriously, I can't pick just one. Surfer music to me is happy music, it's hard to let yourself be depressed when Barbara Ann or Wipe Out twangs on. *dances*

10. Favorite punk rock group or artist:
The Clash, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Green Day, The Cure, Billy Idol... they each have their own
bad ass quality you can't help but adore to pieces. And with a rebel yell, I cry MORE, MORE, MORE...

11. Favorite Jazz group or artist:
I'm not much for jazz, although Kenney G.'s sax playing is completely bitchin'.

He's my favorite jazz... ]]> ~RiverMist Um.. Journal... Um.. Interesting Title http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26825667/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26825667/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:57:03 PDT journal off of my page.. I won't apologize for speaking my mind but I will apologize for
how my words were somehow taken out of context and thought of as "inconsiderate" or "bashing"... not my intention at all. I was merely making a point that could have been
summed up in a few less words then an irritated rant.
Bottom line: Don't ignore or flare up at the hard truths of a person's past, especially a celebrity.. realize they happened and walk out with your love still intact.
They're human.

It's okay to be a die hard fan, just remember you're not the only one.

*sigh*

ANYWAY.. moving on! Katie and I went with her cousin to the Memphis zoo today, have you
ever noticed that polar bears have black skin?
Me neither.
It was a pretty good day, apart from the tense moment of cop interaction which i'm sure
Katie will fill you in all about later.

Erm... the tree was finally taken off of our house and our neighbors now have enough firewood
to last all winter! See.. it all works out. Mmmmmmhm.

And with that, my computer is about to die.

So goodnight.. peace, love and rock'an'roll (preferably anything before '85)

]]> ~RiverMist The Keith Moon Fan Rant http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26798239/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26798239/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:37:38 PDT off guard from friends and even family. This is for them.

It's okay to be an obsessive Keith Moon fan.
Really, it is.
But.. some things can be over the line. Everything listed here is representative of at least one Keith Moon fan I've come across either in real life or on the internet fan community. I'm not exaggerating at all, which means these people are really out there and we should all be terrified.

1. You get overly-emotional at the mention of Keith's death
I get sad, too, when I think about Keith dying way back in 1978 (before the idea of me even existed). I get sadder, though, when I think about my nana dying when I was 16. Bottom line: as important as Keith feels to you, you are but a fan living thirty years after his death. He is not family, and the two of you share no connection. At all. A television show discussing the exact details of Keith Moon's death should not bring you to hysterical tears. Save your tears for when your dog Skippy dies.

2. You choose to ignore Keith's flaws
I say this with nothing but love for the man: Keith Moon was kind of a dick. For starts, he was a crappy dad. He barely paid attention to his only child. Secondly, he got drunk constantly and beat the hell out of his wife. Not only that, but he paraded women into his home and slept with them, sometimes while his wife was home. Can we all agree that this is the behavior of a dick? Way too many of his young fans like to excuse this behavior and say "He was a really nice guy, and he only did those bad things when he was drunk!" So if you're a drunk famous guy, that makes ADULTERY, SPOUSAL BATTERY, and CHILD NEGLECT okay? If some white trash guy in Alabama acted the way Keith Moon did, we'd all call him a terrible person. The same rules apply to dead British drummers, so stop saying that Keith was perfect despite his enormous faults as a person.

3. You honestly believe Two Sides Of The Moon is the greatest album you've ever heard
Really?! I mean....really?!?! If you enjoy this album for any reason other than the sheer novelty of hearing Keith and Co. having some drunken fun, you're an r-tard. Listen to it once and have a laugh on Keith, but if you put this album into your listening rotation, you have no taste in music. And if you tell people it's the greatest album ever, you're insane. People will laugh at you (assuming they're even familiar with this obscurity). On the list of greatest albums ever made, Two Sides Of The Moon would not make the list. It wouldn't even just miss the cut. So stop thinking your adoration of Keith's only album somehow makes you a bigger fan. It doesn't. It makes you an asshole.

4. You consider Keith your guardian angel
I'm not making this up; I actually read a journal entry where somebody called Keith Moon their guardian angel. I don't even know what to say to that. Assuming there's an afterlife, what makes you think that a dead drummer, who had hundreds of adoring fans, is going to single you out and watch over your daily life? You have to be on drugs, or else very, very stupid, to actually believe this.

5. You explain away all of Keith's faults by saying "Oh, it was the pills and the alcohol"
Oh, I see. So since Keith chose to ingest assorted pills and wash them down with a couple of brandys, then he isn't responsible for his actions? Someone should give that message to all the people doing time for a DUI charge. Two words: bull shit. I can't believe anyone can attempt to excuse his awful behavior by saying he was blocked up with drugs and alcohol. If anything, it makes him more accountable for his actions. Keith's drunken behavior must have been pointed out to him a thousand times by his friends and family, and he solved the problem by upping his dosages. That kind of makes him a thoughtless douche.

6. You believe you share a special bond with Keith
This one makes me laugh out loud. More and more I'm finding these deranged fans who seem to think they share some kind of special relationship with Keith. This is retarded on several counts: first off, HE'S DEAD. Keith isn't forging relationships with anyone except other dead guys. Secondly, much like those people who believe Keith is there guardian angel, there is a certain arrogance in believing that the man chose YOU, out of his hundreds of thousands of fans, to share a deeper bond with. You aren't special to Keith, and you never will be, because he's DEAD. So I suggest you get over it.

Casting all of this aside... it's still okay to love him.
To appreciate what he has done and the kindness that belied all of the negativity.. you have to realize that noone, especially he.. was perfect. And you know what? Would you have liked him if he was?
I know I wouldn't have.

Ta.

Bye for now. ~RiverMist Just Can't Get Over the Moon http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26783325/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26783325/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:00:58 PDT
So apart from the obvious hussle and bussle of my ordinary life, today (if you
would all take a moment to recall) is Keith Moon's birthday. The Who's Patent British Exploding Drummer would have been 63, and i'm sure a toilet or two would have lost their
lives in some tragic, unusual circumstance had he been around to set off the cherry bombs.
Maybe a few unknowns out there will kindly do so in his memory...

In a moment of retrospect, I find it a touch sad that our generation will never be able to see a custom-made drumset explode with just a waggle of what appeared to be magical eyebrows sitting behind the kit.. except through the eyes of a camera that captured it 30 years ago.

Ah well, given the fact that we still do have the camera footage, I consider it disrespectful
to mope and whine about his death. I'm sure that whereever he is, he's alot happier there with the drumsticks then with any of the limitations this place held... although right now, i'm not sure he had very many limitations.

Love ya, Moons.

-Patricia

Oh.. and I choose apprehensive as my mood because i've always adored the little Sherlock
Holmes icon.. hehe.

]]> ~RiverMist RogerticketsPeteletterandlotsofotherupdates http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26530050/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/26530050/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:06:08 PDT That title is a mouthful..
Hello ALL of you other homo sapiens and lovely chaps alike! It seems i'm becoming lazier and lazier with writing journals.. once a month is seriously poor on my part.
As I sit here in our hometown's library parking lot, mooching off Wi-Fi and listening to the clack-clack-clacking of Katie writing her own journal (and listening to her brilliance in action as she reads it aloud!) I can not do anything but smile, such wonderful circumstances have opened doors for the pair of us lately.
1. Roger Daltrey is going on tour this fall and our request for Meet and Greet tickets finally went through.. my excitement is literally oozing out of my eye sockets! Not to mention the fact that we are promised autographs, pictures with him and t-shirts.. and just as my dear counterpart next to me has stated, that leaves me until the end of October to get my fat ass in shape. *sigh*
BUT..
The countdown has begun, it is exactly 80 days until his concert. HOORAY!

2. Sticking to the Who topic (which seems to be a main one around here these days): Katie and I finally (after a good year of trying) finished our fan letters to the dear, wonderful, beautiful, awesome, spectacular, magnificent, slightly holy, amazing, sexy, tortuous, great, albeit, completely moody yet oh so pleasing, Mr Peter... Dennis... Blandford... Townshend.
*deep breath and nearly passes out*
(This title copyrighted to the One Who Sitith Beside Me.. although I did add 'slightly holy'..

)
It was surprisingly simple (knock on artifical wood) to send our letters via our glooorious postal service and only cost 4 bucks each. Note to self to write another letter to our city council asking the postal service people for raises.
Oh and besides the letter, I ended up sending along one poem and some of my artwork including 'I'm Just A Mad Scribble' from my gallery. Part of me is still a little nervous about doing that but eh, if he doesn't like it i'm sure it will be an excellent flamable to keep him warm!

3. Katie might be buying a guinea pig soon.. or some other form of furry wildlife to add to her room decor. No, she isn't going to tack him to the wall.. that would just be... cruel.
I wonder what sort of fine that would get? Man, my mind wonders some really odd shit
sometimes.
Anywho! I can just see the little critter in his plastic ball wandering between our rooms. :3

4. Erm.. other then that, my updates are running short, besides a few personal ones like doctors and therapist visits that my insurance won't grudgingly cover and my sister announcing that her boyfriend finally popped the question, life goes on.. much as it has since birth.
My mom is still trying to have her major back surgery and should be having it done anytime now.. and if it would help her pain as well as her attitude towards everyone, then i'm all for it.

Well, lads and lasses, that's about it for now since my wee mind carn't dig up any other interesting goodies to clue you in on but lemme just say, i'll try not to go so long between these things anymore because I want to hear how everybody else is too!

Now.. off into Pepperland and beyond the Sea of Green! Oh, how my love for the Beatles comes out, has anyone else seen A Hard Day's Night by any chance? Lovely movie. Lovely movie.
Peace, cio and chow down!

-- Patricia aka Rivermist aka PattyCakes aka "Oh, it's her.."

]]> ~RiverMist Insomniac Rambles and Fake Friend Repostage http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25765522/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25765522/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:27:08 PDT
No offense, but ... There are some people who are getting too fake on dA. They only want posts, comments, or to see how many friends they can get. So let's see who will actually re-post this. This is a test to see who's paying attention. This is a test to see how many people in my friends list actually pay attention to me. Copy and re-post in your own bulletin. Lets see who the true friends are and I think I know who you are... Re-post this if you are a friend...Don't reply... just copy and paste this in a new bulletin as "Fake Friends"
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Now then...

Happy belated Independence Day, everyone.
As tired as i'm momentarily feeling, sleep will probably evade me for another good 3 hours still. I just can't seem to get rest at a decent time anymore, what with door bangers at fucking midnight and undrawn/unwritten ideas that keep me up into the wee hours until they're finally
expressed.. most of which in the end, wind up crumpled in the garbage bin.
(Hey, poet who didn't know it.)
Eh, life is pretty dull right now, apart from spending time with

who, of course, makes everything a little better and easier to bare. Ah, where i'd be without the girl is a scary thought to me... especially alone at 4am when everything always seems a bit more terrifying. The best description: a grand funk magnification.
(And no, that's not some bad tribute to Grand Funk Railroad.. although the song 'We're An American Band' does indeed kick ass.)

Just, a general fear of the future - or lack of knowing what direction mine is going in. If any at all. Ah, at least this journal lends as an outlet for a bit of this emotional build-up.. *sigh*

On a lighter note, because we need some cheer: A little birdie informed me that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame within the past few days has opened a new Woodstock exhibit that will be shown through till sometime this November, i'm making it a point that Katie and I are getting back up there somehow before it ends. We had a glorious chance to honor Tommy's/Abbey Road's 40th anniversary in Louisville, now I want to honor Woodstock's 40th. To hopefully see Carl who remembers his "Who girls" and to get back to a place with a bit more pep in the average step... something you will never find here. Never. Ever.

Good thing we know where to go.

Cleveland rocks.. Cleveland rocks...

Night lads and lassies!

]]> ~RiverMist Birthdays and Deathdays.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25578130/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25578130/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:27:09 PDT Ha, I may just get this in before my most best and awesome buddy, Katie/

's birthday ends at midnight. Wouldn't that be something? And even if I don't.. at least I AM typing this before midnight so everyone will see just how slow of a typer I really am.

Hrm, what to tell you now? Well, today (or almost yesterday) Katie and I spent her birthday going to dine out at the lovely Chili's and to see Transformers 2 which was honestly better then I expected it to be. The action was pretty intense although the dialogue wasn't too great. Still: i'll watch it again.

She found herself a pair of very amazingly superb Who shoes that I fell in love with and will probably wear them until the soles fall out. She also got her ears repierced.. she's turning into a right little skank. Ah, I jest, I jest! Huh, what would the second piercing make me? Are their levels of skankiness? Ah, the mysteries of life are unlimited! *laughs*
I had fun, can you tell?

Apart from that, things are fairly fair, although my mom is still fighting the damned insurance companies into trying to help pay for her major required back surgery. Yes, it's quite a shitty deal and I know it's not her fault that it makes her ill as hell. I would be ill too if I was in pain 24/7: I just wish the attitude would falter away from yours truly for a change. It's having a toll on me with her just snapping heads off at the tiniest things. I want the mother I remember back.
Not to mention schooling has come to a standstill presently that I can't seem to focus enough willpower into changing. Might as well park my little car in the failure spot and pray for a tow.. and while we're on the feeling sorry for myself/sadness note, John Entwistle's death day is tomorrow.. no, today now. So it's been just 7 years since Thunderfingers left us, and he's sorely missed by me I can tell ya. I plan on writing or drawing him something later on today. Until then though, rest in peace Enty, because bed is calling me and it's speaking the language of sleeeeeeep! After all of my ramblings.

Oh, but before I depart, a quick shout out to

and

's snoozing kitty, Rainbow/Nigel/Freddy/Murmur/Boop/Stewart/Froggy/Rutle/Tibbles and sometimes Stanley!

Night everybody.

(As a point of vague interest: i've started teaching myself guitar on my new Fender Accoustic! Huzzah! I savagely hate the B and F chords...)

]]> ~RiverMist Stay Away From the Lillies, Chance... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25239565/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25239565/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:22:26 PDT And that leaves me the one in charge of keeping the dogs, Chance and Riggs, away from houseplants to do what comes naturally to them.

Thank God my sickness is pretty much gone except for a cough every once in a while, I actually feel up to living again.

Hmm.. besides that, artistically, I still am trying to force myself out of a bad block by developing some new ideas with my OC, Horace and the ideas that

and I have been tossing around about crossing The Who with A Clockwork Orange. (Which will be.. EPIC! Go to her journal and read to see what I mean.)
Speaking of The Who, I still need to finish the other 3 in the Album Series. *note to self*

Aaaaand, can I be all fangirlie for one brief moment in my cynical life and say something I actually never thought I would hear myself say? I've recently discovered I have a bit of a Trekkie in my heart and.. Spock... is... sexy as hell..

Seems illogical.

Heh, that's about it for now.

Much love to you all and hopefully more talk soon.

-- Patricia, your appointed Posey Piddle Protector.

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YouTube videos to remember:

[link] ("Back on the Road" by John Entwistle - Keith/John Tribute)
[link] (Pete Interview - David Letterman)
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[link] (Pete Interview 2 - Letterman)
http:// www .youtube.com/watch?v= PIjSQxMDYuI("Try Me" by John Entwistle - John Tribute - just take the spaces out)
http:// www. youtube.com/watch?v= PbPTu96Gn_s&feature=related (Pete Demo - Bellboy)
[link]
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[link] (The Who on Seize Millions De Juenes)
[link]
[link] (Pete in the studio messing around.. hilarious!)
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[link] (Best of Keith Moon)
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]]> ~RiverMist Eh.. What's Up, Doc? http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25126425/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25126425/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:58:15 PDT
So, to throw out a quick update: I'm well into week 2 of this sinus infection/German virus/garbage-bin-full-of-tissue nightmare and it's really left me tired and irritated with my immune system.
Apologies that I haven't been as active, answering comments slowly and such, but lack of internet access and art blocks are the main reasons. But hopefully, everything will eventually start to get better.

On the plus side: I finally found my Wacom pen which had disappeared on me! *rejoices*

Aaaaaand... it's not 5'000 degrees outside. I'm going to enjoy this cooler weather while it lasts, guys.

Peace, Love, and Hall's Cough Drops...

--Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist In Case of Emergency.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25057559/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/25057559/ Sun, 31 May 2009 18:48:40 PDT
(While viewing this, feel free to put on your most pompous accent, country of your prefered choice, and please.. speak allowed and enunciate as you read along. Ready? And we begin.)

As

looks out and upon the vast library parking lot in search of crawling insects on waterhoses (whilst sniffing the air for alcoholic beverages)
I, in my cough syrup state of inebriation, have decided to put up another journal for my own, droll benefit: it has been.. almost, on the nose, 2 years since I have known about the near, dear and completely sincere *drum roll... literally* Mr. Keith *dotdotdot* John *evenmoredotdotdots* Moon!
*dun dun dun duuuuuun*
*strange, ellaborate guitar/bass/vocal/brass instrumental insert*

That is all.
Much (and when I say much, I mean much more then much.. much.. ) love, respect, and complete adoration, affection, and whatever other gloriously, punctuated adjectives my little brain cannot even comprehend at the hour on which I write...

Now, I must depart, oho, tally ho!

*rides off into the Moonlight*

OHO, TALLY HOOOOOOOO!

---- Me

You.

Us.

... Them.

]]> ~RiverMist And Here's Where it All Ends... http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24950855/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24950855/ Mon, 25 May 2009 20:18:28 PDT Ah... man, how can a weekend of complete and absolute bliss, yes, that's the perfect word to describe it.. bliss, leave you feeling so melancholy? Easy answer: because all good things must sadly wrap up at some point. *le sigh* I really don't want to leave and make that fact official.

So today was our last day of the Abbey Road on the River Beatle's Fest and Katie and I have both, I believe, realized how much the entertainment/art industry seems to scream out our names.. no, i'm not talking epic. I wouldn't want high quality fame even if I could gain it, but just... the idea of standing up on stage and performing for the simple benefit of other people, letting everything go and sharing what you're passionate about.
Or even sitting behind a booth with a few personal sketches hanging out for the public to see.
If anything, that is where I can see myself, in that atmosphere, and Dennis.. God Bless the man wherever he is for giving the little push needed to keep reaching for the stars.
One of a kind... okay, lighter subject before I squall my heart out.

We got to see the second tribute performance of The Who's Tommy today! Just as amazing as the first showing which was on the 22nd by a band called All You Need is Love, they absolutely rocked our asses off. The lead singer reminded me of a jittery Phil Collins and was the most adorable man. And communitive, he told us after the show that we could have been his prompters because we could sing the whole album word for word.

And then all of the bands we saw signed our homemade shirts which I will post pictures later of when I get around to taking them.

Tomorrow morning we're heading back to Tennessee, so this is probably going to be my farewell for a while since we still don't have internet (AGH!) and let me just say..
I miss it already, Louisville.. all of the accents, Beatle's tee shirts and merchandise, ringing ears until 4 in the morning, dancing down the street unashamed of being our free-wheelin' selves, friendly faces glad you came back the next day... and friendly faces sad to see you leave.
Or in the end, maybe that's just my face.

"Live the life you love... love the life you live."
See you next year, Abbey Road. And see you guys later.

Peace Love & Rock 'n' Roll,

Patricia

]]> ~RiverMist Abbey Road on the River Fest - Day Uno http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24882700/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24882700/ Thu, 21 May 2009 22:35:20 PDT
This will probably be short, sweet and to the lovely point it has to make because right now i'm puuurdy tired. But I figured, hey, why not share a little of how awesome my day was and check out to see how all of my chums in cyberland are holding up?

Soo.. my mother,

and I are currently on trip in Louisville, Kentucky (pronounced "Louvul" for the likes of us southerners) and we are spending (excluding mum) 5 whole days soaking up Beatle Mania, as well as the whole classic rock genre period. Tomorrow is The Who's Tommy tribute.. my excitement literally radiates.

The downtown festival is apparently the largest in the country.. or is it world? (Katie,
when you write your own journal, elaborate on that for me.)The grass is green, the food stands are bleeding expensive and the atmosphere is my kind of aura.. you can't help but get thrilled over the smallest things. Like the word 'Moon' on Port-a-Potty's... or Pot-a-Porty's as I so humbly coined.

And most of the tribute bands, no, actually ALL have done a fantastic job at what they get paid for. Seriously. I want a picture with the German band and plan on getting it eventually.

One band we caught tonight, who were pretty amazing too, was from Japan and their guitarist was fucking John Lennon's twin... I swear, if he wasn't the product of some hush-hush Yoko pregnancy then i'll eat my new Ringo picture.

Speaking of Ringo pictures: I bought a drawing of him that another tribute band's lead had done, a mister Hal Bruce because I
feel like sending the man some love. He signed it and was a real sweetheart about me thinking that the copy was good enough to be bought. Hey, I can't help but support an artist who deserves the recognition.

And get this: we get 4 more days of this! Hell yes!
.....

Pictures will be coming soon (when my little eyes can stay open and manage it) but until then - Peace, Love and Rock 'n' Roll you guys!

*runs off humming 'I Am the Walrus'*

]]> ~RiverMist Top 10's Quiz-a-ma-jig http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24540236/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24540236/ Fri, 01 May 2009 23:41:59 PDT
Hope to see more of you guys in the days to come, although if I don't, loves and know i'm having a blast.. as usual.

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Your top 10 favorite movies:
1. Harold and Maude
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Rear Window
4. This is Spinal Tap
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. Tommy
7. Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. An American in Paris
9. An American Werewolf in London
10. Airplane!
(Young Frankenstein, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Christmas Story, etc, etc, etc.)

Top 9 facts that some people might not know about you:
1. As the only leftie in my family, it sometimes can be used as an excuse for why she "is the way she is."

2. My heart is abby normally large (no wise cracks like "You've got such a big heart!" unless you come into the ring prepared and fully armed.)
3. When you're slightly warm.. i'm burning up.
4. I get a certain amount of satisfaction out of thunderstorms.
5. I've yanked on Keith Richard's pinball machine.
6. I have quite a bad thing for drummers.
7. A self-proclaimed hippie too.
8. The last movie I watched was called 'The Curse of King Tut's Tomb'
9. Er... "Now when I die, now don't think i'm a nut, don't want no fancy funerals.. just one like ol' King Tut!"

(And that last one is dedicated to the years when Steve Martin was a damn comedy genius! What happened, Steve...?)

Your top 8 favorite TV shows:
1. Saturday Night Live (1975-1995)
2. Monty Python's Flying Circus
3. Alfred Hitchcock Hour ...love me some horror.
4. The Twilight Zone
5. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6. Rock Docs (VH1 Classic)
7. Ghost Hunters
8. Bob Ross's show on PBS.. he mellows me out and makes happy, little trees.

Top 7 considered/dream careers:
1. Art Director
2. Veterinarian
3. Comedian
4. Musician
5. Philosopher
6. Comic Illustrator
7. Full time dreamer.

Your top 6 celebrity crushes:
1. Keith Moon

2. John/Pete/Roger
3. Malcolm McDowell
4. David Naughton
5. Groucho Marx
6. Christopher Guest

Your top 5 favorite authors:
1. Stephen King.. i'm addicted to his short stories. And have a new book of them just begging to be read.
2. Anthony Burgess/Dean Koontz
3. Harper Lee/Ray Bradbury
4. Nathaniel Hawthorne/Sir Walter Scott
5. Emily Bronte

Your top 4 guilty pleasures:
(I have too many.)
1. The Who/Keith Moon... not really guilty but the biggest I have.

2. Branching off of that, classic music period.
3. Marx Brothers... can't get enough of Groucho!
4. Mel Brooks movies. "No, it's pronounced... Fronkensteen..." Yay, Gene Wilder!

Top 3 favorite songs:
Lord, JUST three off hand?? That's a toughie..
1. Keith Moon's version of "In My Life"
2. "What Noise Annoys a Noisy Oyster" by Neil Innes (You probably won't know him. Heh)
3. "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull
These I could hear over and over and never get sick of them.

Top 2 bands:
1. The Who.. no brainer there.
2. That ZepKinkBeatlesStonesMoodyJoplinAnimalsTullHolliesHermitsBowieQueenYardClashHendrixMamaPapaBeachBoyDoors band that's all the rage nowadays..

Top 1 reason to live:
1. To Love.

]]> ~RiverMist Just a Quick One.. http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24299830/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24299830/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:03:37 PDT

when my tired eyes really should be hitting the sack. Ah well, this is my last night of Wi-Fi and I probably won't be on much for a while to come... might as well mooch for as long as I can.

It was fun while it lasted.

Three things you wanna do before you die:
1. Make something of myself, preferably linked to an artistic outlet.
2. Meet either one of the remaining Who members and/or see them in concert.
3. Find somebody to love. ("Don't you waaant somebody to looove...")

Three names people call you:
1. Space Cowboy
2. Gangsta of Love
3. Maurice

Three nicks you have used:
1. Computer-wise? Trishaswish
2. Whimsical Wholigan
3. Trishkits

Three things of your physical you like the most
1. my eyes
2. my lips
3. my... er, kneecaps.

Three parts of your heritage:
1. English
2. Dutch
3. Scottish

Three things you're afraid of:
1. Failure in life.
2. Roller Coasters
3. Winding up alone, my teen years had too much of that..

Three essential things you do everyday:
1. Draw
2. Talk to Katie
3. Create new efficient ways of bettering our difficult, economic times as well as creating ways to save the extent of our planet through positive thinking and educating the ignorant into action.

Three things you're wearing right now:
1. Disco pants (well that's what they feel like)
2. "Who" shirt
3. My heart on my sleeve.

Three of your favorite bands:
1. The Who!
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Moody Blues

Three of your favorite ALBUMS.
1. Tommy
2. Quadrophenia
3. Who by Numbers

Three things you want in a relationship:
1. Trust. Key factor here.
2. Open-mindedness. (I'm the type who loves to have excitement and experimentation mixed in together *cough*drag*cough*.. intellectual conversation and kinkiness is where it's at, man.)

3. Love. Doesn't everyone want that?

Two true things and one lie (not necessarily in that
order)
1. I Love Keith John Moon. (Very much true!)
2. I'm addicted to old horror flicks and Marx Brothers movies. (Completely true.)
3. If I died today, I would die happily knowing I had done everything I wanted to do. (Fucking lie..)

Three physical things you like in the opposite
sex (or same sex)

1. Necks..
2. Eyes
3. Arms

Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Sketching.
2. Writing.
3. Mini-winged flamingo racing.

Three things you desperately want to do right now
1. I concur... Keith...
2. Sleep.
3. Magically lose about 30 pounds a day for the next week.

Three careers you're considering or you're doing:
1. Art Director
2. Illustrator
3. Veterinarian

Three places you want to go for Summer.
1. Cleveland
2. Cleveland...
3. Below Lake Erie, above Cincinatti...

Three names for your children:
1. Jude Riley
2. Keith Nathaniel
3. Janis Jocelyn (the kid would probably hate me...)

Three things that make you stereotypically a girl:
1. PMS
2. A thing for jewelry. Costume in particular.
3. Complete adoration for most 4-legged creatures.. although I also love my 8-legged friends too.

Three people you want to do that quiz:
1. Atticus Finch
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Bob Dylan

]]> ~RiverMist Just a Schmuck Survey! http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24266543/ http://RiverMist.deviantart.com/journal/24266543/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:02:04 PDT

who stole it from

who, in turn, stole it from someone else.

What's your favorite...

:: Colour ::
Eh, Black, Purple, and... for

's benefit, Bright Deco Pink! Sparkleeeey!

:: Disney film ::
Lady and the Tramp

:: Food ::
Italiano

:: Drink ::
Pepsi

:: Animal ::
Wolves

:: Movie ::
Harold and Maude, A Clockwork Orange, Tommy, any Monty Python, Rear Window.. etc.

:: Anime ::
I don't care for anime, sorry.

:: Manga ::
Same as previous.

:: Music Genre ::
Classic Rock. British Invasion/60's and 70's/

:: Band ::
Oh my gah, liek, I, liek, luuuuuv da Jonas Brothers!!1 They, liek, totully rock muh wurl...
*slaps self*
The Who. Period.
(Although David Bowie, The Beatles, Queen, The Clash, The Ramones, Moody Blues, The Kinks and Jethro Tull all... truly, "rock my world")

:: Artist ::

Salvador Dali
Music composing-wise: Pete Townshend/John Entwistle

:: Hobby ::
Drawing, writing, creating, etc.

:: Book ::
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

:: Celebrity ::
Keith Moon, of course.

I love the man.

Whats Your LEAST Favourite...

:: Colour ::
... Beige??

:: Disney film ::
All sequels..

:: Food ::
Oysters.

:: Drink ::
Eggnog.. bleeeh.

:: Animal :
Primates

:: Movie ::
Epic Movie, The Life Aquatic with Steven Zissou

:: Anime ::
Eh...

:: Manga ::
*shrugs*

:: Music Genre ::
Country

:: Band ::
Hannah fucking Montana.
And all the brothers.. Jonas, Naked, whatever the hell they are.

:: Artist ::
Me
Rod Stewart
James Blunt

:: Hobby ::
Rabid-badger juggling and knitting.

:: Book ::
No clue at the moment.

:: Celebrity ::
Will Ferrell

XXXX

What do you consider some perks of being your gender?
Less worried about what people think when talking about emotions.
Being able to hang around friends without sex popping up in the conversation repeatedly.. okay, that's a lie. But trust me, their are many perks..

Would you ever get a tattoo with someone's name on it?
No. I don't think I could ever have anyones name on my body.
More like... a symbol standing for their name.

What occupation do you find sexy?
Rock star... firefighter... pottery maker..

Would you ever get your nipples pierced?
... can't say that I would.

What is your LEAST favorite type of alcohol?
Rubbing. You can never find it when you need it the most.

Did you ever have tea parties when you were younger?
No...

and I basically became other people throughout most of our childhood, who needed a tea party?

Have you ever shaved someone before?
I've shave.. myself... and a dog, if that counts?

Do you know anyone personally who is terminally ill?
Yes. I do.

What is your favorite line from a movie?
"Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude from Harold and Maude
Brilliant, damn movie!

Would you rather be the opposite sex?
For a day, I would like to try it out.. although I already know i'd be gay.

Do you like spending time with your parents?
Yeah, sometimes, when I catch her on a good day.

What would you do if you saw a guy hit a girl?
Beat his weak ass up..

Have you ever gambled?
Yes, I have, and won a hefty amount to be honest. <