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Friday, June 26

28. Beach Boy Bingo

DJ wins 2 tickets to a Beach Boys concert, and a ride to the concert with the Beach Boys themselves, from a radio call-in contest.

At first she picks Jesse to go with her, but Danny gets jealous and the whole family argues about who is going to go.

When the Beach Boys arrive to take DJ and her guest, they decide to take the whole Tanner Family to the concert.

Note: The Beach Boys appear as themselves, and sing "Cocomo" and "Barbaran" with the cast.


I'm still pushing my mailinglist.


Episode 60. Bye, Bye Birdie

It's Michelle's first day of pre-school, and she's really looking forward to it. But when she lets the class bird out of its cage and it flies away, nobody likes her and she calls herself "a very bad girl."

The guys buy a new bird for Michelle to give to the pre-school, and the other children like her again.

Meanwhile, Stephanie breaks the lock on DJ's diary, and glues it to her hand trying to fix it.


Cross-Diary Special.

This is a Very Special Entry, indeed. You see, it's linked with Jessica's entry for today, a diary collaboration of sorts. Therefore, I urge you to go read her entry, on the topic "Embarrassing SitCom's we've watched regularly." Enjoy!


23. Cutting It Close

Stephanie forces Jesse to play "Beauty Parlor" with her, and accidentally cuts off a large handful of his precious hair!

He runs to his hairdresser, Alehandro, to repair the damage, ending up with a haircut he hates.

On the way home he wrecks his bike, breaking both arms.

Stephanie, blaming herself for everything, is very sad for days until Jesse finally tells her that it's not her fault.


Today's the day I'm gonna try and get this Tori thing going. Keep your fingers crossed for me!


92. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

D.J. sneaks out to study with Kimmy - and two boys. Danny told her to stay at home to study. But D.J. tells Becky to cover for her.

Meanwhile, the guys play pool.

The Cast of Full House.
The Cast of Full House.

Plot Summary:

When Danny Tanner's wife dies unexpectantly, he is left with three young daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle, and no one to help him raise them into young women.

In steps Jesse Katsopolis and Joey Gladstone, friend of Danny and caring guardians to the girls. Jesse, a rock-'n-roll biker, and Joey, a fun-loving comedian, prove to be terrific role models and parental figures to the girls.

In addition to the three men, Rebecca Donaldson, Jesse's girlfriend and later wife is always there for the girls as they are growing up.


Confession time. It's true. I used to watch "Full House". Every episode of it. I don't think I snapped out of the spell until the 8th season or something like that.

Yeah, yeah, I was young, I didn't know better (I DID however find "Jesse and The Rippers" to be a very corny band name, even at that tender age) ... I have all those lame excuses. But still. I watched Full House.

As any other viewer of the show over the age of 10, some questions did pop into my mind after a while ... questions like:

  • Why did Jesse treasure his long hair, when it, in fact, looked hideous?

  • Why did everybody treat Uncle Joey as if he was a 5-year old, or maybe, more importantly, why did Uncle Joey ACT like he was a 5-year old?

  • How come Jesse and The Rippers always played "Doo-Wah-Diddy"?

  • Who finaly talked DJ into giving up the ugly hair perm she had in the first seasons?

  • Just how many episodes could they fit in The Beach Boys stopping by, and then inviting the family to a concert, with them on stage, without it getting suspicious? (I later found out that the guy who played Jesse on the show used to play the drums with The Beach Boys. Oh.)

  • What was so funny about Danny's obsessive-compulsive disorder to clean?

  • Why am I watching this?


    Something that always bugged me was the way everyone treated DJ's friend, Kimmy Gibbler. She was of course the not-so-smart character of the show. How come this huggy lovable family always resorted to rude remarks in order to get Kimmy to leave the house? How come DJ never objected? And most of all - How come it was obvious Kimmy got it, and she STILL came around? Meaniepooheads

    Further, it bothered me that they all just kept on bringing new people into the house. I KNOW they were close and all that, but _really_. 2 adults in the attic with twins, 3 kids and a dad in the midsection, and then Joey in the basement. A bit hippy, wouldn't you say? I'm not as bothered by Jesse and Becky moving back into the house after getting married, after all, we all love a family living in an attic. No, what bothered me the most was Joey.

    Here was this guy, "Funny Guy" on the show, single, ADULT, living in their basement. From what I could tell, there wasn't even a DOOR to that place, just one of those childproof gates on top of the stairs, leading down to it. Now, I know, Joey never got any women, so he didn't really have to worry about anyone walking in on him having sex, but still. DIDN'T ANYONE EVER MASTURBATE IN THIS HOUSE????


    If this post wasn't disturbing enough, and you've decided to get in touch with your "Full House" watching self ... there's. ... a ... Full House WEB RING. Go away I'm reminiscing. *shudder*

  • Saturday, June 27

    Sent to me by Jessica. Blame her. 8)

    What do you call a goth lying in the road?
    A speed bump.

    How many goths does it take to change a lightbulb?
    What's a lightbulb?

    Why is it so hard for goths to get work?
    Because all they can do is mope the floors and depress the buttons.

    How many goths does it take to change a lightbulb?
    Three, one to change it and two to talk about Lord Byron's Grand Tour and creative uses of laudinum in a metaphysical environment.

    How many goths does it take to make cheesecake?
    None, there are no goths in cheesecake.

    Old goths don't die, they just need less makeup.

    Wayne Hussey dies and goes to heaven. At the pearly gates, he meets up with Gabriel who gives him the grand tour of heaven. While touring he sees many familiar faces including Jimi Hendrix, Ian Curtis, Mary Shelly, and of course Nick Fiend kinda shows up once in a while...

    And then he sees Andrew Eldritch Sitting on a HUUUGE throne..

    Wayne Says to Gabriel "I didn't know Andrew was dead!" Gabriel replies, "Oh, that's God(tm) He only thinks he's Andrew."

    How many goths does it take to change a lightbulb?
    Dunno, but I see them all practicing at Slimelight, while dancing to the Sisters. The raise their arms in a stretching way towards the ceiling, twisting their wrists and returning their arm to their mid-rift, while walking backwards and swaying in the murky darkness.

    What do you get if you cross a goth and a toilet?
    The cisterns of mercy.

    What happens if you don't pay the exorcist?
    You get repossessed.

    How does a perkygoff paint his ceiling black?
    He dyes his hair and starts bouncing.


    I'm still pushing my mailinglist.


    Food Experiment:

    Fake Apple Pie without the Pie.
    Cut up an apple in thin tiny pieces. Put in a microwave pot. Pour sugar and cinnamon over it. Put in the microwave on a high effect for several minutes, until it's all mushy. Pour vanilla custard over it. Eat and feel like a baby.

    I HAVE A TORI AMOS TICKET!

    I might pass out from the shock. Row K, Seat 6. I'm sorry, I can't say anything more about it, I'm too excited.


    You don't understand how excited I am right now. I mean, yeah, you've seen my Tori obsession in this diary but ... it's not just that it's Tori. It's a CONCERT. Did you know the only other official concert I've ever been to was a BRYAN ADAMS concert?? Granted, I only went because I wanted an excuse to get to Stockholm, and my friends wanted to go (okay so I know you won't take this as an explination.).

    It was quite amusing. I hid over by the sick tent where people who had passed out were taken. It's a nice tip for anyone stuck at a concert you don't really want to be at - sick bay has FREE WATER, and sometimes sugary candy to get your blood sugar back up.

    I hid there, while Bryan sang things like "All for one, all for love!" and took a poor sod up on stage from the audience, and had him sing "Heaven" real badly, because Bryan's just SUCH a guy.

    Eventually, the tent got crowded, so I hurried out and found this big empty space on the left side of the stage, next to some chicken fence, so I decided to wait it out there. Smart move, I thought ... until suddenly, Bryan disappears off stage, and reappears ... at the end of that chicken fence, 12 feet away from me.

    Suddenly, he and his band members take a run for it, run past me, and up on a stage that's in midst of the audience. Well gee. People go crazy, I stick to my chicken fence.

    All of a sudden, they get off THAT stage, and gets ready to run back to the big stage, and there is Bryan, running, running ... slows down, walks hurriedly, walks BY me, looks at me and yells "HEY!" ... oh my heart. 8(

    After the concert, I waited as people were leaving, hoping to find the people I'd come with. AsI start walking to the exit, a stage hand hands me a tour book he found thrown up on the stage. "Here ya go, no need to thank me!" (It was sold for $15) No worries, PAL, I won't.

    I tell the story to my friends, and they nearly rip my throat out. *shrug*


    At CN, right this minute:
    bruce = Bruce aLanis = Me

    aLanis: she better play raspberry swirl or the waitress 8(
    aLanis: or HONEY..yum
    aLanis wants to put in a request for everyu song she's ever made

    bruce laffs.. tell that to her eh? "um. i'd like to make.. a .. request.:)~"
    aLanis: "could you play..i don't know...all the songs you've ever made, all 200 hudnred of them?"
    bruce grins. "i just cant make up my mind."
    aLanis: "i'm not picky, just play something"
    aLanis throws money at tori

    bruce asks tori to play something by public enemy. just for tonight.
    aLanis: JEAH
    bruce laffs .. FIGHT THE POWER!!
    bruce: and she'll say.. "i never knew the crowd was this hype" and you'll say "i thought you wuz that type"

    Monday, June 29

    Birds flying high
    you know how I feel
    Sun in the sky
    you know how I feel
    Reeds driftin' on by
    you know how I feel

    It's a new dawn
    It's a new day
    It's a new life
    For me
    And I'm feeling good

    Fish in the sea
    you know how I feel
    River running free
    you know how I feel
    Blossom in the tree
    you know how I feel

    It's a new dawn
    It's a new day
    It's a new life
    For me
    And I'm feeling good

    Dragonfly out in the sun
    you know what I mean
    don't you know
    Butterflies all havin' fun
    you know what I mean
    Sleep in peace when day is done
    That's what I mean

    And this old world is a new world
    And a bold world
    For me

    Stars when you shine
    you know how I feel
    Scent of the pine
    you know how I feel
    Oh freedom is mine
    And I know how I feel

    Nina Simone, Feeling Good.


    I should probably save that lyric above for a day when I REALLY feel born again and smooth, and not share it today, coz today is just like every other day, the sun is shining down on me through the window, I'm going to see Tori, whatever.


    Goodness, the sun is really shining. I feel very snuggly and warm, I'm having all these urges to go roll on the grass and tan my belly ... but NOoOOO, we're not gunna have THAT much fun, no.

    I did stay outside quite a bit yesterday, though, befriending that sun, reading some, but ... it just doesn't SUIT me, I'm just not an outside summer chick. Sometimes I wish I was, it's getting old to always be the pale blubby one in dark clothes hovering in the shade.

    I think my KNEES have gotten tanned, though. Of course, you can't really tell unless you're me. It's as if they're a shade darker, a bit more like "regular" people's skin - in winter time. 8(


    I could dance till the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows till you come home.

    -- Groucho Marx

    I like Groucho Marx ... although my favourite Marx brother has to be Harpo. It's not so much to do with the old movies, I've barely seen any of them because they never show any here, but I've read their autobiographies, and darnit, they're hilarious to read, if I remember correctly (I think I was 12 when I was really into it). Go read!


    I'm having a craving for peanut butter/ jelly sandwhiches that is not of this WORLD. What am I going to do? I'M BROKE. No peanut butter around. This is awful. Blah.

    It is done. After arriving at the airport 2:40 pm, I am going to see Tori Amos play in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ovens Auditorium, Row K, Seat 6, 8:00 pm on August 12th. I THINK somebody ought to pinch me, but then again, the Kafka kitten chews on my hands enough to make me know I'm not just imagening this. I think. Heheh.


    Not feeling bad, but then again, I'm not hanging off my granny's crystal chandelier either. Every other half hour or so, I get frantic about the Tori thing, and can't stop grinning. Usualy that elation leaves after 10 minutes though, as my cheeks begin to hurt from the stretch.

    *dangeling my legs off' the chair*

    Not doing anything ... la la laa. Brought home a whole heap of books from the library Saturday that were suggested on my modest mailing list.

    I've started to read "Geek Love", but only after re-reading the entire Adrian Mole series. I just couldn't help myself, I've always had a faint memory somewhere in my brain that I had read "some guy's diary", and when someone suggested them to me, it clicked - I read these years ago, I guess late 80's, as that's when they were published ... Hilarious, albeit depressing at times, because Adrian ... Adrian isn't your regular rosy cheeked lad. Ghod, there are days when I AM Adrian.


    It's kind of childish, I know, and rather moronic, considering I've never been religious, so there's nothing for me personaly to rebell against but ... everytime I walk past our church, I end up singing those special little Tori tunes. There's ...

    God sometimes you just don't come through
    Do you need a woman to look after you?

    And for the rainier days, such as yesterday, sunday morning, there's always

    Father Lucifer
    you never looked so sane
    you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
    tell me that you're still in love with that Milkmaid
    how's the Lizzies
    how's your Jesus Christ been hanging

    As I passed the church yesterday, I suddenly caught a glimpse of my old priest in the corner of my eye, and so I immediately started to walk faster, because I wanted to finish singing above shown song snippet.

    [insert background story]

    I went through confirmation when I was 15, even though I've _never_ been religious, so I actually "have" a priest. I caused a big hoopla the night before my confirmation when I told my granny "I don't really believe in Ghod ...". She's pretty much the only one who cared though.

    I know, I know, it sounds awful, but ... I only did it for the money. And because everyone in my confirmation class were funny people who helped me bug the priest with questions like "So, what's your view on homosexuals?". I bought a big, round, fluffy chair for the money, and got some interesting memories, so I won't feel ashamed.

    [background story end]

    SO. I was trying to outrun "my" priest on my way home yesterday, but failed utterly. As he caught me in my stressed fastfastfast walking pace, he said "HI Jennie", and so I was forced to slow down and acknowledge that he was indeed there.

    (Don't get me wrong, there's nothing WRONG with him, I just feel weird when I have to make polite conversation about nothing with people like priests or old teachers I didn't care much for.)

    As we're struggeling to make conversation, the way people who haven't ever had anything to talk about struggle to catch some suitable consonants and vowels, he suddenly says "So, have you done something to your hair? I seem to recall it being darker." Heh. This baffled me. Someone actually has me attatched to my very brief black hair period.

    Adn what was this story supposed to tell? Why, nothing. Whatever made me imply that there was a point to it?


    I NEED peanutbutter and jelly sandwhich. NOW! 8(

    Tuesday, June 30

    I am not a pretty girl
    that is not what I do
    I ain't no damsel in distess
    and I don't need to be rescued
    so put me down punk
    maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
    isn't there a kitten stuck
    up a tree somewhere

    I am not an angry girl
    but it seems like I've got everyone
    fooled
    every time I say something they find
    hard to hear
    they chalk it up to my anger
    and never to their own fear

    and imagine you're a girl
    just trying to finally come clean
    knowing full well they'd prefer you
    were dirty and smiling

    and I am sorry
    I am not a maiden fair
    and I am not a kitten stuck
    up a tree somewhere

    and generally my generation
    wouldn't be caught dead working
    for the man
    and generally I agree with them
    trouble is you gotta have youself
    an alternate plan

    and I have earned my disillusionment
    I have been working all of my life
    and I am a patriot
    I have been fighting the good fight
    and what if there are no damsels
    in distress
    what if I knew that and I called
    your bluff?

    don't you think every kitten figures out
    how to get down
    whether or not you ever show up

    I am not a pretty girl
    I don't want to be a pretty girl
    no
    I want to be more than a pretty girl

    Ani DiFranco, Not A Pretty Girl.

    Yeah. I guess I am one of "them". The people who don't have a clue what to do in life. I'm not really fantastic at anything? When I was younger, I'd be one of those who said something different each time when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up.

    I used to try real hard to give a good answer, I'd say "Designer!", or "Hair Dresser", or "Aid worker in Africa", all the way to "Translator .... ", but now I've just given up. I don't HAVE a goal. At ALL.

    Ask me what I'm studying to be, and the answer will range from "Vegas Stripper" to "Elvis."

    I just DON'T KNOW.


    I dunno. In school I was always either sort of okay at something, or really sucky. My grades were always a mish mash of B's and D's. The only thing I was ever good at was English, I've always just ... known it, but I don't know. What am I supposed to do with it? I'm not a writer, I stink at grammar, so I doubt I can ever translate books or anything. What's left?

    NO I WON'T teach. What are ya, my granny?

    Any career suggestions - please mail me. It's always deanna@kajen.com .


    The Kafka kitten pee'd in my brothers' bed. Hehehehehe. He's actually housebroken, sort of, whenever he needs to do something he squeaks and walks about looking miserable, so we carry him out into the yard and wait for him to do his business.

    It must be hell being a pet, having humans wait next to you while you do what you hafta, and then have them prance about with poop scoops and bags. I dunno. I was awoken around noon by my brother yelling down towards my shed "Your travel agent called, you're supposed to call back." Heart throbbing in my throat I hurried upstairs and called them, thinking "Okay No Tori, I should have Known.", but it turned out it was just a simple question regarding my return ticket back to Sweden, scheduled for next may ... Can you say RELIEVED?


    I know I can come across as a bit ditzy sometimes, but being referred to as a "freaky, retarded stalker" even as a joke from someone when I'm not there would be a bit uncalled for, wouldn't you say? *shrug*

    I know, I know, "that's not how I really meant", whatever.

    Wednesday, July 1

    hello Mr Zebra
    can I have your sweater
    cause it's cold cold cold
    in my hole hole hole

    Ratatouille Strychnine
    sometimes she's a friend of mine
    with a gigantic whirlpool
    that will blow your mind

    hello Mr Zebra
    ran into some confusion with
    a Mrs Crocodile
    furry mussels marching on
    she thinks she's Kaiser Wilhelm
    or a civilised syllabub
    to blow your mind

    figure it out
    she's a goodtime fella
    she's got a little fund to fight
    for Moneypenny's rights

    figure it out
    she's a goodtime fella
    too bad the burial was premature
    she said
    and smiled

    Tori Amos, Mr Zebra


    I entered another web ring. I have no idea why, I think mostly because I liked the name of it, Chapter Two. Unfortunately I haven't felt like putting the code up nicely next to, or under the Open Pages web ring, so now it's just a big blue box on my archive page instead of a nice proportioned one. Picky picky. I'll fix it ... tomorrow. 8) HONEST.


    The blueberries seem ready. I picked a handful of them and ate as I walked through the woods today. I felt like I was 5, with berry stained hands.

    So I just finished reading Geek Love. Wow. It was SO good, and SO strange, and SO ugly, and SO out there, and SO wellwritten, and SO in my brain. (Thanks for the suggestion, Mo :)

    It's told from the perspective of Olympia, a bald, albino hunchback midget - the result of her parents breeding their own freakshow, and it's a strange tale about her and her siblings, and their family's travelling circus, and ... a lot more. I don't really want to reveal much about it, because I think those who want to know more about it really should read it, because I could never put it all in words. A warning, perhaps, is in order for the people who knows they can't handle nauseating details at times, or ... I don't know.

    I just really really liked it, at the same time as it made me feel very very weird. *shrug* It's the big discussion going on in my head regarding beauty and humans. *shrug*

    It feels too tiresome for me to scribble down at this point though. I'm sure I'll put up a long rant about it one day. All I feel like saying is ... sometimes I'm so beautiful I should have wings, sometimes I'm so ugly I should be locked up, but I'm not sure either has anything to do with this meat and skin stuck to my bones.


    I'm so UNFOCUSED. It seem to occur every summer around this time, when I'm right smack in the middle of being in between school semesters. It's the point where I'm really really starting to run out of things to do, and too eager thinking of things I WILL be able to do, if only this darn summer would pass.

    BLASHPEMY, I guess, I know you people with jobs out there want to beat me with a dull hockey stick because you don't have all summer off, but I can't help it.

    I'm one of those slob blobs. I don't go swimming (phobias about things in the water, the sand, somewhere, and besides, ME in a BATHING SUIT? HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!), I rarely go see friends (they're all either working or on vacation, all 2 of them 8(), I never have spontaneous urges to go out walking, and I never ever tan. I wasn't constructed for summer. I was constructed for dreary rainy days, music, tv, books, lazyness. Reowr.

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