Erica blogging again, not from Colorado, but from a place of
I was intending to hop on the luxurious and low-cost flying Greyhound line, Skybus, next week for a few days of careless whispers and self-esteem building at the HypePipe's Brooklyn outpost (Cedric's apartment). HOWEVER, I just learned that Skybus is officially DEFUNCT. Based on Patrick's experience, I'm probably better off without Skybust as you couldn't get from Greensboro to Manhattan without a lot of nonsense in Newburgh involving buses, regional rail, and
How's this for effective customer communication and crisis management? "Passengers holding reservations for Skybus flights scheduled to depart on or after Saturday, April 5, 2008 should contact their credit card companies to arrange to apply for a refund."
And you can't call them because THEY DON'T HAVE PHONES! I feel like a ch-izump for choosing an airline without a phone. If someone does not have a phone, they are usually not a good person to ask for aRIDE.
Skybust also sold candy, perfume and baby clothes in-flight as a for the airline. Yet another sign of a bad business model. It's kind of too bad about that; I really wanted to load up on peanut M&M's and White Diamonds. (These have always brought me luck!)
THOM YORKE can tell you how I feel about this whole wrinkle in my bank account and travel plans:
So Before I left the G-Spot the Super Value Menu at Wendy's had suddenly become a bit more pricey (and pricey, I mean more than 99 cent).
At Home, I once heard a clerk explain to a feisty landscaper one day that the price increase was seasonal and it happens all the time...........
GREENSBORO that was I just found today that the Wendy's near Prospect Park in Brooklyn STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL PRICES!!!!!!!!!!!!
and I ain’t mad.
But in parting, PLEASE VISTIT our bff's @ to view the hottest footage of the 4th Ever HypePipe City-Wide Spelling Bea Arthur to ever be recorded and published on the internets!
And speaking of the internets.........in order to quail any rumors, the clip below is not me but represents what I have been up to 24-7 since arriving at my new home.
It's true- Anna Nicole is rotting away in a hole in the Bahamas (), Benazir Bhutto is unable to fulfill the promise of democratic rule in Pakistan, and CEDRIC IS IN BROOKLYN!
This is Erica, guest-posting LIVE from my internship at the Dubai Centre for Human Rights, and trying to put all of this REALNESSinto words. The whole city of Greensboro is thoroughly excited to have a local emissary established deep in the heart of cafe life and sexy streetwear (or streety sexwear?) known as Brooklyn, but we've really had a hard time adjusting.
We've been crying and eating lots of ice cream. In Minsk! (Patrick wouldn't shut up about how cutting edge Eastern Europe is, so we took a trip right after Cedric left and buried our faces in Belarusian Dairy Queen.)
Then we got bloated and switched to cake.
Even the buildings were crying! It was a rough weekend.
We decided it was probably a good thing that we never killed Cedric so he would stay here forever.
NONETHELESS we must attempt at least the barest of tributes to the person who has put more than just his TITS into this blog. He was the rich soil from which both HypePipe and Sexxy Sexxy Muscular Black Guys sprung (among many other things which would fill more than a dozen spiral notebooks). He taught old and young to love the Grapevine. He sent text messages. A lot.
He also told us what was happening.
Cedric, for those familiar with is Greensboro's ultimate connector. He has been the essential Jenga piece, if you will, of life in this city of 250,00 sticks of wood. No matter how gently Cedric slides out of the pile, the whole world as we know it could disintegrate before our eyes!
So Cedric, until we see your postings from the hip outpost, we SALUTE you!!!!!!!! And by "you," we mean, your
Tina Fey is currently working with our favorite Amy Poehler, on a movie to be called "Baby Mama."
Together Again
THE PLOT: Ms. Tina is playing a single professional in need of a baby. (WOW, can I relate, or what!) Instead of going to Africa to adopt a baby like she decides to rent out a local womb in which her fetus can gestate. Enter Poehler.
Flying Anvilites are spreading the word (i.e. posting myspace bulletins) about the first show at a new space for music, and presumably fans of music, called Square One. And we're passing on the hype just like we told you we would.
FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH
H.T.M.L. (Pittsburgh Ebullition style hardcore)
BUILDINGS TO DUST (Washed-Up Greensboro punx)
SUGAR ON SHIT (Drums/Accordion+Wine Jugs)
Doors at 8:30pm, Cover $4
SQUARE ONE 1400 Glennwood (corner of Glenwood/Grove)
Glennwood- it's like the Brooklyn of Greensboro, except not! So we call it WEE-BROOKLYN!
The Fat Boys doing "The Burger Pattern" on Square One
