“California Girls” by Oingo Boingo

Now Pluto girls are neat but you know they`ll
eat you up alive
Although they`re nice to know when it`s a thousand below
it isn`t easy to survive
And Neptune girls are great for dancing
with a dozen arms and legs
They really hold you tight and they can boogie all night
but it`s so hard to kiss three heads

[Chorus]
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls

Now Martian girls are really pretty
with complexions bright and green
But nothing can surpass an andromeda lass
I think their pointed heads are keen
And Saturn girls are really funny they can
make you laugh to death
With methane clouds alas combined with hydrogen gas
why it`s a chore to take a breath

[Chorus]
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls

[guitar solo]

[Chorus]
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California girls (etc. etc.)

[Chours II] - girls- girls- girls- girls -I need
girls -girls- girls- girls - I need... (etc. etc.)

[Chorus III]- Calif--ornia Calif--ornia Calif-- ornia
Calif--ornia Calif--ornia Calif-- ornia

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Unlike every other Cali song I’ve posted I’ve never actually heard this one; I was looking for the lyrics to the Beach Boys’ “California Girls” when I happened upon it. So yesterday’s song is the Beach Boys’ one.

It’s been a great day. Things are looking freakishly on-track as far as all my artwork getting done and out the door by next Friday, and there was an ultra-long group lunch for bossman’s last day. It was Tumbleweed’s fault, I swear. The wait staff royally sucked ass to put it mildly, and we were there for over an hour before our orders actually came out. By the time lunch was served I had actually passed the point of being hungry and kind of had to fight to stomach anything.

Two words for you to describe what’s on tv right now: “I wash myself with a rag on a stick.”

So we got back to work late, blah blah blah. Checked out the employee garment sale after work, found a couple of great accessories including a sweetass something for an upcoming birthday…

Tonight’s just been all kinds of cool – painted a silly going-away present for bossman, had a freakishly okay phone conversation with my mom, ate some dinner, and finished the skirt part of my prom dress. No matter how hard I try to follow all of the sewing rules, Renegade Sewing always wins in the end… When hemming a dressy circley skirt you have to do an ease stitch near the end of the skirt, then press the hem, then sew some hem tape to hold the ease stitch in place, then do the hemming stitch.

Renegade Sewing says fuck all that, who’s gonna be studying how properly I did the hemline? I folded the end of the skirt over twice, pressed it in place, and did one stitch. Infinitely faster. I think some day Michelle and I will publish a book proclaiming all of the wonders of the Renegade Sewing techniques, which is something we came up with when we took a sewing class together a little over a year ago.

Got the following in my email tonight – one more reason it sucks to not be in California. If you are in the SoCal area and have access to transportation to the L.A. area, I suggest you take advantage of this because Orlando Jones is a damn funny guy:

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Orlando Jones, former star of Madtv, the make 7-Up yours ad campaign, Evolution, Office Space, and a number of other films will begin taping his new definitive late night, urban talk show at the end of May. The show will feature the biggest celebrities and musicians and will set itself apart from other late night talk shows with Orlando's own unique style of humor and authenticity. To reserve priority seating for the show please visit our web site at www.ocatv.com and click on the Orlando Jones logo.

Thank you and prepare to laugh.

Sincerely,
On-Camera Audiences

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So yeah. Suck. I’m not sure what’s going down tomorrow night – bossman’s happy hour is at Oblio’s at 5, and I know there’s talk of going to see seX-Men 2 (which I would totally love to see again so if you’re planning it please call me or something and lemme know what’s up) and I’m not entirely sure how late I’m staying out for cuz I have to get up damn hell ass early again on Saturday to actually get my car fixed instead of bitching about it. Plop. This week went by insanely fast.

Later, mofos.