West Indian Girl

days off in between shows suck. i woke up so late today – i was confused. i took my truck into the shop for a tune up cos it was confused too. at midnight carter picked me up and we went to see our friend chris cuseo’s band knife fight. cuseo is pretty sick on stage…pure rage…it’s intense. their drummer rocks too. shit, this guy’s massive and pounds his drums like he’s beating someone up. you should check out cuseo’s art too. after that we went to st nick’s in my hood and i had some tequila and corona and listened to ac/dc on the jukebox. some random guy named lauren kept talking to us about music….he was wasted and on the verge of annoying until he bought us a round. lauren you’re all good now. i love playing the “name that song the fastest” game. i always win. i’m sick of always winning. will someone please beat me….hmmm i think i used that same line with mistress evil the other night. chris dropped me off around 2 and i made him the best caprese salad. it rocked. we sort of had a bachelor/metro moment about cooking and stuff. it was kinda funny. anyway, check out tony…that’s the face he gives me all the time when im in here on my computer ignoring him. that’s chris and his new buddy below.

—F.TEN 4:08AM

look at their coach and decide

musicians arent supposed to like football. i cant help it. blur, oasis and rod stewart love soccer and i love to hate this football team. robert james thinks it’s like me being a frat boy but hey i cant help it and i highly doubt i would be mistaken for a frat boy. anyway, the vikings…these guys are always the underdogs and i can relate to that. whatever — this is my journal and there are gonna be blogs about random events in my life along with everything west indian girl. if i just kept it about music it wouldnt be real cos its not always about music is it?…if my fish dies you will hear about it..if i go for a walk and trip and fall in dog shit i will probably mention that as well cos its funny. with that said i’m accepting all bets – especially from packer fans. it’s going to be tough to win in green bay considering the nfl has a sickening love affair with brett farve. how many questionable calls will go against the vikings this week….i can’t wait to count. conspiracy…yes —F.Ten 8:42PM

ok – so as a follow up to my post on new year’s eve i thought i would let you see the difference between the shots i took (hack) and those that marc (pro) took. go look at the 2 pics i posted and compare them to the 2 that marc took. mine really suck – i just wanted to post some good ones for you to see. the first is of the crowd from the roof of the pegasus building and the second is from the main stage while oakenfold was spinning.

these last ones are of me on the job

career day: what it’s like to be a photographer’s bitch

—F.Ten 7:58

Danm… check these TSUNAMI VIDEOS out. This guy’s blog is awesome —F.Ten 1:39AM

here are 2 more great links my friend doug just sent me: one is a link showing animation of the cause and the other is for BBC News which has great comprehensive coverage. thanx doug! —F.Ten 5:12PM

well, i spent new year’s eve helping out my friend (photographer) marc goldstein. he was shooting a big concert event in downtown L.A. (check it out- Giant Village 2005 ) and i had no plans so we were on. i thought this would be a very interesting and entertaining way to spend the night and it was. besides – look at marc on the right – how was he planning on taking 1200 pictures while carrying around all those bags and cameras? goldstein did work his ass off though – we were there at 5:30pm and we didnt get home until 5:30am. i think we took a ten minute break. we had all access so it was pretty cool.

this is a picture from the roof of the pegasus building. i should really post some of marc’s pictures cos there is just something very wrong with me posting my crappy pictures when i was there with a professional photographer taking great pictures. oh well…you make do. i saw a bunch of djs that i normally wouldnt see – especially from the angle i got to watch them. check out the view (below) from the main stage when paul oakenfold was playing.

During oakenfold’s set and the crystal method’s set i was on the stage to the back right. it was pretty interesting checking these guys out because it is so radically different from a band but still kinda the same. it’s weird. i did enjoy oakenfold’s set though – i thought his mix of “new year’s day” by U2 was really fucking cool. for some strange reason when i looked at him i kept thinking he was Napoleon. i also kept thinking that he actually believed he was god. it was comical. but little god’s rock. oh yeah – as far as some of the other performers go – i thought jason bentley’s set was very musical, digweed’s set jammed but i wasn’t sold on the killers like everyone else seemed to be. every song sounded like a lame version of their hit song that i cant remember the title of. i do like that song though. too bad i missed them playing it and had to sit through 6 songs that kinda sounded like it but then just fell flat.

anyway, thousands of people were there but i only bumped into a few people i knew. early in the evening i ran into steve who used to be in a band called the symptoms. he was bartending at the main bar. steve rocks. then, way later around 3am i got a

call from carter…somehow he ended up there too. we met up for a bit and eventually i ended up driving him home too. all in all it was a good time…tiring, but a good time. on a side note i quit smoking again. so far so good—F.Ten 9:36PM

Hey, I just thought i would share this email with everyone. My friend Renu sent it to me. I think it’s great and she rocks.

“Dear friends and family,
The tsunami in southern Asia and Africa may be the
worst natural disaster of our time. More than 116,000
lives were wiped out within hours.
Rising to this challenge is at the heart of global
leadership, and the world is depending on us. The
U.S. government can lead billions of dollars of aid
into this relief effort, if it chooses. Americans are
generous and ready to step forward, but the U.S.
Congress and the Bush administration have made a weak
initial contribution to the effort — first offering
$15 million and then $35 million when they came under
pressure. Clearly, we can do more. (To put it in
perspective, we’re spending $35 million in Iraq every
7 hours, and the Bush administration is about to ask
for another $80 billion to cover the next installment
of this occupation.)
Let Congress and the President know that Americans are
supporting strong leadership on this relief effort,
at: http://www.moveon.org/tsunamirelief/
You can also make donations to many reputable and
effective organizations:
Red Cross:
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
Oxfam:
https://secure.ga3.org/02/asia_earthquake04?source=aqt04_mo
UNICEF:
https://www.unicefusa.org/site/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp?c=duLRI8O0H&b=277271
CARE:
https://donate.care.org/05/20180000/?source=170570020000
Thanks for your concern,
Renu”

Here’s another link i found with a bunch more ways to help. http://tsunami.com/ Funny/sad thing about this is that this site is normally for a computer company called Tsunami Computing. Since they have had so much traffic they have put this page up which is really cool of them – basically every way you could help out. —F.Ten

here is part of a follow up email i just got from renu:

“You should post the links to the sites where people
can donate. Death toll keeps changing and US just increased their
pledge to $350MM so some of the facts are already
dated. Also let people know they should check if their
company matches their donations. I was able to double
my donation to Red Cross (because my employer
matches).”

i cancelled my cable tv subscription today

i got a haircut

i found someone’s pager on the side walk

i had a cappuccino

i bought and ingested a form of liquid collagen

i found the picture i just posted when i was cleaning out my email – kevin reid took it one night he stopped by practice

i watched videos of that tsunami on the web

i had an egg salad sandwich (it sucked) i had sweet and sour chicken (it sucked too)

i quit smoking (again)

i talked to chris carter about the pro and cons of waxing or shaving your balls

i took tony for a walk at 3AM and saw this creepy guy just sitting alone in his car on my block

i realized i have to do laundry tomorrow

i just popped open a miller high life and i’m waiting to get sleepy — F.TEN 3:37AM

I spent xmas in bed sleeping almost the whole day away. i woke up and went to china chef (in a strip mall) and had xmas dinner with my friend minah. my best friend sascha met us there and then we went and drank champagne at minah’s house. heidi showed up there too

i just got back from a little trip i took out east. i went to see my sister and her family along with the rest of my family (mom, dad, and twin brother). it was a good time cos it’s been like 5 years since i have seen them. i even saw some relatives that i hadn’t seen for like 15 years…how weird is that. fun stuff. that’s a pic of me and my dad. even though he didn’t want to see any of my tattoos he still rocks. check out the similar blackness we had goin on — F.TEN 5:35AM

my dog tony is farting so bad right now it’s killin me! this afternoon i left half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the table next to my bed and the little bastard ate it. right now we are both paying the price for his gluttony. this sux. he doesnt look too happy right now either.

oh yeah, i would like to thank the nice people at my publishing company, cherry lane for sending me a bottle of cristal. i will definitely be thinking of you when i down that later this week. champagne champagne…how i love drinking champagne. [note to any fans in the giving mood – please send fran from west indian girl a bottle of champagne] you know what was really weird about getting that bottle in the mail from the UPS guy today? well, 4 days ago i drank a bottle of cristal that had been sitting in my fridge for over a year… isnt that weird…it was like the UPS gods knew it needed to be replaced. well, i think it’s weird.

i also want to say hi to sam and thank her for the great interview she did with me the other night. she has a cool radio show called “strung out with sam” on C101.5FM in Toronto. thanx sam. let’s do it again and again and again.

i’m jumping on a plane in a few hours and none of my friends are driving me to the airport because they all have real jobs — F.TEN 2:34 AM

hey, i’ve been getting a ton of phone calls and emails asking to get put on the guest list for the troubadour show in LA. just so you know, our list was filled up a while ago. i’m sorry if i can’t get all of my “friends” in – i hope u understand. if you really really want to be on the list and cant afford to pay then drive down to san diego and i will get u in to that show cos i have no friends there. in summation, i can’t get any more peple in to the la show so just pony up and pay the 10 bucks to see west indian girl…we’re worth it. and if u really really really want to go and have no cash then just find me and i will give u 10 bucks to get in.

this leads me to the topic of blocked numbers. who ever the fuck keeps calling my cell with a blocked number please stop. seriously, stop stalking me. please listen to me — i’m not going to answer the call – just unblock your number and i will answer. it’s really simple- don’t be afraid of unblocking your number…what are you afraid of?

i would also like to say hi to adam yoser who just cracked my back and adjusted my spine. thanx adam i put u plus one on the list for the la show;) …F TEN 1:50pm

For all of u fans out there getting ready to bootleg the shows up north grab your pens cos i’m gonna give you our set list. The core set revolves around 6 songs (if we are opening) and 9 (if we are headlining). The main set is still lost, trip, miles from monterey, hollywood, northern sky and what are you afraid of. the other 3 songs that we will work in if we have time are green and 2 new ones called indian ocean and i hope. we’re all really psyched about how the band has been sounding. our new singer mariqueen maandig is really a perfect fit for the band – as far as vocal style and personality goes she’s working out like a dream. we’re flying to seattle on the 7th and playing that night. what a riot this is going to be. chocolate and s-man are driving our gear up in the van on sun and monday. oh yeah, we finally have t-shirts for sale at the shows. i have to go pick them up today. thanx hadi and thanx marcee too!

so what else? well, we have been rehearsing every night from 9pm until 4am. i have been running around in the day time trying to sort out my rig – which is almost complete. all you bass heads look forward to a journal entry on that topic soon. i’ve been getting amps fixed, basses tweaked and trying to find some cases for all the shit. it’s finally coming together. perfection is within reach. tone tone tone.

oh yeah, shit – gotta give a shout out to chris carter’s bro mike. Mike Carter hooked us all up with sunglasses the other night. his company is called Electric and i’m pretty fired up about the pair i got… tight. everyone got something different. check it out….hmm i actually just went to the web page and it’s still under construction. i guess you will have to take my word for it. i will post some pics of us in them when we get back from tour—F.TEN 11:20am

i finally got around to watching the movie “eternal sunshine for the spotless mind” tonight. why i waited so long to see this movie is anyone’s guess – it was great. the thing i liked best about it was the fact that it triggered a host of personal memories — mostly bad, but some good. i thought about a few moments in my life that i would never want to erase from my memory just for the sake of easing the pain associated with getting over a relationship. those few moments are sometimes the peak experiences of life – the moments u only dream of happening. they’re moments that you know when u r having them that they are indeed special and deserve to be savored because of their fleeting nature. these moments (good and bad) are the moments and memories which can make you’re life feel like a movie. y would you want to loose the memories that transport you back to a time and place where you can see, smell, and feel so vividly. these kinds of memories are hypnotic when u think about them. these are the moments that should never be lost. memory pain removal would basically destroy my soul. it’s this type of memory that fuels life and pushes the creation of new thoughts and new ways of coping, dealing, feeling and creating. anyway, if i could relive the 3 days i had in st barths this year i would be one pretty happy man but i actually cant even think about those moments cos it will make me extremely sad – but i want to think about those moments cos it was one of the best times of my life hmmm… conflict. bittersweet — the theme of west indian girl.

so, how does one deal with this problem of thinking or not thinking about a past lover – there is no answer – maybe the moral of the story is just that there is a time and place for all your memories (good and bad) to be experienced — anyway check out this link to Lacuna Inc i thought it was pretty funny. the movie also made me think about vanilla sky which has a great soundtrack. the original version was cool too – abre los ojos. this whole topic has now reminded me (for some random reason) of a great line at the end of bladerunner when rutger hauer says while he’s dying.

[Roy:] “I’ve seen things, you people wouldn’t believe, hmmm…. attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.I’ve watched C Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.All those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain…”[“… time to die …”]

classic — go rent bladerunner now — 2:40 am F. TEN

i just watched the movie “midnight express” – boy that will teach you a lesson about trying to smuggle hash out of turky. damn! that was a true story too.

shit, it’s been a few days since i posted. and plenty has been happening. we have been rehearsing almost every day trying to get ready for the upcoming shows in seattle (chop suey) – portland (doug fir lounge) – and san fran (popscene). check out the club pics in chop suey and portland!!! cool shit. this tour is going to be fun. check out the tour section of our site for more info. after san fran we go to san diego (canes) – anaheim (chain reaction) and back to los angeles (troubadour) the shows up north look really cool though. i have played canes before when i was in another band and it’s cool cos you can walk right out on the beach. that’s always a winner. the anaheim show is going to be funny cos i guess we are opening for a beatles tribute band. haha that should be a riot. i love cover bands more than anything. seriously i do. in seattle, sf, and sd we are playing with a great band from france called phoenix – it’s an honor to be opening for them since it’s their first time in america and they are only playing 10 shows here.

on a sad note it also looks like we will be playing these shows without angela who has since moved on. i wish her well cos she was a really cool person to be around and i am going to miss her. as far as the new back up singer goes, well that will be another journal entry.

speaking of another journal entry, i cant wait to show you all pictures of my new bass set up. i bought a new amp and i’m getting some kick ass road cases made. this guy i met at the anaheim show owns his own road case company and well, one thing led to another and yesterday he was at our studio taking notes and getting quotes. this rig is gonna be so kick ass i cant wait to write about it. i’m gonna have pics for this one too. oh yeah, to top that off i bought some emg pickups for my jazz bazz and took it over to my guitar repair guy john wescott to install. seriously my sound is close to perfect. i think only other bass players can understand what i’m talking about now.

well, it’s thanxgiving now. hmmm i’m hungry and have no friends that invited me over for dinner. well i did actually but these friends live either out of state or like 4 hours away by car. so that sucks cos i’m hungry already. hmmm holidays alone, no girl, no food, no nothing…just tony and this journal. hmmm at least i’m not dying – i guess i am though – every second you live you die. i’m really hungry now. someone please call me and say ” come over, i’ve got something tasty for you to eat” that sounds nasty but seriously – someone call me.

by the way, i would like to thank all the people that have left comments on my posts. i’m glad you write – it makes me feel loved and after reading the paragraph above cant ya tell i need it. 3:29 am — F. TEN

hey, ever wonder what a rider for a band like us looks like? it’s not really that interesting at this stage of the game. i’m really trying to get some champagne added on to the rider…..as you know “when u say no to champagne you say no to life” (anyone figure out what movie that’s from yet?) in the end our rider doesn’t really mean shit cos most clubs just give you what they have. this means never getting fiji water, drinking what ever beer they have behind the bar, and eating what ever food they have in the kitchen. i think we get the most use ouf of our rider when we use it to wipe our asses.

1- Case of bottled water (Fiji is preferred)

Ample and continuous supply ice, cups and napkins

that’s great- the loaf of bread part and the use of the word “ample” —F.TEN 7:15pm

so i caught some flack (in the form of email) for my election day post. at first i was like “who the fuck is giving me shit” but then after hearing his well thought out and well written email i can, believe it or not, understand why this person said it was an example of “religious intolerance — bigotry”. for the record, my “venting” definitely could have offended some people…especially if these people were evangelicals. for example (this was in the email) “imagine a conservative using (exchange the terms) liberal black Baptists or Jews in place of evangelicals.” that’s actually a good point because if they did i would be calling them bigots. I have since become friends with the guy that sent me the email. we have emailed back and forth a few times and i must say the dude knows his shit –i would never want to meet him in a dark alley for a debate….that’s for sure. anyway his email continues “Who’s out of touch? Post 11-2, Wash Post, NBC & Newsweek (Howard Fineman) noted Bush isn’t a lefty/lib, but he understands them. I don’t think Kerry or many liberals can say they understand conservatives (I saw on TV an ABC reporter Carole Simpson was incredulous people voted for Bush… it was rather telling… and ditto for the Maureen Dowds (NYT)…. they are pretty insulated from much of America. Ditto Hollywood.” again, these are pretty good points. it’s true that democrats dont understand mass america and in a strange way not only can i say the republicans are out of touch but the republicans can also fire back at me with the same exact comment about the dems. he also sent me link to an article about how free speech costs. i found it a good read and you should check it out. As far as my comments about bush being an idiot he told me to “grow up” – on that point we have to agree to disagree cos i still think the guy’s a dope (kerry’s just as much of an idiot as well — just a different shade of idiot. anyway, lessons learned francis ten – probably should have given it a bit more thought before i spouted off like i do when my football team screws up and looses. in the end it’s not worth venting my political views on my band’s site cos it might hurt my sales with the evangelicals and most of mass/middle america. west indian girl does indeed love you all and is definitely looking forward to playing shows in the south – remember that! ok i’m gonna go drink a high life and make my picks for tomorrow’s football pool. go vikes! — (spoken like a true liberal politician)F. Ten 2:34am

who can tell me how the movie “Fallen” ended? – denzel washington was in it. james “tony soprano” gandolfini was also in it (with a handle-bar moustache no less). anyway i started watching it at 4 in the morning and i fell asleep with a half hour left. before the movie i was watching the discovery health channel. ever see a show called “life’s little miracles” if you havent you should. that shit will make you start crying like a baby. call me a little girl but something about that show really gets to me. i think it’s the simple way of how they present pain and grief that makes it so gut wrenching. i’m telling u – watch this show by yourself and if u dont start to cry then you might as well go apply for a job with the grinch next month. i dont really cry much – it’s not something u can control but i think every now and then it’s good to let it out. anyway, i’m at my friends todd’s house now – eating some kick ass food he just made. todd rocks the kitchen. today’s menu: red trout and red snapper broiled with a lime and ginger marinade on a bed of fluffy white rice with sliced cherry tomatoes on the side. fucking tasty damnit.  tony and kai were together again. — F. Ten 11/7 4:14pm

my political views DO NOT represent the band as a whole – they are just my views….although i can tell you for sure robert james won’t disagree with me on this entry. here is picture how the country voted. ok, i’m really bummed out right now – how could so much of united states be so out of touch – hmmm – just remember – my views don’t represent the whole band nor do i speak for them nor do i usually mix my political views in with music but jesus christ, what the hell happened?! how could so much of the country be duped into thinking that bush is actually anything more than the big dumb idiot he is. this election was a perfect example of misdirection. wasnt it around the time of king charlemagne that separation from church and state didnt exist. what kills me is the fact that some good friends of mine and even my damn mother voted for bush. what the fuck??? people voted primarily on one issue… moral values/religion/pro life. it’s like “ok we will ignore everything else that this administration is doing but because he wears his religion on his sleeve we trust him to run the country.” this guy and his father are pulling one of the biggest scams in american history – could there be a bigger puppet in american history? it’s mind boggling – it’s funny in a sick way. anyway, i was at st nick’s on 3rd st tonight watching this nightmare unfold on tv.

the first picture is my man marlon who bartends there.

the second picture is the west indian girl cd in the jukebox. check out bob marley in the corner looking up at us mon…

F. Ten 2:30 am 11/3

West indian girl rehearses and writes and parties in down town Los Angeles…more or less in the heart of skid row. It’s pretty intense just trying to walk around our block without getting freaked out a bit. The first time you go down there it’s like a movie – like dawn of the dead in a weird way. Some people look like zombies just walking around, some people are high, some people are crazy but most people are just freezing their fucking asses off trying to sleep outside in the cold. The ironic part about this area of town is that it’s called the “toy district” because of all the import and export toy businesses that take up shop there. I also find that funny cos toys are gifts and gifts are what these people all need a bit more of.

How many of you really know what is like to be homeless? I sure as hell don’t and I really can’t begin to imagine – for me the closest thing to being homeless was just not having an apartment to live in when I was 21 but I still had a bunch of friends’ couches to sleep on. Yeah but that crap isn’t really being homeless and it’s nothing like the hard core shit that surrounds the west indian girl studio.

Anyway, my relationship with these dudes that sleep on the corner 2 blocks of our studio started one day when I parked my car outside. At first I never really said much to them but then after a while when u keep seeing the same few faces over and over again u just sort of develop a normal relationship with them. I would give them whatever change I had in exchange for me thinking they would watch my truck and keep it from getting broken into. (my truck is an 89 landcruiser with no alarm – any moron could break into it in about 5 minutes if they really wanted to) On some level I have some sort of a strange business relationship with them. — maybe that’s why one of the few times mark and chris parked their cars down there they got broken into (well mark got his window smashed and chris just got his scraped up) Needless to say after the break-ins my donations to the guys increased hahaha. Now I give them smokes, water, change, the paper, but mostly clothes. I have given them at least half of my entire closet by now. Seriously, I just don’t have any more clothes to give them. Everything ranging from sweaters to suits to shoes to hats to u name it. One time when I was at a Texaco station a few blocks away I saw the craziest looking woman outside. I mean she looked unreal – like she popped out of a grand theft auto video game –she was wearing almost nothing too – all her clothes were hanging off and she had no shoes. Anyway I gave crazy girl a whole outfit and she was stoked.

Where is all of this going? well I guess it goes to my friend Ronnie in the pics. He is my main man down there and I always try to hook him up first. Ronnie is just “real” and he always makes me laugh when I talk to him. If we have a party or guests to the studio I know he watches their cars and he knows I will bring him down beer. Im not sure he or any of them are the best guards but I think they have my back as much as can be expected. And I know for a fact Ronnie always makes sure that angela gets to and from her car safely if she happens to be walking alone. That’s cool. Those pictures are great aren’t they, he was so psyched to have those taken. Anyway, remember this, if you ever happen to be parking outside our studio when u come to one of our loft parties just bring something warm for the guys that are gonna be sleeping outside your car in the rain.

Your old blanket can make someone’s life warmer even if it is just for a few hours. At the very least it might make your jaded L.A. heart a bit warmer. (fyi, a few hours later Ronnie told me he gave away the suit I had just given him to his friend who loved it and needed it even more…that’s pretty classic) — F. Ten 5:30 am Oct 20, 2004

listen up, going out in hollywood is not really all that great. well, i guess it depends on where you’re from. if you’re not from new york or europe then it might seem pretty exciting but it really isnt that amazing. the trick to los angeles is knowing where to go, knowing who to know, and knowing that you shouldnt go out on the weekends. some of the best bars and clubs are the little ones that you never hear about and staying away from sunset on the fri and sat night increases your chances of doing something cool. anyway, i figured i would post a few pics of the people that end up in my truck. hey, remember this is a journal and all these entries can’t be amazing. since i love to drive and drive almost everywhere i go, plenty of characters end up sitting to my right and in the back. most of these people as it turns out happen to be wasted. the low down on the pics. 1. hiedi – status = wasted 2. chris c. and c. carter – status = not yet wasted/making plans 3. tony – status = happy to have people in the back instead of him 4. taylor, chris c and c. carter – status = wasted/tripping their balls off. 5. angela, tony and chris c – status = hallmark moment 6. yours truly – status = killing time taking notes.

— F. Ten 2:56 am 10/15

check out these barry manilow lyrics. “Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair, and a dress cut down to there. She would Merengue and do the Cha-Cha and while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 ’til 4 They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more”

Ok, so by now everyone must know I have the best dog (boxer) in the world named Tony. Well, Angela also has the best dog (pug) in the world – Lola. I’m not sure if Barry Manilow had a dog but he kinda seems like a cat or bird guy. Tony is a dominant male that has some serious agression issues. No matter what dog he meets (even if they are little pugs) he has to immediately dominate it. This will either lead to him making a friend or him getting into a nasty dog fight real fast. He can’t help it though cos he’s a rescue and some crazy shit must have happened to him in order for him to be conditioned that way. I mean Tony is one strong dude – not many dogs could kick his ass to begin with so I don’t know what he’s trippin about all the time. (Check this site out – Boxer Rescue LA – it’s where I got Tony from)

Anyway, I was somewhat stressed out when Angela told me she was bringing Lola down to the space. I even had a nightmare the evening before in which Tony had ripped Lola apart when they met. I told Angela it might get ugly and for the most part I was right. He was going to get on top of Lola, pin her down and growl at her until she was scared shitless into submission. Well he did just so and it worked but then, after that crazy moment of dog on dog insanity, the unthinkable happened…Tony and Lola fell in love. Lola did play hard to get at first (out of sheer terror) but now it’s like they’re an old married couple. Lola just barks and barks and nags at him while he tries to sleep on the couch. Its good stuff man and it will put a smile on your face. I’m just glad Tony didn’t rip Lola’s head off.

“Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl

And that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it’s a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she lost her mind”

Umm, the last line to this song is kind of strange isn’t it. Wow, talk about being a dried up old withered lonely bag of a lady.

— F.Ten 4:44am 10/14

that’s a psycho dog