back to awesomeness

Next month is going to be awesome.

I turn 37! Not that 37 is a particularly fine age to reach, I'm just glad to have an excuse to treat myself to things.

For instance: the last weekend of the month (if you include thursday as part of the weekend) I will be seeing Flight of the Conchords AND Bootsy Collins. Not together, though. FotC at Davies Symphony Hall and Bootsy at the Fillmore. I'm so excited I could use my pointy nipples as telescopic antennae to transmit data back to earth. And then there's an A's game with Heidi and Sophie on Sunday afternoon. I see a vulgarly-sized hot dog in my future.

Sophie will be gone on my birthday, for Stirling's* graduation from U. of Vermont. I wish I could go, except that A. not real big on spending my birthday with her dad, and B. spendy! And really, I'd want to spend a little time with the Whitman side of the family and then make slipbluenight hang out with me. I am looking forward to spending the day going through all my crap and deciding what I need to get rid of, then getting rid of it, then deciding what I need to get/replace, and getting it. I'm old, so that is appealing to me. Then I won't make anyone dinner, and I won't feel guilty about it. Also, I will buy myself some books. FULL PRICE BOOKS if I want to! nyeah.

*Stirling is Sophie's cousin, who battled and DESTROYED osteosarcoma a while back. And then graduated on time. Whatta gal!
 

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sunday, since the usual cartoons were preempted by reruns of "friends," we watched the mayor of sunset strip, about rodney (on the roq) bingenheimer, and holy moly was it a trip. i'm not feeling particularly eloquent today, so maybe i'll write more about it later, but suffice it to say he's a unique guy, that rodney. highly recommended, especially if you were a KROQer in the 80s.

the banner ad on the right of the compose page reminds me: i've been watching episodes of this american life here and there, and i'm really impressed by how well they've done translating the radio show into a visual production. you could easily close your eyes and just listen to the shows, but the images never seem superfluous. tho the pandora's box episode, i think, i would've enjoyed more if i hadn't actually SEEN some of it. also highly recommended.

an old friend of mine from UCSC/CHP days found me on myspace. it isn't a totally useless thing, i suppose. fun! i hope he emails me again. i've thought of him a lot over the years and it'll be nice to catch up.

a new gym opened up near here, and is offering a deal to leapfrog employees, and i don't have the motivation to get in shape on my own, so i should probably do it. i'd like to get my arms back, since my third grade teacher seems to have swapped mine for hers in the last couple months, and the flabby belly thing isn't all that attractive. i figure not repulsing myself is the first step towards not repulsing anyone else.

voxtrot tomorrow night with matokie. may has been good for music. i hope i can keep it up.

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