rubbbbbber biscuit!
so much to report. so little will to do so.
- bonaroo -
as was expected, bonaroo was freaking awesome. the pure size of it was overwhelming, as if the conflicted scheduals weren't enough. the hardest part, other than dealing with the crowds and sun, was picking and choosing between great shows on opposing staged. radiohead blew my mind and i cannot wait to see them live again. elvis costello brough along a blues piano man and rocked way out. brother ali was with atmosphere, which was awesome but a tease. tom petty was all the golden god i thought he'd be and brough stevie with him. i got myself a wicked sunburn early on waiting up front for ben folds. he most definitley sang "bitches ain't shit", which ruled. there was almost no security. everyone was smoking pot everywhere. freaking brilliant. unfortunately i had to miss the dresden dolls. i was pissed, they had a circus with them. needless to say, worth every penny and the pain of all my skin slowly peeling off at present. beck brought puppets and played an acoustic version of deborah. man i love beck. the neville brothers were more bad ass than i knew. i met some awesome people. pity i will probably never find them again. my nameless beatle loving blues brothers glasses wearing true love whose name i don't know is gone forever, or maybe not. it was really refreshing to be even remotely social. i do so little of that.
- work -
it is official. we are opening the new store, probably in august. the traffic alone at the location is super exciting, and it looks like busting my ass may finally start to pay off financially. which is good. i may or may not go upward as far as authoirity goes. not sure how i feel about it. i may be better off just doing what im doing.
- other -
my lasik operation is set for late july if all goes as planed. by next week i'll know for sure one way or another. my vision probalems are starting to make sense. the constant blurryness is astigmatism and no contacts will ever really work to well with that. im quite relieved to understand why its felt like i've thrown so much money away on my eyes that still don't work. this all may change. here's hoping.
my official x-men education is moving along nicely. i have been watching the original cartoon for weeks now and am almost done. and by done i mean ready to watch it all over and over. i don't know how i managed to miss out on that as a kid. james and i may end up fighting charles and rodney over the uselessness of cyclops and awesomeness of gambit. never ending geek wars.
read a great book grandma gave me. its called glass castle and its excellent. last week i went home to see dad cause my peavy was fixed and now i can play my darling telecaster again. it was great cause robin and the kids weren't there and i hung out with just dad. (this is not allowed when the whole family is there for some reason).
last night i saw rhett miller. mmmmmmm rhett miller. he put on a great show, and it was tiny and intimate. not only new stuff. really great. i love susan. and man do i love the old 97s. the mountain kids are coming to visit soon. thats exciting in soem ways and perplexing in others. exciting none the less.
i guess that about enough rambling. i miss many of my dear old friends, but i am thankful for my geek boys and their cartoons and support. tim and a dog may be getting a place togeather, and that would be sweet. then i may even visit that creepy place i call boone.
- bonaroo -
as was expected, bonaroo was freaking awesome. the pure size of it was overwhelming, as if the conflicted scheduals weren't enough. the hardest part, other than dealing with the crowds and sun, was picking and choosing between great shows on opposing staged. radiohead blew my mind and i cannot wait to see them live again. elvis costello brough along a blues piano man and rocked way out. brother ali was with atmosphere, which was awesome but a tease. tom petty was all the golden god i thought he'd be and brough stevie with him. i got myself a wicked sunburn early on waiting up front for ben folds. he most definitley sang "bitches ain't shit", which ruled. there was almost no security. everyone was smoking pot everywhere. freaking brilliant. unfortunately i had to miss the dresden dolls. i was pissed, they had a circus with them. needless to say, worth every penny and the pain of all my skin slowly peeling off at present. beck brought puppets and played an acoustic version of deborah. man i love beck. the neville brothers were more bad ass than i knew. i met some awesome people. pity i will probably never find them again. my nameless beatle loving blues brothers glasses wearing true love whose name i don't know is gone forever, or maybe not. it was really refreshing to be even remotely social. i do so little of that.
- work -
it is official. we are opening the new store, probably in august. the traffic alone at the location is super exciting, and it looks like busting my ass may finally start to pay off financially. which is good. i may or may not go upward as far as authoirity goes. not sure how i feel about it. i may be better off just doing what im doing.
- other -
my lasik operation is set for late july if all goes as planed. by next week i'll know for sure one way or another. my vision probalems are starting to make sense. the constant blurryness is astigmatism and no contacts will ever really work to well with that. im quite relieved to understand why its felt like i've thrown so much money away on my eyes that still don't work. this all may change. here's hoping.
my official x-men education is moving along nicely. i have been watching the original cartoon for weeks now and am almost done. and by done i mean ready to watch it all over and over. i don't know how i managed to miss out on that as a kid. james and i may end up fighting charles and rodney over the uselessness of cyclops and awesomeness of gambit. never ending geek wars.
read a great book grandma gave me. its called glass castle and its excellent. last week i went home to see dad cause my peavy was fixed and now i can play my darling telecaster again. it was great cause robin and the kids weren't there and i hung out with just dad. (this is not allowed when the whole family is there for some reason).
last night i saw rhett miller. mmmmmmm rhett miller. he put on a great show, and it was tiny and intimate. not only new stuff. really great. i love susan. and man do i love the old 97s. the mountain kids are coming to visit soon. thats exciting in soem ways and perplexing in others. exciting none the less.
i guess that about enough rambling. i miss many of my dear old friends, but i am thankful for my geek boys and their cartoons and support. tim and a dog may be getting a place togeather, and that would be sweet. then i may even visit that creepy place i call boone.