The count is, 8 days from turning 33, 3 days from a Pearl Jam show, 4 days from as close as I can get to a hometown PJ show. Things are starting to happen. In Highland Park the lilacs are blooming, although the official start to the Lilac Festival isn't until my birthday (some years they just can't get synched.) I'm ready to see these shows and have a fun time but when it's all over, I definitely need to get motivated to find a new job. So, things are up and down, but mostly on the level.
Oh, but I have to include this link because it proves something that I've said. Since about 1974, "dude" is universal:
http://www.good.is/post/the-history-of-the-dude/?GT1=48001