The Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert in Dallas was excellent, as expected. ( Read all about it )

Got to go see some live music tonight--a Blues Brothers revival show! My sister-in-law was one of the backup singers, and one of her good friends was the star (the Jake Blues/John Belushi one). The band did tons of songs off of the old Briefcase Full of Blues live album, some stuff featured in the movie, and a few songs I hadn't heard before. They ( Read more... )

My interview on Thursday went pretty well, I think. My interviewers were in a terrible rush, which I didn't appreciate...At any rate, I should hear back on Monday or Tuesday. There's really no reason I wouldn't get the job. It's very part-time--only two days a week--but it would get my foot in the door with the school district here in town, and be ( Read more... )

Saw the final Harry Potter movie today with my family. Freakin' sweet! I assume everybody knows the story at this point, right? Even so, go see the films--they kick so much ass. I'll not belabor it too much.

aoi_tsuki1 downloaded all the music for both seasons of Spice and Wolf a few nights ago, with all the song info still in Japanese. I just got done ( Read more... )

Okay. I feel no need to reiterate the recent frustrations enumerated in aoi_tsuki1's LJ, so I'll just talk about non-depressing stuff...

( Like playing Aladdin on Super Nintendo! )

Had a good Saturday with my mom. We went to Goro's sushi bar for an early birthday dinner. God, it was so good. Then, we went shopping around at various Targets for a record player. I wound up with the one that's everywhere: it's a retro-styled wooden cabinet that plays vinyl, CDs, tapes, AM/FM radio and has an input jack for MP3 players and ( Read more... )

I found this via Japanator earlier. It's beautiful.

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Seems I'm behind on my Celtic Women albums, which is a cryin' shame. I hadn't heard this song before. Sounds like a great old drinking song ( Read more... )

Can't really complain here. I found some Simpsons tapes at Half Price Books the other day, been reading Sherlock Holmes, watching Slayers Next with aoi_tsuki1, and so on ( Read more... )

Got the car back from the shop today. The cost? All of my money, almost exactly, plus 20 dollars. I had to borrow the extra cash from Dad, and I gave him some of the cupcakes I baked for aoi_tsuki1 as thanks. Now I have the New, Improved Mitchell--Now With Working Gas Tank ( Read more... )

Just finished reading The Power of Myth earlier tonight. It was a great experience, very transformative. I can't recommend it enough, because Campbell speaks in a spiritual and mythological vocabulary that really cuts to the core of all things. It's not dense and impenetrable, though. The book is a transcript of interviews, a Socratic kind of ( Read more... )