So...stuff's been happening. On the minus side, seeing my dad's mother for the first time since she was admitted to the nursing home a couple of weeks ago -- rail thin, in a wheelchair, easily confused, hardly talking -- was rough. ( Cut for somewhat depressing details :( )

First of all, thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes my way through Facebook or Twitter on Friday! My 23rd birthday was rather uneventful; the only interesting thing that happened was that the family and I went out to eat at Dusitra. For a Friday evening, hardly anyone was there, which was a bit surprising given that the food was really good ( Read more... )

I have to go to bed REALLY SOON so that I can get up early enough for the flight to California (which I'll go into below), and I have a bit of a headache right now, so I need to keep this short:

--Saturday night was the Okkervil River concert, and it was awesome. It was my first time at Toad's Place, and I certainly didn't mind it there; I haven't ( Read more... )

0. Why is it that whenever I post something here, I always want to do it very late at night?  :P

1. ( I probably write too much about The Letter, but this is hopeful. )

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The Delgados were an indie rock band from Glasgow in the late 90s until 2005, and are best remembered for three things: 1) founding the Chemikal Underground label, 2) "The Light Before We Land," the opening song to the anime Gunslinger Girl (they also contributed "Woke From Dreaming," both of which are off of their 2002 album Hate), and 3) the ( Read more... )

Yep, today was the big 2-0 (though maybe calling it "big" is a bad idea; 21, on the other hand...XD).  I went with my family to a Chinese restaurant we all like.  And man, did we have a goddamned feast: sesame shrimp with the best sesame sauce ever, shredded beef in a spicy ginger sauce, sweet and sour pork with peppers, carrots, and pineapple, ( Read more... )

Since my birthday is June 8, I'll link the Wikipedia entry here and mention some of the people I've heard of:

• GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI (1625-1712): prominent Italian astronomer, first to observe Jupiter's Great Red Spot, as well as some of Saturn's rings (the Cassini division) and four of its moons, and also was among the first to determine the ( Read more... )