They’re playing a show on the 1st, but that’s all the way up in Denton, and I have stuff to do that day. They’re also playing at a show at a place that’s literally 5 minutes away from where I live. I’ve seen it, but I’ve never been there. I didn’t know they had actual bands there. *haha* So I’m making plans to go to that… Joe in tow or not.  Maybe I can grab Megan, too. She can crash on the futon or something. *lol*

Anyway… as you can also see, I’ve done a little um.. redecorating.  I upgraded to the newest version of Wordpress (went from version 1.5.2 to 2.0.4), and I decided to give my blog a new look, thanks to the Wordpress Themes directory.  I also redecorated my knitting blog.

Anyway.. It’s official. My sister and I are going to Beaumont in 2 weeks (less than, now! *squee*) to see my boy, Damian. My sister got the OK from Mom (just didn’t want her freaking out about Megan going to like, the other end of the STATE or something. lol) and we got a hotel room to crash in, and I should be getting my tickets any day now. I’m SO FREAKING EXCITED I can’t even STAND!! it. Seriously. It’s been ages since I’ve seen a show. AGES. And the one I get to go to in two weeks? Is basically (sorta kinda, ok, maybe not really) a Plasma Jack reunion!!!!!

I can’t effing wait. I haven’t been this excited about anything since uhm… yeah, I don’t know when. No, I do know when. Since I flew out to get Joe and sorta bring him with me. I get Joe next weekend, too, so that’s awesome. A Joe Weekend, then a PJ weekend! ha! Then I think I get another Joe weekend. Then it’s Dina’s Send-Off, but we won’t talk about that. I’m hoping that’s ALSO a Joe weekend, but we’ll see. He’s trying to work out some stuff, and if that happens, he probably won’t be coming back here for that weekend. Bleh.

Anyway, I’m not tired yet, so I’m not going to go to sleep. I think I’m going to get in some quality Netflix time, since I was at mom’s longer than I planned today.

I read most of my blogs through Bloglines (love it!), only veering off to the actual blogs when I’m bored beyond comprehension and nobody’s updated anything and I want to check to make sure they really haven’t updated (yes, I’m a nerd. Also, bored), or I remember that they don’t have an RSS feed, or I just want to see how their blog is looking these days.

Today? I was pleased with two posts that I got to read, and they were from the same family of people. Awesome how that works, huh? (Oh! Maybe that should’ve been in parentheses.. haha!) The first post by this family that I read was Mr. CactusFish’s post about his Bean’s first birthday, and it’s seriously one of the most touching posts I’ve ever read. Go! Now! Bring Kleenex! Chris, you rock, too.

Then on the totally other end of the spectrum (and it may not even be the SAME spectrum!), we have Mrs. CactusFish, and her desiccated cricket carcass poetry. I went to the previous post and read some of the poems that were left in the comments, and they are HYSTERICAL. Also, read her villanelle on the same topic. I’m going to have to find out what a villanelle is, because I don’t remember, and it’s bothering me. LOL

Okay, now that I’ve spent 20 minutes or so typing this up, I REALLY need to go get dressed and get out of here. Have a good day.

(Answer: Nine. No, this makes ten.)

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