I still want to ask.

First of all, this is the news (and it's not even April Fools Day):

For a span of six dates this coming June, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists will temporarily leave behind a trail of intimate clubs and humid festival grounds to rock a different crowd as the opener for Pearl Jam.

There's a part of me making some major considerations about the price of airfare and Madison Square Garden tickets.

Not news: For years I thought the concept of a fish taco was gross. While I am one of those vegetarians who will sometimes eat things that come from the ocean and it's in my blood to enjoy some of it, fish tacos sounded like a really bad idea that I didn't realize actually existed until after moving to this coast. Yesterday, I thought I'd give it a go. I was making most decisions based on eenie-meenie-miney-mo, and that's what it landed on.

...It was not a good idea.

But a few good things:

+ Finding the "THANKS FOR THE ASS IN BED" sign I thought I lost! (I think it's a sign.)
+ Cutting off even more of my hair, ditching the pink, donning the Snow White headband
+ Leo, just in general
+ Hoping that the sweet $10 hi-tops I saw yesterday are still there today waiting for me to buy them

Tonight has way too many options including but not limited to:

Tennis Pro cd release @ King Cobra
Besties and half of BOAT @ Stickman Coffee
Megasapien @ Ground Zero
recording

It's around my neck.

Anyone miss seeing Racetrack play shows the way I miss seeing Racetrack play shows? That's what I thought. Lucky for us, I just dug this and this up and out of the depths of my computer.

Latest kicks:

+ Gatorade AM, specifically the orange-strawberry flavour
+ Original-style E.L. Fudge cookies
+ Season 3 of Lost
+ Sewing
+ Basil not-beef as made by my mother
+ The bracelet I just made

Ten gerbera daisies, three Orangina bottles.

I spent my weekend laying low despite the fact that I meant to be in attendance at at least three different parties. Why? Oh yeah, because I'm a poor judge of how healed I am and also terribly clumsy. See also: hurting oneself while trying to set up a Sega Genesis. Growlies. Sorry friends.

In better news, though, I'm officially counted in for one of each color of these:


Kool Aid and Shooks, together at last! YES! (And by YES! I mean OH YEAH!) If you want it, come and get it here.

Blood fountains.

So, getting my teeth out wasn't so bad, actually. I was prepared for it to take hours, but I didn't even get all the way through Shake the Sheets. Any time I started freaking out at the bloody reflection in the dentist's safety goggles as he held my chin down and, literally, yanked really hard, I had to keep from smiling. I'm not some weird pain kid, I just had good thoughts in my head. I tried the Vicodin and didn't like it much, so it's pretty much just been antibiotics and the first season of Lost over here.

Hey, who wants to tell me what their favorite music videos are?!

Never wanted to need anybody.

1 - I almost made a big deal about it, but this is temporarily up for anyone who missed me at the Mars Bar on Saturday. It's a bad video of a newish song. (Actually, not that new; I wrote it while I was still in LA.)

2 - I'm bidding my wisdom teeth farewell on Tuesday... wide awake. I'm pretty terrified, so if anyone who makes mixes or playlists or whatever wants to make me one or suggestions for some stuff for me to put on continuous play on my iPod while the dentist makes drilling and clangy noises in the blood fountain that will be the back of my mouth, please feel free.

3 - I will probably be the opposite of cute for about a week or so after the extraction, but if any of my best mates who don't care if I'm cute or not want to appreciate juice or liquified food or my bruised and swollen face with me, that's cool.

4 - After a year and a half of living off of savings, I'm employed once more. It'll be especially fun when I'm also in school 40 hours a week and supplementing my traditional training with independent learning. On top of that, there's two musical projects and all that comes with them, plus being crushed out on the coolest boy ever, plus wanting to start voice lessons again and maybe also guitar... I have no doubt I'll sort it out, but holy goodness. I've never looked so busy on paper before.

5 - Shake Yourself Awake is a really good record. I can't believe I didn't just iTunes it from LA. I finally own it and it is awesome.

I want my hands in your hair.

1 - Leo just had an accident on the carpet... in the shape of a heart!!! I took a picture of it but will spare you unless requested otherwise since I know not everyone's into amazing dog pee formations.

2 - I played a show sort of last minute-like on Saturday night with Lesli Wood at the Mars Bar. I have a few kinda bad videos from it. In fact, all of my videos from other people that night were disappointing. I'm still debating posting any of those just 'cause the video is so... meh... but the audio is pretty alright, and one of those songs really needs to go to somebody's ear soon.

3 - I am officially moving in, right now. It's a little scary for me, but it shouldn't be. Last time I moved in somewhere thinking I'd be there a year, I was out three months later. What I mean is... I painted my walls (the colour of a Tiffany's box, I realized today) and I have a bed. There's no way to express how weird that feels to me now. I might have to have a roomwarming party or something.