Somebody's holding a grudge.

When I sent out invitations to my party, I sent them out to everyone, right? So I get this reply back from Frankie: "Happy Birthday. Don't email me anymore."

Awesome.

Well fortunately the night has improved. I got a nice package from Eye Butterfly today with my t-shirt, some buttons, and a nifty patch. So now I know what I'm wearing to work tomorrow. I also had a good phone convo with Lance for awhile tonight. We've been talking a lot lately online, but it was nice to shoot our respective shit on the phone for a bit too. Good times. I'm also in the middle of setting up (hopefully) a remix for Jacob with a cool band I work with...I think that's gonna rock if it works out. And this is good experience for me too to get this set up. :-D Also (using that word a lot tonight apparently) heard from Manek about some more Ecult stuff, so maybe I can help a bit more with that. So...lots of stuff going on, lots of prospects.

I've also sat down and started working on a calendar for myself of things I have scheduled this month and my timeline to get things done. I will be in NoVA next week and will find a place there. Week after I'll meet with my new CPA and get my paperwork done. Hopefully will move in immediately after Christmas. Will party with Corrie on New Years.

And thus my new life begins.

Song of the Day: Plumb - "Better" www.myspace.com/plumb

"Erasable, expendable
I wish I didn't need you now"
- Celldweller

I remember when I was back in middle/high school I held EVERYTHING in. I never showed pain or fear, and I absolutely hated the idea of crying in front of anyone. I had to be strong, you know? And I was told that really wasn't healthy. I got to college and was put in an environment where it was ok to touch, to feel, to show emotion, and I felt so safe there, and I healed so much.

I've tried to keep that mentality as I go through life, but I guess it never occured to me until today that in general society, we theatre people are freaks, and no one really wants to see you cry, or hear that you're having a bad day. Hehehe, oh well.

In the last 24 hours I've been told both that I didn't care enough by one person, and that I care too much by someone else. Which just leads me to conclude that no one knows what the hell they are talking about, or ever really knew me that well at all.

EDIT: Oh, by the way...how'd you like your desk, Chris? :-D (for those of you who remember my prank of leaving "Laura Was Here" sticky notes all over the hotel last time...this time I just put "Laura Was Here Again" notes all over his desk instead.)

I was gonna write a long post about some shit that had been bugging me lately, and then I talked to one of my buds and realized some old fights are nothing compared to what things could be if I were in his situation. Oi, people are crazy!

I can't change the past. I've apologized for the things I've fucked up on, and I'm sorry for any pain I caused. I don't regret any love I ever shared, and I want you to know it was all genuine. I can't convince everyone of that, but it's over now, and my life is changing...and if I have to leave you behind on that note, then I will.

But there are plenty of wonderful people in my life right now, and I think tonight made me more appreciative of what I do have now. These last few weeks I've been bitching about what I don't have, but let me take the time to be grateful for what I do have. (This should have been a Thanksgiving post...bad timing, eh?)

Even though I have to leave him in a few weeks, my old man has made these last few months bearable, and I really love him for that. I can't imagine what state I'd be in if I were alone right now. And to the friends that have stood beside me, especially with the events of this year and not judged me, or at least not walked away when they disagreed with me - people like Corrie, Lisa, Derek, Chris, Dana, Joe, Jeremiah, Nikki, Mike, Lance...I don't say it enough, but you guys are wonderful friends, and I have so much love and respect for all of you.

Ok, now that I feel all warm and fuzzy inside, I'm gonna go have a beer and watch Adult Swim.

Good last day of break. I woke up extremely late, then went shopping for a bit. Got myself some new shoes (I have to say that I honestly love Wal-mart for cheap yet acceptably made footwear...if my boots are gonna fall apart every 6 months no matter what brand I get, at least I only payed 17 dollars for these, right?) And I bought some hair dye.

My hair is now red, burgundy, and black. You know why? Because I can! Screw corporate life! I don't have to look socially acceptable anymore, bwahahahaha. Honestly though it didn't come out as intense as I had planned, but it's pretty cool regardless. Just more vibrant than the plain burgundy job I usually do. I'm rather pleased with my first attempt of layering color. I also found a few bottles of nail polish on sale while I was there, so my nails are now a matching shade of violet. Fun times.

Tonight I spent most of the time doing some computer work...had to do some work to Fluffy's forum, but I got that done much more easily than I had anticipated, so that made me happy. I also finally broke down and put a new firewall program on my laptop. I run my AV program and 3 spyware/adware programs and am still getting shit on my computer, so enough is enough. Hopefully this will help.

Song of the Day: Disturbed - "Land of Confusion" www.disturbed.com

I don't think I've ever put up and taken down so much pipe and drape in one day. But hey, it's over! It was cool because Micheal came in and worked for part of the morning, so I actually got to sit down and really talk to him about a lot of stuff. He's a really interesting person and has a pretty unique experience base. I even got to talk to him about a subject that I guess I wanted to hear another opinion on, so it was nice to hear his point of view from experience. There are definate advantages to having friends and co-workers who are old and "have been there and done that".

I do have to say that me working at the hotel has restored my opinion that, in general, people are assholes. Had to deal with some attitudes from guests about retarded issues. It all just reminded me that one of the reasons that I'm doing my own business is so that I don't have to grin and take it anymore, ha! See how far I promote your band if you take an attitude with me, right?

But...I got home today with an astonishingly good reply from one of the larger bands I had contacted the other week: I can now add Collide to the list of bands I support. Rock on!

Song of the Day: Life In Exile - "Ayn Rand" www.myspace.com/lifeinexile1

So I found a new fun way to kill time - I was sitting on deviantART and just browsing new submissions. It was really cool to see some of the things people do. And I figure since I get most of my comments that way, I might as well return the karma, eh? Been working on some other art peices of my own, so if anyone's interested, check it out: valdyr.deviantart.com.

Thanksgiving wasn't too bad. Food was good, didn't have to talk too much. I spent most of my time looking for stuff I want for Christmas. Probably won't get much or any of it, but hey, might as well aim high:


In related news, look what my wonderful man bought me for my birthday:

Hehe...I can't wait to get them. Gonna wear them to the 51 Peg show next weekend. That's gonna be such a great show. And yeah, I'll be sending out information about my weekend extravaganza on Monday or so.

I had a pretty interesting thing happen over the last few days, too. *giggles* Seems I unwittingly made quite the impression on someone I indirectly met at a show earlier in the month. I won't say more, but it's cute to have a guy IM you and say he's been trying to find you online...and was too shy to talk to me in person. Haha, makes me feel special. :-)

*giggles* Today was much better. Such a slow day at work, so I did many things I shouldn't have been doing (so many things you wanna do at work and you never thought you'd get away with - definately did them all today), AND I got my last project done, too. So score on both accounts, because I was still productive, haha. I love my old man. I know it's hard on everyone, but he really is a good guy, and treats me really well. I have a lot of fun with him and I'm glad I met him.

I got to talk to my big brother both yesterday and today, so that was good. My big brother loves me! It's nice to know I have someone I can call and cry to like I did yesterday. :-) *feels comforted* Big sis Fluffy has been there with emails, too, so that's always nice.

So now I'm just killing a bit more time at work before I head on over to the bar to hang out with some buds.

Been a damn good day. I need more days like today. Hopefully in January this'll be commonplace.

Song of the Day: 51 Peg - "Rest Of Us" www.51peg.com

Sometimes with all that I feel inside
I wonder if I'm the only one whose really alive
It's like I'm in full color but everyone else is grey
I try to fill you in with my love but you push the brush away.

I've been blogging since 2002, but I'm beginning to think that it's about time to wrap this up. I know most people have stopped reading, and to be honest, maybe it's time to just disappear for good once I go.

Feeling pretty disgruntled on a lot of levels right now. Still pissed I didn't even get a denial letter from that job I applied for, and then someone else in the industry kind of indirectly stabbed me in the back today. I know it wasn't intentional, but the effect is still the same. Loosing such a big chunk of business was not what needed to happen right now. I'm also sad because I was supposed to hang out with my old man tonight but the kids got in the way again. *sigh*

Me and my old man did talk for a bit tonight, and kinda finalized things for what happens after I go. I know it's best that I move on with my life, but I honestly was kinda hoping he'd just tell me he loved me and wanted me for himself...

I think I'm really just down because I'm getting nervous at what lies before me (I only technically work another 5 days), and because in general this time of year blows. So much useless crap I have to deal with. You can call me a scrooge, whatever...I wish I could be happy right now, but this time of year has never been pleasant.

Except for last year. I spent most of it with Jacob. That was probably the best New Year's I've ever had. It's amazing after all this time and two ex's later, I still ache for you. :-(

Song of the Day: Otto's Daughter - "All I Ever Wanted" www.ottosdaughter.com

Ok, I'm not usually a movie person, but I was watching an update on E! and was blown away by everything that's coming:

Memoirs of a Geisha - I mean, duh. The book was phenomenal.

Pride & Prejudice - I love period films. Period. I loved the A&E version of the story, and I've heard this movie doesn't equal it, but I'm still looking forward to it.

Brokeback Mountain - Everything that I've seen Ang Lee directed has been wonderful, so you know this will have some real substance.

The Chronicles of Narnia - Again...duh.

Rent - Normally I hate musicals, but this one has promise. Except everytime I see a preview I get "Seasons of Love" stuck in my head. We had to sing that back in high school choir.

*stretch* I love sleeping in, especially now that the cold weather seems to have set in for good. My room gets really cold, so it's nice waking up under several warm and fluffy blankets and knowing that I don't have to get out of them if I don't want to.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. My boss decided that he wanted to see HP4 too, so me, him, and my old man left work at noon and headed down to Swagat for some nice Indian food, and then headed over to the theatre. Definately a better way to spend the afternoon than at work.

As for the movie. I'm sure I'll go see it at least one more time. As for first impressions, I think that the movie was a much more solid movie than the last one. Flowed better, easier to understand. But I still think it was hard to watch if you hadn't read the books, or at least saw the first three movies. I think they did a really good job though of cutting out a lot of the unneeded events without completely ditching them; for instance, we definately get a really good impression of what happened at the Quidditch world cup without it taking up a lot of screen time. Same with the Tri-Wizard tasks. And for the most part, even though I thought there were a few times that people would have gotten confused, they did at least explain some things by the end of the movie. IE, who Barty Crouch Jr. is when neither Crouch had gotten enough name or face time for audience recognition; and the (semi-)explantion of Priori Incantatum.

I was originally turned off by the actor they got to play Mad Eye Moody from what I had seen in previews, but it actually turned out to be a great interpretation of the character. Lord Voldemort had soooo much more expression and character than I had originally imagined and really brought it to life for me. I also was impressed by the strides that the children actors made in their abilities. Harry's breakdown at the end of the movie after the graveyard scene was MUCH more believable than his tantrum in the snow in the last one. And Neville really showed some strong emotion in the explanation of the Cruciatus Curse. And the tension that builds up in Ron and Hermione was really nice too.

Overall I think this was a really strong movie. Not one that made me think "oh, fabulous!" but really did what it needed to, and really captured the darker mood that pervades the next few books. My only complaint:

Not enough Snape. :-)

Last night I headed over to Joe's to hang out with him, Nad, and Matt. Later Heather called so she came out too and we had a lot of fun. I started feeling sick again though so I headed on back here for a good night's sleep.

So I'm gonna just chill today. I need to go out in a few minutes and pick up some things...gotta redye my hair. And I think it's time I treated myself to some new make-up. So that'll be fun. I need to get out of the house for at least a little while; my dad is putting up the tree in the next room and making it into the usual stress-filled tragedy that this time of year usually is. Merry Christmas.

Figured it was time for a blog name change since it's obviously so fitting lately.

In any case, I'm not quite as confident about that job as I was yesterday. The band's management sent out another email now stating that they want someone from Nashville and with experience, so...yeah...so much for getting my hopes up.

So I just jumped on this HUGE opportunity that showed up on myspace this afternoon. A really cool band I've been listening to for awhile (and is signed to Warner) is looking for a last minute assistant tour manager for a short tour next month here on the east coast. Not to be full of myself, but I think I have a pretty decent shot of getting it. It's classified as an "internship" because there's no pay (but there IS a per diem, so whatever) so it looks like they were targeting more towards someone younger, and I think I've got a lot of good experience for someone in my place. Plus it's the perfect time to do it, right when I finish working here. I've also talked to them before, so hopefully they'll remember my name. I just have a good feeling about this. So I have my fingers crossed.

Work was fucked today on so many levels. If I wasn't already leaving...I'd be leaving. But I indirectly got to spend a lot of time with my man, so all was not lost on the 3 hours of department meetings...

"When I write a song, I just open Pro Tools or Logic Pro and keep hitting the 'Randomly generate new good song' button until I have a new good song I like." - Klayton of Celldweller(for the full interview, check out www.radio-active-music.com)

So yes, I've just posted part 1 of 2 of the "before and after the album" interview session with Celldweller. That should be publicized by their management within the next 24 hours. More fun stuff coming soon.

So I am STILL sick. I made it to work today only to leave early. Just couldn't make it through. I did at least get a good hug from my old man before I had to leave. *smiles*

Still icky over here. Looks like work tomorrow might be out, too. *sigh* It's nice having time off, but not if the best you can do is just make it downstairs to sleep on the couch instead of sleeping in your bed. Anyways.

I did get a bit more done today. Added a new artist to RAM, but more importantly will be having a chat sometime this week with the manager of one of the largest bands I work with about future promotion opportunities. So that is very exciting. More on that as it develops.

Getting ready to watch RAW for the special on Eddie Guerrero. RIP.

Ugh, I hate being sick. I slept in today, which I definately needed, but I'm still feeling pretty icky. So I guess we'll see if I make it to work tomorrow.

We went and ate lunch with my grandma today, and other than that, I've just been working on some more RAM stuff. Things have really started to pick up, so I figured it was time to step things up, so I started contacting some larger bands to see if they'd be interested in working with me. So we'll see how that goes.

I also had an idea for a new project that hopefully will actually draw in some money. So I'll be announcing that soon, once it gets going. :-)

It's really cool to read a fairly well-known band's official bio and see your own words quoted in it. :-D I rock.

But that's about the only thing that rocks. I went to bed last night feeling a bit under the weather, and woke up with a fairly sore throat. It wasn't till I got to work that I realized I couldn't even talk. About two hours into it I got my voice back, but I'm still not feeling great. I went to dinner with the 'rents, hoping that might help, but I'm actually feeling worse. So I unfortunately had to call out of work tomorrow, which I feel really bad about since they're so overworked, but there's only so much I can do I guess. I'm really looking forward to the end of this month.

I've tried to take it easy today and just catch up on some emails and do some more planning for this move. Oi. So much to do, but I'm making progress. I found several more apartment complexes within my price range in Woodbridge, so I think it's probably safe to say that's the area I'll be moving to. It works out really well though - it's only 3.5 hours from here, and yet only 30 minutes out of DC. So that's really cool. I'm also starting to watch the calandar for more shows to hit, so I'll be updating my RAM myspace profile with that. I'm also planning a major promo campaign in December/January...I've had a lot of bands and businesses donate promo items to be distributed, so I should have really large packages to send out soon. I also need to see what I can do about setting up "merch" tables at shows. I won't be selling anything, so I don't think venues will mind as long as I don't take up space, lol.

It's hard work, but it's fun. And I'm getting new buttons made for RAM. :-D

Make that money. Yesterday ended up being a pretty hard shift; lots of pipe and drape, a fast fold screen, several large sets and lots of small sets and strikes. But I had had such a good day that it was all good. Me and Jeremy had a lot of fun, including some crazy internet dance station and a story that will remembered as "The Magic Microphone." Yeah. So did you know that a microphone is basically a mini speaker? That means that if you accidently patch sound into a pot that already has a mic plugged in, instead of getting music patched to the room, you get music coming OUT of the microphone. I'm gonna have so much fun messing with people in the future.

We finally got out of there at 1 this morning, so I dragged myself home and got some sleep before heading back here. Today was pretty laid back. I spent the day getting most of the remaining equipment out of our storage area that we're losing and into random offices and spaces, so it wasn't so bad. I also got to cuddle with a cute boy, so that's always nice. :-)

I ended up with another car full of unwanted stuff today, too: this time I got about 20 padded projector bags. I'm thinking I'm going to get some patches made with my RAM logo and put them on those, then give some out to my staff / street team and maybe sell the rest. How nice would that be? I also scavenged some smaller things that you wouldn't think would be useful neccessarily: approximately 200 industrial zip lock bags (for promo packs) and a bunch of cd cases and sleaves that a bunch of install disks came in (for samplers and such). So another good day of "benefits" from my job. Earlier this week I also got some padded mic cases and a few velvet remote pouches. It does seem crazy to be getting rid of all that stuff, but all this equipment is installed in rooms, and we have no need or space for random bags and pouches sitting around everywhere. So, rock on (again).

In a little while I'm going out to dinner with my mom. Some of you might have known that she had surgery earlier this year and hasn't been doing too well. Well, she was in the hospital last week, and her results came back and it looks like she's got a compressed spinal cord, so that's essentially why she's loosing all her strength and movement. So she's going to have to have another operation later on, probably in January.

Tonight I'm just gonna take it easy and do just a few things that people really need from me (mainly pictures from various shows). This weekend will probably be much like last night, but hey...more money for me...almost there...

Song of the Day: Fluffy Starr - "Diffikult Grrl" www.fluffystarr.com

Yay! I love my old man! Today was much better. I had a load of equipment I had to move today, so he helped me with a lot of that, so we got to spend a lot of time together, and that was just great. We're talking about next Friday taking some time off to go see HP4 and such, so that'll be a lot of fun. *feels content* :-)

Another awesome thing about work today is that my boss gave me about $1000 worth of misc. audio and video cable that they were gonna throw out. So, uh, rock on. Some of that I'll keep, some of that I'll give out to my buds (namely, Corrie, Lee, etc...any of you guys need any BNC or RCA cable?) and the rest I'll probably sell.

I had a good phone convo with Tom from HITL last night about some plans for shows and stuff. I don't know him that well but I really like him so far. He seems to have a really good handle on what he wants and how things work, so I think working with them is going to be a lot of fun and a really valuable experience. Afterwards, I headed over to Stephen's party and had a lot of fun, even though I had to leave early to get enough sleep for the day. It figures that I'd really start to develop a social life right before I leave here, lol.

Anyways, gonna head out in a few and grab some dinner before I head over to the hotel. Here's to hoping for an easy night...

Song of the Day: Celldweller - "Stay With Me (Unlikely)" www.celldweller.com

For all the playfulness and driving through mountains
For all the songs written and poems contrived
I wonder where the substance is
You'll have to forgive me, but I can't believe
Your actions only make sense if you didn't care
I've stood outside your heart with no control
My only course can come within
So I'll continue to give of myself without restraint
Because a life with unrequited love
is better than life with no love at all

I think I can tell how my day is going to be based on the first 20 minutes at work. I got in today, and mind you I'm already feeling pretty bad. I've had some sick/tired thing going on for the last few days, but I need to keep making money, so I dragged myself in anyways. I get here about 10 minutes earlier, log on to my compy, and check today's events. And NOTHING has been set. There are two events supposed to kick off at noon (when I normally get in) on opposite sides of campus. So I track down my coworkers, find out indeed that they have not been set, with the explanation of "We were waiting for you to get here." Yeah, that makes sense.

Anyways. Something's up with my old man. He's kinda been pulling back lately. I dunno if stuff is just bad at home and/or here, or if he's just really upset about me going. But either way, it makes me sad. I just wanna spend some more time with him before I have to leave, but I don't think that's going to happen. :-(

I really do intend to stay out of relationships, but as quoted in Sense and Sensibility, I have "a passion too great for prudence."

I really just wanna go home and sleep, but I have a business call with HITL tonight, as well as Stephen's b-day party, which I really need to not miss since I had to bail on him Monday. I would say, hey, it's almost the weekend soon, but I'm working three shifts at the hotel this week; Saturday and Sunday both being at 6:30am.

So I've decided that in the next few weeks I'm gonna take some time and see if I can teach myself some things about synthetic hair falls. Should be fun. I have a lot of ideas.

Today the word finally got out at work about me leaving, since they finally posted the notice to fill my position. So that was kinda wierd, hearing so many people ask about it, when I didn't really feel like I got very close to anyone. I had a lot of fun there, overall. But it's definately time to go.

This night was pretty uneventful. I was supposed to go out...to two different places in fact...but I had to cancel on Chris since I had forgotten I was supposed to hang out with Steven. Then Steven had to work late, so I just ended up coming home. So, yeah, lol. But it's ok...I still have so much work to do...

"I am a car crash
You won't survive."

Song of the Day: Heretics In The Lab - "Car Crash" www.hereticsinthelab.com

So how about them Hokies? Even I watched the game and I have about as much school pride as this chair, but I mean, sheesh. Did you guys eat too much on the buffet yesterday morning? (I bet you all didn't know that the VT football team has their home pregame meetings at the hotel, eh? I've probably met more of them than everyone reading this combined. Anyways.)

Had a great weekend. Me and Jeremiah and Heather met at Swagat for dinner and had lots of fun; afterwards we went back to his hotel and Heather got some ice cream and her photography portfolio, so we all chilled out for awhile. And I got my much needed foot and back rubs, lol. Saturday was pretty chill at the hotel, and afterwards me and Jeremiah went out for lunch/dinner at Olive Garden and then went shopping for awhile. I miss my big brother so much, so I'm glad he was able to come visit me. He left today since he had to head out to Iowa, but I hope he comes back to see me soon. :-) *cuddles and loves*

Today I've been trying to update RAM some...got a new band added and cleaned some things up, but I really just need to write some more reviews I guess. Maybe I can do that this afternoon/evening. Also been doing some management work. I'm really amazed by how many "promoters" want bands to play for free. *shakes head* This is definately a learning experience. If there was one good thing I take away from the hotel it's costumer service skills, which I'm definately using more and more of as I do this business.

I had a high school garage metal band email me about being added to the site today.

Song of the Day: Orgy - "Stitches" www.punkstatikparanoia.com

Ok, so the show on Wednesday night was fabulous! It was a surprisingly easy drive down to Greensboro (2 hours on 220) and I found the bar without incident. The first band, Taradactyl, was incredible. They're a kind of experimental industrial band. The singer actually doesn't sing...he just uses a voice box connected to his keyboard and plays the notes. Some people might think that's a cop out I guess, but the effect really worked with the music. Very rockin'. They're on myspace, and I hope they put out a cd soon. I'd like to see them again.

The next band was alright, and then finally OD got up. They did an excellent show and played all of my favorites, including Fistfull, Show Girl (at which point I got to get up and dance on stage), and their cover of Depeche Mode's Stripped. They played a lot of new stuff; some of it off the new EP, and others that are brand new and for the next album. One song, called Fucking You Back, was just amazing, and particular great in the context of the way things are going at work, lmao. :-)

So it was great meeting the band, especially J and the new guitarist, Mo, who I talked to for awhile. I also got to meet Violet_Sky who has been supporting the band and on their forum for awhile. It's kinda cool to go up to people and say "Valdyr" and have people know who I am. Kinda like that Orgy concert where someone freakin' recognized me from my board icon on D1. Crazy, but awesome. Along with that I now feel even older and more important, lol: one of my staff members wanted to know if she could put me down as a reference on her resume.

Last night Chris and Toni invited me over for TNA wrestling. Quite different from WWE. It's kinda like the cruiserweight fighters, but with even more acrobatics. Good times!

Then tonight I get to see my big brother!!! Me, him, and Heather (and possibly my old man) are going to Swagat tonight for dinner. So I'm looking forward to all of that. I miss him so much, so it's gonna be great to spend the weekend with him.

Song of the Day: Otto's Daughter - "Fucking You Back" www.ottosdaughter.com

Wow, I'm so glad I went. More details later, but for now, here's some awesome pictures:

Today has been kind of annoying. I had to get up early yet again first because my old man woke me up at freakin' 9am, and then later because I was having problems getting my meds refilled (I don't understand why if I'm on this permanently why she can't just give me a larger number of refills than 1 each time...rediculous). So I finally got that resolved, got to work, and have been running pretty hard ever since. We've got two events running simultaneously, but uh, I'm the only one here. Because that makes sense. So I've been running back and forth across campus (because they also had to be on opposite sides of the school) to make sure all is well. On top of that, because of my old man having car issues and having to go to the doctor, I can't even see him today, so that makes me sad. :-( I could use a hug right now. At least, even in his bad day he was able to bring me lunch anyways, so that was really sweet.

I'm now trying to coax him into coming to the show with me tonight, lol. At least that will be fun. Topher has to work tonight at the last minute, so I'll be coming back tonight...so I'll be home at like, 3am again I guess. However, after the way things have been lately, I think I'm just gonna take tomorrow off. Bah.

This weekend should be alright though; I thought I was gonna have to work both days, but I'm only doing a morning shift on Saturday. Both Jeremiah and Corrie are going to be in town this weekend, so that should be lots of fun.

In other news, everyone that I know decided to call or text message me at the same time this afternoon. Which made me feel loved. :-)

Song of the Day: Eye Butterfly - "Pandora's Box" www.EyeButterfly.ca

In addition to moding for the forum, Eye Butterfly had me take over their new LJ Community. So I reskinned it tonight using Simon's graphics from the forum. Let me know what you think and if it degrades badly on anyone's machine: here

(and if you wanna join the community too, that'd be cool.)

It's November 1st. In a month I turn 23. In 30 days I leave work for good.

"For 30 days...
Just a little scared of what we might become.
And we're home when we're together,
home when we're together
we are home when we're together
home when we're together
For 30 days..."

At this point I feel safe to say that I love my old man. I got to work and he came into the office and dragged me out to lunch. We had a great time; we picked up some Chinese food, and just drove around for a few while he did some errands before coming back here to eat. He told me to stop mentioning that I was leaving. He said I was the only person he could trust. *sigh* I wish there was some easy solution for all of this. I mean, it's easy for me...I'm getting ready to have the time of my life when I go. I worry about what's going to happen to him here.

In other news, I'm now moderating Eye Butterfly's forum, so that's cool. They're good people, so it's nice to be working closer with them. As far as music stuff goes, I've about got my new article blog up: radioactivemusic.blogspot.com. Not everything is on there yet, but once I finish I'll publically announce it and see what happens. Unfortunately Valdyr.com is taken, so I need to think of something creative to do. Or just leave it as it is I guess.

Called "Bird Killer" today. Remember him? Topher from high school, lol. He's living down in Chapel Hill and had told me I could crash with him when I came down for the Otto's Daughter shows this week. So I'm making sure all is still well with that, and if so, I head down to Greensboro tomorrow after work to see them. That's gonna be awesome.

Song of the Day: Jimmie's Chicken Shack - "30 Days" www.jimmieschickenshack.net