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It had been a long time since I’ve been to a good show, and seeing the Deftones last night at House of Blues really fit the bill. The openers Fall of Troy were pretty decent live… much better in fact than on their cds. It makes me want to go back and give the discs another spin. The first time I listen to their cds I really wasn’t into them, but hopefully now ahving seen them live I can appreciete them more.

The Deftones took the stage pretty early, maybe around 8:45 and problably played for 1 1/2 hours. They had a pretty diverse set with a strong grouping of songs from every album. It surprised me how much old material they played. Over all it was one of the better ‘tones performaces I’ve seen.

After the show I headed how to paint the pantry a bit more before retiring my ringing ears to bed around 12:30.

We almost have all the nursery furniture

colin is now an expert at drywall

pie

Julia hasn’t smoked in 4 months! I’m pretty proud of her.

Who needs teeth when you can have a mouth full of bloody gauze? That’s the question we all must face in our life at least once… err well maybe its only me that has to face that question. LAME!, if that’s the case.

I could make up some strange story about how I haven’t posted in a while because of my painful wisdom tooth problem, but that would be a lie… I’ve just been lazy, and introspective as of late. I guess its time to break the silence and give Julia a hand at this whole blog update shin-dig we got going on here.

Well, like the picture illustrates I finally got my teeth yanked over the holiday weekend. I’m quite proud of my bloody gauze. It was a very easy proceedure, I went to sleep around 10 and woke up around 11 without two of my teeth. I guess I really work up at 10:50 and then passed out again… finally waking up at 11. Julia took great care of me while I lumbered about the rest of the day having incoherent conversations with our neighbors about gas in the lawn mower.

I really didn’t suffer through any hard core pain, just a general soreness and stiffness. I really didn’t dip into my little pill bottle of vicatin, so if you need some just hit me up. I really don’t like the stuff cause it makes me feel barfy. I’m a huge fan of valum though, and it will definately be on my x-mas wishlist this year. I never really thought I was an anxiety ridden individual… until I no longer had anxiety due to being medicated pre surgery. Sign me up I tell you.

By now it’s worn off and I’m back to my regular high strung self… but it was nice to live a normalized existence for even jsut a short while. Even Julia said she liked me better on the stuff, so you know its gotta be good.

The rest of the weekend was pretty normal, working around the house. Oil changes for the car, working on the pantry, a few parties attended for birthdays and what not.

In the randon category: Tomorrow I’m off to see the Deftones with Brian. Fancy Dan is off to Chicago in the coming weeks for a new gig. I’m off to Taco Tuesday tonight, for a beer and fun times digging taco meat out of the new holes in my jaw. Julia can feel little Parker swimming around in her belly more and more each day, which gives me a slight smile when I think about it. Oh yeah, and julia bought me some cool new shirts.

Well we are officially headed to Jamaica to union. YES!

Sun, sand, wedding cake and everything is wonderful.

It’s been a long road for us to get to this place.  Betrayal and heartbreak have been among the scary side stories.

But in this case with me and Colin and our family LOVE and FRIENDSHIP triumph over those enemies of the state.

The happiest moments are yet to come and I have nothing but the fullest glass of optimism for the present and future.

I love you Colin. Thank you for your partnership.

Well our baby is 6 inches and 3.8ozs and kickin inside me. Apparently his ears have moved from his neck to his head which I think is awesome that body parts are movin around in there.

It seems that heart burn could be the weapon of our baby to get me to quit my bitching and/or stay away from stressful situations. I don’t think it’s a conscious weapon but it is effective.

As I become more stressed the acid rises in my esophagus and bam my throat is on fire and my chest is in shreads. So I’m sorry little man I’ll try to calm down.

Listening to old Our Lady Peace today. They really did peak in the mid 90’s.

“known that, I’ve loved you all along“

Ya know those pudding cups with the swirl or layers of favor… for example the ones from Jello brand with a layer of vanilla pudding between two layers of chocolate in one single cup serving… well yeah, it may be layered in color, but not really taste I tell ya. It all has a similar chocolate taste… top to bottom.

It’s nice to one of those moments, how ever fleeting, where you just sorta feel at place in the universe… even if its just sitting on the couch in the mid-evening… thinking to ones self: I’m pretty content as to where I am in life.

It’s also nice to wake up to a bright and sunny day with a freshly mowed lawn. If I have my way, after a nice pork chop dinner with an ear of corn this evening, I’ll be strolling up to Malleys for an icecream sunday.

In other news, Julia thinks she can feel Spider-man wiggling around inside her.

Man, my body is falling apart. This morning I work up and my right eye is swollen… I’m hoping it’s just irritated by drywall mud or something, I would rather avoid a bout of pink/red eye. My knees also feel like they are 60 years old… plus lets not forget my previously mentioned wisdom teeth dilemma.

This weekend was pretty productive. Friday I chilled at home though, watching the NBA playoffs. Saturday, Pongallo helped me pick up some drywall from Home Depot in the monring, and then I spend the rest of the day cleaning out the basement and getting it back to a place where I can actually work in it again and start making more artwork. Saturday night I met Ted up at The Beer Engine to have a quick beer and talk about how to drywall the pantry, but instead it turned into a 4 hour sit-down to talk about the art, process and the website I’m trading him for his drywall expertise. Sunday I woke up bright and early to work on the pantry with Ted. We got all the drywall hung and even taped and initially mudded. It’s a good start. Hanging the drywall is pretty easy… the art comes with taping and mudding. To be honest it’s not something I’m looking forward to as we move to work on the attic after the pantry is all finished. I have a lot of respect for the skill Ted has and his patience with my noob approach to throwing mud everywhere.

After a long day of working, my friend Coss called me and told me she scored a Nintendo Wii from out in Brainbridge for me. Once Julia came home from BG, we ran to pick it up and brought it home for a nice evening of Wii sports with pizza and apple pie. Brian stopped by to give bowling,boxing,baseball and golf a go with us. The system is pretty fun and I can’t wait to get more games.

The only other exciting news form the weekend is that I scored a couple of tickets to catch the Deftones this month with Brian Kelly. A few other folks from work are going too, so it should be a good night out come May 30th.

Other than that, it’s a Bad Religion kind of day…”I’m going for a walk”