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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
5:12 am	I'm still alive I refuse to let old wounds like this ever heal completely. The fresh blood keeps things flowing. Still a blorgin here. Peace Current Mood: busy Current Music: hum of fans (Comment on this)
Friday, September 2nd, 2005
10:54 am	still live elsewhere Still keep this though. So I can login as an LJ user to comment on lord_kelvin 's page. current/new blog still here (Comment on this)
Monday, July 25th, 2005
11:57 pm	still bloggin here. Current Mood: content Current Music: the hum of our new ceiling fan (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 21st, 2005
10:09 pm	new post here Current Mood: tired Current Music: the Simpsons are on (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 17th, 2005
9:28 am	movin' Well, I finally did it. I set up a Blogger account and thus my blog is going to be moving. From now on you can see it at www.geekcre.net/model_consumer. I'll still keep my LJ accound though, so that I can post on other LJ blogs and groups. I'll probably still occasionally post here for a while, either duplicating my posts or just to inform of a new post with a link. Point your browsers accordingly and drop a new bookmark (or add to yr favorites depending on your browser). Current Mood: procrastinatory Current Music: Sonic Youth - "Rain King" (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 14th, 2005
10:07 pm	scatterbrain Well, it's about time I posted again. I've got several minor themes already in mind but in order to give them the eloquence they deserve I may not actually write them tonight. You see, right now my belly is full of Mexican food and I am just feeling too tired. Brendan and lord_kelvin can go ahead and be my official cyber friend now that I've finally gone ahead and put up a My Space profile. This was done at the request of my lovely spouse, who in turn joined because our pal Lindsey has joined, if I'm not mistaken. Any homies reading this might want to sign up and add me as your friend. My first impression is that it's a little cooler, interface-appearance-wise, than Friendster, even though they are essentially the same thing. I wish that one of the two (Friendster/MySpace) would be absorbed by the other, because it's just retarded to have to have two. I mean, I know no one is forcing me to use either one of the sites, but I have friends that are on each and I just kind of feel like I should use both of them. That reminds me of the great Live Journal vs. Blogger divide. I actually think I'd like to use blogger and move my blog to geekcore before classes start. I wouldn't put it on the front page, which is Holly's page. I'd have my own directory and keep my blog page as the index of it. We'll see. There's not much to keep me on LJ per se, although I really consider lord_kelvin to be a great friend, but he and I keep in touch anyway, and even if I migrate my blog I'll still check his LJ all the time. But besides him, there is no one that I am particularly close to that has a LJ. I've been getting a relatively decent amount of reading done lately. In particularly I'm enjoying two books I'm in the middle of, one is sort of an (excellent) intro. to Linguistics textbook-style book called The Handbook of Linguistics. The other is What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank. (By the way, thanks to Suzanne who sent me the latter from my Amazon wishlist for my birthday.) I hope you all, my friends, are having a great summer. Current Mood: beer drinkin' Current Music: Fox 5 10 p.m. news weather forecast theme (Comment on this)
Monday, July 4th, 2005
11:02 am	Happy Independence Day! I don't know if any of the very few people that come here also check out you know who's blog or not, but I kind of assume they do, since I so frequently put up a link to it in my posts here. Anyway, she posted something about someone she knew who died as a soldier in Iraq recently, and it got a handful of fucked-up psycho replies from ultra-right wing nutjobs. I in turn posted some lengthy replies there which you all may be interested in reading. Take it easy and have a great 4th of July! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
9:57 pm	animals/jobs/music/stuff I really don't post as often as I think I could, something which sometimes bothers me, if for no other reason than I think a little bit of informal writing is a good mental exercise. I have a good excuse though, we have a new puppy, as anyone who has read you know who's page already knows. You can see a couple pictures there too. So two and a half weeks ago I was driving to the store and on this gravel road near my house that I use as a shortcut I see this little dog running straight toward my vehicle. I immediately stop and by the time I open the door he has already made it to my door, and is ready to be picked up. He was not wearing any collar and there was no one near him nor chasing him nor anywhere to be found nearby. So I called Holly and we agreed that I should bring him home. No one put up flyers anywhere around there looking for him and when Holly called the pound the next day no one had reported a dog lost matching his description. So we decided to keep him. That and the fact that we are suckers for cute puppies. This little dog is brown and white and looks to be maybe a pit bull puppy or perhaps an oddball terrier mix. So he fits in good with Baxter, a pure-bred Boston Terrier, and Zoe, who is a Boston Terrier mix. And I've been spending much of my precious free time at home trying to housebreak him, and to babysit him. It's gotten to the point where I don't even care anymore if I have to clean up after him, so it's probably had a positive effect on my patience. We decided to name him "Zeke" in honor of a Miniature Schnauzer my sister and I used to have that was named "Ezekiel" but we always called "Zeke." We're fucking broke and practically counting the days until I get my financial aid. Except that we don't know when that day will come. I did check the UGA Bursar's website and that day will probably come sometime between August 10th and 20th, I'd estimate. More important news still is that You know who has a new job! (Again, anyone cool enough to be a regular reader of Geekcore already knows this.) This will be a huge relief to our budget, and will also provide us both with health insurance coverage right in time for my switch to part-time work at the hospital as I start school in August. Bad news for me, Brendan was unable to visit last week as planned. (Bren-- I know you probably feel bad, don't worry, I only mention it because it naturally fits in to the narrative of this entry.) It's just as well as we were broke. I ended up not getting a wristband for the AthFest club crawl, although I SWEAR I will plan ahead next year and attend come hell or high water! It's not like you don't get a chance to see those bands the rest of the year; most of them are from Athens. It's just a very convenient and cheap way to see a bunch of them at once. And it's intoxicatingly fun to be able to waltz to and from every rock club in town without having to pay a cover at each one, for two nights in a row. Anyway, I did see Pylon Friday night at the free outdoor stage, which was pretty cool. They had a bunch of Pylon logo balloons filled with helium spread throughout the crowd which made an impressive sight. The music was pretty cool, what you'd expect from a band that has opened for Gang of Four, U2, R.E.M., B-52's, et al. That is to say, angular, dancey new-wavey stuff. At times I thought both bass and guitar were a bit sloppy, and the drummer was definitely the stand-out musician of the bunch. However, their energy and songs made up for any screw-ups, and the vocals were just thrilling. Vanessa, their singer, still has it, and can scream better than most rock chicks half her age. It was interesting to see her perform because I have met her (if my memory serves me) through our respective day jobs. As much as I take great pains to keep this identity and journal separate from my day job and everything associated with that world, I think I am safe in indulging in the guilty pleasure of reporting my closest brush with Athens rock elder-savants: I believe I have interpreted for her before. Anyone see a commercial or trailer for that movie "Rize" which I guess is a documentary about some bullshit dance craze? At one point in one of the commercials this one kid says, "This is not a trend! I repeat: This is not a trend." Son, it's the very definition of a trend; check your dictionary. I am enjoying the shit out of a screwdriver I mixed up myself here at home with budget priced vodka. I think I'll go make another now. Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: some shitty local car dealer commercial on cable (Comment on this)
Friday, June 10th, 2005
6:16 am	Scary Someone was kind enough to post on the Quisling message board recently. I receive an email whenever someone posts there, and I kept this notification in my inbox with the intention of replying. I was planning on just placing some links to previous posts where I had already addressed what I thought was the issue; however, upon a careful re-reading of the post it appears the poster is replying to another Norwegian who was expressing disgust at the band/website, and defending Quisling, the treacherous and infamous leader. Now, really, the only person who would do something like that and be serious IS NOT someone to whom I wish to reply. It's got me thinking again about writing a bit about the band, as I've mentioned here before, to share with my tiny LJ readership and also to post on the aforementioned message board. And I still want to do it, just not sure when I'll sit down and do it. Also, reminds me of another project which is far more exciting, which is to take the tapes and video tapes I've got of Quisling and "record" the audio to the computer. Then I could potentially clean up the sound a bit and then I'd have some mp3s to distribute and a means to burn some CDrs. That will be very interesting. I hope I can find a way to "clean up" the recordings that isn't so difficult it will drive me crazy. Anyway... Current Mood: slow and steady Current Music: They Might Be Giants - "Why Does the Sun Shine?" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
6:03 am	"content" I must be existing on a higher plane of consciousness than I previously thought because I just looked over past entries and noticed that when I do choose a mood, it is almost always a happy one, and of those, it is usually "content." I think probably I go for that a lot because if I'm not in a good mood I am likely to just not post something. Also, on the menu that pops up/drops down, it's just easier to pick a word closer to the front of the alphabet, so I'm more likely to choose something that begins with a "c" than say, an "h" or an "s" or whatever. Current Mood: quixotic Current Music: Richard Hell & The Voidoids - "Who Says?" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
5:55 am	up early I woke up early by accident, but I don't mind. I'm slurping coffee at a leisurely pace and doing some idle web surfing and what not so it's all good. Turned in and got paid for my translation last night, which is always sweet. Sounds like this customer will refer me to others too; she even had a potential customer with her! Anyway, maybe we'll use this money to go out to eat on Saturday for my birthday (which would still leave us some to either let sit in the account, or buy groceries or whatever.) I am not inspired to write anything else really, and think of anything noteworthy. I just wanted to post something since I'm awake so early. Current Mood: content Current Music: Nirvana - "Oh The Guilt" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 8th, 2005
7:59 am	Check it out, y'all! Flagpole (new issue out today) has printed my letter. I'm so stoked! Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
7:44 am	It's been too long... since I last posted, but I've been keeping busy. Last week Thursday I re-took the 2/3 of the GA AOC Commission on Interpreters court interpreter oral certification exam that I still need to pass. I think it went pretty well, definitely better than last time, and last time I almost passed, so logically I should pass. Of course, I won't find out for a couple months or so, since the tapes of my performance are sent to some master federally certified court interpreter to listen to and grade. So until I get that letter telling me I passed, there will be at least a shadow of a doubt. But I must pass. It is a personal goal that I will not give up until I achieve it. Also, very conveniently, I landed a translation gig on the side a week ago, based on a referral from a past client. Not too complicated, some Spanish to English legal docs, but four of them instead of the usual one, so I get to charge more than my minimum fee, which is nice. Holly has a couple job interviews tomorrow and Friday, so wish her luck. It sounds like the person who phoned her for the Friday interview is really interested, so hopefully she will have a new job soon. Other than that, we're broke. We had planned on going out to eat Saturday for my birthday, but I don't know if that is going to happen anymore. No biggie either way. Not much else is up. I'm sure I could purge my brain for some more bloggable fodder but I need to finish my second cup of coffee and get on to work. take it easy (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
11:38 am	the usual stuff I need to get off my butt and get to work taking out the trash, dumping it somewhere (we are behind on our curbside service bills), getting some gas in our little red gas can, mowing the lawn, and a few other chores. I'm taking a pause before doing that to type up a little entry. I thought it would be nice if I did so, especially since it's been about a month since my last one. I've been spending as much freetime as possible studying and practicing for the 2/3 of the GA court interpreter oral exam that I will be re-taking on June 2. I MUST pass! I should pass, I mean, the other time, I was four points shy on one and a mere one point short on the other section. Anyway, it's something that has always been a very strong personal and professional goal for me ever since I first attended the GA AOC Commission on Interpreters orientation conference. The pressure is on because of the high cost of the registration fees, though. So send me any good thoughts, positive vibes, prayers, whatever works best for you. I have neglected to mention thus far confirmation of previously mentioned anticipated good news. Shortly after my last post I did indeed receive my official acceptance letter to UGA. So I will be an official grad student starting in August. What's more, I have been offered, and have accepted a Teaching Assistantship. This is both a blessing and a curse, but I think more of the former than the latter. The tuition and fees that I'll have to pay is about one fourth of what I would otherwise if I weren't a TA, which is the main reason to do it. Of course, even if Holly is working by then, I will still need to work my current job, but only part time, and obviously, different hours. My boss has assured me that is not only possible but kosher, so all is good. Between my classes, the class I'll be teaching, and working part-time, I will not have any freetime methinks. This is OK though. I have accepted this fact. I was worried for a while that Brendan maybe wasn't going to make it down here after all, because I hadn't heard from him in a while, but I talked to him on the phone and the gig is still on. I don't think I'd mentioned it before, but my homey Brendan, currently residing in Chicago, is planning on visiting us to coincide with AthFest. (Probably Pylon's headlining Friday's outdoor stage helped no small bit with convincing him to do that I suspect!) Anyway, so that will be really fun. Also, this Wednesday (May 25th) marks the third anniversary of the marriage between Holly and me. If you don't have our address to send us gifts, just email me and I'll tell ya. Also, my birthday is coming up on the horizon: June 11th. Feel free to browse my Amazon.com wishlist if you are so inclined. (You know, I am not seriously trying to beg gifts from the very few people who read this, although they would certainly be appreciated. Lord knows I haven't given anyone outside my family a gift in a LONG time. No, it was just a cheeky attempt at humor.) Story of the dixie horn: I have realized, that twice since moving to Georgia, I have heard a car horn that plays "Dixie" (you know, like the General Lee does on Dukes of Hazard). I can hardly think of fodder more blogworthy than this. The first time was in the fall of 2001 here in Athens, when I was working part time in the evenings evaluating high-schoolers' state writing exams. I was outside the building and I just heard a car honk, and it played Dixie like the General Lee. I couldn't believe it. The second time was after Holly's mom's recent wedding in Rome, GA. We were hanging out outside the house where they had the wedding, eating appetizers and drinking. The same thing, some car drove by honked, and it played Dixie. I believe Lindsey's boyfriend Todd was with me to witness this. I turned to him and said, "Did you hear that?" "Yep," he replied. I wanna get one of those for my car. Alright, time for me to get up, pour my last cup of coffee, and get to work. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
8:47 am	Oh yeah... I haven't received official notice but when I emailed the grad secretary in the dept to which I am applying to ask her when I might hear about my acceptance, she informed me that I have been recommended for acceptance by the dept committee and that they had sent their paperwork to the main grad school admissions dept. So a big hooray is in order. Not that there was ever any doubt. I forgot to mention it but I had my interview with said committee a week ago Friday. It was very pleasant and brief, and was helped greatly by the fact that I'd already met two of the three professors on it before. (Comment on this)
8:32 am	recent developments Well, shit. Holly did not get the job that by all rights she was a shoo-in for, so she quit, and in a beautiful show of solidarity so did Lindsey, and you can read all about it here. Also in recent geekcore posts was a reference to the Idaho house resolution (no kidding, very much for real) which recognizes the awesomeness of the film Napoleon Dynamite, which was created by Idaho natives and set in Idaho. You have to read the resolution to believe it. The writers are some pretty cool legislators no doubt. Here are some selected citations: "Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: ... WHEREAS, the friendship between Napoleon and Pedro has furthered multiethnic relationships; and WHEREAS, Uncle Rico's football skills are a testament to Idaho athletics; and WHEREAS, Napoleon's bicycle and Kip's skateboard promote better air quality and carpooling as alternatives to fuel-dependent methods of transportation; and... WHEREAS, the prevalence of cooked steak as a primary food group pays tribute to Idaho's beef industry; and WHEREAS, Napoleon's tetherball dexterity emphasizes the importance of physical education in Idaho public schools; and WHEREAS, Tina the llama, the chickens with large talons, the 4-H milk cows, and the Honeymoon Stallion showcase Idaho's animal husbandry; and WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" and run the risk of having the "Worst Day of Their Lives!"..." fucking hilarious, no? Anyway, not much else is up right now. We are going to go to Slyvania today to visit Holly's grandparents and "fix" their computer. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 25th, 2005
9:06 pm	it's been too long For me writing in here is like the intellectual equivalent of taking a long walk. I often don't feel like doing it, but I always feel better after doing it, and I don't do it nearly as much as I should. Well, I see in my last post I mentioned the Bridging the Gap training. We had the last three sessions of that last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was alright. You realize after a while, that these things aren't everything they are cracked up to be, and in the end it's just a necessary addition to your resume. I mean, I don't feel like I didn't get anything out of it, but on the other hand, I would say (and this is close to blasphemy in certain circles of medical interpreters) that it may be a little overrated. However, since it is one of the ONLY training programs out there, and since it is one of the most universally recognized ones, it is necessary. Having said that, the networking and group therapy aspects of these gatherings are indeed invaluable. Along those lines I will be attending the quarterly meeting of a statewide medical interpreter professional group on Wednesday, which should be pretty cool. Later this year the beginning of a state-sponsored certification program for medical interpretters here in Georgia will be unveiled. This will be a very good thing, in general because it will continue to make more professional this field which is still very young in this regard. Specifically, I'm hoping that it will raise wages much more quickly than would have happened otherwise. Also, having taken Bridging The Gap I will potentially be able to skip some of the required orientation that will be created, and get my certification much more quickly and easily, and cheaply. Hell, actually if I have to pay any fees, probably my employer will spring for them, because I'm sure they will want us to be "certified" once it's available. And, yes, I still plan on retaking the 2/3 of the court interpreter oral certification exam that I need. I have started studying and practicing again, although not as consistantly as I need to. Let's see, in other news I got to do a small freelance translation job a couple weeks ago. It was another fairly straightforward and short legal, Spanish to English translation. Oh well, one more notch. These things don't come along nearly as often as I'd like, but they are all good experience. Today is Holly's birthday, y'all, so wish her a happy one. We went out to supper at L'Olive Garden with Hilda, Lindsey and Todd, and had a pretty good time. They don't give you free dessert for your birthday although they will embarrass you with an annoying song and clapping routine for free. However, our waiter totally gave us a free dessert of our choice which was awesome of him. He greatly increased his tip. I had a big ass glass of Newcastle too, which was nice. I did not make it to the aforementioned Beer Tasting Fest a couple weeks back unfortunately. Todd said he heard it was in a really cramped area and the lines were way too long, so I guess maybe it wasn't worth the ticket price of 21.50 . Still, I want to go next year. I should have gone to the one they have every year in Madison when I still had the chance, but I foolishly never went. Anyway, next year... I DID however make it the Olivia Tremor Control/Elf Power show, and it was awesome. I don't own any of either of these bands recordings, but have heard them on the radio (community and college of course, I doubt either band has been played ever by a "normal" station, at least in the U.S.) now and then and liked what I heard. The OTC was a reunion thing, and the whole gig was a bargain at only $10. Holly was too tired so I got to sell her ticket for beer money, which came in handy I must say. Both of these bands are worth downloading a song or two if nothing else. Both shows were great. OTC definitely lived up to their reputation of having something of a psychedelic pop sound, in the classic sense, and I definitely got a late period Beatles/Beach Boys vibe at times and they had some nice noise freakouts on the keyboards at times and decent horn accompanyments. Then in the middle of their set they announced a five minute break. I walked to the sidewalk for fresh air and then heard this weird music in the distance. I thought that maybe JB, this guy who sells polish and other weiner sausages nearby had a boombox by his grill or something. It was getting louder. Then I realized: Members of OTC and Elf Power were marching in single file, some with wind instruments, some with percussion, playing a simple tribal melody repeating over and over. Brilliant. I laughed in bliss as they marched by and I followed them back in and took in the rest of the show. On the way home, I so enjoyed AM radio show "Coast to Coast" that I listened to it on my walkman as I fell asleep. This brings me to another topic: I hate baseball. I like listening to Real Estate/Business/all-around know-it-all and first class blowhard Bruce Williams on AM radio at night when I happen to be in the car. I just really enjoy just about any talk radio, especially AM, as long as it is not hate-filled/batshit-crazy right-wing bullshit. Now that baseball's started, almost every damn night the stupid Braves game is on instead of my beloved talk radio. Fuck that. I mean, I'm not opposed to sports, per se, they play an important role in most people's recreation. But damn baseball is boring. Current Mood: content Current Music: Johnny Cash - "Cocaine Blues" (Comment on this)
Monday, April 4th, 2005
8:26 pm	breathe Well, the first two days of "Bridging the Gap" were decent. It's always nice to meet other interpreters. It's like professional group therapy. I handed in all of my supplemental materials to the dept. of Romance Languages today. Now they are just waiting on my transcripts. It's nice to feel like I don't have any big deadlines hanging over me right now. (Even though that's not really true; I need to do an online financial aid application and to start studying to retake 2/3 of the court interpreter oral certification exam...) I'm going to watch the movie about the behind the scenes of the Mork & Mindy show on NBC tonight. It could be really lame but the commercial makes it look interesting to me, and I can't resist their use of BOC's "Don't Fear the Reaper." I've got this Friday off again, which is very nice. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: "Cuckoo" - 9353 (Comment on this)
Friday, April 1st, 2005
3:12 pm	back 1. Had a great lunch with Holly from Achim's K-Bob, Athen's home to one of the world's finest sandwhiches. 2. Got us two tickets for the aforementioned Olivia Tremor Control/Elf Power show at the 40 watt. The stack of tickets the guy at Low Yo-Yo Stuff pulled out looked mighty thin so I'm glad I got 'em now. 3. It did stop raining so I'm going to try to pump up that tire. 4. Then I'm going to clean out both vehicles and if I have enough time take Baxter and Zoe to the dog park before it's time to pick Holly up from work. (Comment on this)
12:05 pm	what is up Well, right after I finished the translation a couple weeks ago, we had a little sort-of vacation. First we drove to Waycross to have our taxes done by Holly's mom's accountant. The results of that was a big disappointment but, well, I guess that's life. We might re-do them ourselves to try to get a better refund. Hopefully next year we will get a bigger refund because I should be in school. Then we drove up to Rome, GA for Holly's mom's wedding. Yep, that's right. She met a guy she was set up with by her niece on New Years Eve (or maybe New Years Day) and they are now married. The wedding was mercifully short, and very nice, and Lindsey and Todd came which was cool, so we had some non-relatives to hang out with and drink with after the wedding. Not that there's anything wrong with hanging out with relatives per se. The next day we drove back to Athens. For those unfamiliar with Georgia geography, this represents the completion of a full-circle, actually more like an irregular rectangle all over the state. First from Athens to Waycross, which is like mostly South. Then from Waycross to Rome, which first is a straight shot west to Tifton, GA (the reading capital of Georgia), then north/northwest to Rome. The trip home from Rome is mostly east, so you can now envision how vast and complete this mighty driving circuit is. As I've previously posted, I've been getting together the rest of my grad school app, which has taken up some of my free time since then. It's almost all done except I need to proofread my Spanish writing sample over the weekend. I've got the day off today because tomorrow and Sunday I'm attending the first two days of a Bridging the Gap training. BTG is a 5 day, 40 hour basic training for medical interpreters. I'm looking forward to it, although I'm fairly sure most of it is stuff I've already picked up from the GA AOC Commission on Interpreters and Acebo, not to mention just picking up stuff on the job over the past two and a half years. I'm a bit peeved that the provider of this session is not providing lunch, as sometimes is done (and should be for what my employer is paying for us to go!), but luckily my employer has agreed to reimburse us for lunch. I have to go this weekend and then again the last Friday, Saturday and Sunday in April. Another cool side effect is that to avoid overtime I have some more days off during the week coming up. In a little while I'm going to meet up with Holly for lunch since I'm off. That will be very nice. I am looking forward to some potential shows and other activities: 1. At the 40 Watt on Friday April 15th Olivia Tremor Control is playing with Elf Power and advance tickets are only ten bucks. 2. On April 16th, the annual Classic City Brew Fest, a beer tasting festival, is happening. If Todd wants to go with me I'm gonna try and go. 3. June 10-12: The Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta. This is going to be a huge cluster fuck of an outdoor festival (mostly corporate) in the middle of Atlanta, normally something I'd avoid. BUT with Pixies, White Stripes, Lou Reed on the bill, it's really tempting. 4. June 23-26: AthFest. Ok, I already mentioned this. But now they've announced two of the bands playing there and one of them is the legendary locals Pylon. I wanted to see them New Years Eve but missed out, so this will be an awesome chance to finally catch them. Check their website for very interesting autobiography of the band by their singer, who claims that they beat Gang of Four in Asteroids way back in the day. Now, this show is going to be on the outdoor main stage, and all outdoor shows are free, but I will definitely be getting a wrist band again this year because it is so fun to be able to enter the different clubs as many times as I want, and I know there will be tons of great local and regional bands playing. Hopefully it will stop raining today so I can try our brand new air compressor out on the back right tire on Holly's car later today. Alright, time to go downtown for some lunch. Current Mood: pleasantly caffinated Current Music: The Frogs - "Better than God" (Comment on this)