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May 2009 in Review

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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Events:

  • Lunchstealer had a birthgay
  • Sweeny Todd @ Garland Civic Theatre
    • Unexpectedly good
  • Montreal & Quebec City
    • Saw lots of bands at Festival Kinetik 2.0, but no where near all of them
      • Interlace
      • Terrorfakt
      • Project Pitchfork
      • Marching Dynamics
      • God Module
      • Reaper
      • Amduscia
      • Grendal
      • Pride and Fall
      • Assemblage 23
      • Das Ich
      • Icon of Coil
    • Walked zillions of miles
    • Was nearly throw off a Zodiac boat into the St. Laurent river
    • Angus Dog!
    • The mysterious Sunkist Tree
  • Sealegs had a birthgay
  • SerenitySprings finally graduated

February 2009 in Review

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

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Books:

The music theory book convinced me it is finally time to learn the piano. Alas, the make myself marketable project has had me spending more time in Java books than at the (musical) keyboard.

Speaking of Java books, I’m seriously considering getting a Kindle2. It turns out Oreilly makes a bunch of their books available in multiple electronic formats, including Kindle format. Technical books, what with all their examples to type in, seem to be really good candidates for reading electronically. No more dealling with trying to get a fat book to lie flat. Also when the state of the art has passed the edition by, 6 days after it’s published, I wouldn’t have a pile of dead tree sitting on the shelf never to be cracked again. Rather than getting a Kindle2 I could just open a PDF on my computer screen, but especially on a laptop that doesn’t leave a lot of space for other windows. Anyone else out there feeling Kindle2 lust?

Events:

  • Ras and Corey had birthgays
    • And a party, which I attended, $deity help me.
    • I rewarded my sacrifice with a piano.
  • First Annual Dallas Burlesque Festival @ Texas Theater
    • Overall a fun time, but that DJ has got to go
  • Happy birthgay to the Ponylagoon
  • Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band @ The Granada
    • I don’t think hillbilly blues gets any better
    • 0213092257
  • Happy birthgay to SerenitySprings
    • I did make an appearance at Birthday Con
  • MystiQal Mardi Gras in Downtown Dallas
    • Of course winter decided to blow back in for the evening.
    • I don’t think New Orleans has anything to worry about just yet.
  • Flogging Molly @ Stubbs in Austin
    • For this outside show winter decided once again to blow in
    • 0228092332

December ‘08 Retrospective

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

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Books:

By my count, splitting omnibuses, that makes 41 books for the year.

Events:

  • White Elephant @ Grygar’s
    • Boone’s Farm Sangria
    • Crumb Vacuum
  • Festivus @ Bavarian
  • Did the Chistmas in Houston thing
    • Old people should not attempt White Elephant
  • Happy birthday to my cello teacher
  • Vortex White Elephan/New Year’s Eve party
    • I now have the awesomest stapler in the office.
    • Mozart joined my action figure collection (Thanks, Sealegs)

October ‘08 Retrospective

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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Events:

May ‘08 Retrospective

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

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Books:

Events:

  • Ireland!
    • Finally made it. It was quite fun.
    • I lost my liver in Liverpool.
    • I need to write up the trip before I forget everything.
    • Pictures are available at the gallery.
  • Lunchstealer.age++
  • Bar.age++
  • Moved to a 1 hour cello lesson spot
    • Strangely enough, this has done my playing some good.
  • Murder Mystery Party
  • Sealegs had a birthgay

This should give you a sense of the sheer scale of the Ireland trip. It’s no wonder life slowed down a bit for the rest of the month..

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