My Dad's alright, but he had a heart attack. In Las Vegas, of all places. They placed a stint in his heart to keep his ticker working and he may need another. He's going to be in the hospital for a few days but should be just fine. He told my Mom that he'd been feeling bad for months and all at once, at a business dinner, he felt a painful weight ( Read more... )

Generally, when things are going well in my life, I'm terrible at updating. So hooray for no recent updates!

Christmas was good. Had a very divided holiday--half of it at my Mom's, half at my Dad's, both very different scenes. My Mom's house was: decorations, frosting cookies, putting together a jigsaw puzzle of the Last Supper, Grandparents, ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? fallen in love. cue barfing sounds. but for reals.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i kind of kept my last one, and next year's is no more improper/superfluous use of the word "like." i'm going to enlist everyone around me to make sure i stick ( Read more... )

Alright. Chapter Two of Enda Bannon’s visit. Fun fact: He had never heard of Johnny Quest or Race Bannon. I said, “Seriously? You’ve never heard of Race Bannon? You really have no idea about how awesome your last name is?” I showed him pictures and a few clips, so now he’s more or less up to date. Now I just need to get him caught up on the four ( Read more... )

Wow, so it's been awhile since i've done any real updating.

So Thanksgiving was awesome--my Mom came over to my Dad's house for the main meal. I will never cease to be thankful for how civil they have been to each other post-marriage. It was great seeing everyone and just having a few days to relax.

Soon after that, Enda visited! We were ( Read more... )

then year 26 might be the best evar.

Hope everyone is somewhere warm with someone they love.

T-minus three days until Enda arrives in Raleigh. I'm pretty hellin dammin excited about it. He's flying about as far around the planet as you can possibly go without starting to go back again. Something like 37 hours of travel altogether. It's going to be so nice to get to spend a few weeks hanging out with him ( Read more... )

So there was a live music event going on a few blocks from my place (hoo-ray I don't have to park!). Chris, Thrasher and I decided to grab some dinner and check it out. We ate at the Rockford (excellent Tilapia wraps) and Chris mentioned that MC Chris was playing next week at the Cradle. I said, yes, definitely, we should go. Then after a moment's ( Read more... )

played a show in charlotte where the soundguy was this road-hardened british guy named Blue. my Dad came out to the show with a woman he may or may not be dating. she seemed very nice and i guess i'm too old to go through that "you ain't my mother!" kind of fit, but geez, it was weird. he claimed she was just a friend and not a lady-friend but... ( Read more... )