Man, when xkcd is right on, it really is right on:


Also, how awesome is SurftheChannel for having Karate Kid IV?...now if only they had Barbarella.

Wow, that post has been up for a while. A lot has happened since then, but it essentially boils down to my law school feeling like an episode of:



...the Fourth Season

When I woke up this morning, I intended to write a bitter-sweet entry with heavy emphasis on the SWEEEEEEET. I was even going to link to this comic, which I felt was rather appropriate:



See, I woke up this morning with a "dance hangover". Really, one of the best kinds of hangovers to be had. They always come from kick-ass shows in which I dance my ass off. Like the one I went to last night:



You see, when in a wheelchair, dancing consists of a lot of upper-body movement and head bobbing. Constantly.* The show last night was highly conducive to dancing, so this morning I woke up with a mild case of whiplash. That would be the very, very tiny smidge of "bitter" in the bittersweet configuration that I mentioned above. In a sense though, now that the painkillers are kicking in, it really just adds to the SWEEEEET part of the whole night.

Now for the truly "bitter" aspect. Epic Fail in the area of following the teachings of:



I left the show early, pretty much right as the headlining band, Brass Menazeri went on. They are amazing, from the sounds I heard behind be as I walked out. I also have good reason to believe that they had BELLY DANCERS on stage. *sigh* Why did I leave then? Why is this such an Epic Fail? I'm glad you asked.**

1) Because I was exhausted from having been in the Library all afternoon (go me for productivity!!!)
2) I was thinking a lot about the fact that I was going to the Treasure Island Music Festival next Saturday, on a date-like thingy, and I should do the responsible thing and get some rest and keep myself healthy.

Let's essentially tackle item 2, since this is where everything swings back to the "bitter" end of the spectrum. The theory was, I didn't want to burn out before the "big day" so to speak. I've only really been out with this girl once before, and we had a pretty good time (I thought). My weeks are pretty grueling these days, so being chill and not (overly) hungover all this weekend was kind of essential. I was being *gasp* responsible, and "trying to plan ahead". I mean, I figured that I would be dancing my ass off again in about a week, with a hot chica to the sounds of Mike Relm, Goldfrapp, and the like, so I could be comfortable with missing Brass Menazeri, because of the eventual payoff of having a great "date" next week. Right?Right?Wrong!

I wake up this morning to find that she has bailed (via a public comment on my frickin' myspace page). WTF?! She and I have had some scheduling issues in the past, but my god, she knew I was going to buy the frickin' tickets and told me to go for it. Maybe I should buy her a calendar instead.

Anyway, I was/am pretty bummed. I don't really date much (err...at all), and I hate going to these sorts of big shows alone. My first instinct was to just get rid of the tickets altogether (Weekend Passes! I was never quite sure if I was going to go to the Sunday portion) because I just felt like"not dealing". Now however, I realize I MUST go and have a blast regardless. That will show her. yeah. Or rather, it will show me, which is infinitely more important. Now however, I have to scrounge up a "date". This should prove a little difficult, because contrary to popular opinion, I don't actually have a rolodex full of ready and willing arm candy.***

God, this whole dating for the first time, whilst trying to rock my 3L year of law school is really fucking hard. I think I might go back to just doing the strictly academic rockstar gig and just let somebody marry me for my money in a couple of years

Anyway, enough of that whiny crap. Life is actually pretty sweet right now. I am rocking the school front pretty hard, and a couple of things occurred to me last night when I was bombing****through the TL.

1) I LOVE to do urban racing...especially while slightly buzzed and with a good soundtrack.
2) To that end, I really need to get one of my three projects off of the ground in the next six months or so. They are:
A) Underground Electric Wheelchair Urban Rally Racing Club (there has to be a better term for it)
B) Wheelchair Courier Service. Not quite as fast as bike messengers, but a whole lot more awesome.
C) My "helmet cam" blog project thingy.

Also, this entry would be seriously lacking without a genuine salute to truthwhore for being such a fun concert buddy last night and in general. I would take him to TIMF, but apparently he won't make out with me. Even at the request of his girlfriend. What's that about?!






*This is probably why I was so stoked when, while in college, I discovered pogoing and realized that what I was doing was pretty frickin' typical at punk shows.
**I am also glad that I am blogging, so I can assume you asked, and continue to talk at you.
***Actually I do, but none of the names in it are in the area. And I'll be damned if I am going to start buying plane tickets as well...for transatlantic flights at that.
****As one slightly inebriated pedestrian put it.



NOTE: sometime in the middle of writing this entry, Ticketmaster sent me an e-mail notifying me my tickets have been printed and are going in the mail. yay.

Wow, holding office hours as a TA is essentially going to be me surfing the net for an hour each Thursday. I am 0/2 on anybody actually showing up.

Tonight in my Alternative Dispute Resolution class, and Aikido is going to guest lecture. I'm really looking forward to it.

To bad this fellow is no longer with us:

how i spent my evening:

Went through my backpack today, should have taken a photo. Who knew I was such a fucking hipster wanna be?

Contents:

Now if I only actually used any of that stuff on a daily basis, I might actually be "cool".

I got some really good news yesterday, apparently my camping trip to Blackrock Desert is a GO!! I will be taking off a week from tomorrow. I have so much to take care of before then.

Cheers all!!

And people wonder why bunnies terrify me:



Also, this is how identity theft begins people.

I am writing this entry offline because ever since I have arrived in Humboldt (last night) I have been experiencing some serious internet issues. Seems like the DSL likes to collapse on me whenever I have more than two tabs open and working at a time. This is not something that I am used to, so I keep having to reboot my system every 15 minutes or so. I doubt I will be able to be retrained w/in the next 72hrs that I am up here. Really though, the only thing that I need to get online for is a few slides from my Evidence lectures. This is kinda important given I have a final on Tuesday. Other than that, not having the internet is a bit of a blessing in disguise really. Since I have no idea if I am going to be able to actually post this blog, I am not going to spend too much time on it.

Basic points:

 I am somewhat hopelessly in love. I have no idea why I always fall for the most unavailable people ever, but it seems that I have done it again. She left on Sat. (day before my birthday), headed back to Paris, and I miss her so much it is actually physically painful when I think about the fact that she is gone….so…moving on.*
 My 25th actually came off without much of an issue. I didn't have any breakdowns, my "midlife crisis" seemed to have been glossed over, and other than a few phone calls, and drinks with some really good people, the day felt more or less like any other. Thank god.
 I am throwing a huge party up here on Saturday…this always stresses me out. I am glad I have my studies to distract me.

When I have more faith in my internet connection, I will try to write more and maybe even do that photo blog update that I promised a while back.




p.s. Dinner of Hefeweizen and Popcorn w/ Brewer's Yeast = Awesome




*This entry really makes me miss takfuji because he would have had some great comment about my "Bardot" to cheer me up.

OK, so this isn't the much anticipated blog that I promised a couple of days ago, but I am drunk with power. I am officially a group owner on this site! Thanks NoFi for the honor. Now all of you come and apply to be in it, because as the group description implies:

It's Not Just For Cripples* Anymore! (TM)






*for those of you that don't already know this, the term "cripple" is generally considered to be derogatory, and non-disabled individuals should not use it. However, like many such terms, members of the group to which it refers sometimes (not a universal here) to refer to themselves with an ironic pride. Most of you reading this, DO NOT fall into this category of exemption.

Man, what I week so far. After she takes off this weekend, I will make sure to do a "week in review" type entry....and bore all of you terribly.