oh, Alice...

holy f. the Alice In Chains concert monday night was exceptionally awesome! i knew that Layne Staley would not be there as he died in 2002 (in a bit of rock trivia, Layne's coroner approximated his date of death as April 5th... this is the date that Kurt Cobain died of an overdose 8 years previous), and that i had to keep an open mind. i went expecting to hear rough versions of my favorites. man was i wrong! if the music hadn't varied slightly from the albums, i would have accused them of lip syncing/air band. the new lead singer was spot on, he even had that little rasp in his voice that Layne used so well. they started with their early music, which only a few people recognized, but then they turned to the jams that were on Dirt and consequently tore the place down. the set was great, the encore was better. they closed with "What The Hell Have I", "Rooster", and "Would?". "What The Hell Have I" is in my top 20 favorite songs of all time. "Would?" is in my top 10 of favorite songs of all time, and my friends and i agree that it probably has the best ending to any rock song ever. what better way to end the show?? if i could marry last night, i would.....

mom of the year

i went to Wally-World yesterday to pick up some electronics that would be half price from those at Best Buy. i ended up parking at the end of one row next to a small suv. as i got out, i heard kids yelling and giggling. i came around my vehicle to see three small children in the back of this minivan. it looked as if this was their first day out of a car seat. none of them looked to be older than 5. by the way, the reason i heard them was that the windows of the suv were all fully down. the kids were climbing around all over eachother, hanging out the windows, yelling and laughing as ignorant, yet blissfull children do. i looked around to see that mom or dad is no where in sight. mind you we are parked at the end of the row, as far away from the store and as close to the exit of the parking lot as one can get. i took down the plate number and headed in to go page whatever jackass parent might be in the store. as i walk down the row, a woman passed me looking just as ignorant as the kids. i watched her for a while and she ended up at the suv. her cart was full of all the crap that Wally-World sells. this means that unless she's a Supermarket Sweep veteran, she spent upwards of an hour in the store. if i hadn't already been sucked in to the vortex that is cheap retail, i would have run down and given her a piece of my mind.

this is probably how she bathes her kids...



what scares me more is that she most likely votes....

UGH, anyone want to paint for me?

1. buy house
b. immediately have a chaotic weekend, and then leave for vacation in florida
iii. upon touching down from florida, immediately leave for wyoming for a week
four. have yet to paint the entire interior, yet need to have it done and moved in by 12/1
5. tired....