Wednesday, November 7, 2007

use your brain

still sore from dancing nonstop for 3+ hours last night at the santa fe brewing company where trombone shorty opened up for dirty dozen brass band, one of my all-time faves. even if just terence higgins and julius mckee (the drummer and sousaphone player) showed up i'd still have happily shelled out $20.

we went up to 10,000 waves today to soak and sauna and are solidifying our thanksgiving plans for valley view hot springs. looks like in addition to dan we might even have a couple extra bodies joining us up there as well. i'm excited to take my new car on a road trip! i sold my big-ass, gazz-guzzling truck last week and a few days later found a zippy little subaru impreza (who comes up with modern car names, anyway, and why do SO many end with the letter "a?") on craigslist. it's really nice to drive a stick again, and while it's not perfect with its scars and blemishes and quirks, neither am i.

my dad is on some newfangled western meds to alleviate his weird eyeball thing that's going on. the good news is they're working. the bad news is they may be in the landscape for some time. looks like they'll be passing through en route to az around the same time i'm in co, so will have to see them at xmas. speaking of which, this year we're requesting one present only from each family member, and anything else to go to charitable organizations, which need funding more than we need "stuff." i don't mind a few less objects under the fake tree, especially when wrapping paper isn't able to be recycled anyway, right?

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