Merry Christmas everyone!
I tried to blog a couple months ago but blogger lost a four page blog after I spent a shit ton of time typing it.... I was much too bummed out to retype it.
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, all your wishes came true, you ate well and are in excellent health. I kind of bowed out of a traditional "Christmas" celebration this year. My siblings all flew up to my mom's and I didn't have my passport in time, so I couldn't go (not to mention, I have no paid time off work). We are spending a lot of time video chatting. It's cool to see them even if it is via the interwebs. Everyone looks absolutely fabulous; that's totally awesome. I'm glad they are all healthy and able to be together over the holidays. Someday I will make it up to spend time with them.
So I am finally done with my first term of community college. I passed all my classes and am signed up for next term (which starts on Jan 5th). All I have to do now is pick up my books. I decided to work on a two year degree in Accounting from Portland Community College. It's really the only thing I like doing besides making cards and scrapbooking and my current job is an accounting assistant (and I completely adore it), so it all makes sense. :)
Despite the hectic schedule I have, I was able to do some cool shit this term. Jen and I got into Fishbone at the Hawthorne Theater (for free). It was my first time seeing them. The show was high energy and the guys really rocked the house. The drummer is hot.... shirtless and tattooed -- and for some reason, Jen was shoving me toward him at the end of the show (when the band came out to greet fans). I hightailed it outta there as fast as possible (I mean, what am I going to say to a traveling musician that is really going to be memorable.... "nice pecs"). I dragged Jen to see Mac Lethal at Berbati's Pan. That show was during the week, so not a big turnout of people. It was all right. Unknowingly, we hung out on the "all ages" side of the show. Neither of us were up for drinking on a weeknight. I noticed a lot of flannel in the tiny crowd. I don't recall hearing about the resurgence of flannel in the fashion world. Not that I'm into following trends or anything. Just have been noticing the flannel of late. It makes me think of high school in the early nineties and Nirvana's hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I feel like there is a time and a place for flannel. It's the woods when you are hunting, on your bed in the form of sheets or as pajamas. :P I don't have anything against flannel or fans of the warm, fuzzy material. I just feel like the fashion world saw enough of the stuff in the early 90s. That is just my opinion!
