Life Updates

Well, first and foremost, I have gotten my lappy back!

Yes, I got it back, with a brand new motherboard, at no cost (including shipping).

The best part, however, is that my hard drive was intact with no files missing! Phew! Rest assured, I have already started backing up all my files onto cds. Won't make that mistake again...

Perhaps now I will do a slightly better job of returning "the emails, the emails..."

So what have I done with my pretty little self since Bonnaroo? Wellllll... I've seen some more good shows, as a matter of fact. I saw a double header of Phil Lesh & Friends and Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon. Trey played most of a set with Phil, and even sang on Candyman and a few others. I felt like I made up for the Superjam I missed at 'roo. A week later I was at Radio City Music Hall with the girl. We saw Ratdog and String Cheese Incident. I'd never seen either band before, though I'd heard great things about them. For starters, lets say that RCMH is a hell of a great place to see a show - some of the best acoustics I've ever heard at a rock show. String Cheese? I'll definitely be seeing them again. And Ratdog? Let's just say I no longer mind that I never saw the Greatful Dead before Jerry died.

CheeseDog was followed by the bizzare though fun occasion of my cousin's wedding. Russian Orthodox wedding. The short version: funny hats! monotone blessings! relics = bones and fingernails! saints with 6-pack abs but no nipples! Strangest wedding reception ever! I think I ate tongue! Wedding-related videos were interspersed with shakira and 50 cent! There is more, but I really couldn't begin to describe it right now.

The day after that, my 'rents finally came by and visited the garden. They were suitably impressed. I was, however, a bit disappointed I didn't get the chance to introduce them to more of my coworkers.

I've also been learning more plants, and doing more planty things, and thinking about the future, and buying whatnots I can't really afford to buy. Typical gimpadelic stuff, really. Hopefully I'll get my first Rich Planty Goodness post up in forever in the next few days... watch for it - there will be slab gardens and enormous fragrant flowers. Flowers like this: