I have to be frank….some people may me want to jump out the window. Not seriously and I would never resort to violence, but geez….. No, I’m not talking about any of my friends or anyone you know. I’m just venting.

Arizona was nice. Very peaceful. You know…that peaceful, easy feeling. I loved the red mountains. I had never seen any before. I loved the desert. I loved the cool nights and sunny days. I loved the place we stayed….the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. We were in Scottsdale, home to the largest mall in AZ and many other cool things. I’m so glad I finally got out West and look forward to going back one day..by land. Not air. 🙂

While I was out there, I heard a great song on the alternative radio station. It was an acoustic remake of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” done by this guy named Mat Weddle. He’s part of a band called Obadiah Perker, but this song is just him by himself. It’s on YouTube and he incorporates the actual Outkast video into his performance. I am digging this like crazy and I think I even put it as my new MySpace song recently. Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2PRP89eqM

Another great remake is “Baby Got Back” by Jonathan Coulton (thanks Jen!). You can hear that one on his MySpace (linked above).

I’m looking up Einstein’s Theory of Relativity on Wikipedia. Why, you ask? Because I can. We have the freedom to do that. Many people do not. It amazes (and saddens) me to think that there are people, even complete countries, that do not have the Internet, the freedom to look up whatever they might like or both.

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Same stuff, different day, although every day is interesting in its own way. I’m going to try my hand at writing. This should be funny. You’ve been warned.

to Charlie. I gave him two chances. I think that was more than fair. I did put out the snap trap again..to try and catch him (remember I was going to move him in and all), but this time it killed him. I guess his little body couldn’t take any more snaps. I’m not real sure. But, he passed away sometime Friday night. Please keep his family in your thoughts.

That being said, I had a whirlwind weekend. Wedding after wedding after wedding. Saturday, Lynzee and Kelly both got married (not to each other), but I was only able to go to Kelly’s since they were at the exact same time. Kelly’s wedding was held at the gardens adjacent to the Shakespeare Festival. The ceremony was beautiful as was the bride and the entire wedding party. I thought it was very neat that we whispered our wishes for the couple to butterflies which we released at the end. The reception was hosted at/by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art and it was beautiful, as well. I didn’t partake, but I heard the food was amazing. I had to head out early to get on the road to Atlanta, but I’m sure they partied well into the night.

Since I was unable to attend Lynzee’s wedding (Ashley’s best friend), I drove to Atlanta that night so I could attend her brunch the following morning. It was held at the Georgian Terrace Hotel and it was amazing. The hotel itself was gorgeous. I heard the ceremony was tons of fun with lots of Jewish traditions in it (the groom). I can’t wait to see the pictures!

That evening, I attended yet another wedding of some very dear friends that I don’t see very often. I pretty much cried the entire time. I’m such a wuss. I love the couple to pieces and was honored to share the moment with them. It was also a chance to see some other friends that I hadn’t seen in years, so it was double emotional.

Today was spent piddling around Decatur, Georgia (which I love)…meandering through antique shops and the cafes. If you have never been there or checked out the stores, I highly recommend it. It’s a quaint little bit of eclectism (is that word?) just outside of Atlanta. I think it’s actually a sub section of Atlanta..just north.

I will be teaching class this week at work and entertaining clients at night, so I will be sparse. I just wanted to put that out there so people don’t call the cops looking for me. 😉 I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

That mouse has a death wish. Either that or he is totally smitten with me (I can see that). Needless to say, Charlie made his comeback last night. Well, I’m assuming it was last night. I *thought* I heard something last night while Ash and I were watching TV and she thought I was crazy. Well, for once I wasn’t. I set a snap trap out last night just in case. I never heard it go off during the night, but when I looked this morning there was a little tail hanging out of the trap, wagging. This isn’t a typical snap trap like you’re thinking of…these are monster plastic houses with teeth. I don’t know if they’re meant to kill or just trap the mouse until you squeeze the ends like a chip clip and dump him out. So, I picked up the trap and peered into the other end. Poor Charlie. He just stared at me while wiggling that tail 90 to nothing. His back end was clamped between the plastic, jagged teeth. I felt horrible. I told myself that if he came back I was going to kill him. But while I was staring into those beady little eyes, watching them watch me, I couldn’t do it. I walked down the street and unclamped him onto the ground. He skidaddled off under a wood beam, pancake butt and all. A large part of me hopes he survives…he seemed to run ok, but I don’t know how long he was in the clamp and I don’t know if his innards were damaged.

If he comes back again, I’m buying an aquarium and he’s officially moving in. It must be love.

My sidebar has dropped waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the page. Or is it just me? Jen, Sam…can anyone tell me why? I’m not that learned on Blogger just yet.

(and I’m still hoping Jen will guide me in the ways of blogger templates…’oh wise one.’)

Yeah, baby. I’m digging this show like Mark in ‘Garden State.’ (look it up if you don’t know the character. And watch it if you’ve never seen it. It changed my life.)

Anyone else loving it?