We went to La Rondalla for "The Last Supper" with Mo. It was a good time. I still can't believe that she's leaving. Afterward we retired to Michael, Rik, & Robb's place a few doors down, for fun with clown noses and talk. Mo gave me her lava lamp. It's red, and matches my room perfectly. I think I'll go turn it on.

It looks like I've found a way to string the cat 5 cable from BelowNet (the alcove next to the refrigerator) to the Office without drilling any holes in walls. A big thanks to Daryl for that one. I'll be trying it tonight or tomorrow.

The girl who lives here is getting all 5 of her wisdom teeth removed today. Then she has a very short time to recover before she goes to compete at the the Miss Exotic World event this coming weekend.

Michael and Rik hosted a going away party for Mo yesterday. It was as fun as all of their parties. The food was wonderful; the games were much fun. At the end of the party we played the white elephant game with about 20 'gifts' that Mo didn't want to move with her. People got exciting presents like curlers, Nair, Chicken Helper, a permanently stained sweater, and much, much more. After the party ended, some of us retired to my house to play Catan. My sister won again. She's on a winning streak.

Over the weekend, I did quite a bit of gardening. I got most of the weeds out of the backyard, repotted two of the large sage plants into a new wood planter, and gave lots of the spider plant babies their own pots. I still need to replant the lemon tree, but I'll need help for that. I also need to get planters for the rest of the sage plants, and something for the oregano.

I'm having some technical difficulties. In addition to my desktop box being down, our cordless phone is now not working at all. It just says "out of range" every time I try to get a dial tone. It's one of those cordless phones that has an answering machine built into it. This annoys me. I'm going to buy a separate phone / answering machine this time around. Anyway, we keep the cordless plugged in for the answering machine right now, but the only working phone we have in the house is an old rotary dial in the girl who lives here's room. This causes all kinds of annoyances and inconviences. I must shop for a phone soon.

Orange had to have 2 teeth removed today. He wasn't ready to go home when I picked him up from the vet, but I took him anyway. The vet person said that he was groggy and would likely go home and fall right to sleep. But he's been crazy all night. Go figure.

Something is very wrong with my desktop box at home. It's making a peculiar noise. You'd think as a sys admin, I'd be all excited to take it apart and figure out what broke, but truth be told, the thought bores me. I just turned on the laptop instead.

Taska and I went to the Artichoke Festival in Castroville yesterday. I got a mug from the Giant Artichoke restaurant for the girl who lives here. I got a roach clip for me. I've wanted a big feathery roach clip ever since the '70's, but of course they are difficult to find... This one is purple and only set me back $1.00. It's on my rear view mirror in my car along with the light up dice and the glow in the dark rosary.

At 1:30 am I got to Taj's moving out party. It was winding down, and I got to actually talk to Taj. Turns out the neighbors complained about the music at 12:45 am, which isn't really late, so the live music had to be toned down, and the dancing had pretty much stopped. It was good to see Taj, as it's been a long time since I've had the chance to talk to him. However, Taj was quite different than he was the last time I talked to him. Somewhere along the line he got cynical and burnt out and disillusioned. This from a man who was always the eternal optimist, always doe eyed and willing to see the bright side of the situation. It seems like everyone's getting burnt out these days. Even those of us not in the computer industry. Eeep.

Kathy and I drove up to Ancilla's house in Tiburon to pick up some plants and a lemon tree. It was a nice ride up and back, and it was good to get out of the city. We got quite a few plants, and it looks like I'll be doing some gardening. If only I could keep the kitties from eating them. They seem to want to eat all plants I bring in the house, I don't know why.

In other news, Wayne and Ricki had a baby. I didn't even know they were pregnant. I guess I should talk to my friends more often.

The true story of buying a stearing wheel cover:

When I was living in San Diego, I had the good fortune to shop at a company called "Motor Sheep," which had a variety of different sheepskin stearing wheel covers. The best one was the "sample" one, which was stiched up with all the different colors that the company sold. Of course I fell in love with the sample and convinced the sales person to sell it to me. I had that stearing wheel cover in my car until it couldn't be on the wheel anymore. It had holes and rips and had to be put down. Ever since, I've been looking for another. I've gone through several covers, both synthetic and sheep skin, and I've even had periods of time where my steering wheel went naked. Recently, I'd been wanting a cover, since summer's coming, and the interior of my car gets hot now. I stopped in at "Sheepskin City" on Mission yesterday to get a new cover. Miraculously, they had the sample cover there! I almost jumped up and down; I was very excited. I wanted it. Badly. But the man there *refused* to sell it to me. He said that they don't make them anymore. I sooo did not believe him. However, I broke down and bought a gray cover for my steering wheele. But now I want the sample! I must find one! I think that this can be the true test of the Power of the Internet...

Tonight I'm going to see the girl who lives here dance in a burlesque show with her dance group. This should be fun and exciting for all.

Tomorrow I get to have to most exciting DMV adventure. I have made an appointment online, and I want to see exactly how many things I can convince them to do in 1 appointment. I have at least 3 things which need doing.

So, the burlesque show was great. We saw strippers, dancers, a sword swallower, a belly dancer who danced with a flaming sword on her head, a woman who sat on an electric chair and lit things on fire, and of course, the Feathers. The act that stole the show, however, was the Boing Boing Boing Boy. This was a guy who stripped down to a leopard print g-string from a full suit while bouncing on a pogo stick. It's a crazy world out there.

I went to the podiotrist today and my feet got taped. This is something that I can apparently do to my own feet until I get orthotics. It feels like my feet are wearing little corsets. I like it.

Tonight was Kyra's bachelorette party. This is a strange custom that I'm not used to. We ate a nice dinner at Il Fornio, and then went to a bar where we watched a lot of people dance. These are people that I would never really interact with normally. They all looked like they work in marketing departments in various companies. We consumed a very sweet cake in the shape of a penis, and had super cute lolipops also, you guessed it, in the shape of the penis. I guess the bachelorette party is all about things shaped like penises. Strange.

Tomorrow I'm off to a different suburb for a different sort of party. Hopefully all those at that party who have penises will keep them to themselves.

I had a dream last night that my father was taking me to see a therapist. The therapist was Kirk McKusick.