two days left

(currently bumpin' along with my new Nelly Furtado CD! bump along!)

Well, the concert last night was great. We managed to get seats (butt-numbing stools, but seats nonetheless) in a pretty good location, and getting there early wasn't as miserable as I predicted. OK Go was fantastic, and much to everyone's delight they cleared a section of the stage at the end of their set and did the whole "A Million Ways" dance. Death Cab was pretty good, but I enjoyed them more last April. They played a bunch of really mellow songs, which didn't seem to mesh with the crowd's vibe, but before the encores (and right before we left) they did a highly energetic song during which Ben, the lead singer, puts his guitar down and races over to a second drum set. He and the drummer then got into this intense drum duet which made the whole evening of waiting worth it. Rock on.

Only two complaints, really - people were squeezing past us the whole night. Mildly annoying at first, but by the hundredth pass I was ready to trip someone. My other beef was with the 6'5" dude and his 6' girlfriend that just had to stand in a place where they blocked the view of about fifteen people. The nerve!

Let's see, what else is new around these parts...

Oh, so it's about 65 degrees right now, and today it reached 70. December is in two days! Crazy!

But wait! On Thursday it's supposed to drop thirty degrees in a few hours, followed by rain, freezing rain, and SNOW. Mother Nature is a tricky lady, and boy does she like to mess with Midwesterners.

I'll leave you with this too-cute picture of my brother and my niece: