Oy!

When I was in high school, I used to write up a list of things that were going on in my life on my birthday, along with my favorite things at the time, friends, etc. I've decided to start doing it again, as I haven't for at least 17 years or so. I recently discovered one such list in the garage in an old shoe box that I've been keeping old notes and such in. It's a little frightening, as many of the same things I was dealing with as a 21-year old are the same things I'm dealing with now. Have I grown at all??? It's a little disheartening.

April 16, 2007, 37 years old.

Favorite Bands: The Wood Brothers, Morphine, Kasabian, Alejandro Escovedo, Malcolm Middleton, Concrete Blonde (old stuff), Mute Math.

Favorite Clothes: jeans, black short-sleeved v-neck jonny collar shirt, wicked socks, black Keens, black leather jacket.

Favorite Foods: Indian food, Thai food, marinated flank steak (I have the BEST recipe!), peanut butter cups, grapefruit.

Currently Reading: erotic horror short story compilations, e.e. cummings, other poetry.

Movie Last Seen in the Theater: Meet the Robinsons

Favorite Do-ings:

You know what? It doesn't matter. Nothing really changes. The core of who I am is no different now after 16 years--I've just learned to deal with it a little bit better.

I'm in a bit of a funk today.

that the bugs are not in our bedroom anymore. Pete sacrificed himself to the room last night, sleeping on a pile of comforters, to see if the bugs are in the room somewhere. It would seem not. The plan now is to move the furniture back inside from the back deck with the hope that the bugs have frozen to death. Seeing as how the furniture has been out there for almost two weeks now, I do have some hope. It would be very nice to be able to reclaim the room for the forces of good without having to spend a lot more money. Keep those fingers crossed!

The Wii arrived yesterday, and Pete and I played tennis, baseball, bowled, boxed, and golfed our way into sore arms and shoulders. For the record, Pete is a much better tennis player than I am, but I think I may end up being a better boxer. Baseball was probably a wash, ultimately. We played a game after training, and while I won, he did much better in the training sessions than I did. Playing with the Wii is a lot of fun, and actually a decent way to get your heart rate going! Now if only they'd make Dance Dance Revolution for the Wii...

We also have Madden 07 and Zelda, but we haven't looked at those yet.

Amusing music meme...

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…

Opening: "Heretics" This American Life
Waking Up: "Lucky Ball and Chain" They Might be Giants
First Day of School: "King Harald" Sorten Muld
First Date: "Don't Drink the Water" Dave Matthews Band
First Kiss: "Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends" Mark Mothersbaugh
Falling in Love: "Say it With Love" The Moody Blues
Fight Song: "If You Never Say Goodbye" P.M. Dawn
Breaking Up: "Huuvola" Peter Murphy
Prom: "Que Sera Sera" Pink Martini
Life: "One Foot Out the Door" Van Halen
Driving: "Sexy Plexi" Jack Johnson
Flashback: "I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats
Wedding: "The Golden Road" Grateful Dead
Birth Of Child: "Daytime Drama" Billy Idol
Final Battle: "Dead on Arrival" Billy Idol
Death Scene: "Walk On" U2
Funeral Song: "Do You Remember" Jack Johnson
End Credit: "Rhyme Mime" PINE*am
Your Theme Song: "Push on 'Til the Day" Trey Anastasio

That was fun. Some of those are strangely apropos and almost creepy. I love random meaning.
I would definitely like some Jack Johnson played at my funeral. He's so sweet and mellow and ultimately both cosmic and earthy at the same time.

If you haven't heard Pink Martini's version of "Que Sera Sera," you should give it a listen--creepy.

1. Shoulder surgery is scheduled for January 29th, so if you need me to do anything with my right arm, or need to do anything TO my right arm, it needs to be soon. :)

2. We bought a TiVO 3 unit. We couldn't take the crappy Cox DVR anymore. Woohoo!

3. Cho's Garden in Fairfax makes wonderful Korean food and sushi. Highly recommend going there.

4. We will finally be having sub-50 degree weather, which means the bed and its associated furniture will be going out on the deck with the hope that the cold weather will FINALLY kill the bat bugs. I'm skeptical. The next step, should it not work, will be to buy a whole new bedroom set. Oy.

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 70% Superman 60% Batman 50% Robin 50% Wonder Woman 43% Green Lantern 40% Hulk 40% Supergirl 38% Catwoman 35% The Flash 35% Iron Man 20%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

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Your results:
You are Mystique

Mystique 44% Poison Ivy 32% Mr. Freeze 32% Dr. Doom 31% The Joker 31% Venom 30% Catwoman 29% Apocalypse 26% Dark Phoenix 26% Magneto 26% Lex Luthor 23% Juggernaut 20% Two-Face 20% Kingpin 19% Green Goblin 16% Riddler 8%

Sometimes motherly, sometimes a beautiful companion, but most of the time a deceiving vixen.

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It turns out that I have a shoulder joint tear and a ganglion cyst due to the tear. My doctor is having me see another doctor in his practice who specializes in shoulders to confirm his findings. At this point, it looks like I'll be having surgery to fix the tear, remove the cyst, and strengthen the joint. This means that my right arm will be in a sling for 3-4 weeks, and then will undergo a lot of therapy. I'm glad that I'm finally getting something done about this, but I don't know what I'll do without my right arm. It was different when the left arm was cast-bound for so long--I've never used the left arm as much. It will be a challenge. Unfortunately, I think this puts the kibosh on another mini-tri in March, and probably the one I was hoping to do in August. Pleh.