Lemming...

Spellsword 62% Combativeness, 23% Sneakiness, 61% Intellect, 30% Spirituality

Aggressive, but with the brains to back it up: You are a Spellsword! Score! You have a prestige class. A prestige class can only be taken after you’ve fulfilled certain requirements. This may mean that you're an exceptionally talented person, but it probably doesn't. Spellswords combine arcane might with combat know-how. They're much tougher than mages, like to wear armor, and can cast spells through their weapons. They're very, very, good at doing lots of damage to a single target very quickly, and while not quite as tough as most fighters, are still pretty hard to kill. You're both smart and aggressive, which means that you're probably pretty dangerous when pissed off. You also tend to be somewhat straightforward, which is nice, and don’t have much use for spirituality or mysticism.

Yoakam

The Dwight Yoakam concert was fantastic. He didn't talk very much, just played the music. I'm thoroughly amazed at the variety of music he plays, everything from traditional bluegrass to western swing to rock-a-billy to country rock to traditional country and western. He comes across as very humble which you don't often see in someone who's been famous for 20 years.

Here's one of my favourites :

Two Doors Down

Two doors down there's a jukebox
That plays all night long
Real sad songs
All about me and you
Two doors down there's a barmaid
That serves 'em real strong
Here lately
That's how I make it through
Two doors down there's a heartache
That once was my friend
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end

Two doors down there's a barstool
That knows me by name
And we sit here together
And wait for you
Two doors down there's a bottle
Where I take out my shame
And hold it up
For the whole world to view
Two doors down there's a pay phone
But no calls come in
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end

From the hotel to the barroom
Is just a stumble and a fall
And sometimes when it gets bad
I've been known to crawl
Freedom from sorrow
Is just two doors away
I'll escape for a short time
But I know I can't stay

Two doors down is where they'll find me
When you're finally through
Taking what's left of my life
Two doors down is where they'll leave me
When payment comes due
For the hours I've spent there each night
Two doors down I'll be forgotten
But until then
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end

Brrrr...

Its cold today.

I was just thinking about when I was little, we used to have taboggan parties for my birthday. The year I turned 4, Mom planned such a party but the day turned out to be too cold. Like, -30 cold. There was no way she was going to send a dozen pre-schoolers out in that so she came up with another activity. Baking cookies. Ginger snaps as I recall, the ones you roll in sugar. The other mothers thought she was crazy to take on that many 3-5 year olds with cookie dough but it was a great party and everyone got a little bag of cookies to take home with them.

Beautiful Day

Great Big Sea was shiny. I had been a bit worried about it being in the Winspeare (last time we were there the crowd was totally dead). But it would seem the audience was a higher percentage of GBS fans than regular Winspeare goers. Davyd did end up being well enough to come (Yay!). The first half of the show was more accoustic and traditional but after the intermission they brought out the drum set and cranked it up. For one of the encores they tested out the accoustics in the room by singing without mics and totally accappella. It was very cool.

And because there was no opening act, I was even in bed before 11:30 so I got more sleep than I had feared I might (I got up this morning at 4:45 am).

Hope

Its been a week from hell. This morning I watched my bus drive by from across the street. Davyd is sick with the flu. If you haven't heard Davyd's other news, email me. I'm tired and cranky and depressed and trying really hard to be pleasant to people (its one of the things they pay me for). I have an essay hanging over my head like some big black thunder cloud.

But there are bright points. D and I are supposed to go to Great Big Sea the the Winspeare tonight, (if he's too sick to go, I've already made back up plans). I went to Ikea with Star last night and just shopped and talked. I've booked a week of holidays from Feb 27 - Mar 3. I just need a break and since I still have holidays from 2004/05, I'm going to use them.