Still here

I'm bored out of my mind today, so naturally I turn to the internet. I would be searching for co-op jobs, but the system hasn't "released" me yet, so it refuses to let me even look at the job listings. No, instead we've a second journal entry for the day.

Yesterday was like one giant schedule conflict for the entire world, so I'm going to just start throwing everything down that happened.

The first big event yesterday was a wedding. My cousin Michael got married, so I went down to Rhode Island and watched. My dad did the ceremony, and almost nobody cried. It was wonderful, except that I didn't get to have any of the food because I had to get back into Boston for...

The next thing that was going on yesterday, They Might be Giants hitting Boston. Avalon, particularly. Except instead of hitting it, they were in it, playing songs. I met Lauren, Sharon, Dave, Reid, and Ethan there, and we, in true TMBG fashion, stood in the crowd and listened. Sometimes we sorta bobbed our heads or clapped or something. Fortunately, they're a very entertaining band, and the urge to dance or move around can't overpower the need to see everything that goes on onstage for fear that you might miss something hilarious. So nobody really danced at this concert, but it was still awesome. As promised, they played a song specifically for the venue (titled *surprise!*"Avalon") and they also played a bunch of other really awesome songs and you had to be there to appreciate it. Shame on all you who weren't there. Their opening accordianist, Corn Mo, was pretty entertaining, too. He came back out and played Particle Man with John Linnell. I must admit that I had never seen two accordianists on one stage at the same time until last night.

Let's not forget that yesterday was also Lauren's birthday! I gave her two DVDs (Love Actually and Edward Scissorhands), two Celine CDs (thanks goes out to Sharon for finding them), and one CD I burned myself. She got a Palm Tungsten from her Dad, (which I haven't seen yet (the palm tungsten, not her dad)), a ring from her mom, and some other stuff that I'm sure she'd love to tell you all about. It's great to see her have a good time and forget all her worries, even if it's only for one day.

Let's also not forget that all this went on as the remnants of Hurricane Ivan passed over us and as the Red Sox were busy getting pummelled by the Yankees. Incidentally, the Red Sox got pummelled by the Yankees again today.

Oh, and Tellef, sent by Nora into a room full of rather full-figured females, was saved by Pat from the most frightening situation he has experienced in his time on this Earth.

And now, back to lamenting the Red Sox...