I won’t pretend that I’ve been so busy for the last month that I couldn’t possibly fit in a moment to write. I haven’t exactly been working 8 hour days and filling my spare time with lots of travel and/or overly exciting projects. The last two weeks have been somewhat more eventful than usual and I feel like mentioning the events.

Tuesday October 2nd, someone thought it would be a good idea to knife my tires. I don’t exactly feel like it was a random act since I was the only car on the street to get the vandalism treatment. On the other hand, I don’t know for sure that anyone on my list of suspects would go so far as to be out late on a Tuesday stabbing tires. One of the tires needed to be replaced anyway.

Sunday the 7th, I met up with Jenn and we went to see Junior Brown at the V Club. For those of you who know of Junior Brown, it would be redundant for me to tell you that the show was awesome. For the rest of you, the show was awesome. I wasn’t surprised to run into Michael Sullivan there and we caught up a bit, so that made for a good time.

Monday was Columbus Day and in accordance with time-honored tradition, the family got together and made this year’s batch of apple butter. Yeah, I know – who cares about some silly redneck tradition? Don’t knock it, though, until you’ve tried the product. It’s good stuff.

Friday I was back at the V Club with Jenn to catch The New Relics. I’ve heard a lot about these guys and it was cool to finally get to hear them play. While I was there I ran into Bud Carrol, so he and I spent a few minutes catching up even though we never really talked that much in high school. I think about the only thing we ever had in common was our mutual affection for Kelly Bader. Only he got to date her. I managed to lose my shot at that in 7th grade.

So that’s pretty much it. Business is slow, but I’m working some. If I could manage a job a day, I’d be pretty good at this point. I’m still looking for part-time work – not very hard, but I’m looking. I’m not particularly happy with my general living arrangements and I think that’s a good thing – it means I’m motivated to make a bigger effort to change them. I made some promises that I thought I could keep but haven’t been able to. That bothers me.