October 18, 1999

This is a picture from the Oakwood Cemetary here in Syracuse, and the name on the tombstone is Assmann. It just cracked me up. I realize I shouldn't make fun of dead people, and I'm probably going straight to hell, but come on - that's funny. Assmann. It reminds me of that Seinfeld episode. So I had to take a picture, and here it is. I hope you enjoy the Assmann too.

So how was your weekend? Friday night, I went to Styleen's to see supergush play and shoot their video. It was funny because they were all really nervous because of the video. I mean, they play a lot of shows, so they're pretty much at the point where they don't get nervous anymore, really. But they did Friday night. The first few songs were just okay, and then they did a cover of "Hey Jealousy" that kind of broke down near the middle. Maybe they just needed to get it out of their system because after that, they rocked! I was singing along and dancing around, which I haven't done for ages. A lot of people were dancing too, and they even yelled for "One more song!" when the whole thing was over. So the guys came back and did "Why Go" by Pearl Jam, which was awesome. It got me thinking about college, and how I used to go to shows and just dance like crazy and rock out, and how I never do that anymore because I'm old. And I need to do more things because they are fun, instead of standing around and observing them. Nowadays when I go to bars or clubs, which isn't very often really, I tend to sit around and watch other people have fun (and usually make cracks about their outfits). Part of it is insecurity about myself and how I look - I don't feel comfortable getting out there and dancing around because I'm a big fatty. But also I'm too cool for school sometimes, and I need to just stop caring what other people think and just do it and have fun, like I did on Friday night. Or something.

Saturday, we went to the mall to try to buy more RAM for the computer. Unfortunately, they didn't have the right kind at the computer store. I'm really looking forward to getting more because I tend to open like ten browser windows, plus Photoshop, plus DreamWeaver, and then wonder why my computer crashes. After that, we went to check out the new Discovery Channel store. I really liked it. It's kind of a cross between the Nature Company and those LearningSmith type stores. Just lots of neat books, videos and other stuff. I should definitely get my mom's Christmas present there. Then we went to Borders and Jim bought the Harry Potter book we couldn't find the other day, and I bought the Felicity book. Hey, it's a work-related expense! The new recap is up by the way. Anyway, the book was totally bizarro. If you watch the show, you know she chose Ben. Well, in the book she chose Noel! I wasn't sure if they were going for an alternate universe thing or what, but someone on the MBTV forums said that was the original storyline and they changed it to Ben at the very last minute. It was confusing, all right.

This is already pretty long, so I'll stop here. Smell ya later!

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