so it’s 2006 already and this is my first post of the new year. christmas was good, as always: it’s fun to hang out with the family, play the occasional game of poker, etc. nickie and jason had their baby, a boy named linux, which naturally, i thought was cool. his full name is jason linux (such arrogance, naming your kids after yourself ), but they’re calling him linux. i got to see the little tyke before coming back to ttown.

i went to a pretty sweet concert last week. it was a *FREE* show sponsored by the edge, with story of the year as the headlining act. i brought the marnis and andrew along with me… it was interesting. the average age in the audience was probably somewhere along the lines of 15… lol. so there were a few comments such as “we’re like 10 years too old for this show!!” i had a really good time though, and i’m pretty sure the others did as well (even though i, of course, received a ton of crap for the young crowd and the wild antics that ensued). we were in very close proximity to the mosh pit, and got knocked backwards plenty of times. the kids were krazy! i saw several people in the bathroom doctoring their bloody noses, battle scars from the moshing. the opening bands (there were 3) pretty much all sounded the same. SOTY played a really awesome set.. at one point they did this montage with several 80s rock songs — stuff by ozzy, bon jovi, poison, GNR, etc. good times, good times.. =)

and the past couple days i’ve been SICK. which isn’t something i experience often, thankfully. i’m doing the typical common sense stuff, so hopefully it will go away soon. missing work can be a good thing, but being too sick to enjoy it makes for a miserable situation :””’( hahahaha. i’m such a sympathy whore sometimes, i guess.

OH! to end on a positive, non-sympathy-garnering note, i’ve been highly amused by this humor site lately: Chuck Norris facts. this is quite literally the most hysterical thing i’ve seen/read/whatever in a long time. suffice it to say chuck norris is my new hero.