"i'm a totally different person... one who confronts his problems, instead of drowning them in sunny day real estate." -- me, playing off my heartbreak the last time SDRE broke up.

Well, I got my tickets for the Paramount show so off we go again! Of course, I'm very happy in love and life and relatively emotionally stable now, so maybe I'm finally that different person after all. However, I'm sure for at least one night this year I'm going to party like I'm 16 and insane.

This was the second weekend in a row when Lauren and I have headed up to Seattle to meet up with her parents and go to a parade with people in various states of undress. This time I was smart enough to remember sunscreen. Sunscreen has changed a lot since I was a boy, you know. Now it mostly comes in spray cans. Don't spray it around your face unless you want to choke to death. I guess next time I will spray it on my hands then rub it on my face.

Since our television is dying and 480i/480p/720p on it is virtually unwatchable, I hit up craigslist to look for TVs and instead found a 480i/1080i-accepting widescreen projector for $50. It is old, but works. Now I can finally play Wii again, this time projected onto my kitchen wall. Just earlier today I was finally playing Super Mario Galaxy again, and yelling "Fuck you, you little bitch" at the enemies and "What the hell are you doing, asshole?" at Mario again. It's been a while. For the moment 1080i is still okay looking on our television so the cable box will remain hooked up to that.