Oh Hai LJ

Have you missed me? It's only been a month since I've posted anything. Barely kept up with the flist either. Lots of stuff have gone down. Been sick. Almost had a nervous breakdown (possibly due to bening sick). Been completely sucked into Big Brother UK (and it's fair to say that these two are a good part of that. It doesn't hurt that the male half looks like this plus an Australian accent to boot! And trust me, their dramas could give soap operas a run for their money.) And then there's what I did Thursday day night (if you follow my Twitter you know what I did) but more on that later. I have pictures to catch up with! There will be kitties as that's mainly what I've taken pictures of.

We bug bombed the house a few weeks ago so the kitties went to visit the office and explored. Cassie made herself comfortable.


Be back later with another pic!

As I was saying

I was/am sick. It's still the same thing that's been around since the end of December. I brought a laundry list of issues. Determined what I've long suspected, I have IBS but there's not much that can be done about it except avoid the foods that cause the most issues. There was a possibility of thyroid issues (which there weren't). So blood was taken. That was an adventure. I had a vein blow. The nurse said it was going to bruise. I don't bruise easily so I thought it would be no big thing.

( Under a cut if you're especially adverse to bruises )

One more before the main event!

I believe I have four pictures to catch up on and this is number three.

This is what happens when I leave the fridge opened for more than a few seconds.

It can take a while to get him back out.

And the Grand Finale!

So, on Tuesday, I decided to buy myself an earlier birthday present. Thursday night, I went to Indy to a concert. No, that's not the right word for it. It was an event.

Never before have I felt so loved, accepted, important and even beautiful. And that was all thanks to our host of the Ball. It was the Monster Ball and she was a real lady.


Yeah, my seat was that awesome.

She was incredible. She's beautiful. Not as thin as I had imagined. She changed an insane amount of times. The opening band was meh, but she made up for it. She took the stage promptly at 9:00 PM and finished a little after 11:00. No real breaks. Just little video vignettes between set changes. She was all out the entire time.

I have been to seven fantastic shows in the past 15 months. The Killers are always great. Franz Ferdinand rocked my socks (and gifted me this icon). Snow Patrol was fun. Muse was everything I heard about them and more. Last year, I can fairly say seeing Coldplay changed my life. Gaga made me feel like my life was important. I know it's weird to say, but she can make anyone feel wonderful. She uses her powers good at least.

If you want to see all my pics (all 180 of them), click here. I haven't uploaded the videos yet.

And now to spend the next few days playing catch up. My inbox for email is insane at the moment. Not even going to try to catch up the flist.