Where's the love for the ferret?

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.

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 )

Would have posted sooner, but been out all day.

I bring you...FEET!



( And other adorbleness my cats did this week. Totally worth the click. Promise. )

The reason why I didn't post last week's picture is that I was busy with the worst trip ever (my stomach will lurch for the foresee-able future when I hear the words "glass-bottom boat") and it topped off with me being sick for the past week and doesn't show signs of slowing and is resistant to any medication I'm throwing at it. And I was careful to drink bottled water! Apparently just brushing your teeth is enough!

However, the trip wasn't about me. As such I kept my complaints to here and Twitter. This trip was for my baby (half-)brother.

May I present to you my little brother Kerry and his lovely bride, Suzanne:


If you would like to see all my photos, click here.

I was going to continue the food theme from last week and post a picture of the BBQ chicken pizza this week. But the was too cute not to post. They are holding paws!

Worthwhile to click for the full effect.

The New York Times Photo Blog had this thing that kalleah brought to my attention. The info is here. Basically, then wanted you to take a picture of what was happening wherever you were in the world at the same exact moment. They go many more entries than expected but eventually they will have a mosaic of all the photos but not quite yet. I thought it appropriate to use my entry for my pic this week.

This happened at 11:00 AM at my house this past Sunday. (Click for the full size!)


Side note: I have yet to stop being amused by the fact the kitten in my icon and the Kitten Virtual Gift look just like Grey.

So I didn't finish my catch up last week. I will do so this week with two posts!

First is something I'm excited about. I never had a passport until now.

( See my totally awesome (not exaggerating on this) passport photo )

There's going to be three of these, so prepare yourselves!

The week of the last post, the rainbow, I had taken these photos of my backyard. There were a bluejay, a male cardinal and a female cardinal hoping about. (As per usual, click for the full size.)


( More details of each here )

This week isn't so much about the subject matter, but how it was taken. I got a new cell phone and this was to test the camera on it. And yes, it's a picture of my beaten up, well-worn, slip-on Chucks.

This is very late because I was a bit busy. But here's a preview of upcoming post!