Franke and I took in the last home bout of the Blue Ridge Rollergirls. It was my first roller derby and it was totally fun!
The BRRG rocked the rink and won the match …
Asheville has some folks with weird hair and clothes …
though I seriously want that jacket.
And it also has some seriously hot guys too.
And now for the gratuitous self-portrait to prove we were there.
It’s been a week of staring at BJ’s ass. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The new album from The Avett Brothers (“I and Love and You”) isn’t out until next week … but you can give it a listen right now at npr.org.
Lots of wee projects have been keeping me busy. This time of year always seems to get crazy with the design projects. Also, I have been working on putting a DVD together of “The Full Monty.” You remember that show we did way back in 2006. Well, the footage finally came into my possession, so I have been playing lots with iMovie and iDVD to get things together.
Who knows … maybe I will post the strip number here sometime. Heh.
This is Joshua Jackson. He’s on “Fringe.”
This is Matthew Morrison (seen here in “South Pacific”). He’s on “Glee.”
Peaches. Live. November 11th. The Orange Peel.
I am soooooooo gonna be there!
So … I got the letter today. The one I knew was coming.
If I stay with AmEx, my interest rate is gonna go up to around 28% due to this past month’s little online payment adventure.
Fuck you, AmEx.
I have been working myself silly … and here’s the cover.
(Hopefully people will get the concept.)
Things have been quite nuts here …
In the last four days I have designed the posters for the upcoming HART productions of “Jane Eyre: The Musical” and “Hamlet.” The “Hamlet” poster has some excellent photography by my friend Christy … so it was cool to try and enhance it (and not distract from her work) with my design. Also the HART 2010 Season Brochure has gotten oh-so much closer to being done over the past two days/evenings.
Nice cool temps have breezed into the mountains.
My favorite time of year is just right around the corner!
Here’s British actor Danny Dyer …
Well …. maybe not a saga … but the shit continues.
Yesterday the $1500 went back into my bank account. That made me super excited. But it also meant that I needed to make my AmEx payment again. So, I went online this morning to make the payment … and I couldn’t. There was just a message saying to call Customer Service. Turns out my online privileges have been suspended … plus I discovered I was popped $38 by AmEx for them returning my money AND I was probably gonna have a late fee attached to my payment since I was going to have to now mail it in. I was told that my account would go under review and I would hear from them in 5-7 days. Argh.
Later in the afternoon, I was back on the AmEx site and was greeted with this fun message:
Charging privileges are suspended. We will evaluate your account for restoration of your charging privileges when payment is made for at least $1500.00. Note this amount does not reflect payments made since 09-03-2009.
Now I am really mad. It’s not like I am some chronically problemed account. One snafu and this is what happens. Fuckers. So, this weekend I am going to research transferring my balance somewhere else and saying “Fuck you, AmEx!”
One good thing from this is that it’s lit a fire under my ass. I am planning on being credit card debt free in 6-12 months.
“District 9” was pretty sweet …
Yeah. I have been rocking the cranky pants since Saturday.
I am completely stressed out about this money situation. If my bank isn’t able to work something out … well, I don’t know what I will do then. Sit and cry, I imagine.
Someone from my past (that I haven’t spoken to in over 10 years) friended me on Facebook about a two weeks ago. I discovered on Saturday that I had been “unfriended” by this person when I couldn’t view his profile. I sent through an “Add Friend” request because sometimes things kink up on Facebook. A few hours later I checked and the “Request Pending” statement had switched back to “Add Friend.” This means he saw my request and declined it. I don’t know what I did to make him unfriend me after we had been exchanging comments and messages. The situation makes me want to sit and cry … which is pretty sad that I feel that way.
I am way behind on some projects. Yeah, I have been procrastinating so I shouldn’t complain that I feel totally pressured to get things done. Feeling pressured makes me want to sit and cry.
Boo hoo.
