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Weekend in review
What a great weekend! Much better than last, that's for sure.

My weekend began with a fun show on Friday night at the Irish Dragoon Pub in Killeen Texas. Admittedly, I don't remember the evening too well. I was pretty exhausted. It also didn't help that we had no monitors and a fairly loud crowd at the bar, so I could barely hear myself. I suspect that was the reason one lady came to me and said, "I'm sorry for all the drunk people. You just don't look like you're having fun at all."

Aiya! That seems a first for me. I'm usually so hyper or at least bouncing around at gigs that it's not a prob. But no doubt the inability to hear myself hurt me a wee bit. But everyone still seemed to enjoy themselves.

The proprietor of the pub, George, even had a Lord of the Rings happy birthday cake that was delicious. But I spaced out too much to really give the event proper attention.

I then went home, putzed around on the computer, read some Harry Potter and crashed around 3am. Woke up at 10:30 to take a friend to lunch for her birthday. We went to East Side Cafe. Mmm! That place Never disappoints. A bit pricey, but worth every dime.

Home, I went, messed around with some websites then took a nap. Didn't wake up 'til 5pm. Soon Andrew arrived and we were back at the Irish Dragoon.

I don't know if they were just wondering where the heck we were or what, but we got a huge cheer when we walked in the door.

I could see immediately that it would be a fun night. And so it was. Lots of regulars and a bunch of newbies too. Lots of cheering and singing along. I had a coke before hand, and man, was I wired! It was a total blast!

On the way home, Andrew and I had our normal business meeting and whatnot, and we talked about the Bard Website. Needed a few changes. So when I got home. I updated it a bit to make it easier to navigate. Makes me wonder... any complaints or suggestions for my homepage?

So Sunday I got to sleep in. Woke up around noon slowly... with kitties sleeping lazy-eyed in the bed with me and as adorable as ever.

Woke up enough to get off my arse and clean up my apartment which was looking like a the recent hurricane on the East Coast had hit it.

I then started downloading a bunch of Celtic MP3s from MP3.com that I didn't yet have, and listened to them while I worked. Planned to use them to write a new issue of the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, but just didn't happen... and that's okay. At least I got a LOT of other stuff done. Plus, as an added bonus, it was rainy all day. Life is good. :)

Around 6pm, I pulled myself away from apartment and decided to get out of it for a while. Andrew called, so we hit Kirby Lane Cafe and I had some wine and a delicious veggie burger that was the perfect relaxing ending to a fun weekend.

Well, not entirely. Went home, and watched the latest episode of Enterprise. Very cool. I've enjoyed that show. The season though is extra cool. There's more of a mission. Lots of tense action, and very action-packed. Definitely digging the new season a lot.

Around 11:30 or so, I started working on the music for the The Pleasant Peasant Pheasant Plucking Song I wrote a while back. Didn't crash until around 1:30am or so.

But no complaints from me. I mean, I've got the sweetest kitties in the world. (Did I show ye my latest picture of my sweet Tabby cats? Love to get your feedback on it.) And the kits have been as sweet and loving as ever. Can't wait to see them tonight. Mreow!

Now I didn't get to work on my Hobbit Birthday Song as much as I'd hoped, but that's okay too. Again, it was a zillion times better than last weekend, and I got more done too. Oh, and...

Happy Birthday Bilbo and Frodo!!!
Yes, today is the day that wee hobbits would celebrate their birthday. Hope you're having a wonderful birthday celebration. And until, I get that birthday song up, here's a song I wrote for Memories of Middle Earth inspired by Bilbo's farewell speech called "Now It's Time To Go".

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