Well, I haven’t posted anything lately because it’s been a little crazy in my home and work life, but now things are slowing down. Thank God! I really don’t have much reason to say alot. Emily, the amazing (and for now hormonal and territorial) cockatiel has produced 5 more eggs since we threw the other ones out, so now we’re back to wait-and-see. Yesterday, had to pay both state and federal taxes (uuuhhhh… what… the heck… just hit… me?). Lesson learned with that: look at paystubs every so often and calculate, calculate, calculate! My work has gotten better, so I’m not going harum-scarum every Thursday and Friday, though I’m still dealing with the same headaches. Every week is “hmmm… another $1000 problem to try and fix!” and it gets a little old. Haven’t done much with my hobbies in either music or graphics; just haven’t really sat down to do anything enjoyable except play with the birds and bunny, and listen to music.
Speaking of which, it’s a good thing I have those link banners on “Cool Links” for two bands I’m still digging, even after two months of listening to them. Theocracy is great christian metal for those who like music along the lines of early Queensrÿche and perennial Iron Maiden, except with more of an epic feel! But… get this… one man did all of the work on the debut album!! I’d encourage everyone, even those who don’t like the genre, to check out the site and the music and see what one guy had the drive and determination to do by himself. Sonata Arctica is some good prog/epic metal from Finland, who just get better and better with every album. My all-time favorite group was Dream Theater, but I got both DT and SA’s last albums around the same time and I only like a few of DT’s songs off theirs, compared to SA’s latest which I love every song! Moral: New blood in any genre of music can be a great thing! 
Well, I’ve said all I can say so far. I’m looking forward to a good night, a busy weekend, and a better week at work. Oh, one more thing. Pull your ear closer… that’s good… ok… 14 more days until Mac OS 10.4 “Tiger” is unleashed!! I’ll still wait a little longer to see if there’s any problems with this version before I consider getting it. I’ll write again soon.
