Gah. It’s been a while.

What’s happened in the world of Dan since the last post? Lots of shit, and if you knew me you’d likely know about it. That said, here’s what else.

First there was Open Mic Night at SKHS on Friday. Which was pretty blah, but I of course figured out ways to make it fun, even if someone ditched Ellen and me at the pizza place. Then there was a show at VFW on Saturday. It was pretty awesome. The Best of Times was good, as were everyone else.

Then I tuned to MSNBC randomly Monday morning and they had the story about the Virginia Tech shootings, the news of which had just broken. First they were saying 2 dead, but when they said 20 a while later, I realised the gravity of the situation. Which brings me to this point: I offer my deepest condolences to all those connected to the victims, but please, do not point fingers at anyone but the perpetrator. The response of the university was as good as anyone could have asked for, and I, for one, believe Mr Steger and his colleagues did a fine job in handling the situation given the information they had. Hindsight is always 20/20. When I heard news today about death threats being made against him, it made me sick. I think you can figure out why. That’s all I will say on the matter for now.

Then I saw This Providence at Edwards Auditorium with Adam on Tuesday. They were actually pretty good.

Oh, and the big Nor’easter felled a tree in my yard. If it fell the other way, the deck would be no more. How nice. Pictures are up on the flickr if you are so inclined (and no, I’m not posting the URL here).

And this same Nor’easter also obliterated Narragansett beach. I mean, it will come back in due time, but from the parking lot (which, by the way, no longer has a fence), you have the wall, a metre of sand, and then surf. Fun stuff. I hope my pictures come out (they probably won’t since it was too dark for my K1000′s light meter to even turn on).

So yeah. This vacation has been an amalgam of boredom and interestingness. We’ll see how it pans out.

Dan out.