several things

zach galifianakis was most excellent. highlights include: the pretentious illiterate, kilometers davis, and "hey everybody! here comes the choo choo!" sorry, only hayden will get those. the audience was about 99% dudes. mostly chubby, nerdy dudes. the line for the little girls room was astoundingly short. (yay!)

later that night, we headed to festivus, which turned out to be a bust-ivus. (zing!) we actually didn't go in, there were only about five people there, none of whom i knew. i can't walk into a huge, almost empty room and just sit down, pull the case of negra modelo out of my purse (yeah yeah, my purse is big, leave me alone), and chill out. no, i felt like i was walking into a freshman lecture (you know, the big ones with three hundred people in them) ten minutes late. i hated to be that guy. i would just skip class altogether to avoid being that guy.

so anyway, we went around the corner to fallout. there was a pretty cool band there, a pleasant surprise. i'm not sure if i would like them today, but it was just what i needed to hear right then. shins-ish. much better than the midget-sized goth band who were playing there on tuesday night. geez. anyway, the place was pretty packed with a lot of regulars but also a group of "frat daddies" (that's what hayden calls them, maybe its a tech thing, i dunno...) which is weird. i'm not really sure why or how but a fight broke out several times. i saw some guy fall face first onto the concrete floor and come up with a bloody nose, only to be choked and dragged out of the bar by robbie (a bartender there). turns out robbie will throw down if you mess with him. he seems so mild-mannered. it was weird to watch. a few minutes later there was another scuffle in the back room. not sure what happened, but a shoe went flying, glasses were thrown to the floor, and another dude was tossed from the bar. keep it clean, kids.

this weekend was also my BAKE-STRAVAGANZA, which did not go down as i had planned, but went down none the less. i always underestimate how long things will take. always. jackie surprised and delighted me with her limitless creativity and disregard for the rules while we were baking on saturday. cookie cutters? heck no, not for jackie. she freehands it. christmas trees? fuck that, try a skull and crossbones. welcome to jackie's world. we also had a chance to discuss our various adventures in cake making this year. combine my technical skills with her ideas and you get a powerful force. our collaborations are greatness, and i feel pretty good about saying that, even though it sounds like bragging. we need our own diy show, like, now. help me think of a name for it so i can pitch it to hgtv. hope you fellas enjoy the treats!

i'm tired, but staying positive. looking forward to 26. don't know what i'm doing for my birthday, but i do know there will be sparklers.