Sonic, Rock Band and Creepers

It's been a long time since I've written anything here about what is actually going on in my life.  Despite what this post might have you believing, as a whole, April wasn't all that terrible.  I had a few bad days in a row, and as is my tendency, I had a nice dramatic vent on the blog, felt sorry for myself for a little while and then went on about my life.  I just kind of... forgot I had a blog.  Obviously.

I'll have to do a more thorough recap of April, but I am happy to report that the first weekend of May did not disappoint, and if we're lucky, we may just make it through a whole month without one of my epic blog hissy fits.  For you see, though the rain has been out in full force for the past couple of days, I can see the light at the end of this dreary, grey tunnel.  We've had some spectacularly gorgeous days, and as much as I still hate the constant rain, at least it's no longer COLD rain.  And along with the increase in sun shiny days, the other recent arrival in the Western Washington area is a SONIC!!!!  Right across the street from my school!!

If you follow me on Twitter or are a Facebook friend, you already know that I had a countdown going for Sonic's opening day on April 27th, and the minute I got off of work, my friend Sarah and I hopped in the car and sat in an hour and a half line to indulge in grilled cheese, Sonic Blasts, cherry limeades and greasy, delicous tots.  Sonic is easily, hands down my number one favorite fast food restaurant, and I am so glad that we can finally be together again.  Being that one visit over the course of the opening week wasn't enough, I headed back to Sonic on Friday night where I gently eased my friend Nicole into the beauty of the Sonic menu.  She just dipped a toe in the water, but I think she was duly impressed by the tots and cherry limeade.  The lines around lunch and dinner time are still abysmally long, but I'm holding out hope that soon the fervor will subside and I'll be able to acquire my root beer float fix on a regular basis without losing hours of my life.

Saturday was opening day for a local farmers market, so Nicole and my dear operatic friend Carolyn and I all donned our rain gear and headed into the mist to see what we could see.  Oh, and it was good!  I came home with a fabulous and eco-friendly reusable market bag, two containers of sheeps milk cheese, a half pound of fudge, three dip mixes, a Mother's Day gift that shall not be named, and a gorgeous wooden bowl and platter set.  The selection of garden plantings was incredible, and as soon as Colby gets home from his most recent trip, I'll be dragging him downtown so that we can purchase an array of gorgeous bushes and flowers that we can slowly murder over the course of the next few months.  I cannot wait!

That evening, a passel of us headed over to Carolyn's house where I was indoctrinated into the cult of Rock Band, and lo, it was life changing!  I didn't have a chance to strum a guitar but I rocked the microphone and the drums, and it was the best time I've ever had with two sticks and a video game console.  Along with the new plants, I'm going to be lobbying hard for the next addition to our Wii collection to be Rock Band.  I feel that it will be far more difficult to kill.

In slightly sadder news, my old domain is no longer your friendly, online porn directory.  No, the brilliant internet entrepreneur who purchased the domain also seemed to think that the transaction included full access and rights to my archives, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a slew of my old posts copied and pasted into their website with absolutely zero editing or credit given.  Fortunately, I have been blessed with some seriously web-savvy pals, and they leapt into action with links, email addresses, and form letters to help me take the creepy blog squatter down.  Now, if you go to the site, you'll see a picture from Wicked and a brief synopsis of Broadway theater.  I'm glad that my posts have been returned to their rightful owner (me), but a bit disappointed that my old site is being used for such idiotic, pointless purposes.  At least if someone was using it for good rather than evil... Oh well.

Comments

[stacy]

you're evil... now i'm craving sonic.

and i highly recommend rock band for the Wii. i love mine, even though they don't have the full catalog of downloadable content up yet. they are working on it though!

[Jass]

Have you tried Wii Mario Kart? That thing is addicting!!!! But I love it!

Glad you are getting some sunshiny days there, but I think you sent over all that evil rain our way...it just won't stop raining, I kid you not! :P

[Caro]

There is a Sonic opening about 35 minutes from my house and I cannot wait! I've only been there once, because the nearest one is in PA, but I absolutely love it <3

And yes, I was also wondering if you sent your weather our way. I think one of the weather guys said on the news "It will be nonstop rain until the weekend. This is Seattle weather." Haha, glad you have sunshine though!

[sue]

I got stopped at "half a pound of fudge"...

[sophie]

I love that you are so excited about the Sonic! My favorite is their corn dogs and of course, cherry limeade. There is one just a stone's throw from my front yard, but it is the opposite direction of my usual travel so I can limit my indulgences.

[Kate P]

I love that you used the word "passel." Man, we still don't have Sonic in my part of PA. (Where are you, Caro?) I think I'd have to drive at least half an hour to get to the closest one!

[Larissa]

That is so bizarre about the domain stealer person. Who does that?!