rone | oh, right, thingy

Many thanks to all my well-wishers on Tuesday (for those of you wondering why, it was my birthday). Kim and i went up to SFSU to see elmuchacho play with the Big Band. They did a killer job on many old standards, despite being interrupted about two-thirds of the way through by a fire alarm. There was an opening combo, but they were submediocre; the bassist was good, the guitarist was decent but green, the drummer would unsubtly shoehorn solos into almost every piece, and the alto sax was mechanical and apathetic and looked like he'd fallen out of bed. After the show, we went to Sushi Kazu, on Irving St. They had a marvelous selection of stuff, all top quality, and service was excellent.

There has been a Certain Upheaval at work, but it is not something that i think is bad in the long run, nor will it directly affect my job.

Tonight, Kim and i went to listen to Neil Gaiman at SJSU. He read "Orange" and (maybe) Chapter 4 from his upcoming (and by 'upcoming' i mean 'still being written') novel "The Graveyard Book"; the latter was read to an audience for the first time ever and was, Gaiman said, "the scariest thing i've ever written." The stories were marvelous and funny, and Gaiman is a very entertaining speaker.

Now, back to work.