A nice very early birthday gift.

Message on my Twitter account this morning from Live Nation. I've won two General Admission tickets to the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.

The main stage line up alone is incredible.. Disturbed, Megadeth, Godsmack, Machine Head, Trivium, Testament, and In Flames.

Show is Sunday, July 10th.

Let there be METAL!!!!

24 hours off Oxygen and other Random Shit

• Spent last night off the tube, and decided to see how far I could go today. So far, I'm doing fine, with blood O₂ levels remaining at or above 95%. My last check came after a burst of activity. I took care of some garbage (mostly empty soft drink/beer cartoons), put cans in the refrigerator, a little general tidying. After that, my pulse was up around 130, but my oxygen levels were holding!


• Still keeping the hose close at hand, just in case. So long as I remain above 90%, I'm good.


• Progress, you gotta love it.


• I was just thinking how my spring and summer schedule went from 0 to 60 in no time. At the beginning of the year, we were committed to Renovation, and that was it. Given my health, that was even very iffy.


• Now, in very short order, we got the free rooms in Reno for our anniversary, I'm back as a panelist at Baycon (no word if I'm on every panel again this year.. I told them to use me creatively), we've acquired Westercon memberships, we're going to the Mayhem Festival, and then Worldcon.


• Best part? Almost all of those are at no or reduced cost to us. We still need to fit in a trip to see the Giants.. I need to see that banner with my own eyes.


• It's funny.. after Mayhem, kshandra will have massive Metal cred. She'll have seen Judas Priest, Testament, Queenryche, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Metallica, The Sword, Machine Head, Trivium, MegaDeth, In Flames, Godsmack, Dsiturbed, Lamb of God.. I'm probably forgetting one or two.


• Need to finish up The Church stuff, so I can put it together before Baycon. I'd like to be able to at least have a link to download a .PDF of my work.


• Speaking of which, anyone willing to contribute? I need clerical orders for the churches, and at least a little art.


• Like my first three professional works, this will be credit-only.


• Contact me if you'd like to help out.


• Giants-D'backs tonight. Squish the Snakes!