Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I went to pick Nefarious up at the airport today — there was a snafu with the tickets, so she came back a little early and flew on her own (“unaccompanied minor”, where the airline helps out with customs and so on) and had a great time with it. I said sometime to the effect of “you deserve a reward for being so brave!” and she replied, “why…? I’m always brave!”

So true! She got her ears pierced while in New York — given that immunization injections didn’t even phase her, I suspect there was similar bravery at the piercing place.

I have to admit that driving up to the airport was a little nerve wracking (I on the other hand, am not so brave). I think that when my brakes were done on the truck a while back they messed up the front end in some way — it’s pulling erratically, the front tires are wearing quickly (not that they’re not worn already), and it just doesn’t feel stable. I’m hoping to get a bit more lift done before the winter — now that I have a “new” bike! — to fit a set of 35″ boggers (like the ones on this truck). I don’t know or not if stores are open tomorrow… I don’t think they are, but in the next couple days I’m going to take that bike apart, clean it up, and paint it…

I’ve got to get some wood panels in the next couple days as well to paint on. I’ve been slacking on painting and I want to get going again. Oh, and our Rock Band party was fun enough to have the old man next door pounding on the wall for us to shut up (me on guitar, Caitlin on drums, and Saira singing)… But he smokes on his balcony, so f**k that guy — as long as he’s poisoning me, he can put up with some occasional noise. I actually have a fan permanently blowing from my balcony toward his which keeps 99% of the smoke away.