Everything is fucking gorgeous today.

It was near 60 today and sunshiny, and after sleeping in until almost noon, I went out and rode my bike for about three hours, running up and down the bike bath, exploring the distant rich people neighborhoods in town that I had never been to before.

Allie (y’know, my kid) was in her first Celtic dance production tonight, and she was hella cute. My ex and I went, and while Allie was only in one number and we were there for close to four hours, it was a thousand times worth it. So many little pointy, bony girls there kicking and strutting about garish Celtic dresses, kicking their feet, grinning like mad and with heads swinging around like broken Pez dispensers. There were a couple of times where I thought comically inappropriate thoughts, but I was reasonably well behaved.

I always get nervous whenever Allie has to do stuff for audiences and such, but she did a really good job, remembering most of her steps and such. It’s hard worrying about these things sometimes, but I’m trying to keep learning about autism/aspergers and keep a positive mindset. Her mother and I were talking in the car ride home that a lot of times in these types of cases, symptoms begin to drop off once the child gets older, so fingers crossed.

But she was cute and lovely and amazing and I was able to bring the digital camera from work, so I’ll even have pictures up here soon, even if a lot of them didn’t work because we couldn’t do flash photography during the show.

I’m enjoying having my computer back. It’s like reacquainting with an old friend, one that’s gotten smarter, sexier, faster and can hold way more stuff. It’s nice to not have to only have one game at a time on there, and right now I’ve got new games of Freedom Force, Ghost Recon and Neverwinter Nights, and I’m sure I’ll have more on there soon. Good times.

So I stole this thing from my friend Dawnie. Those of you with MP3 players on their computers and blogs/LJs can play along as well. Open up your player of choice, put *all* your music in there. Set it to random, and write down and share the first ten songs that come up, no matter what they are.

To witÖ

1.Lost in Space movie score - The Portal
2. The Knack - My Sharona
3. The Ataris - Giving up on Love
4. The Cramps - I was a Teenage Werewolf
5. They Might be Giants - Which Describes How Youíre Feeling All the Time
6. They Might be Giants - Absolutely Billís Mood
7. Einsturzende Neubauten - Schwarz (Mutieirt)
8. Moby - James Bond Theme
9. Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More
10. Linkin Park - Papercut

So there you go, ten songs out of the 950/59 hours worth.

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, I remainÖ