As of right now, it is 4 days, 3 hours until I see Opeth live once more. According to Mike Thrasher, the tour is based on their newest, Watershed, and I'm amazed and anxious to hear it. But I'm also hoping they play something off of Still Life or Deliverance. We shall see. It will be beautiful, exotic and above all, original. This is Opeth we are speaking of. And on Monday, the Pagan Metalfest headlined by Eluveitie will be at the Hawthorne Theater, and I will be attending that also, in full Beltaine Regalia.

Oh, and Merry Beltaine. The spring is truly bountiful and lively this year.

It has recently crossed my mind (thanks to the good ol' myspace) of something I'd like to share. If given the situation, and I could take a bullet and save someone's life, I would unhesitatingly do so. Exception being someone I really disliked enough to have to hesitate. (ie Bush, Cheney, Hitler's reincarnation, etc.) But there wouldn't be a single moment to take to think of myself. Just do it. The same goes for any rescue attempt. It's just who I am. I hate humanity as it is with a passion that rivals my passion for life itself. See my conundrum? But it is life, and life is sacred. We as a race need to save ourselves and  then we can rise and, so to speak, Ascend, to the next stage of existence. But before all that, we really need to accept that we are all connected. I'm sure I've said this before. I know I've had this conversation, or variations thereof, many times in the past month. So I may sound like a broken record, but there it is.

In addition, I've learned something very valuable this past month. Even if there are a few absolutely wonderful things about a situation, trust your instincts. And, for those who may or may not be paying attention, do not, ever, insult my intelligence. The harm in doing so is worse than the satisfaction you may have had.

Clean cup, move down....

And with the spring is also another year to tally onto my age. This one, of course, the most important to most youths, is 21. Yay. I can now legally buy and consume alcohol. Meaning, of course, I will be having a bar hopping experience (but not too large of one, I can not drink too much without over-indulging, and I hate that!) So, Sunday the 25th around 8pm or so, if you are in Portland an able to go around and watch me make an ass of myself, get ahold of me. The only plan so far is Dantes/Verbatis Pan etc.

I'll be posting pics later next week of the shows, plus new ones of the garden in full bloom.

This week, Red Star has a new spring menu with some amazing changes (house-cured meats, oysters and other seafood galore, house smoked ribs, Kobe beef!) and along with that re-vamped how the kitchen is run. So, it's a great but exhausting week, and maybe month, ahead.

Eat well, and drink until you are happy but not until you are sick!

Let me take a moment to plug this band:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=120655925

Seriously badass. Thanks Donut!


Twilight and Beauty,
Salome

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