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Did you see Flapping Crane PSA 006?

We’re finally moved in to the new place. 99.9%, anyway. Pretty much all that’s left is Kelly’s cats, which I’m trying to put off for the cats’ safety and for my own selfish desire not to die sneezing.

The main problem now is unpacking. Unfortunately, we don’t have the office or garage available to us right now, which complicates things. It’s a long story.

Anyway, I’m trying to get more acquainted with the area. I’ve spent a little time in St. Paul (at least the south and west parts), so I know where some places are, but I really don’t know much yet.

I’m pretty sure that I only really need to know where Rooster’s is, and I do, so I should be set.

Spent last weekend in Las Vegas. It was for Chris’s bachelor party. I hadn’t been to Vegas since I was about 17.

That is one insane town. I got there Friday afternoon. By Sunday morning, I had had a total of maybe 8 hours of sleep for the entire trip and I was ready to go home. But it was fun.

I took a shuttle from the airport to the Riviera, where we were all staying. Met up with Chris and Erik. It had been a long time since I last saw Erik — probably something like 6 years. So that was good.

I want to go back sometime with Kelly, but I definitely learned that Vegas exists to take your money. That’s all it’s there for. I didn’t gamble a penny and it still cost me. I had to actually be as frugal as possible since I’m moving very soon and I still spent a hefty chunk.

That said — if you go to Vegas and you have even an ounce of nerd in you, definitely check out Star Trek: The Experience at the Hilton. It was a blast. Way more fun than I thought it would be.

There are plenty of stories to tell about this trip. I’ll wait until more pics roll in to tell some of them, though.

I had some very minor surgery done the other day. That, combined with a cold that I seem to have picked up, has me basically laid up. I’ll write more about the procedure as I know more about what they figured out. Hopefully this will all lead to less abdominal and chest pain.

In other, totally unrelated news, I’m now on Pownce and Twitter (I’ve actually been on twitter for a while, but never really did anything with it).

Check out the decent explanation of twitter at Common Craft. It’s pretty neat. So far I think I like Pownce more, but both are very interesting and have potential. Check out the stuff on Make about how to set up house plants to use twitter to tell you when they need watering.

Here are some pics from my 30th birthday shindig.

Yes, we rocked the Rock Band. It’s too badfortunate that there was no video.