Saw the Hulk, Hellboy 2 and then Batman. Enjoyed them very much, loved the Joker, the explosions, the elf in Hellboy and SMAAAAAASH!

Painted my office cream and green, eliminating a sickly mint green that was slowly driving me insane. Must resist outside forces that want to decor everything with nauseous decals of butterflies and flowers and sickly girlie shit.

Work is boring...my contract ends in September 1. My boss is trying to extend my time there. Let's see if he is successful. I don't want to be a full timer at the newspaper, especially if it involves more interviews. I have grown more antisocial and it almost pains me physically to talk to strangers and engage them in a conversation, when I really don't have any personal reason to speak with them.

Next month is DeeDee's first birthday. Arrangements are waiting to be made. A plan will come together, water tight and all.

Music? Not anything new. So I will leave you with The James Gang. Walk Away:

On the music front, this year I went to the Iron Maiden concert. I have plans to go to the Queensryche concert in August and ohmygod-ohmygod-ohmygod-ohmygod look who are coming!!! LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS....YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!



And of course, this one goes without saying:

Continuing with the death theme, but on a humorous note: somebody on a net forum reminded me of this. Don Ramón was the best in that show. THIS is how you explain DEATH to a kid... *Note: it is a Spanish language clip of "El Chavo del Ocho".

Today is the one month anniversary of my dog Monty's death. For the sake of completeness I wanted to post it, to keep the date in memory.

Monty, here is to you: