It's the anniversary of the natal day of the Rose!

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear otherwise_nyc
Happy birthday to yooooouuuuuuu!

I hope that the sucky things get better and the good things stay good, because you are a fantastic person and you deserve to be treated well by life.

(You wanted things to make you smile? Maybe this will help: every time I see the "I have a cat" dude, I'm horribly tempted to start singing the Meow Mix jingle at him. Sometimes I've hummed it under my breath, but I don't think he's noticed yet.)

Concerts

The Strokes (Oct. 1 at Memorial Hall): $30
Muse (Oct. 25 at the Uptown): $32
Kasabian (Oct. 3 in Lawrence): $37
Nickelback and Hoobastank (Sept. 16 at Kemper Arena): $150

I feel like there should be a "priceless" at the end of that list, but that would really only make sense if I'd bought the above tickets, and I haven't... though I'm really, really tempted to spring for Muse. I can't do the Strokes because I'll be in California, and I can't do Kasabian because it's the day after I get back and it's in Lawrence, and the Nickelback tickets are too expensive to seriously consider. But I really love all the Muse I've heard, and trollprincess said they start off their show with "Apocalypse Please," which I think might be worth thirty bucks all on its own. Would anyone be interested in going with me?

EDIT: Apparently the date for the Muse concert was wrong- it's actually September 15 (next Friday) and I don't get paid until next Friday, so it doesn't look like I'll be able to go. Plus, available tickets are more like sixty bucks than thirty. *sigh*