True Colors concert

Last night I went to the True Colors concert at Merriweather Pavillion with Brettie, a friend 'o his, Andrew and Clay. At first I had pooh-poohed the idea of going to that concert because it was sponsored by a proportionately ineffective and financially bloated gay institution. And the tickets were a bit pricey too. But then I learned it was co-sponsored by a smaller, more effective organization with a more focused goal, so I deemed it acceptable to attend. The concert was several hours long with many performers, but the seats were not completely sold out. I think it was the ticket price. When you can see Cyndi at the 9:30 Club for like $15 or so, why bother?

Anyway, my favorite performer was Margaret Cho, who always makes me laugh. The former Queen of Nice, Rosie O'Donell, also made an appearance and was only funny when she was not telling jokes about gays. Whenever she speaks about gay issues she always seems really angry. She seems angry a lot these days. Anyway, there were two lesser-known bands performing, The Dresden Dolls and The Gossip, who were pretty good for warm-up bands. And then Rufus Wainwright performed with his cute adorkable band. Rufus is always good but I couldn't handle more than an hour of his nasal tenor. Then Blondie showed up in a track suit, and somebody text messaged Brettie to say:

     Blondie needs 2 stop.

Erasure was really fun and Andy Bell still has a great voice. Cyndi did not disappoint. When she came on I freaked out and started screaming:



So now that I have moved all of my possessions are breaking, decaying or falling apart in one way or another all at once. My bike got a flat and needs a tune-up. My dresser-drawer is falling apart. And my computer is spontaneously shutting itself off. I got a competent TekSkwurl to look at it at great length on Saturday and we troubleshot many potential factors. It's not the graphics card, it's not the power source, it's not the heat sink nor the fan. TekSkwurl says the only remaining possibility is that I need a new motherboard, which basically means get a new computer. So we will rebuild this unit, to create the Skwurl~3000.

Again, I don't want to hear about how Macs are superior, so STFU about Macs, thanks. That tired debate is, well, quite tired. Spare us. Thanks.

Anyway, I'm not quite in the mood for fixing or purchasing a lot of crap right now. Nor for the constant running around it takes to get things fixed. While it is the end of the world when my rent check is 2 days late, they sure take their time on returning my deposit from the last unit. And the movers and rent + new deposit have me watching what I spend a lot lately. Being tight with money in the summer sucks.