it only happens once a year

I was off from work today. I took a vacation day so that I could go out last night and see Kiki & Herb do an 11:30 p.m. show (that started mercifully on time) at Joe's Pub where they played some favorite holiday standards ("Frosty the Snowman," "Fox in the Snow/Holiday" and the nothing-says-Christmas-like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/ Smells Like Teen Spirit/ Suicide Is Painless" medley. Was there "Deep Inside"? Yes. Was there a Jean Grae song (Whoa. Kiki, who knew?) Yes. Did Kiki do the love theme from "The Eyes of Laura Mars" and "Cancer" by My Chemical Romance? YES! It was a hell of a show.

So yeah. And before that was an edge-of-my-hard-plastic-MSG-seat hockey game (we lost in overtime.) Plus a party on Saturday. So today I did very little. There was some post-office action, a little drugstore shopping, a nap and a later excursion to the vegetable market and the pizza place. Now bed, I think. It's time. I am so not looking forward to getting up at 4:30.