A Horrible Warning

I Am So Awesome, I Need TWO Blogs

I think I mentioned before that I didn't want to turn this blog into a whole lot of bitching and belly-aching about the whole diabetic extravaganza.

I feel so strongly about it that I have started a whole new blog dedicated to just that. What is a blog for if not to bitch and belly-ache?

And update every 10 days or so just to keep things interesting AND current. I am here to meet the needs and expectations of the people.

So if you are so inclined (dude, I will totally not be offended if you think it's boring and self-indulgent...it probably is...hello, navel, so nice to gaze at you!), check out my alter ego, Former Carb Queen. I am hoping that creating this extra outlet will free up my carb-deprived mind and soul from the impotence that has been blogger's angst over these past few weeks. I feel like I haven't had any good viable passable embarrassing non-D related ideas in awhile, and maybe if I can just get rid of those fuckers (the diabetes obsessed subjects, I mean) I can get back to enjoying my blog again. Or at least figure out something to write about for it.

If nothing else, at least I'm royalty (or rather former royalty) somewhere. You know you want to kiss my ring.

And to answer the question that you surely have: no, this blog will not suffer from this turn of events.

Because seriously, how could it get any worse?

*Edited to add: stay tuned for tales of religious guilt, the countdown to the big 3-5, and heroin overdose. Cheery!

The Awesome List of Awesome Things

Awesome recent events:

1. When I showed up in LA, not only was I able to sell off my extra tickets to the Foo show, but both of my nieces welcomed me with enthusiasm. The Chipmunk was just too tired to walk from the car when Gram brought her home from preschool, and demanded that Auntie must carry her. She laid her head on my shoulder and gave me big hugs when I put her down for a much needed nap. Ruffle Butt grinned at me the second I walked in the door. I talked to her for a minute or two while she sat on her quilt on the floor with her toys, and when I walked up and held out my arms to her, she demanded to be picked up as well. Like my sister said, her kids don't even miss me; they just act as if I'd never left.

2. The Foo show...OMG. Seriously, if you like them at all and they come to a stadium near you, go! I loved seeing them at smaller venues for the intimacy, but the Forum show was just fucking amazing for the sheer size and volume of it. Wait, I have to add an addendum to that...they were great, the opener Serj Tankian, not so much. His band kicked absolute ass, but Serj inspired me to put in earplugs and actually leave them in. That was a first. Anyway, Dave Grohl called us motherfuckers at least 3 times, which is always a plus for me. They played everything I wanted to hear, even "Big Me" which involved braving having Mentos hucked at them (check out the video on YouTube if you don't know what I'm referring to). The only song missing was my favorite, "Aurora," the inspiration for the spinthesun moniker, although that was never a single, and they didn't play it last time either. All in all, totally worth coming in at 1 am for (I even got up with Ruffle Butt around 4!).

3. My big girl toy order came in. EB and I are both very, um, satisfied with that.

4. One of the Bunco girls commented to me that it looks like I'm still losing weight. She said that she hoped I didn't take it wrong and asked if I wanted to know where she saw it. I said she could tell me anything she wanted about there being less of me, then she confessed that it was in my butt. Em, you can check out my ass anytime.

Not awesome recent events:

1. Um, the end of my weekend.

That's not-awesome enough for anyone, right?

Best. Concert. Ever.

I have to go to bed now. But here is one of the few pics I took at the Forum the other night that turned out OK, out of the many that I tried:

They played for 2 hours. I could have watched and listened for 2 days...