Alice Cooper

My very first concert ever, when i was 13 years old, i went to see Alice Cooper "Welcome to my Nightmare." it set the bar pretty high for future concerts. My second concert, when i was 15, i went to see KISS when they were in full make-up. i've seen tons of concerts since (6 this summer) but i always had a soft spot for Alice, since he was my first. So when i found out he was coming to the casino this summer we bought tickets as soon as they were available. and the show was great! Maybe the best show we've seen this summer (and we saw Ringo and Tom Petty and Neil Diamond). it was outside so they couldn't do quite so much video/lights stuff. but there was action. alice changed costumes at least partially 5 or 6 times (including a bit in a straitjacket). there were 2 'executions' (one followed by a rousing crowd chorus of "i love the dead"). the band was awesome. the lead guitar guy was amazing. Alice's wife and daughters were the backup dancers and they were great. His daughter Calico is the main dancer and choreographer. He sang his big hits ("only Women Bleed," "No More Mr. Nice Guy") some stuff from the new album ("Vengeance is mine") and ended the encore with "Elected." I'd vote for Alice -- he's a troubled man for troubled times!

computer update

ok, i've calmed down a little since my last post. gordi fixed it so my stuff looks way more like it used to. i'm tweaking the preferences to get them the way i like them. there are still a few differences and glitches, but i don't hate the new computer update. and i finally got all my emails out of email limbo and that makes me feel tons better!

computer update

we're updating my computer, and i know it really needs it and it's overdue, but i hate it!! i hate xp. i hate the updated firefox and thunderbird. i hate the updated office. everything looks so weird and ugly. i can't find any of my stuff. every time i want to read an email i have to click like twelve things -- are you sure this isn't junk? if i want to download images i have to add sender to address book -- there's at least 3 more clicks. every time i send an email i have to click whether to send it plain text or html (how outdated is that?) it kept trying to put my new message at the bottom where no one could ever find it. everything used to be so easy; now nothing is easy. i used to love my computer. i loved spending time with my computer. i would spend hours playing on the email, surfing the web. it was like a ballet -- we were in total synch. now everything is icky and awkward. nothing looks right. nothing acts right. i don't have any of my bookmarks. i don't have my address book. i seem to have misplaced the past 4 years of emails. and i really need some of them. i want my old system back. i want my old life back.