Well, that just figures.
In the news today: According to calculations performed by a UK psychologist, January 24 is the most depressing day of the year.

And it's my birthday.

Tomorrow is my 28th birthday, in fact. After that, only one more birthday till thirty! This weekend Victor and I drove to Austin to spend the weekend with our friends there. I had a great time celebrating my birthday on Saturday. We ate dinner at the lovely Suzi's China Grill, which is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Austin (maybe favorite Chinese restaurant ever?), and then we all retired to Aaron and Debbie's for cake and games.

Friday night, however, we saw The Arcade Fire at Emo's. The show was spectacular. I had a feeling they'd be really good live, and they didn't disappoint. In fact, they were better than I ever could have expected! So much energy. They were theatrical, passionate, even wacky... everything you need for a good show. There was a scuffle at some point (which I really didn't see very well... we were close to the stage but I was behind a bunch of tall boys and a pole) between Win and Régine, who are the two principle singers and also husband and wife. Apparently he pushed her off the stage with his bass or something. Anyway, the consensus between most of us was that it was all part of the act, but our two friends who were closest to the action said that it looked malicious. I dunno. It was a great show nonetheless. I would love to see them again.