I'm sure all five or so of you were probably a bit worried with my two week or so absence. I swear it was for good reason - I had some major liver regeneration occurring as well as some heinous work hours taking a bite out of my blogging time. Bastards.

Anyhoo, this is gonna be the first of a couple postings to bring you all up to date on the wonderful things I have packed into the month of September.

First off? I met Mr. Communicable Disease, Bret Micheals. I didn't actually meet-meet him, but I was well within a 100 yards and I swear at one point, he did look my direction. He was part of the Cheap Trick/Poison/Def Leppard concert we went to at the beginning of the month, in the Sleeptrain Amphitheater (Wheatland, CA). It was an outdoor venue and I absolutely loved it! The temperature was in the 80's and the $9 beers and $15 margaritas were icy cold. I don't suggest drinking prior to the concert unless you are ok with overflowing porta potties in the parking lot and drunk men who profess they weren't the ones who just urinated all over the seat you were about to hover above. Thank God I already had a cheap beer buzz or I may have been slightly grossed out by damp pant legs. Barf.

Here are some pics for your viewing enjoyment taking by my brother's girlfriend the lovely Miss H:

Here we are looking MILFish and pretending we're childless before the concert. Notice I'm the only one without a plastic mug. That's because I had already downed mine. I love adult Kool-Aid.

This was the huge gray POS bus we followed in loaded with drunk Joe Dirts':

And a close-up of one of their leaders:

And at the concert:

The concert was a blast and I highly recommend the Sleeptrain Amphitheater as a venue - at least during the summer. It was clean, the staff were friendly, and the sounds were awesome.