gooooooooooddddddddd

morning VIETNAM, er every body,

just listenning to pink floyd and eating my pre hike breakfast. it is much later than planned. but it has been so cool here lately, sleeping in (till 8:45) will not ruin my scheduled day.

the big news from yesterday: I GOT MY TOOL TICKETS! they went on sale yesterday at 10:00 AM. i was on ticketmasters site at 10:00 AM exactly. i got one ticket in the pavalion section, one lawn. they are playing at cricket pavalion (sept 9). i have never been there. the diagram made the lawn look far away. but i do love lawn 'seats'. hopefully i can talk to some people who have been there before so i can sell off the undesirable ticket, or trade it for another if someone would end up going with me. i have never been to a concert by myself before, but this is TOOL, therefore i do not care. i saw them twice back in 2002 as part of the laterallus tour. those were the two best concerts i have ever been to. their newest album, 10000 days (it came out on jun 06) rocks! every album they have come out with is better than the one before, and 10000 days is no exception. it did take a couple times thru the cd for me come to this conclusion. my instincts told me it followed suit right away, but for some reason, i was skeptical. there is no doubt now, 10000 days is their best album yet!

ok, i need to get hiking. the cool temps and all the water we have been getting should make hiking sweet. well, hiking is always sweet, but today it should be even better. it has been since may 14th, gosh darn danged heat. i am going to ventana canyon trailhead. there are a pools areas about two miles in that i haven't seen flow in years. probably will get some groceries after that. then i need to call some friends with whom it has been awhile. especially my one buddy's wife. he has left her her and their four children, to go out to iraq, again. can not balme uncle sam too much. he re-upped six months before 9/11. they only had two children at the time. that contract had expired, but he has decided he wants to retire from the military. they are now living in HW now, and loving it. probably till about one week ago.