i think i need to see a dentist...holy crap...who's my dentist again?

...tonight is my friend pete's 25th bday party...his birthday was on sunday, but today is the party, and it's gonna be some party...like lots of people...and my guacamole...like holy guacamole...stolie... ok...whatever...anyways, i've known pete & his lovely wife amy for a little less than a year now...i don't get to see them as much as i'd like to, esp. since they moved to hyde park and got pregnant and had a baby and all that...but when i do, it's like being with old friends...pete is like the little brother i never had...except it doesn't seem like we're that far apart in age...and it's not so much cuz pete's mature, so you do the math...pete, sam & i loved hanging out as a trio until things like babies and fiancees and boyfriends came up...those were good days...

...i remember the night i really wanted to see yeah yeah yeahs over @ the bottle, and sam wasn't really into it, and so the three of us went to facets and got chelsea walls, which i got just for the extra wilcco song and the jeff tweedy soundtrack...and sam & pete fell asleep...those lame-ohs...and then there was the time i called pete & sam & they were headed up north to a thrift store in uptown, and i was headed south from evanston, and so we met up @ the thrift store...and then we went to the hollywood grill and ordered beer cuz they had just added that to the menu...and then who could forget new years eve when the three of us ate @ swank franks cuz we couldn't find anyone else open and we were frickin' staaahvin'...and then we went to ted's new year's eve party and ted put those two to work and he just watched and laughed as they made the pizzas w/ brie...pete got so drunk that night ha ha...and then there was that over the rhine show that bill opened up for...pete & amy & i had dinner w/ their friends prior to the show......and pete & i got so mad when bill only got a 20 minute set that we sat out in schuba's hallway smoking cloves during over the rhine's set and only came back in when bill joined karen on stage for a duet...and the time pete & sam & i went to look at tattoos...ha ha ha! and i remember when pete & i said we wouldn't wear shorts in the summer cuz we wanted to be rock'n'roll ha ha we were such wannabes and still are...oh gosh, and the time pete & i went on a photoshoot & ended up @ the american girl store HA HA HA! and pete was trying on the girls' clothes they were selling to match the doll clothes!! HA HA HA! smoking a nat sherman's together outside church the day of the 5th anniversary...we smoked a lot together, pete & i...and he passed on his zippo to me for christmas...and i gotta say, he's married to one cool girl...if i were a boy, i'd marry amy to...which makes sense seein' as how pete & i get on so well, so we'd probably have the same taste in girls too...pete & amy rock...'s'all i gots to say about that...

ah yes, my kid bro pete is 25...and he's a dad too...what a year...

been listening to the mix cd i made for pete's bday:
the execution of all things—rilo kiley
the electric version—the new pornographers
the empty page—sonic youth
reject all american—bikini kill
a movie script ending—death cab for cutie
else—built to spill
skips a beat—the promise ring
the greatest thing—ester drang
universal truths and cycles—guided by voices
american flag—cat power
silver transparent—bill mallonee
american english—idlewild
parade—damien jurado & gathered in song
public witness program—fugazi
summertime climb—the flashing lights
let’s run—le tigre
we don’t say shut up—danielson famile
after all—mojave 3
too pure—sebadoh
of up and coming monarchs—pedro the lion
pink moon—nick drake
you know that (is nothing new)—vigilantes of love
heavy metal drummer—wilco
cinema air—the gloria record
rules broken—all-time quarterback