Quick Update

1. I'm approved for the car loan. I'm working out all the final details to determine how much my tags, taxes, title and insurance should cost me. Plus, I have to get a few repairs done on the truck before I return it to my folks. I'm also working on a budget for when I have to make all of these new payments. I'm thinking a dramatic cutback in my cable package and smoking habit might be in order.

2. Wednesday night, I completed my sixth set of stand-up material. I promised myself that i would get this far, and have 25 minutes of material built up before I began revising, repeating and fine-tuning my act. Sure, I'll pepper in some new stuff here and there, but like any other performing art, it's best to have a back catalog as a base.

3. Entries for the next art show are up to eight now, and it looks to be shaping up to be an interesting show. This week, I need to square up a few people to jury the concepts and decide who gets into the show...and I need to get cracking on lining up some sponsors.

4. I had a happy Fourth of July. I had some friends over and we walked down to the river to see the fireworks, then went to a pool party across town. Good times, noodle salad.

5. Last night was Cairde na Gael at the PAC. The show was great, and the afterparty at Kilkenny's was a blast.

6. Today, I did laundry and finished up the artwork for a poster I'm doing for the Ms. Center of the Universe Pageant. So far, they've loved the stuff I've come up with, and they've asked me to be a judge...but we'll see. On one hand, I've done enough work for pageants over the years that I feel I'm a little too cynical to be judging this kind of stuff. On the other hand, there's a wet t-shirt contest involved...so I'm torn. Not too torn, but still...

7. This next week should be pretty busy starting out, but I hope and pray that it'll smooth out by the weekend. Fingers crossed.