Tension headache begone! I have summoned the gods of Excedrin and they shall smite thee with their caffeinated goodness!

Listening to Queen at loud volumes whilst singing along also helps banish headaches, rabid squirrels, unsightly warts, and Republicans.

So, I didn't watch the debate last night. I was in Portuguese class, working on my headache. Our teacher is a vivacious, sweet, fun person, but her approach to teaching is too scattershot for my liking. I don't feel like I'm absorbing hardly anything in class and I thank my lucky stars I know a bit of Spanish, or I'd be lost like a ship in the pea-soup fog of Industrial Era London. But I voiced my frustration, and although none of the other 8 people who showed up seemed to share my opinion, at least Ana listened to me and agreed that 2 chapters a week might be a bit much to assign as homework. Next week, they'll be watching a movie in class. I say "they" because I shan't be there. I'll be at Hugo House, mingling and eating with my fellow Write-O-Rama laureates.

Let's see, what else is going on? Oh yeah, Dan Teeter showed up yesterday afternoon and replaced the cracked heat exchange in our furnace with a new one from Portland. So we have heat, which makes me a happy camper.

Tomorrow morning, I'm heading down to Salem on the train. There are a million things going on here this weekend that'd I'd like to do, from going to the Haiku NW Seabeck retreat to taking a class at Hugo House, but I will be watching Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Elsinore Theatre on Friday night, so I don't have to debate what I'd prefer to do in this neck of the woods. I've never seen them perform before, so it should be fun, and I always love going to the Elsinore. http://www.oregonlink.com/elsinore/biography/index.html

OK, time to do some writing whilst the caffeine is still pumping through my veins. Ate logo!