Yesterday morning we went to the Kimmel Center to see my sister collect her Master’s degree. I spent the one hour ceremony crying and choking back even more tears. Even though she graduated last August and my father knew she had her degree, he wanted to see her walk. He would have been so proud of his little girl. And I know he would have told her Mrs Semmel was wrong… and he always knew it. We all did.

After the graduation, Lisa and I went to visit Erin and Pete. After a lovely BBQ, we drove to Asbury Park and stood outside the Stone Pony and watched Social Distortion play on their outside stage. We had a better view from the street than I did at tons of other concerts where I actually bought tickets. They played all their favorites and a couple new songs. They waited to the very last song of the encore to play Ring of Fire… my favorite, of course Ball and Chain’s been resonating with me more now than ever before.

I am now in my bedroom trying trying trying to motivate myself to clean up all the clothes off the floor. I’ve said it a million times but I love the way it feels to have a clean house/room/office yet I hate the process of getting it clean and keeping it clean.

I did clean out the one closet. It was a purging experience. Now I just need to take that energy and direct it at my clothes.

Enough of this! I need to clean!

I really wish Mike Ness wasn’t so addicted to guyliner… guyliner embarrasses me, always did and always will.