taavy (one of the excellent employees of baba budan's) had her 21st birthday at midnight monday night, so a few of us went out. an echo of the previous tuesday, the weather was way shitty. didn't stop us though. check some pics here. my battery died halfway through, so i had to use my old, not as good digital camera.

so i made it to work tuesday (though the roads kind of sucked), but i could see by the early afternoon that it wasn't getting better, so i left early. good thing, since it became an ice storm. (search flickr for "cincinnati ice storm" or something if you want to see pics; i didn't take any.) it got so bad that wednesday morning when i got up, i could see that the roads were not drivable, so i called in and stayed home.

thursday after work i met sarah and thea at amol for some indian food. good times. we planned on heading to baba's for the open mic, but it was still too early, so we headed to my place, where i played recods and we hung out. i threw on a couple 12" records i forgot i'd had -- they were remixes of 2/5 BZ (note: ugly myspace page with cool music), the performance name of turkey's Serhat Koksal. he'd sent them to me in a package with a couple cd's, and i was so eager to play the cds that i forgot about the records. man, are they good! i'm mad i didn't listen to them before. i'm probably going to rip them, so i'll put them up if i do. the open mic afterward was cool (see a few pics here), bu somewhat unremarkable, especially after playing that 2/5 BZ stuff.

on friday, i came back down to baba's and hung out again with sarah, and a couple of her friends. we just chatted and chilled -- very cool. saturday, too, since sarah, taavy, and i went to northside tavern to hang out.

sunday was fairly uneventful, though i did go with Rob to see Pan's Labyrinth. add me to the list of people who recommend it. for serious.