Pardon me while I take a moment to re-attach my face.  It was rocked off tonight at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas.  Quick rundown, since I’m exhausted and must get up for work tomorrow:  Spoon was better live than I expected since I’m not really a fan, Feist seemed cool (the half-a-song we saw), Silversun Pickups effing rocked, The Shins were (as usual) giving the stoners something to make out to, The Killers came in for a surprise set (is it a surprise when you play Almost Acoustic Christmas every year?), missed Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World were incredible, and Muse was unbelievable.  J.E.W. always put on a great show and have so much energy, and they could’ve easily headlined.  Muse was a frenetic performance full of sound and light and energy.  We saw Joel McHale backstage, he’s much taller than I thought.  I also walked by the lead singer of Jimmy Eat World, and I was so tempted to grab him, hug him and tell him how amazing his music is. 

I have to admit that it was a surprisingly productive weekend.  I had a list of about 10 different places to go and errands to run, and I got it all done and still had time to watch some TV, especially when you consider that anything past 4:30pm today was a wash due to the show.  Speaking of wash, it actually did rain here Saturday night, and the natives (predictably) lost it.  It was barely even drizzling when I got to Target and I walked across four parking lot lanes without an umbrella or any rain gear to get into the store, only to find at least a dozen people huddled around the door either waiting for it to stop drizzling or waiting for their friends/significant others/children/housepets to drive the car up to the door so they could dash in.  Either way, I’m still amazed at the fact that I can’t walk out of Target without spending at least $100.  It’s friggin’ Target. 

And now, sleeeeep…