Wholly Mole-y

A bit o’ happy news – I’m melanoma-free after my six-month check up last week. So I won’t be turning into a ghost any time soon. I want to tell everyone to GO GET YOUR MOLES CHECKED, so you don’t turn into ghosties either.

Yes, my dermatologist had no choice but to tear a chunk of flesh from my back last February. But he’s no Dr. Frankenstein; he and his assistants did a nice job of sewing me back up. Even still, my friend Linda (a.k.a. “Linner”) said that my back looks like Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” which is fine by me. Sally’s a hip little seamstress.

Speaking of Dr. Frankenstein, while I was recovering from this minor surgery, I watched “Young Frankenstein.” It didn’t occur to me ‘til halfway through what a funny thing my movie choice was. Ah yes, and the healing power of “PUUUUUUU’IIIINNNN ON DE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZ.” If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go get this movie in your life. There’s something about a German-accented, ”Yessssss, YESSSS, HE VAS MY … BOYFRIEND!” that put my stitches in stitches.

And for Nightmare-Before-Christmas-Season coming along, I’m happy to say that I saw some leaves changing this morning whilst out on my run. I did a double take. At first I thought the leaves were just burnt and fried from the summer heat, but upon looking closer I saw a good number scattered on the ground with true color change. All hail the equinox approaching!

Fluffy leaves! Fluffy leaves!
Summer’s gone but it bereaves
Not a soul like Mol’ or me.
Death is pretty in a tree!

To lead up to the blesséd fall time, I’m taking my mom and two friends to see Nightwish in concert at the Wiltern in LA this Saturday. Sonata Arctica is opening for them – how lucky am I? Yes, I’m lucky that my mom likes metal, but I mean this concert!!! Nightwish … it’s like Lord-of-the-Rings-metal. It makes me feel like I’m riding a dragon into battle. Or at least riding into battle with a Hobbit on horse with me. And destroying a Ringwraith while saying, “I AM NO MAN!!!” Of all their fabulous CDs, my favorite is “Wishmaster.” Go feed your ears: www.nightwish.com

The strings for my song, “Flappy Bat,” are coming along nicely. I prepare them in MIDI on my Logic then dump them into Gaynor’s ProTools. I’m also in the middle of preparing strings for my witch song. I think you’ll like these babies. They’re preeeeeeetty little songs and they can’t wait to meet you.