Outside, it looks and smells like it may rain soon.

The CBEST ended up being easier than the model tests in the preparation book. I'll be very surprised if I don't get a passing grade. I met a fellow worker, Kelly, in the mob outside the school. We must have been the only two Program Specialists at the museum not to have taken this test. A woman behind me was relating a story about a kid who bought a gum eraser and popped it in his mouth, thinking it was chewing gum. This was because the store where he had made the purchase evidently thought it was gum as well, and stocked it with the real gum.
That afternoon, I went up to Berkeley and saw Devendra Banhart perform at Mod Lang. He was quite entrancing, and very, very odd. Greg and Dawn were there too, and we ate crepes. Later, I bought a drink named Dave.

We went up into the hills and sawed down a Christmas tree today. Lexy's teacher, her husband, and their little dog came along as well. The weather was a lot warmer than we remembered it being during last year's tree hacking excursion. After a few side trips, we got the tree home. As I was getting it off the top of the van, I realized that it is at least a foot too tall to stand upright in our house. Tomorrow we must decide whether to lop off the top or the bottom.

I have to let the Black Widow go as well. She has produced another egg sac. I can't run the risk of the eggs hatching inside the house.

cds listened to while deciding where to take the Black Widow: Katatonia "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", Damon and Naomi with Ghost, Ghost "Temple Stone" and "Snuffbox Immanence", Coil presents Black Light District, and Vig Mihaly "Ciganydalok"

now: ELpH vs Coil "Worship the Glitch"