Who even knows now

OK, so as far as we know, there's no bird flu, but there are always rocking parties here at SOMA. Yesterday Jim stayed out of the show, after it was previously reported that he was going to do the show. Apparently he was feeling good all day, and had taken some extra electrolytes and that was supposed to help, but right before call he was showering and the dizzyness hit again. Apparently at the doctor they said that they weren't sure what he had. They did know this. When you work out, your muscles pull blood away from your heart so they can use it. Regular people pull something like 10% of your heart blood away, but when you're especially muscly (like ex-army Jim) your heart pulls a lot more. The doctors thought that Jim's muscles were pulling more like 35% of his blood away, and it wasn't returning fast enough, which is what made him dizzy. Even though everyone was unsatisfied with this answer, they are waiting for more tests and all they can do right now is wait. Plus, he's feeling a lot better, so we're all trying to ignore it and move on. He did go on for tonight's show and felt good.

In the meantime, yesterday was a very special occasion. Our Franz, Joe, turned 30!!! Joe's been on the tour since Japan, and did some of the US tour before this, so he is a long-time SOMA veteran. He's also an all around good guy, so everyone met after last night's show in the 4th floor Psi Bar. It's our usual hang out by now, and all our favorite bartenders were out in full force. We started with some homemade jell-o shots courtesy of our lighting guy Chip, and from there it was all downhill. Beer, wine, shots, mixed drinks, and some special on-fire concoctions called Lambourginis later... Joe was feeling pretty good. Since this was SOMA the jokes were flowing freely, and I'm sure I got some digital camera video of some funny stuff. The night ended when Joe disappeared to have some alone time (ralphing?) around 3 or 4am. I'm sure he had a hard time waking up for dance class today!