You know what we all could use? A little road trip. So, thats what I did with this weekend.. I went on alittle road trip up to Cedar Rapids, to visit the lovely Kelsey Delperdang.. It was pretty much the longest trip i've ever driven, and I have to say.. I'm proud of the Lumina.. its like the little Lumina that could.

The esentials for a good road trip.. and some Dresden Dolls stuff for good measure.


DESTINATION: Cedar Rapids. The rest of this ditl is going to be like Indiana Jones.. we'll call it Cedar Rapids Hicks


Speaking of the devil! ME & the beautiful.. but manly A-Lumina.


..this is the road, dummy.


Again, the esentials.. but now with more Wendys love!


The big C-R. AKA, MISSION COMPLETE. Yeah, I really shouldn't take pictures and drive at the same time.


Before Kelsey got home, I went to a street a couple of blocks from her house and waited.


This is me.. at Lover's Lane. *wink*... by myself. hmmm..


Speaking of Lover's Lane! THE DRESDEN DOLLS.. Oh, and Kelsey.


Awwww.. there's gonna' be alot of those in this ditl.. so, if you don't like "Awwwws" Please leave now.


This is Kelsey's little brother.. Steve or.. James or something like that. He's so angry!


Wow, Cedar Rapids is so... well mowed.


I warned ya, there's alot of these.


The lovely Kelsey.. looking.. angry.. at the ground. DAMNED GROUND!


But, she got over. REJOICEMENT!


Such a good picture. It just makes you want to hug your computer screen, doesn't it?


I told ya' it existed.


A bit of a jump, but.. Ashley and Jake.. in IOWA CITY!?


We decided to visit the INFAMOUS Iowa City Black Angel before leaving for the concert.


The offerings people had left.. cuz, you know.. cursed statues love change and cute lil' pumpkins.


Jake Stott is so happy about the fact that he's cursed and is going to probably die now.


Me & the Black angel... just hangin out.


Kelsey terrified. Yeah, it was THAT scary.


A good picture of the scale of this thing.


Ashley eating the Black Angel's offerings. Yeah, we're definitly dead.


The story of the black angel is that it's cursed by a scorn lover that found out her husband was cheating on her. Fun!


I have to say, she was pretty creepy. I mean look at her fingers!


Ashley fondeling the Black Angel = Death.


She's giving me the look of "What the hell are you doing??"


The view from where I was standing... eeee.. She's a cutie.


This picture ended up looking much more serious than we had planned.


This is the point where the black angel through me like a frisbee. Awww, that black angel.. such a kidder!


About this point, we decided that we had wasted too much time, and needed to head to the concert.


So, we said our goodbyes and gave the black angel some hugs and kisses before departing for Dresdens!


One last group photo before we leave. I'm still looking for some sort of ghost to show up in one of these.


Me and Kelsey's offerings. A comb and a thing of pennies. I think we've made our peace. RIP Ashley & Jake.


The only surviving picture from before the concert.


I somehow managed to sneak a camera in the show to get one picture of the Dresden Dolls playing.
Yes, Amanda really had very broad shoulders.. and Brian is really 3 foot tall and has only one arm.
ummm.. The End. Wait, let me try that again..... The End! better?