Party People!

I'm in Lake Forest chillin' like ice cream fillin'.

Yesterday I bused it from Iowa City to Chicago. Greyhound, not my friend. You win some you lose some. I went to the last night of the 5-day Chicago Wilco concert. It was amazing! AMAZING!

Andrew Bird came for a little cameo. The band opened up for themselves, then played another set, then returned to the stage for an encore ending with Dreamer in My Dreams.

Seriously amazing stuff. Love it.

Beirut's "A Scenic World"

the lights go on
the lights go off
when things don't feel right
i lie down like a tired dog
licking his wounds in the shade

when i feel alive
i try to imagine a careless life
a scenic world where the sunsets are all
breathtaking

Snowing & Snowing

A dreary February full of snow and no sunshine is not really what I'm up for these days. It's no fun to walk around Iowa City and feel like I may die at any turn. It's impossible to navigate the sidewalks and roads. I wish I had a collapsable shovel that I could carry around with me in order to dig my way out. Mayhem.


This kid knows what's up.

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Anyway, I've been back to listening to loads of Ryan Adams due to a magical instrument called Copy Pod! Adams' melancholy lullaby "La Cienega Just Smiled" on 2001's "Gold" is me. "And I hold you close in the back of my mind/Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt/And I'm too scared to know to how I feel about you now/How I feel about you now."