I really did have plans tonight that did not include a six-hour nap.

Oops.

I am trying really hard to be really excited for my friends and family who are Colts/Bears fans, but I am just a tad bit bitter. I am hardened by the suffering of seventeen years. I can't even watch pre-Super Bowl coverage, because it just makes me sad. I really thought this would be the year of the Bengals.

When I later think back on this part of my life, I know I will remember Friday night--my frenzied baking, and then arriving with Bethany at John’s apartment for a house show with Liz and The Spares. There were 60 people in John’s huge loft, walking across the amazing wooden floors to greet friends and eat food, and everyone had a seat between the ( Read more... )

Work today:


( Read more... )

More Liz Bowater videos ( Read more... )

Come to the historic Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky, and hear (in order of appearance):

Liz Bowater and her jazzy band
Artists & Authors
The David Wolfenberger Band
The Newbees
De Novo Dahl

Southgate House Ballroom
Friday, January 19, 9 p.m.
$5, 21+

I put some of Liz's songs on the Internet. Please excuse the low-quality--they look much better in iMovie/Quicktime, but I had to compress them for YouTube and I don't really know what I'm doing ( Read more... )

I found out today, too late--a half-hour beforehand, with cordorouys and sneakers on and on my way to Ashley's house--that the memorial service for my favorite teacher was today. She had Lou Gehrig's disease. She'd had it for years but I only found out a couple months ago, and had intended to write her a letter. I wish I had, but now I'm just ( Read more... )

Fri 16MAR DELTA 36 OK T LV CINCINNATI 650P D M 18C ( Read more... )

This is why I was shocked and dismayed to see a rope around Saddam's neck, on international television.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16472727/