It's nearly over...
Sometimes the world looks perfect,
Nothing to rearrange.
Sometimes you get a feeling
Like you need some kind of change.
No matter what the odds are this time,
Nothing's going to stand in my way.
This flame in my heart,
And a long lost friend
Gives every dark street a light at the end.
Standing tall, on the wings of my dream.
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream.
The rain and thunder
The wind and haze
I'm bound for better days.
It's my life and my dream,
Nothing's going to stop me now.
The gigantic project that I have been working on for the past 4 months is finally beginning to wind down. Since June, I've been working late nights, long hours, and being driven crazy. But it is nearly done!
As a reward to myself for finishing up the program, I am going on a few short trips to visit family and friends who I have pretty much ignored over the past months. This Friday I head to Seattle to visit JL (the flute-playing Best Man at my wedding) for a nice long weekend. I haven't seen him since our mini-reunion in Las Vegas this summer, so it will be good to hang out and relax in the great Northwest.
After that, FB and I fly out to Columbus to see my parents and all of our wonderful Ohio friends. Most of them, I haven't seen since Heather's cat caught fire. In that time, two of those friends have left the state for greener/Momonier pastures. I feel bad that I wasn't able to give a proper send off to either of them. But, at least with Lulu, I can keep up with the trials, tribulations, successes, and barnyard creatures in her life.
Lately I've been thinking about how long it's been since I moved from OH. Over two years now! It seems like it couldn't possibly be that long....but at the same time it feels like I've been in NYC forever. I guess that happens.
I am hoping that, now that my crazy project is slowing down, I will be able to post occassionally on this decrepit blog. But I offer no guarantees. At least this is a start. Maybe I'll check back in later this week.
Lastly, I've been to a few concerts in the last week and will provide very brief reviews of them:
9/20 Patty Griffin: The last outdoor concert in Central Park for the season. It was a beautiful and warm night and Patty was amazing. Sadly she was the last of 3 acts to perform and there was an 11pm noise curfew so her set was way too short.
9/23 Rilo Kiley: Johnathan Rice opened, which was a nice treat. Jenny Lewis was at her best and they limited themselves to only a couple songs off their new album (which I am still not in love with). A few technical glitches with Blake Sennett's guitar, but otherwise a very good show.
9/24 Beirut: Part of the Wordless Music Series, a very cool set of concerts that a friend of FB's helps organize. Beirut was very entertaining, bringing out the best of their gypsy-influence, brass-instrument-filled musical stylings.
10/1 Mountain Goats: As usual, the Mountain Goats put on a fabulous show. John Darnielle is a weird by very entertaining guy. They played a short set, but followed up with two encores.
Those are all the shows for a while. In November we're seeing Sufjan Stevens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and maybe a few others.
Nothing to rearrange.
Sometimes you get a feeling
Like you need some kind of change.
No matter what the odds are this time,
Nothing's going to stand in my way.
This flame in my heart,
And a long lost friend
Gives every dark street a light at the end.
Standing tall, on the wings of my dream.
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream.
The rain and thunder
The wind and haze
I'm bound for better days.
It's my life and my dream,
Nothing's going to stop me now.
The gigantic project that I have been working on for the past 4 months is finally beginning to wind down. Since June, I've been working late nights, long hours, and being driven crazy. But it is nearly done!
As a reward to myself for finishing up the program, I am going on a few short trips to visit family and friends who I have pretty much ignored over the past months. This Friday I head to Seattle to visit JL (the flute-playing Best Man at my wedding) for a nice long weekend. I haven't seen him since our mini-reunion in Las Vegas this summer, so it will be good to hang out and relax in the great Northwest.
After that, FB and I fly out to Columbus to see my parents and all of our wonderful Ohio friends. Most of them, I haven't seen since Heather's cat caught fire. In that time, two of those friends have left the state for greener/Momonier pastures. I feel bad that I wasn't able to give a proper send off to either of them. But, at least with Lulu, I can keep up with the trials, tribulations, successes, and barnyard creatures in her life.
Lately I've been thinking about how long it's been since I moved from OH. Over two years now! It seems like it couldn't possibly be that long....but at the same time it feels like I've been in NYC forever. I guess that happens.
I am hoping that, now that my crazy project is slowing down, I will be able to post occassionally on this decrepit blog. But I offer no guarantees. At least this is a start. Maybe I'll check back in later this week.
Lastly, I've been to a few concerts in the last week and will provide very brief reviews of them:
9/20 Patty Griffin: The last outdoor concert in Central Park for the season. It was a beautiful and warm night and Patty was amazing. Sadly she was the last of 3 acts to perform and there was an 11pm noise curfew so her set was way too short.
9/23 Rilo Kiley: Johnathan Rice opened, which was a nice treat. Jenny Lewis was at her best and they limited themselves to only a couple songs off their new album (which I am still not in love with). A few technical glitches with Blake Sennett's guitar, but otherwise a very good show.
9/24 Beirut: Part of the Wordless Music Series, a very cool set of concerts that a friend of FB's helps organize. Beirut was very entertaining, bringing out the best of their gypsy-influence, brass-instrument-filled musical stylings.
10/1 Mountain Goats: As usual, the Mountain Goats put on a fabulous show. John Darnielle is a weird by very entertaining guy. They played a short set, but followed up with two encores.
Those are all the shows for a while. In November we're seeing Sufjan Stevens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and maybe a few others.
posted by Spec at 1:33 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
well, look at that. i caught you on your first day back! see how much faith i have in you?!
did Blake get all whiney? i've seen Blake get whiney.
see you soon!
We're like on some weird vacation shadowing thing. I go to Vegas. You go to Vegas. I got to Seattle. You go to Seattle. Stop following me! So sad to have missed Beruit and the Mountain Goats.
Spec! I haven't checked your post in a long while and then BAM! You're back. I'm so pleased. AND I'm actually mentioned in your post, so now it was really worth it. You can't buy this kind of publicity!
Have fun in Ohio. I won't be back until Christmas, so I'll probably miss you. And, by the way, GOD! Those apt. prices are completely outrageous. I can only sit and ponder the prices in Manhattan proper. Yikes.
Lulu
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