thoughts like rain, just keep falling.
So many thoughts are happening right now, vying for my attention, that I suppose I will just start with one and go from there.
Um, the East End Cafe really needs to put some toilet paper all up in it. Well, for sure in the women’s bathroom, at least. I can’t really speak for the men’s bathroom, because I’ve never been. And I’m okay with that.
Also, when I was driving home tonight there was a rather large raccoon who was playing chicken with me on 896. Ha. Two different animals in one sentence. But we both survived and I wonder if he is now blogging about some skinny blond who almost killed him with her car. If anyone comes across a blog in which the author is a raccoon and he describes the aforementioned scenario, please let me know. I’ll totally put it on my RSS feed. I might even hash out an apology in the comments. After I suggest, of course, that he really should watch where he’s going when venturing out on the road.
My friend Shane asked me to sing some of his jams with him at the East End Cafe tonight. He even let me play one of my own. On the guitar. Whoa. See, I was all, Why don’t you play it while I sing? because he’s just so great at the guitar while I’m really not; but he was all, How about you and I both play it? because apparently he likes the idea of me growing as a musician and actually playing the song I wrote on my little Treewood guitar and blah blah blah shoot, that means I have to do it.
And yes, Treewood.
It’s called that because, while I was admiring it’s neck in the guitar shop in Japan, I asked the salesman what kind of wood it was. He thought for a moment before saying, Tree!
Good to know I went all the way to Japan to purchase the rare commodity that is known as treewood. Pretty sure you can’t get wood made out of actual trees here in the states.
But tonight was just a blast. I got to forget about a lot of things I’d rather not think about so much and lose myself in some great music. And then when I did remember? Lucky for me, I was already singing about it so hey, fuel for the fire.
This picture isn’t so great, kind of fuzzy and all that, but here we are anyway.
And, judging from what I’m wearing, apparently Easter came early this year.
And you wanna hear something? I mean, this is really something.
Not even one year ago, I was playing at the East End. With Drew. Singing some songs that have since grown cold and lost some meaning. And yes, I thought about that tonight, and yes, I realized that if someone had told me this would be the case not one year later, I would have asked them if the two of us could maybe go to Candyland together after the show; I hear Grandma Nutt has some fresh cookies cooling on her counter.
Goodness, I was so proud then. Proud of my little empire and proud to be so brilliantly different from those whose world crumbles so easily.
But now when I hear about some other mess, I get it; and everything inside of me says me too. Because we’re all more alike than not, anyway. We’re all trying to do better than survive as we write songs that both validate how we feel and try to scratch out pictures of better days.
And I think I’m not too proud to see this anymore.
I hope, anyway.
*And let me be the first to point out that blah is tagged not just once, but twice in this post: “blah” and “blah blah” so as not to get the two confused. Obviously, they both have very different meanings and should be tagged accordingly.
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Jess – wish I could have been there to cheer you guys on. So happy you got to play music. It is a powerful medicine.
It totally is. And believe me, you’ve done a lion’s share of cheering me on over the past few months…And we get to aide in making some more of that powerful medicine tomorrow–can’t wait to sing with you!!
Wish I could have seen it, and glad that it went so well. You deserve about a bajillion good things in a row, by my reckoning, so now it’s only a bajillion minus one.
And yes, the “what life looked like one year ago” thing is an Exorcist style head twister. Unbelievable. I was looking at some of those pictures on Facebook just the other day, in fact, so it’s odd that you mention it. And of course it’s not even a year. What life looked like 5 months ago, even.
While a racoon playing chicken is certainly interesting, I’d really like to know what a chicken playing racoon would look like. And actually, what if you had a chicken playing possum, and a possum playing chicken? Now that would be a beastly hoot. (And that reference to a hoot is a tribute to meepo and jakee)
Well, I’ve got my whole life ahead of me for those bajillion good things to come my way! And really, all I gotta do is look at some of the people in my life (*cough* you) and you can already start subtracting from that bajillion good things I am apparently owed.
And how weird that you were just looking at those pics; I’ve looked at them too. And then proceeded to do the Exorcist style head twister. Or maybe just stop eating. Or maybe cry. Or probably all of the above.
And the Hoot! Ha! Meepo and Jakee sure did!!
Ah, and that picture, with 2/5ths of the look machine plus a latshaw… brings back memories. Good to see Ian and Shane rocking it. Is Shane wearing glasses or have his eyes grown curiously buglike and alien and… gleaming?
Ian and Shane were totally awesome tonight. Really.
And unfortunately for Shane, it’s the latter. They are looking into some meds for his…condition…
Both Ian AND Shane’s eyes look a leetle scary!
What a great evening it was! I LOVED it! Shane, Ian, & you were amazing! So MUCH fun! Thanks for the great evening!
i wish i had been there!!!! hopefully i can make the next one:) it’s so true , how we are all more alike than not..i was really struck by that last night..i was out and just looking at all different kinds of people and it hit me..were all trying to find our way here on this earth..it also gets me, how just looking at a stranger, i really have no idea what their life is like..what kind of pain they may have in their heart..and it just melted my heart…we all have pain and are in need of Someone greater than ourselves..im so glad that God gave us things like art and music to bring us comfort and healing..im so glad you have that in such a great way. love you and can’t wait to see you again!!!
reminds me of the waterdeep song “everyone’s beautiful, all of us crawling on our hands and knees in need of You”
First, it’s slender, not skinny.
Second, in that picture, are you the one that’s the girl? ‘Cause apparently that is how you identify yourself in photos.
Third, glad you got to rock out last night. I bet you were wonderful.
And fifthly, I can see a raccoon playing with a chicken, but not so much playing chicken. Especially with a car. Glad you came to an understanding before anyone got hurt.