Escanaba & cake

Music: none
Book: The Historian

My weekend was actually very enjoyable. I had a brief scare on Saturday night when I opened the front door to find my INDOOR cat staring at me from the outside of the porch. Ahhh! Turns out she slipped through the garage and walked straight to the front door to be let back inside - at my parents house. Smart cat, but it terrified me to tears even though she was only outside about 60 seconds. My mother joined me for the trip to Escanaba's 8th Street CoffeeHouse which was delightful. The trip went fast and the evening truly rewarding. Escanaba has such a devoted music community that the audience was full of bodies and very responsive. I hope to go back this fall - probably late September or early October. In wedding news, we settled on a delicious Butter Almond Pound Cake with White Chocolate filling and a buttercream/fondant icing. Tasty. Also we checked off the music for ceremony and reception and are 99% decided on flowers and decorations. Cool. Most vendors said we could change our minds up until the end of December. I thought that was insane! Why revisit this??? You liked it once, why not stick with it and save time? Bizarre. Well, now we're back in Minneapolis and I have a radio music interview set up for 1pm Eastern/12 noon Central on Wednesday, July 27th for an Escanaba station. Most Minnesota folks won't be able to tune in, but I'll be thinking about you. My back is tingling from the driving range my father and I hit on Sunday. Yes it was 100 plus degrees outside, but worth the heat. We had a blast!

monday monday

Music: sinead o'connor
Book: harry potter - book 6

Like the rest of the world I am ensconced (sp?) in the latest Harry Potter novel. Great fun. I had an odd show on Thrusday at the Dinkytowner. Late night, different kind of crowd; sporadic dancing, quiet audience, but I'm not sure if they were listening or sleeping. Still felt really great to play out though. This Saturday I'll be in Escanaba, MI at the 8th Street Coffeehosue from 9-11pm. Then the following Friday, July 29th - Chadly and I are back in Mankato but for the first time at the Wine Cafe starting at 9pm playing all night long. Can't wait. We have some fun covers to try out at that show. More wedding planning in the works, but now we've moved on to cake tasting.

I have an outdoor show in Mpls/St. Paul the first week in August before hitting the road for South Dakota, Omaha and Iowa.

I'll keep you posted. Must nap now. Very tired.

Maybe it's me...

Music: none
Book: Wild Orchid - Devereaux

Spent my birthday at the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson concert and thought it was terrible. All the reviews were glowing, but I couldn't wait to get out of there. What a waste of music. Great songwriters, but a poor night of entertaining. People seemed to be having a good time, but I would have rather been cleaning my bathroom. My parents endured the music right along side, so it was fun for the company, but next year I'll skip going out and take a book into a bubble bath instead. I'll probably throw in a bon-bon or two, but the sweet treat selection is up for grabs. So, I have a concert tomorrow at the Dinkytower in Minneapolis. Music starts at 9pm. Come one, come all. It's an acoustic night so I'm going solo but hopefully Chadly and I will celebrate a night of percussion in the Twin Cities soon.

I feel like a nap and I must finish a song or two...

I'll be playing the 8th Street Coffeehouse in Escanaba on July 23rd from 9-11pm Eastern time.

Hello

Music: Nirvana
Book: Talking Money by Jean Chatzky

I've been reading up on investing, but have been amazed with the lack of anything but common sense information out there. I'm looking for investment strategies and analysis, but I've weeded through three books whose focus is mainly on how to get out of credit card debt. What if you don't believe in credit card debt? Supposedly, if you believe in astrology, cancers (those born under the July sun in the moon of Capricorn yadda yadda) freak out about debt and can't function in the absence of a security savings account. That's me to a "t". So, I was hoping to broaden my horizons in the field of finance, but all I've really done is become scared to death for every single one of those 90 million Americans who haven't saved a dime - at all. For college. For buying a house. For retirement. For anything. Just a bunch of people living paycheck to paycheck buried under $33K in debt. Freaky.

I'm tired of the sun. Would love a good thunderstorm...hopefully Zeus will accommodate me later on tonight. Didn't write any music this week. Odd.

A fuddy duddy in your 20's?

Music: Mindy Smith - One Moment More
Book: Stolen by Kelly Armstrong

As I sit at my computer eating a slice of cheese pizza I'm wondering if it's possible to become a cranky, embittered fuddy duddy while still in your 20's. I've just spent several hours of my morning straightening out a mistake made by my credit card company. I started out calm and collected and by hour two, I turned into a raving lunatic, much like Elliot on the popular "Scrubs" sitcom. Things are psuedo straightened out, but there was no gaurantee that this mistake wouldn't happen again. (They messed up account numbers during billing). Ugh is all I have to say.

I spent an enjoyable,yet hectic, holiday weekend entertaining my 15 month-old nephew, his parents and my mother. It's a wonder I wasn't jilted by my fiancee. Mr. Manager handled everything well, but chose to sleep on the couch. Seemed to be a safe zone for him. Last night after 28 loads of laundry I crawled into bed and fell asleep to the thunder of firecrackers blasting away well past 2am this morning. I'm all for independence, but I hate celebrating the 4th of July.

I'm reading Armstrong's sequel to "Bitten" called "Stolen" - catchy and quick - but I have to admit to being a sucker for vampire/werewolf novels. So, consider the source. *smirk* In fact, I just purchased "The Historian" but I won't read it until I finish all my other books lined up in wait. (No worries, there are only 3 novels).

Chadly and I haven't rehearsed in weeks, but my guitar has been schooled a time or two now that my hand is healing from the drill bit incident. I should just lock myself in a room until August 2005.

I'll quit complaining for at least another day or two. I hope everyone's 4th was relaxing. Peace out.