I wish I had something more exciting to report, but sadly....that's pretty much it. I wonder how life can seem so empty when I rarely have a moment that isn't allotted to some project or other - meetings for my spiritual community, music every day (I'm writing craploads of new material, playing until my fingers hurt, and trying to expand my repertoire), the aforementioned yoga, plans with friends or family, and of course the day job....with all that going on, plus occassional side projects and other work trying to get my musical aspirations moving again, I just don't know how I could possibly feel like something's missing. I mean, if I found whatever it is that's missing, where on earth would I put it?

Dude! My political dream has finally come true: Hillary is running for President! She's sure as hell got my vote. Even though I love Barack...Hillary is my girl, and has been since she took on Newt Gingrich's lame-ass Congress.

Speaking of, how much fun would it be if *that* relic jumped into the race?

In other political news, I recently broke down and revisited Deniis Miller's "The Rants," a book I read when it came out and really enjoyed. I mean, the man uses the word "fuck" with an elegance and panache to which I can only aspire. Of course, I've been down on him these days, since he's gone to the dark side and the best rant he gets off on these days relate to Nancy Pelosi's purported lack of brains (which seems to me like the political equivalent of calling someone "stupidhead")...which is really rich, considering he's sitting across a table from Sean Hannity, who has more jaw than brains. That said, Mr. Miller used to be a good guy. He used to be a reasonable human being, who recognized environmental crisis and supported human rights and civil liberties and the division between church and state. These days he doesn't even seem to see a division between media and state...oh, how the mighty have fallen.

I should've known this would happen when the man tried to be a *sportscaster* fer chrissakes.

The musical aspirations are coming along. I finished mixing a collab with a friend, and will be getting back on the EP project tonight (!!). I've got a couple potential gig spots in mind, and hopefully I can line something up soon. The universe keeps sending me stuff that pushes me on the music, and I am so hyperactive with it these days...rehearsing like crazy, learning new material, including some cover tunes, even! I'm listening to a lot of new stuff, too...really getting back to the singer-songwriter stuff, with newer geniuses like Dan Bern and Jason Mraz (and, of course, the Mayer), plus some reminders from James Taylor and Paul Simon and even some Dylan, some Johnny Cash, some Willie Nelson. It's been really interesting to just let my ears go and see what catches my interest. The internet is awesome!

I keep shuffling just exactly which tunes I want to include on the EP. I suppose the solution is to record them all and see which sound best. But I just keep wanting to fit them into some theme or other or something cutesy like that.

I need more than 24 hours in a day. Also, a better immune system.

How freakin' cool is this?? It puts me in mind of my latent and long-neglected love of neuroscience. I wonder how I could get into brain research without actually having to go to med school, or cut people's skulls open....hrm.....

Today's playlist:

"I Play Music" - Rosie Thomas
"Dear Chicago" - Ryan Adams
"Carborro Woman" - Eric Bachman
"It's Alright Ma" - Bob Dylan
"Late For Your Life" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I'll Do Anything" - Jason Mraz
"I Feel Like a Fading Light" - Kim Taylor
"Stop This Train" - John Mayer
"Close Your Eyes" - James Taylor
"Much Farther to Go" - Rosie Thomas
"Pride Goes Before a Fall" - Dan Bern
"Running on Faith" - Eric Clapton

Recent entries...
27 December 2007: 2007: Finis.
17 December 2007: A ruse, a rant, and a poem. It's short.
11 December 2007: Music & falling....story of my life.
08 December 2007: Briefly...ish.
29 November 2007: A poem, a rant, a lesson.