Approaching 2008

To me there is nothing more comical than seeing a large, black and white great dane on a long red leash dragging three children down the street. The sun breaking through my tiny closet window and waking me with its warm assurance that today is going to be an amazing day. Hearing my childhood friends laugh so uncontrollably hard. Waking up to the smell of my mum making pancakes and mint hot chocolate. Trying to make my cats knock over, or at least climb the Christmas tree. Reading book after book after book on a lazy, rainy day. Watching "summer TV" (the price is right, jeopardy, wheel of fortune) with my grandparents, which they recorded on a video tape...not tivo. Hearing my favourite artist-that-no-one-really-knows-about playing in a public place for the first time. Singing along to anything I please while driving the three hours back to Walla Walla from Portland. Turning up the music really, really, ridiculously loud and cleaning house when I'm home alone. Buying people I love small things that make them really happy. Walking places. Driving in snow, but not ice. Sitting in deep-ish snow, but being perfectly warm and dry at the same time. Doing slightly embarrassing things such as dropping my cell in my drink... and later having a good laugh. Occasional long talks on the phone. The beauty of unlimited text messaging. The smart, witty people in my life. The smell of color when walking into a room with two 6-color presses. Having my nails perfectly painted red. Hearing almost any kind of live music... southern folk rock included. Making dinner and having a few good friends over to eat everything. Escaping big social gatherings without getting caught. Finding a sand dollar completely intact on the beach, the morning after a big storm. Tide pooling. Jumping and playing in the cold, salty waves. Seeing someone blow glass so perfectly. Wi-Fi. Run-ons, and incomplete sentences. A long list of simplicities I can't imagine having not experienced.

Her Space Holiday makes me wish I could write. Anything. 'A Single Hand' speaks volumes. Xoxo, Panda is really great too. Pretty much in love with both of these related groups.

Tree Wave surprised me a little. Its not typically the end result you would expect from a bunch of old video game sounds mixed together. A very raw but refined cacophony of sound that could almost be postal service sounding but in a very different way, and with less vox. Beautifully rustic in an electronic grunge sort of way that just drew me in. Hear 'C64 Data'.

I haven't been searching out music lately, with my computer dying and all. Life has been hard. I have finally condescended to using a PC... we are becoming re-acquainted until Monday when my new computer arrives. Merry Christmas to me! Hope your holidays have been fab and have a happy New Year! I can't believe it's already almost 2008. Crazy life.