"Take me to the place I love, take me all the way...."

Alright, haven't done this in a while, so let's give it a go. It's three a.m. and I don't feel like sleeping just yet. I just poured myself a fresh drink and therefore have a bit of time to kill, so here, blog-heads, is your fix:

News, news, do I have any news? Not a whole lot, truth be told. Still doing the catering thing, still disliking the catering thing, still keeping my eyes open for a way to get out of the catering thing. My work isn't difficult, it's just boring, mindless and tiring. The fact that I'm not paid very well sure doesn't help matters. Truth be told, though, I've definitely worked worse jobs. I just keep telling myself that this is temporary....

I saw Death Cab for Cutie in concert about a month ago. I saw them two summers ago at the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge. The festival was incredible (Coldplay, Jurassic 5, The Flaming Lips, Jason Mraz, Modest Mouse and about 10 or 15 others) but I didn't really remember anything about Death Cab. I didn't get into them until about a year ago, but having listened to their "Transatlanticism" album innumerable times I was excited. It was a good show....nothing mindblowing, but a good show. The other recent music has been The Arcade Fire and Antony and the Johnsons. (Check out Antony and the Johnsons, if you haven't heard of them. Their album "I am a Bird Now" is quite excellent.) I was also listening to some Johnny Cash recently in anticipation of "I Walk the Line," which I saw last night. I had a minor gripe or two, but overall it was definitely pretty great.

On the topic of music, my roommate Richie played a show tonight at a club up on 34th. It was with a jam band called Dr. UHall, who are - fortunately - changing their name. (They haven't settled on a new name yet, as evidenced by the fact that I'm not telling you their new name.) The show was very solid; I'm looking forward to hearing what they sound like after a few more months of rehearsals since they've only been playing together for a few months. Watching them play made me wish that I was better at guitar....although not hard enough to make me practice a lot and actually improve significantly. I dunno what it is, but I am apparantly just too lazy a person to really sit down for an hour a day and work on my scales and theory.

Any other interesting stuff to report? Well, not really. I'm still thrilled by every moment I spend with my girlfriend, and still shocked that she seems to feel similarly about me. I'd go on, but I'm sure that all of my NYC friends are sick of hearing about it and that my Yak-town friends soon will be. I'm heading home for T-giving as of next Wednesday. I'm stoked. It's gonna be great to see my fam, chill with my HS buddies and hang at home....not to mention spending time with the entire extended family (on my mom's side, at least) and eating obscene amounts of food at Grandma and Grandpa's house. To my Yakima guys (who are pretty much the only ones who even read this): looking forward to seeing ya soon, boys. It's gonna be fun.

That's pretty much all I got. I'll let ya know more whenever I decide to....but don't hold your breath.

Happy Turkey Day!