Perfect Song 27

Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You.

Seven Swans is a beautiful album.
This song is my new perfect song.

the video is pleasant as well.

Neutrino

So we finally have our season in order.
We went here:


and signed on for two runs of 6 weeks for the Neutrino Project.
I have worked with the Neutrino Project in Chicago for three years and have loved all the time I put in with that show. Now I get to run it myself at the Hollywood Theater in Portland.

This place used to be an old Vaudeville theater that seats 900 people. They have since closed off the old balcony seats and turned them into two smaller 200 seat theaters. Movie Theaters, all three.
So we are Starting Mid January with the Neutrino Project.

I am a little more than excited.

Trail blazin'

We had planned on leaving Chicago on Thursday at 10am. We didn't actually leave until 3pm, which cut our first travel day in half.
We stopped an hour West of Omaha Nebraska on night one. Nothing special to report. Made it through Illinois and Iowa in one day and stayed in a nice hotel in Nebraska. Arlo got to ride in his first elevator (we stayed on the third floor). The room was nice and we were off to a good start.

Day two began in Nebraska and seemed to cover three or four days in Nebraska. I swear, Nebraska is the longest, most boring state in our nation. There is nothing in that state to keep anyone entertained. We did spot our first "Kum and Go" in Nebraska, so I guess that was something.
We finally got to Wyoming and found it to be one of the most beautiful states we visited. While it was still boring, it gave us much more to look at. Beautiful mountains, Wide open sky and hardly any corn fields. Thanks Wyoming.
I planned on getting into Utah Friday night, but we ended up staying about 40 miles outside of Utah in Evanston Wyoming at a pretty scummy hotel. It was pet friendly and Arlo hated it. As soon as we pulled into the hotel parking lot, Arlo began acting strange. We got our stuff into the room and Arlo looked and acted like a lame horse. His back was arched and he was dragging his head and drooling. He was in some sort of pain. We called an emergency vet and took him in.
We determined it had something to do with being in a car for 14 hours and not drinking a lot of water. He got a few pilled and his anal glands pressed (yikes) and we slept for almost 6 hours.
Saturday morning began our marathon drive from Evanston Wyoming to Portland Oregon. We stopped more often, but for less time - to give Arlo some good stretching/walking time. We ate at a Jack In The Box in Boise Idaho (it was terrible) and stacey and I discovered we both have a mutual appreciation for Taco Time... though we have yet to share a meal there.
It was another 14 hours in the car from Wyoming to Portland, but it was pretty enjoyable.
It started to rain as soon as we pulled into Portland and hasn't really stopped yet. It's not a hard, pouring rain... just a grey drizzle and from what I understand, it's unusual August weather for Portland.
I don't care. I'm just happy to be here. Time to get a good, interesting job.

going away

It's all happening pretty fast. On Friday we got our first offer on our place, went back and forth a few times, but eventually made it agreeable to both parties (buyer and seller) and are selling.
It will be a while before it closes, but the fact that there is a buyer is a bit of a relief. This week we start packing everything up so we can head out West on Thursday morning.
We had a party Saturday night. Scot and Holly brought Wes up to play with Arlo while the party was happening...
I'm going to miss all the great people I've become friends with here in Chicago. As I said a hundred times at the party, everyone must come out to Portland once our theater opens. it's the right thing to do.

G.L.O.R.I.A.

Midnight Juggernauts- into the galaxy


I am eating this band up.
Go Australia!

Perfect Song 26

Jens Lekman Pocketful of Money

It was over two years ago.
I was listening to Mary Nisi's morning radio show on 88.7 WLUW in Chicago
when I first heard this song.
I had to find it and I did - and subsequently fell in love with the entire album
Oh You're So Silent Jens.
This is a dumb fan video from Youtube, but the song is still great.

Perfect Song 25

David Bowie - the man who sold the world
this got popular when Nirvana sang it.
I prefer the style David Bowie has when he sings his songs.
Stacey has recently learned how to play this song on guitar.

PS - this video is terrible.

Dumb City

After New York last weekend, Stacey and I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. I was helping out with the company she works for. They had a project for Proctor & Gamble in the 'Nati.
While there, I spent a lot of time wandering around the city looking for anything resembling any sort of interest. I found nothing. I got my haircut from an olde-timey barber in an olde-timey barbershop. That's about the extent of the fun to be had in Cincinnati. We stayed in the Downtown area where everyone said is NOT the place to be. Weird.
They were right. After 6pm everything closes down so I got to entertain myself at the Westin Inn. Our room faced that fountain.

super fun.