reflection

A year ago I wrote: "I didn't write a 2004-in-review post; a year is not my preferred unit of nostalgia." This makes even more sense today. The end of 2005 left me with a whole lot of unresolved. Still, here are some things I did last year, in some kind of emotional order:

• Started a new band, its break-up built-in.
• Left two other bands.
• Played the accordion.
• Ran a concert series.
• Supported other people's music.
• Lost interest in my own music.
• Met an unparalleled friend.
• Found myself unexpectedly in love.
• Opened up to the world, just a little bit more.
• Gave away most of what I owned.
• Moved out of my seven-year home.
• Didn't, yet, move into a new one.

A year ago I continued: "And I don't do resolutions; it's like making an appointment for future guilt." Still true. So, not a resolution, but a realization this morning: I should start keeping an actual journal. A lot has happened that I never wrote down, and would like to remember.

in the moment

Oh yeah: I'm in the Bay Area again this week. If you're here too and would like to see me, get in touch. Also, I'll be playing with Vermillion Lies at the Makeout Room on Wednesday.

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Body and Soul:

The hardest part is not recognizing the value in another human being; the hardest part is accepting someone else seeing that value in you.

(For full context, start here and continue to the next two posts.)