1:49 a.m. - 2006-03-31
i'm like an opening band for the sun
open mic tour 2006 is off to a solid start - tonight at a bar/coffee shop/diner in columbus called 'victoria's midnight' i played 'whitney,' 'magneto and titanium man,' 'joe's house,' and 'santiago.' the girl who played before me was named miranda and was doing a spirited guitar/confessional thing (ani difranco, etc) - her and her buddy really liked my stuff! they asked about what software i used, and ended up buying a pair of CDs! that's pretty cool! also, an old hippie dude was so jazzed by my paul mccartney cover that he ended up playing two beatles songs and one george harrison song in his set, leaving room for only a couple of his own ditties, mostly 'political' stuff about hidden cameras being everywhere... this open mic scheme was a great idea all around.
more generally: i leave columbus tomorrow for new york, satisfied by what i've found here: a bigger, denser, more geographically extensive variation on the bustling town model. i am confident of several things: the campus (my program's building especially) is lovely, there are hotties to be found here, i will eventually find pinball machines, there are decent restaurants. a place called the 'blue danube' (but "only rubes don't call it the dube," according to lotus) one-ups the grill AND clocked by having less surly staff, cheaper burgers, a generally more appealing menu (fried macaroni and cheese balls!) and a terminator 3 pinball machine. the hotties were probably the most important find - as in my first trip to new york, i was pleased by many things i found here but troubled by a vague unease that i would not connect with a peer group, etc...that is now somewhat allayed... one more thing, it is beautifully, continuously flat here (although with enough occasional variations to make life interesting) - bike city, bike city - i could cover miles here without breaking a sweat...
last but not least: my athens fans will be pleased to learn that my program's administrators decided this week that we should start in early september, rather than mid-summer. looks like you're stuck with me just a little bit longer, lovers...
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