where am i?
i am at a friend's house in the city.
last nite i drew a lot. with sharpies and stuff, i've been doing it a lot lately.
more than music.
you see, i have about 7 weeks until rogue wave plays again.
if you're on the rogue wave email list, you already know.
zach's back needs a rest. its been getting worse the more we tour.
so he's getting some surgery next week. no october shows for us.
no CMJ, no european tour. and that is OK. this needs to happen. our health is most important.
our next show is in reno, NV with death cab for cutie.
that'll be a good one.
we'll see how things go from there. the holidays are coming up you know.
so, now i am figuring myself out. workin' on the resume, hangin' out, seein' friends, taking care of life stuff like 401K, and COBRA (stupid), and new insurance. stuff like that.
i'm staying creative too. i realize that is key to keeping my sanity and not letting me get into a bit of depression about the fact that i don't have a regular job and that we aren't playing for a while, and what the heck do i think i'm doing trying to be in a band for a job? thats not responsible, thats not secure! i can feel the pull of society in my head. it is ingrained in me that i must have a regular job. and that is even more crazy! silly societal conventions burned into my brain from thousands of hours of TV. so if i stay busy and creative and realize i have prepared for this all my life and i have a little money saved, and remind myself that this is all i ever wanted to do, then i can allow myself to enjoy a fine thursday morning in san fran. its like i'm on vacation when i spend the night at a friend's house in the city, i love sleepovers. i'm just hangin' out, writing and listening to music in my friends room. all the roommates have already gone to work. it is a new thing for me.
all over the place there is this lack of people from about 8-6.
in certain places, the streets are empty. so now i look for the places where people hang out during the work day. it is good.
and i should be able to do it.
i'm a smart guy, i can find ways to get by.
now i need to find a place to get on the internet and post this thing.
oh yeah, i'm going to the gym an awful lot lately. i plan to keep that up.
they have all these free classes during the day when hardly anyone is there.
ha ha. they are all at work. so that is rad and good for me after not exercising at all on the tours.
now i'm going to go have breakfast with carl newman.
OH YEAH. i want to say thanks to all the kind folks that have been posting on my blog and writing me nice emails.
it feels great! i didn't think anyone was actually reading this thing.
love,
gg
now playing:
SPOON - i summon you my love (demo)
Animal Collective - you could win a rabbit
david wingo & michael linnen - All the Real Girls soundtrack
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Joanna Newsom -Bridges & Balloons
Posted by goldengram at September 23, 2004 06:48 PM