First Snow
Batten down the hatches. Morning comes today on the heals of a brilliant Packer victory over the Vikes and with all the promise of a wet and wonderful snow filled day. Maybe an inch or two by the end of it. Because my morning commute all happens indoors – the traffic on the stairwell always dry and free flowing – I can appreciate the snowfall from the comforts of my office free from the dread of an icey highway. Today I’m smoking a loose dark cherry flavored tobacco in my pipe and wearing a nice new banana republic scarf to keep me extra toasty. I went to bed with my hair wet last night and now I have something on my head that approaches Steve Martin in My Blue Heaven.

Friday night I was a little disappointed by the turn-out of trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood. I had over-anticipated the number of kids that would show up at my door by about one million. I had plenty of candy to go around. As i waited for the kids and their costumes to come knocking at my door, I watched my new Spike Jonez DVD and laughed my ass off seeing some of those old classic videos and the artists commentary. Many of the artists represented on the DVD owe much of the their career to Mr. Jonez. There is a mini-documentary on the DVD of Spike following around these rodeo kids in Texas, which is worth the price of the DVD right there. The kids take their sport vary seriously. The parallels to Skate Culture are many.

Saturday I awoke with a strange appetite for an Orange Julius and a need to buy a new iPod. So it was off to the mall to satisfy both impulse urges. The mall is a much more tolerable place if you can navigate it under the influence of an Orange Julius and accompanied by an iPod full of the Kokoro Library as your soundtrack.

Saturday night I went and saw American Analog Set and Ester Drang at the Triple Rock. Both were very good. Good winter music.