vol. 54

randoms...
yes, i know, it's been way too long...and i'd like to tell you i have a legitimate excuse for this, but that wouldn't be completely true... i do know this, though - i could go for some of that pizza pictured to the side right now...

time...
i know that i've addressed this before, but i have a serious problem with my internal clock - i ALWAYS feel like i'm in a hurry - this morning i just couldn't get out of bed - woke up at 5 (normal time) and did my typical routine (read the paper online, caught up on news and emails, etc.) but i just didn't want to get out of bed - now, keep in mind, when all was said and done, i was about 10 minutes behind where i normally would be - yet felt like i was unbelievably late - people at starbucks annoyed me because they were taking too much time, making me even later - some idiot driver on north greengate road stalled me out even more - and then, as i pulled in to school, expecting that all of the parking spots would be taken, i saw that i was still unbelievably early compared to everyone else - as in nobody else was even here yet early... yet i still felt panicked and behind... i've tried very hard over the last year to slow things down, to take my time, but i still have difficulty with these inner feelings of always being behind...

lamontagne (take two)...
i wrote about ray lamontagne's performance at the palace theatre in greensburg on an earlier post - and i've gone on and on about how much i've connected to his music -- to the point that crider pretty much wants to kill me -- but you'll have this -- i had the opportunity to see lamontagne this past friday in baltimore at the meyerhoff symphony hall with the baltimore symphony backing him up -- as much as i enjoyed the show at the palace, it was nothing compared to this - first off, the sound quality was just incredible (i know, fancy that in a symphony hall) -- secondly, we ended up with great seats due to being sly and beck figuring out a way to get us into terraced seats on the side (see pic) -- this only added to the experience -- by no means was i expecting it, but i got another set list (2 for 2) as for the music itself, he opened with be here now and this showed right off the bat just how great the show with the symphony would be -- i've been really hooked on let it be me lately, and, while he played it, i didn't really like his vocal arrangement on it that much (it was the only thing i was a little disappointed with out of the whole experience) i would say the highlight, again, was his version of henry nearly killed me -- you just have to see it...
some links from friday's show:
let it be me
henry nearly killed me (wish that you could see the drummer more in this)
be here now (this is what he led the show with, it's from the night before and not a great video but the sound is good)
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