tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11903279615424116202024-03-05T04:40:34.161-05:00this blue heaventhe blog (as told by MacKenzie Outlund)MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-31492062421616235532011-05-31T18:21:00.000-04:002011-05-31T18:21:34.275-04:00Bye-bye this blue blogThis space has been incredibly meaningful for me, for an important period in my life. But I've outgrown it.<div><br />
</div><div>For news about This Blue Heaven, please visit us at www.thisblueheaven.com or facebook.com/thisblueheaven. I'll also be blogging at bostonbandcrush.org for the foreseeable future.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Friends old and new will be directed to a new blog as I get it off the ground. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Peace,</div><div>MacKenzie</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-50512324484799948382011-02-14T14:17:00.012-05:002011-02-14T14:48:41.757-05:00Feb. 19: The End of This Blue Heaven...As You've Known Us<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/thisblueheaven/photos/41196847#mssrc=SitesPhotos_PP_ViewPhoto" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stfu donnie" height="148" src="http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images01/54/6b94db3df690b888c49561fa824e0a8f/m.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Dear Friends,</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This Valentine's Day, in addition to giving away a <span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><u style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thisblueheaven.bandcamp.com/album/slow-dance-slow-single-video">FREE DOWNLOAD</a></strong></u></span><span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">of the "Slow Dance Slow" mp3 + video</strong></span><span style="color: navy; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">, </span>we'd like to extend an invitation to attend the <span style="color: #660099; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">final performance of the five individuals you've come to know as This Blue Heaven</strong></span> on <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181728508515627&ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Saturday, February 19th at the Middle East Upstairs</span></a>.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A spring or two ago, after a set at the Paradise, an audience member told us we were like a five-star constellation on stage. And so we have been for four years. Now, it is with a mixture of hope and sadness that we say <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: magenta; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">farewell to one of our stars - a true rockstar - drummer <a href="http://brandonerdos.com/">Brandon Erdos</a>. </span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/thisblueheaven/photos/25182967#mssrc=SitesPhotos_PP_ViewPhoto" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Photo by Britttany Moore" src="http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/88eb2e5cb0d4db64e6ea1d4ace56856b/m.jpg" /></a>We wish him the very best in all his musical endeavors; we'll be with you in the crowd at his shows with <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fan_reach/pt?eid=A126350__&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparlourbells.com%2F" onclick="alert('Links disabled for preview. Clicked item links to '+this.href);return false;" style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;"><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Parlour Bells</span></a><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fan_reach/pt?eid=A126350__&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theluxuryband.com%2Ffr_home.cfm" onclick="alert('Links disabled for preview. Clicked item links to '+this.href);return false;" style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;"><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Luxury</span></a><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> -</span> both fantastic local acts and good friends. We've been through a lot together over the years and we thank Brandon for all he has done to make This Blue Heaven the band it is today.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To show our love, we've given Brandon free reign over the setlist for our show <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1612341283"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">this</span></a></strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1612341283"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181728508515627&ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Saturday at the Middle East Upstairs</span></a></strong>. Much to our chagrin, this means we're now busy <span style="color: #339900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">dusting off some vintage TBH tunes</strong></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #009900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></strong>that you won't have heard live in quite some time! We hope you'll enjoy the nostalgic energy even if we mess up all the words. This show promises to be <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff6600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">one of the loudest, most raucous shows in This Blue Heaven history.</span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As for our future, we'll emerge with more specific news this spring, but rest assured <span style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This Blue Heaven will carry on anew</strong>.</span> The songs we're workshopping now are taking us ever deeper into the essence of who we are and what we believe in. </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>stay tuned to <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">our site</a> & <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thisblueheaven">Facebook</a> -- or email <i>info at thisblueheaven dot com</i> to get on the email list -- for upcoming dates</b></span> and get them on your calendars because we're on a wild transformative ride and we want you to come along.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Love & Slow Dances,</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This Blue Heaven<br />
<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fan_reach/pt?eid=A126350__&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisblueheaven.com" onclick="alert('Links disabled for preview. Clicked item links to '+this.href);return false;" style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">thisblueheaven.com</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uymGJKoV8W4" title="YouTube video player" width="450"></iframe>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-47913307128588956452011-01-30T11:51:00.001-05:002011-01-30T11:54:26.931-05:00Viva La Slow Dance<iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19145141" width="400"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/19145141">Slow Dance Slow (Official Video)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thisblueheaven">This Blue Heaven</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Also on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymGJKoV8W4">YouTube</a>.<br />
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Directed by the ever-so-talented <a href="http://www.thelittlestastronaut.com/">Christopher Gaines</a>.MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-91954626779762444302010-12-07T17:52:00.003-05:002010-12-07T18:00:43.949-05:00Autumn into winter......and I'm turning inward, where the light lives during this season.<br />
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</div><div>For now that means retreating from this outer space for awhile.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Yes, even the duologues will be on hold as I adjust to the <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/2010/11/blogger-crush-mack-you-love.html">new Boston Band Crush gig</a>. Keep an eye out for my show crushes there and my (NEW!) lyrics crush column in the new year.</div><div><br />
</div><div>You can find me abusing Facebook day or night, of course, with plenty of <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">This Blue Heaven</a> and other news in a steady stream. Maybe one of these days I'll even get a handle on this tweeting business.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Mom, don't worry, I'll call you.<br />
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Peace,<br />
MacK<br />
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</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-32352584841341545532010-12-02T15:31:00.003-05:002010-12-02T16:19:42.788-05:00Wed... er, Thursday Duologue: Henry Beguiristain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrHMXW-LW7AcwTFMphwgTv5m-zi4x3TBTaxDeHwJIRM48Ibj0sMUSd3FTvVFf94FLsS8xSri9MUrlKcb-qxkB7JrBdvwsTHkb07yXFYGQWcaPXHCL74MlrX6YbKaonb1_RhFcc4ThZPM/s1600/henry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrHMXW-LW7AcwTFMphwgTv5m-zi4x3TBTaxDeHwJIRM48Ibj0sMUSd3FTvVFf94FLsS8xSri9MUrlKcb-qxkB7JrBdvwsTHkb07yXFYGQWcaPXHCL74MlrX6YbKaonb1_RhFcc4ThZPM/s400/henry.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: henri!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Hey!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sorry it took me so long. AT&T clearly does not have the nation's largest 3G network.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: how's le texas? (that's francais for texas;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">no sorries<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Texas.. so far, it's incredibly sunny. A little chilly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also spotted a "Jesus Christ is Lord Travel Center".<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: did you go in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: The heavenly burger was tempting, but we drove past it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh my. so i assume you're hanging out in Our Father's Internet Cafe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Haha.. no, I'm in the car. Borrowing James' internet USB dongle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: 2 points to technology!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">shall we get ramblin' then?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Sure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: great. who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Hello, my name is: Henry. I sing, play, and write for <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: pleasure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">who are you when you walk into a lonesome texas gas station where no one knows you?</span></span></span></div><a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: A customer looking for postcards and the cheapest bag of chips!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I felt kinda weird doing that yesterday, actually. I've been rocking my cowboy boots and hat for a few months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I didn't know if I'd be seen as That Dumb Tourist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i'm sure you fit right in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">did you wear your palin t-shirt, too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I hope you're referencing Michael Palin. But no, nobody cared.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: righto.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">traveling invariably inspires me to write. are you having that experience at all or are you most soaking it up and focusing on the performances?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*mostly<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Mostly soaking it up and focusing on the shows. I know what you mean, though. I thought I'd be writing up a storm, but there's so much to take care of. I've been taking a lot of boring pictures, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's my first time out west, so I'm just taking it all in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aaaand there's another near accident haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh dear. you're not driving, are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Ha, no. I'm morally and legally barred from driving. Just really windy out here. Rocking the van every now and then.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: whew. so let's see... you guys've been on the road how long now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: A little over a month.. close to five weeks, I think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what has surprised you the most so far?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: The biggest thing, honestly, is how well the Aloudmobile is taking this beating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wyoming also surprised me. There's not much going on there, but it's incredibly pretty country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If we had the equipment we might've just camped out for the night there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: wyoming is gorgeous. did you go through yellowstone at all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Didn't get down, but we drove past it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I remember thinking that this is what Mars probably looks like on the surface.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: But yeah, it was one of those necessary moments that makes you feel completely insignificant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: why do you say necessary?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I think we all need reminders that we're just specks of dust in the grand scheme of things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Makes me less prone to argue about stupid sh*t, anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: and what about the important sh*t? does that glimpse (of...nothing?) make you more or less invested in the important stuff?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah. That's really what it is. The cosmos existed before you and will go on without you, so might as well make the best go of your life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not to sound like a Hallmark card or anything haha...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i'm quite sure hallmark would be the last to point out the teenyness of our blip on the cosmic screen. :) who'd buy that card? besides me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'd probably buy that card.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: hm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: "You are meaningless. Happy Birthday, mom!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: bah ha ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there just may be a market for this kind of thing. i hope hallmark is paying attention.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">actually, we should just start the line of cards ourselves. we'll talk when you get back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Indeed, indeed haha..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: important stuff. go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Important things..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My family, friends, art, books<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">food and shelter are probably in there somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: sure, sure...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">now when you say books, do you mean... books?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what's your feeling about the kindle/nook/ibook phenomenon?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I prefer</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">book</span></span></span></i><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">books, but I'm cool with any medium someone wants to use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was actually reading this interview with Neil Gaiman a few weeks back talking about this, and he brought up an interesting point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A lot of older folks are actually buying things like Kindles because they can adjust the font size so they can read it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: that is definitely a plus<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i love how many different segues there are into my doctor who question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: haha..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: mr. gaiman happens to be writing an episode for the upcoming season. (and has written for past seasons.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so you know. the question is, all of time and space in the universe + an experienced guide. where would you go first (if you would go at all)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Off the top of my head, probably late 1979 or early 1980. I have this weird thing about how decades bleed into one another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (btw i feel like i've just outed myself as more geek than girl, since by all rights that neil gaiman thing should have segued to tori amos.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (HA!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: that's interesting... tell me more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what's compelling about the transition?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I always view the 80s as the first step into the modern era, and the 70s as the last decade of "the past". I guess I'd just like to see that transition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Of course, that's because I was born in the 80s. I'm sure everyone thinks their birth year or whatever is the modern era.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what city would you go to in 1979/80?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I haven't given it that much thought. Miami might top the list, if only to go see what my parents were up to. They got married in '80, so it might be fun to observe whatever drama was going on leading up to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The wedding, I mean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My mom just posted a ton of old photos on Facebook last month. Soooo much polyester.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">speaking of marriage and stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">when i interviewed jen, she talked a bit about your meeting as teenagers. would you care to tell your side of the story and/or take us further into the early years of your music making?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(that's not a euphemism, by the way.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(it's not that kind of blog.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(usually)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Haha.. I'm saving that for <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/search/label/dear%20boogie">Dear Boogie</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yeah, we've been writing together for a long time. I've actually got a ton of cassettes I need to digitize when I get back home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But yeah, we started off chatting on AIM a hell of a lot (remember them days?) about music and writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (do i ever.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: It really took us much longer than it should have to figure out we should make a go of writing together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: why do you think that was?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: 'Cause we're both bullheaded, really haha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: We both wrote on our own, so it was more like comparing notes than anything else. And waiting for the other one to say something first.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what was the process like when you</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">did</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">first start writing together?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(this may or may not be a general issue i have personal interest in.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: We used to get together on Fridays at her house in Coral Gables, and we appropriated her dad's office to use as our studio. Mainly, we would show each other the songs we wrote, then recorded them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After a while, someone would suggest a line here, or a riff there, or whatever, and eventually we noticed that writing together was way easier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And a lot more fun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But again, arriving at that point took longer than it should have haha..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think our first "album" had like one de la Osa/Beguiristain song out of 10.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: and now? are they all collaborations?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah. Pretty much, since December of 1998 it's all been the two of us writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Writing together, I should say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: right. so, i generally try to stick to personal questions only :)... but would you be willing to talk a bit about how you guys came to the sound in <a href="http://music.allthingsaloud.com/album/exile-2">Exile</a>? do you consider it a departure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and if you'd like to answer that from a personal perspective, by all means...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">/philosophical<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: That's okay, because I generally try and avoid personal questions! :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Compared to the other albums, yeah, it's a departure. But at the same time, we've always wanted to do an album like this and always had it in us to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Part of it was just writing a ton of songs after the other two left the band, and recording a song here and there was just something to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And since we didn't have to worry about someone's bass part, or someone's drum part, it made it all easier to go nuts in the studio with different sounds and tempos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There was a lot of letting stuff just happen this time around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't know if I answered your question haha..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: letting stuff happen as opposed to...?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (hang on one sec)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (i knew you were driving.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (just munching on some tater tots. HENRY HUNGRY)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyway... ordinarily, we'd rehearse a set of songs for a month, work out parts, and go into the studio with the plan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With <a href="http://music.allthingsaloud.com/album/exile-2">Exile</a>, we did none of that and kind of made it up as we went along from song to song.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: that sounds incredibly liberating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: It was great.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was going to be a three song EP at first, then five, then a 7 song thing..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And I finally got to play bass on a record. Been wanting to do that for some time now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: fun fun<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you know... i'd never say there's a right way to create or anything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">because it varies from person to person and from project to project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but i think a lot about the pros and cons of going in with a plan versus going in with a seed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it's interesting because when i do any kind of visual art, it's always with a seed. and it just grows with no planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">probably because i don't in any way consider myself a visual artist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so, there's no pressure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but that kind of activity is distinctly different from, say... trying to write a song about X with X sound and X parts etc. etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">or writing a story when i know the whole plot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(which is really boring.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Haha.. I've been trying to get a novel written for the last ten years, and it's been going nowhere because I've been writing and re-writing without thinking about the plot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, in some instances, I think having a plan is preferable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: so there's that :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Haha..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but yeah, after the year we had, we needed to have fun with recording again and just fly by the seat of our pants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: well in my highly expert opinion, the result is superb.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Thank you. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And let me also take a sec to say how awesome my Boston peeps are. Seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: yeah, what do you miss most about Boston by now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: My friends, mostly. I would've also like to have been there for the fall, but what can ya do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There are a lot of awesome places out in the country, but the longer we're out, we're all realizing Boston's home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i love that about traveling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">are you standing on tables in all your shows around the country?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Not all of 'em, but it does come in handy when you want to break in a new crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Actually, that's another thing I'm loving about touring this time around.. we're pretty much coming up with new set lists every night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i saw the pics - i know you guys worked a lot on your set leading up to the tour. did you go into it with a certain set or were you free with it from the get go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: We didn't want to plan too much this time around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think we started off with a version of the CD release set, and it's just morphed from there. It's fun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: excellent. i'm extremely envious but equally happy for you guys. mind if i ask a few of my usual questions before i let you focus on the road?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Sure, go for it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Wait, am I supposed to take some kind of test too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh - way back when i was making everyone take the myers-briggs personality test. i don't think i made jen do it... but you're certainly welcome to! maybe it would give us insight into why you don't like to answer personal questions....<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Mostly 'cause I'm a jerk. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: here's a quick and dirty version:</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp"><span style="color: #364452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">rrrrright, that's absolutely the first thing i think when i think of you. jerk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Haha.. I'm quietly, carefully planning a large prank on everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I've said too much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Okay, I guess I'm INTP.*<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(check, testing, hello? this says I've logged out. Is GChat lying?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: copy that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that's really interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mark's an INTP too. and he loves you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I guess that leaves one logical conclusion: Mark is</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">awesome</span></span></span></i><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i'm so proud.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what do you know for certain?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I'm alive right this second.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what do you believe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I believe in nothing, Lebowski. We cut off your johnson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But seriously, I believe there's no inherent meaning to anything, so it's up to you to shape your world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i hate nihilists! say what you will about the tenets of national socialism. at least it's an ethos!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: HA!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We've been quoting that movie almost non-stop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mainly to yell at the GPS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: so good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: "SHUT THE F*CK UP, JANE, YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Turn left."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: !<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a good friend of mine got GPS as a gift from his parents b/c he was always getting lost. rather than using it to avoid getting lost, he set the destination to disney world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and always knew whether he was on the way to disney world or not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: AWESOME!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what don't you know that you wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I wish I knew how to fix cars. My dad was a mechanic for a long time, so I feel extra dumb in that department.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: of all the people in your life, who has taught you the most?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: All in, probably my parents and grandparents. Except for that part about fixing cars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(I feel I should note, we just passed Garth Brooks Blvd.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: low places indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so what's one thing you've learned from them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: My mom's a real creative type, and I really got my love of music from her. My dad.. I can't really say specifically, but whenever I find myself trying to figure a situation out, I reflexively wonder how he'd handle it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay i should PROBABLY let us wind down with the final 2 questions...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: That's probably for the best. I need to pee soon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pee breaks are a commodity these days<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: so you get to make up the last two questions yourself. one is a question for you to answer that i haven't gotten around to asking you. and the other is to ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Okie dokie..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Q: Henry, I don't throw words like "visionary" and "genius" around, but you are both those things. What makes you so goddamn awesome?<br />
A: Whoa, slow down, chief. I'm just a man. A very, very awesome INTP man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And my question for you is... what is a typical songwriting session for TBH like?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(If there is such a thing as a typical one.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh my let's see. it depends entirely on whose song it is in the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so, choose one: aaron, me, stu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Let's say it's one of yours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: okay so usually how that goes is, i write lyrics and i have a melody in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nine times out of ten, that melody is too folky and i don't let anyone hear it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">wait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9/10 is just a thing people say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in actuality i think i've only ever passed on maybe 1 or 2 of my melodies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: haha.. gotcha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: from there, depending on whose sensibility i feel like the song calls for, i send it to one of the other guys. say, stu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (keep typing, I'm running in to the gas station real quick.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: and i tell him what i'm thinking sound-wise. and one day he'll sit down for a couple of hours and transform the words into melody.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(generally i consider this part of the process total magic. for the record.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stu's a planner, so he'll have a very good idea of at least the kind of sounds and parts the song calls for. so when it comes to rehearsal for workshopping, he'll say "i hear the drums doing X" and that's the starting point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">once any song gets to that general point, then anyone might have ideas or suggestions for any particular part, or maybe for the song's structure. sometimes that's a long process of trial and error. other times it comes together really quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: and if anyone questions my lyrics, i put microphones in my ears and go "la la la la la"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">just kidding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">not really, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I think that's the best part about working with other people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">HA!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: honestly, i probably am the most stubborn of the group when it comes to what i contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but anyway. i LOVE when it comes together, whatever it takes to get to that point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">when it starts to become the song.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i feel so lucky to be there for it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, it's certainly working. Been listening to your EP a lot (still).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: aww<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we're in a writing period now ... catching the darker side of things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it's nice to focus on that for awhile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay. thanks for letting me take up so much of your trip today!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you guys playing tonight?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: No problem! :)<br />
Nope, finally have a day off. Playing in Dallas tomorrow night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Just sighted: school bus full of tires towing an empty school bus.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: whwhwhwhat?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yea, I don't know what to tell you either.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: god i love road trips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Hehehe<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Alright, lady. Talk to you soon, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will see you on the various interwebs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: definitely. rock on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh wait one more thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: can you say something good about U2?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Oh man, lots of good things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They're fantastic live, for one thing, even if their last album was not good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: yes they are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay thanks. it just doesn't happen enough and i knew i could count on you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: au revoir<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Henry</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Will get all 1999 and write: TTYL!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_199065291">INTP</a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html">: The Egghead</a></span></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The typical INTP is a logical, abstract thinker whose intellect is ideally suited to understanding pure mathematics, linguistics, formal logic theory, and other pursuits unsuited to making a real living. The INTP can often understand even the most subtle nuances of lattice quantum chromodynamics, but cannot perform more concrete tasks such as dressing himself, operating a motor vehicle, or opening a door. An INTP may be able to tell you how to construct a nuclear reactor from a coconut and two pieces of string, but may be completely incapable of fixing a hole in a boat.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The INTP is really only suited to two careers: college professor and game show contestant. Of these career choices, only one offers the financial rewards which allows him to suport himself; for that reason, INTPs often take the other path, and become tenured academics.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">RECREATION: Surprisingly, INTPs are often the hit of the party--not for their sometimes annoying habit of turning every discussion into a debate about semantics nor for their fascinating stories about Pierre de Fermat's habit of writing things in the margins of his books, but for the fact that they often show up with their pants on backwards and that if you put a Post-It note reading "Kick Me" on an INTP's back, he won't notice it no matter how many people kick him. That kind of entertainment never gets old.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">COMPATIBILITY: INTPs make ideal companions to INTJs, as neither of them notices they're in a relationship.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Famous INTPs include Pierre de Fermat and almost everyone who knows what Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margins of his book.</span></div></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-41264008670187587432010-11-24T11:13:00.008-05:002010-11-24T12:33:59.506-05:00Wednesday Duologues: Michael J. Epstein<style>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> drat! i've been sitting here drafting an email for the last two hours when we could've been having a pre-midnight conversation?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Indeed. Apologies for keeping you up late.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i'd be up anyway, no worries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Excellent. I don't trust people who go to bed early.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> why's that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Going to bed early is so unthinkable to me that I must conclude that one who chooses to do so must have had some kind of cognitive injury.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> that's where logic will get you. what people do you trust?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> It is true that there are a lot of behaviors and philosophies that I just can't comprehend. It is likely a result of my narrow-mindedness. Either way, I prefer not to have to trust anyone. Then I don't have to think about whether I trust an individual or not. That is the only way I can get along with people who prefer early slumber.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For instance, I really don't like Billy Joel, yet Billy Joel attaches himself to my musical accomplishments, however objectively minor they are. He has a song about how it's just a "matter of trust" and I positively do not trust him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Billy Joel attaches himself to your musical accomplishments?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Do you trust Billy Joel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> no, he's a drunk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(hold on i gotta get a drink.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> He is a drunk that SPIN thinks I make lyrical shout-outs to and VH1 thinks I want to help celebrate by counting down his hits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> wait, what's that last bit?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/motion-sick"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.spin.com/articles/motion-sick</span></a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLwR-3oVo0"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLwR-3oVo0</span></a> respectively, but my doctor asked me to reduce my Billy Joel perseveration, so perhaps we should move on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> okay but maybe we'll come back to your lyrics in a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> My Billy Joel shout-outs? Incidentally, I tried to contact that guy to ask him what he was referring to, but did not receive a response.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> so you don't know which song he meant, even?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I haven't even the slightest clue. I probably spent two hours poring over the lyrics on that album to try and figure out what could possibly be perceived as associated with that guy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> wow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that would be infuriating. also, now i want to pore over the lyrics on that album to figure it out. i probably know more billy joel lyrics than you do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I should probably hire a private detective to solve the case. I like the idea of private detectives. I really like the classic American film noir stuff. I almost feel inspired to make a hard-boiled documentary/drama about the Billy Joel lyrics. Actually, this might be the first official announcement, but there is a small group of us working on a sitcom based on our lives. We have an assignment to outline episode ideas. This just might be one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> let me ask you something that keeps me awake at nights.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">wait<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">first i have to ask you the traditional first question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> These are the lyrics to the album in question by the way: <a href="http://www.themotionsick.com/alllyrics.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.themotionsick.com/alllyrics.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I once wrote a song called "Destroy Tradition."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i know it may seem like a formality at this point. you've been featured in SPIN, after all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but my mother will be reading and she has somehow managed to get this far in life without knowing you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">::ahem::<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> For your mother...I am <a href="http://michaeljepstein.com/">Michael J. Epstein</a>. I am most well known for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-J-Epsteins-Mustache/243059271917">having a mustache</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LikerNotAFighter">liking things on Facebook</a>. Neither of those things is important to me at all of course, but the things that are important to me don't make for good sound bites. Declaring that a mossy patch of grass on the sidewalk is a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mummysquirrel">national park and wildlife preserve for mummified squirrels</a> does. So, your mom will only find out about the squirrel, the mustache, and the liking. Also, most recently, she should know that <a href="http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2010/11/its-not-my-birthday-internet-vs-reality.html">it's my birthday</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mothers tend to like me for whatever reason. I guess I seem okay, at least on the surface.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> that's useful. mothers usually do not like me. grandmothers, however, do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Also, I bet you have more readers, and you certainly have more important readers, than SPIN.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ahhh and that's why mothers like you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Yes. I do actually like SPIN, particularly SPIN.com, so I don't mean that as a dig at them. Not everyone can reach the acme.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i really have reached it, by the way. have you heard?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I don't know, I hear a lot of things (practicing lines for my noir sitcom episode).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (i like it.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b>i'm <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/2010/11/blogger-crush-mack-you-love.html">Boston Band Crush's newest blogger</a>!</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(i think this is the announcement, by the way.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> That is very exciting news! I am delighted to hear that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> all thanks to you, but we'll get back to that too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> This chat is like ten press releases in one!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I like to make an event out of everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and i think i have even convinced ashley to give me a weekly column on lyrics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"column" - it'll be short interviews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Ooh, I like that even more! Lyrics are very important to me. Back to distrust, I distrust people that don't pay attention to lyrics when they listen to music.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on this we agree.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> How does your mother feel about this?</span></span></div><a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> my mother forgets most lyrics and fills in with a trailing "laaadaaa" until the chorus comes back around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> That makes me almost as sad as lyrical shout-outs to Billy Joel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> she also likes billy joel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Mom!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i know. i know. okay so here's my question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">how many hours out of your day, on average, are NOT spent on creative pursuits (directly or indirectly, i.e. promoting creative pursuits)? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> This is tricky to answer. I don't discuss it much publicly, but I also spend a very high percentage of my time on academic pursuits. I consider those creative as well in a sense. I know it's a sort of cop-out approach to answering, but I don't really believe there is a distinction between art and science. I spend every possible moment working on one or the other. I even consider goofing around on Facebook a part of my creative endeavoring. I kind of hate (what I think are probably) post-modernist ideas like everything is art, for example. At the same time, I do think there is something to it. Perhaps it's not that everything is art so much as nothing is art. The distinction being that, rather than everything and anything deserving high treatment, perhaps nothing deserves high treatment. I sort of view my activities that way. I do very little that I really don't like doing and very little that I feel carries no value with it. One thing, of course, that allows me to spend every waking moment on creating is that <a href="http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/">most of these projects involve Sophia</a> (my wife, to keep your mom up to speed).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I realize that was a very nebulous answer, but the problem is, I don't really segment my time in a structured way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> but you did get at the heart of the question anyway, which is that everything you do seems to be infused with the same essential ... i don't know how to name it...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">creative spirit? that's a very mackian phrase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and that's part of it but the other part is the degree to which you seem evenly engaged in all that you do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Thanks. Everything is about context. Science is just a framework for exploring and creating, the same way that music or painting is. The more people view them as distinct, the more the point is missed. I know that sounds pretentious and I don't mean it as such. It's all about creating messages you like and believe in and then hoping you luck out and people get interested in what you're saying. It's the same game playing music, teaching class, writing an e-mail, etc. In a way, I love the Tower of Babel story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It presents this idea that there is some way that we are all alike and all share a common way of thinking and interacting (I think it transcends language) and now all we do is struggle to find tiny moments where we get to peek at that experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i was just wondering what is important about people getting interested in what you're saying. is that it, then? the struggle to find those moments of common-ness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> It's a hard question to answer and I think it's why so many people find comfort in religion. It's terrifying to think about pupose and meaning. My "objective" mind thinks nothing about any of us, our lives, our time in history, our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and probably even our universe have any meaning or significance. In practice, you can't live that. It would drive you mad. So, I guess my practice is trying to build my own facade of meaning and structure into the chaos. It's fun. Why is it fun? Objective mind says that doing "fun" things makes it more likely that I will survive and procreate and therefore, natural selection will result in my survival over someone who doesn't think life is fun. I am probably scaring your mom at this point. I believe it was Arthur Miller that when asked about the significance of his work and if he could identify his most significant contribution to humanity and society, replied, that the only significant legacy he could have is children. Everything else will vanish over time, whether it's 50 years or 1000 years, it's insignificant, but even in 1000 years, his genetic and social influence upon his children would live on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> my mom, like most people, has defenses built-in for just such nonsense. but it's kind of you to think of her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> When I make decisions about what lyric to put in a song or what chord to play next, I am not consciously concerned about any of this. I just have to do it. I don't know what force drives me to, but it's there. My mind races all night if I try to sleep when I have a good idea instead of exploring it. I don't always get along with my body or mind, but it's what I've got.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why do you create?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> because i have to. it would be easy to step back and try to talk about creativity as a response to that dissonance between our objective and subjective selves. a way to try to reckon with it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to either make order of the chaos or, if you're really brave, to point to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but i don't really know if that's why i have to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ...or to dance in it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> yes. exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i just know that if i don't create... i'm just... not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> What fascinates me is seeing the people who were once at the top in a socially objective sense...big rock stars. Those people fall and still can't stop. People who played arenas in the '80s are still willing to play tiny clubs now and while some are bitter, some are still really grateful that 10 people want to engage and hear what they have to say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My music "career" as you know it was really an accident. I had been playing music for 10+ years and kind of decided to call it quits. I wasn't going to stop writing music, but I wasn't going to make efforts to showcase it for people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I decided to make one final document of songs I had worked on that I felt good about and then be done with it. You know, grow up, or whatever. That ended up being the first album for The Motion Sick. Once it was done, I sent it all around and started getting all these weird positive responses to it. Objectively, again, these are small things, but to someone giving up, it felt like a sign of sorts. The album went to #1 on a bunch of college radio stations and got picked up by SPIN. All these people wanted to interview me and they started asking all kinds of questions about when we were going on tour and stuff. I felt ashamed to admit that there was no band nor plans for a band to exist. I guess I was embarrassed enough to form a band. So, more or less, I was shamed into starting <a href="http://www.themotionsick.com/">The Motion Sick</a>. Now, it doesn't look like I'll be retiring from music ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and how do you feel about that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I think I just wanted to stop because my expectations and desires didn't make sense. Now, I could go on forever because my expectations and desires match my reality much better. It was all part of a lesson that I'm still learning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ugh. reality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i'm working on a reality lesson myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Did you ever see the movie In The Mouth of Madness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> nope<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ah. horror.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I can't decide if I'd say it's a good movie or not, but...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It has a kind of fascinating premise. Basically, this horror writer becomes so famous and so revered and everything he writes seems so real to everyone that it becomes real. It kind of explores the idea that there is some objective reality out there and our senses only gather a tiny portion of that objective reality, so we have physiological and psychological bias about what is fact and what is fantasy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can't be too worried about reality. I guess that is my point. We live in our dreams anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> our stories. i need to make a conversation happen between you and my roommate. remind me later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">want to talk lyrics?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i'm rather arbitrarily selecting Pre-Existing Condition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> because the lyrics just appeal to me at the moment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> All right. First, my question to you...do you notice any Billy Joel references?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> wait...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">no i don't think so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Okay. We're 1/11th through that search.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> there's some stuff in the billy joel song "and so it goes" that's maybe kinda similar in sentiment to the "fail to say what i feel" bits?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but it's a stretch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and certainly not a call-out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you okay?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I'll be okay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> red wine works for billy...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I am originally from Long Island, which exacerbates the Billy Joel situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> yeah, you know the more i think about it, the more i think you could really be the same exact person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Maybe I need to think about our similarities and stop focusing on our differences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> aha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you both speak english!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Very tangential, but a friend of mine once had a crush on this guy and her friend ended up dating him. So, my friend was upset about this and really felt like they had nothing in common. She asked her friend what she had in common with this guy and she replied that they both hated racists. I thought that was kind of hilarious. Anyway, lyrics....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i knew a couple who, in advance of their wedding (after dating for only a few months) set up a website that said "we know we don't seem to have very much in common... i'm a democrat, he's a republican... i'm social and he's an introvert... but we do find some common ground! for example, i'm bisexual and he's working on accepting homosexuality."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it was a great wedding. when the minister did the "speak now or forever hold your peace" bit, you could actually hear everyone in the room holding their breath.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">they divorced less than a few years later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I always think of my role models, Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> it ain't fiction, just a natural fact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there's a lyric for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> My marriage is based on their teachings. Mostly the part about stealing the covers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> anyway, lyrics....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i'm sure some people will be sad i'm not pursuing the part about you and sophia and the covers...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but my mother is reading this, after all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> We'll save that for another day on a password-protected blog!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> whoops. back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Not much has changed while you were gone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> stu just started snoring behind me. that much has changed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so. where did those lyrics</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> come from?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">if not billy joel<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Well, I'd say it's all at least based on truth. There are a number of references to specific experiences that I had. The brief annotated version is girl breaking my heart, girl breaking my heart, actual experience playing sports as a kid and commentary on obsession with single incidents, seeing my grandmother near death upset because she didn't want us to leave, and girl breaking my heart. I had a number of incidents as a kid that were so humiliating to me that they really drove anxiety for years and affected my ability to do all kinds of things. One example is that I fainted in class in 5th grade (or maybe 6th grade, I can't remember for sure) when we watched a video about a visit to a blood bank. I had a fear that kids would become obsessed with teasing me about it. I don't think they really did much, but I saw things like that happen to other kids. In retrospect, I don't care about the incident nor my squeamishness (I'd probably still faint), but I found that playground culture of giving people permanent nicknames for single incidents or really just remembering something that happened once and doesn't reflect anything meaningful, really fascinating. So, I wanted to write an unrequited love song from that angle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I really like presenting deeply personal material masked in tongue-in-cheek humor. I also feel a responsibility to write something new and different. There are so many songs out there that I feel like I need to include something that justifies consuming 3 minutes of someone's time. It actually took me years of Sophia nagging (she calls it requesting) a song for her before I could actually come up with something that was unique enough beyond a standard love song.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> why is it easier to write about "girl breaking my heart"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">even the one song i've written lyrics for, start to finish, that is considered a love song really was a break-up song.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the wine is starting to affect my sentences. sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i'll try to keep them simpler.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I think positive songs are often perceived as cheesy or corny. Most people go to music to deal with pain, not to deal with happiness. No one is like, this music saved my life, I was so happy and I listened to it and I was still happy. Inherently, I think we want music to be about pain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Writing about love, good or bad, feels pedestrian, so if I want to write love songs, particularly now, I push myself really hard to extend further and further.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"30 Lives" was the song I wrote for Sophia and the process really was just me thinking about a unique angle. First, I thought, okay, I don't know any songs about spending multiple lives together and I thought about writing a reincarnation love song, but I am just not quite embedded in the right cultural stereotypes to pull that off, so I went over to something I know, video games! I thought, hey, in video games you get multiple lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyway, if you are hoping to drink the wine and wreak havoc, dom'<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">don't let me hold you up all night with my babbling!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> well let me say one more thing about this and then there are 3 more questions and then you'll be off the hook.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> No hook, I can chat until the cows come home! (...and we don't have cows, so that's a long time.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> good, then maybe i'll get in a who question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Is your mom still reading?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> so what i want to say about lyrics is that while i actually think people in good moods do listen to happy songs and extend or enjoy their high that way, the thing about happy songs is that (and i'm going to be smashing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4UHQxNILS8">my TBH image</a> here, i'm afraid) they don't ultimately ring true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i have to admit i'm pleased i've gotten you to say "your mom" so many times in this conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I kind of feel pressure to make sure your mom is entertained.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> aw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> So why don't you think they ring true?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> you're really good. i'm taking notes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">because even happiness is only truly awesome in juxtaposition with... the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Sure, but sadness is only terrible in juxtaposition with happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and people also get impatient with songs they see as "whiny"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e.g. the nineties<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> That was a bad decade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Musically speaking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also, life speaking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> but even so, i think sadness makes more sense to most people than happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Sure. I think we hope to relate to one another more in sadness than in happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That is when we need it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am going to listen to a song that makes me cry a lot more than a song that makes me smile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> okay now my mom wants to make you cookies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">time machine question!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I love time machines!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> time and space machine, really.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so where and when in the universe would you want to go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> All practical and safety matters aside, I'd most like to interact with other "intelligent" life somewhere out there in the universe. I don't know if I care where, but it would be amazing to see another planet full of life and lifeforms that I couldn't even have conceived. If I had to stick to Earth and I couldn't end up disappearing from a Polaroid, I'd love to see my parents as children. I think it would be really fascinating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Speaking of time travel, Primer is one of my favorite movies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> somehow i didn't thing it would be hot tub time machine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*think<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so. as one of the founding fathers, what do you think is so great about <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">Boston Band Crush</a>?<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I just think we should have as much of a "tide-rising-motivated" community as possible. I am just not into competition or rivalries amongst bands. So, I think BBC ended up (and continues) helping a lot of bands get their first "press," meet other bands, and get a better sense of who is playing in town. Nothing is perfect, but it's relatively democratic in that I know we had always tried to cover as much good stuff as possible given limited resources and knowledge, while still trying to treat "good" as objectively as possible. I love that BBC has become a recognizable, known entity within the Boston music world and I also love seeing people joining in as contributors. It really was always a community effort. It was never an "ours" or "mine" type approach and I am just thrilled every time I see another excellent contributor get involved. In addition, <a href="http://www.onenightbandboston.com/">One Night Band</a> is just an absolutely phenomenal event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i really feel that the music community in boston is absolutely the best thing about this town. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I agree. There are a lot of people pushing a negative perspective on it, but I think those people just have their eyes closed or refuse to leave their houses. Sometimes, there is a serious disconnect between expectations and reality too, but for anyone out there to have fun and do what they love doing, this place couldn't be better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I've played in a lot of cities and talked to lots of bands from all around and I don't think anything compares with Boston. Maybe, DC has something really good going too, but that seems to be about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> DC, really? i didn't know that. i'll have to look into it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I think it's hard for outsiders (i.e., us) to break into, but it seems like they've got a lot of the right kinds of things happening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> right on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I do feel the same way about Boston. If bands from out of town want to play here, it's really tough. I can only rarely help them out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> that is really true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> This is a much longer discussion, but there needs to be a reversion in the way venues operate. I have ideas about models that could work and did try to convince a few places to give it a go, but nothing yet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> you have ideas, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I didn't say good ideas!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay. ready for the last two?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I am sitting down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i suppose that could help. you have to come up with them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one question i haven't gotten around to asking you that you'd like to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and one question for me to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Question for you while I think of my question...we already discussed our need to create. If you could achieve the ideal, what would be your model of success musically and/or creatively (in any format)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> my model of success?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Yes, what outcome would result in you sitting and thinking you've achieved all you hoped to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> well i would like to complete and, ideally, publish at least one book and feel it was the truest thing i could have written.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> What kind of book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i always thought fiction, but the lines keep blurring on me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(and not just because of the wine.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i was supposed to be finished with my mfa at columbia by now. it's a rather long story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Not that I like this guy, but I read an article about that James Frey fellow and his philosophy and truth vs. fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What stops you from completing it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> the pain of the reapplication process and the thing that stopped me from going in the first place which was, officially, the $100K tuition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I can't go making a public rant regarding my thoughts on school tuitions, but it's a pretty unsustainable situation to say the least.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> book aside, though. you said earlier that you spend every possible moment on creative/academic endeavors. i think i'll feel successful when i've whittled down to a minimum the things that limit those possible moments for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i would rather creativity saturate my days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what was the article on frey?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I like that answer. I agree with it. I also think it's strange and perhaps "untrue" when people are only interested in creating in one format - (i.e., only music or only writing or only painting).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think this was it: <a href="http://instapaperstories.tumblr.com/post/1555375105/james-freys-fiction-factory-new-york-magazine"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://instapaperstories.tumblr.com/post/1555375105/james-freys-fiction-factory-new-york-magazine</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is that sophia on the right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> On the right of what?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in the picture at the top of the article<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Looks a little like her, but I am guessing not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Okay, to ask myself...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What is the meaning of life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Answer: strawberries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I say this to demonstrate one thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My 5th grade teacher told us a story that lasted all year about this guy on a quest to find out the meaning of life. The entire year, the guy went through adventure after adventure and when he got to the end, he found out the meaning of life...strawberries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(It's pretty Douglas Adams there.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (i was going to wonder why it wasn't 42)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Right, that is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> actually, it is butterscotch pudding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I think the point is good. The end is never very fulfilling. It never is. There's no way it could be. So, you have to enjoy the interwoven plot twists that bring you there. That is why Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author. In most of his books, he explicitly reveals the events that will occur at the end of the book right away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There's not anticipation related to what will happen. There is interest in how.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also, I do love pudding ball.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i really love how we've tied this all up so neatly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> We've changed the lives of the readers, even your mom I think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> all that's left is to say goodnight to my mother.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there you go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Yes, goodnight readers and mothers. May your life be full of strawberries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...and with that, I go to sleep. Good night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> goodnight!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pre-Existing Condition</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">let's go for a walk in the moonlight</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I can fail to say what I feel<br />
'cause your green eyes make everything<br />
too difficult to reveal</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
I wrote you a thousand letters<br />
and you said every word made sense<br />
but I know that you haven't gotten around<br />
to reading a single one yet</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned to run away before I could crawl<br />
I used to play third base and then I dropped the ball<br />
everyone only remembers your mistakes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lost half of my lovers by telling the truth<br />
lost the other half telling them lies<br />
now you roll back your eyes and fall asleep<br />
like my grandmother did when she died</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
Sit back and just paint me a nervous smile<br />
and sigh with every muscle taut<br />
and I'll never stop thinking about the way<br />
you were too scared to say what you thought</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: monsieur! shall we do a whirlwind interview?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">or... a whirlwinterview?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that sounds snowy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Lets see what we can do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: okay let's dive right in, then. who are you, anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I'm Rich! The guy in the hat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Man about town<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://twitter.com/indierockranger"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">indierockranger</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on the twitter<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: who are you when you're all alone in your car rolling down the highway?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: It depends on the day I've had. In the mornings I'm usually focused on work, so I'm not listening to too much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On the ride home, if I've had a good day I'm listening to some <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">BBC</a> favorites on my ipod, the happy Rich most people know<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">after a trying day, I might slip back into old Rich, a bit more aggressive<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'90s grunge rock Rich<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: what's your favorite grouchy grunge song and in what ways do you sing and/or play along in the car?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I really still love anything by the Smashing Pumpkins, if I hear Geek USA everyone around me is done for.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How do I sing in the car? Poorly, but loudly. I try to drown myself out with the volume.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I tend to abuse the steering wheel during particularly rousing drum solos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: that's what i was picturing. good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I have this weird relationship with the Smashing Pumpkins. I love them for what they were, but I know their new stuff is crap. I keep going for anything that dude puts out though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Just hoping, every time<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i so know that compulsion. and the let down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">do you have any unicorns on or in your car?</span></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, no<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but maybe we're all surrounded by unicorns all the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we just can't see them<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we let people get away with that kind of talk about angels, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">unicorns are better<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh! yeah, now i can feel one just looking over my shoulder, watching our conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nosy unicorn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">smells like cotton candy, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what are you thankful for this year?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">or this month. or today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I've had a really good year, personally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm mostly thankful for the people I've been able to surround myself with, which is sort of cliche, but it's true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've got some amazing old friends and over the last year I've really become close to a lot of newer ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i think most truly important things end up as cliches, but only because Hallmark and Lifetime (and etc.) exploit their importance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah, that's absolutely true. Nothing remains pure anymore, it's immediately exploited.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I guess it's always been that way, but whatever, I'm turning into my dad, so I can say stuff like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i'm pretty sure it's been all downhill since Sears or whoever invented Christmas in the 40's.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">how are you turning into your dad?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I thought it was Coca Cola. Well, they invented Santa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm turning into my dad in so many ways!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh yeah, they were totally in cahoots.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Just little things that I notice- the way I talk now is very similar to him, my sense of humor. My need to control the heat in the apartment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: tell me a good dad joke.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(and by good i mean terrible)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, my dad was in the Marines, so he tells the old Marine vs. Army joke:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">An army guy is in the bathroom when a marine walks in and takes a piss. After he starts to leave and the army guy says "in the army, they teach us to wash our hands after we piss." The marine responds "In the marines, they teach us not to piss on our hands."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">just awful old jokes like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: He actually didn't tell a ton of jokes (when he did they were bad) but he was more into goofy, family joke stuff that would take far too long to explain and wouldn't amuse anyone but me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: you sure there isn't one good example you could share?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I mean, now I'm thinking about stuff and smiling. When driving around, if someone did something stupid, like another driver, he'd call them a "jamoke"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't know if that's the proper spelling<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And then I remember once in school I called some kid that, because he was doing something stupid, and people were like "What the heck did you just say?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I thought it was a normal word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i'm totally in favor of making up words. what about advice?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Fatherly advice?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I mean, all the normal stuff. My dad raised us by himself (I have a brother and a sister). My mother took off when I was 13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before that we were raised as fundamentalist christians, so we had a lot of that teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Once everything hit the fan though, I was at an age where I was questioning god and faith and everything, and he really could have bucked down and forced me to go to church and all that, but he did the opposite and we talked and he let me do my own thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He's since left that life as well, fortunately.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: ohhhh that's good. from spying on you on FB and things, it seems like you're incredibly discerning in your views... never dogmatic on one side or the other... and always a sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, that's how I am now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: now... do you mean as opposed to when you were a questioning teenager or some other time?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah, even into my early 20s. I mean, everyone is kind of bull headed at that age, but at that point I saw everything in black and white terms and refused to look at both sides of a lot of things. I think that comes from the christian upbringing, where it's required to just accept certain things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I matured though I learned to look at all sides and form opinions independently and all that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had a lot of catching up to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: camel lion child!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nietzsche laid out three stages of... oh... maturation, i guess. as best i can remember it goes like this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">camel stage = accepting everything you're told (being led around, maybe? enslaved?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lion stage = saying NO to everything. black and white.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">child stage = being open and able to say yes to the right things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">something like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: That's exactly right, and I think I was in the Camel stage for longer than most.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: (somewhere out there, my existentialism prof is shuddering.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: It all worked out though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: so what do you believe in now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I just believe in us, in humans I guess. I don't really have a belief system, just to do good things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't think we need some outside entity to tell us to be nice to each other, and I think that forming any kind of group around a belief will eventually lead to an 'us vs. them' situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: yeah what's up with that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I don't know. Just do good things because they're good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: and because the <a href="http://sale.images.woot.com/Fat_UnicorntakDetail.png">unicorns</a> are watching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: well, obviously<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and they'll getcha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: although, maybe that's more incentive to do entertaining things. i wouldn't want to contend with a bored (invisible) unicorn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, that's the quote from fight club<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">something like "God watches us and kills us when he gets bored, so we must never be boring."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">something like that, anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: okay. new question. i'm just making this one up as i go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: me too<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: say you get a room all to yourself. fairly good sized. and you have unlimited resources. and it's yours to do whatever you want with. what do you use it for?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: right this second? records and comic books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'd like to say something better, but that was really the first hought that popped into my head<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: you'd just line the walls? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: with shelves of records, yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: awesome. how're we doing on time?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I'm pretty good, I can go for a bit more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I know that someone just walked into my office, hold on for a sec, please<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: sure thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: OK<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What do I know for sure...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not much, I'm pretty skeptical. I know that orange juice tastes amazing and that doing good things yields better results than bad things. I know that you should never be a dick, is what I'm saying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: quote.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what don't you know that you wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Aside from things that I could be trained to do and just haven't, and all the crazy conspiracy stuff that's in my brain, I'd really like to know more about the truth of our history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not just ours, like america, I mean humans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The old saying about how it's written by the winners, you know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So much has been changed and lost, I wish I could automatically know the truth about things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Especially now, we live with so much spin and opinion mixed into the news, the truth gets lost almost instantly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Of course, I think that there are people who have that ability, but they're either insane and ranting on the side of the highway, or they end up getting shot in the face when they try to talk about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: totally. this seems like a great opportunity to work in my doctor who obsession....<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: You know, I haven't seen any of the newer ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've been meaning to get obsessed with it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You should form a Doctor Who themed band and tour the world with Do Not Forsake Me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: heh. i'm a fan of the newest incarnation. oh man. i am saving up for a baritone guitar. i could rock that theme song. i think the way old 60's original version was actually played on a baritone guitar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so okay. the doctor shows up and says he'll take you to any time/place in the history of the universe. when/where would you go first?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Well, could I ask him to take me to the peak of civilization in the universe? Sort of a trick question, like maybe he'd send me to some other galaxy 2 million years ago that I never knew existed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: totally!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">why the peak of civilization?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: well, I guess to see how they do things<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">maybe we can change things up, emulate them or something<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maybe it'd totally ruin me though, like I show up and Reagan is being sworn in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dammit!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: oh ouch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Right, see, it can go both ways<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maybe I should stay where I am<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hey, so... what's so great about <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">Boston Band Crush</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I love <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">BBC</a> because we focus on the positive. There are enough blogs out there that tear stuff down, or do negative reviews or make fun of stuff, but we don't. We write about what we like and ignore what we don't.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There's enough good stuff out there that we can't cover all of it, so why focus on anything negative at all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I like that philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: me too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><3<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">who should i hit up to be my 3rd interviewee for november?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">think i should go after the <a href="http://michaeljepstein.com/">MJE</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">since he helped found <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">BBC</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah, he'd be a good one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: i think i'll need my wheaties for that one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Yeah, he's something all right. Make sure you're cleared with his legal team.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: heh<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: By legal team, I mean mustache<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: right, right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">okay, are you ready for the final 2?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: GO!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: GO!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in other words, you get to make up the last 2 questions! one that i haven't asked you yet that you want to answer. and one question you want to ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Right, I knew all about this and yet it's still a surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: tee hee<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I want you to ask me what my favorite album is, even though I know it's a boring question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So that I can tell you of my love for Queen II.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hey Rich, what's your favorite album, ever?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Queen II!!!! It's just beautiful from start to finish, and even after listening to it for 20 years, I still find new things to enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, now the one we both have to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'll do another basic one:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beatles or Stones?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Beatles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Stones<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: The only member of TBH who picks Stones over Beatles is Mark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he's also the most aggressive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i'm not sayin' i'm just sayin'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: See what happened though, after all my high talk up there about 'us vs. them' beliefs, I end up asking a question that makes us take sides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: yeah, what's up with that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I guess I still haven't gotten it all out of my system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: I'd say that's pretty human.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (for better or worse)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: exactly<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">allrighty, ma'am<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I need some lunch, stat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: go forth and feed thyself!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thanks for taking the time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Thanks for including me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: my pleasure. bon appetit!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: bye!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-25106467063078882642010-11-10T16:30:00.003-05:002010-11-17T12:38:10.692-05:00Wednesday Duologues: C.D. Di Guardia<style>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: good morning (it's still morning, isn't it?) - this is a spontaneous duologue request from MacKenzie Outlund. wanna?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lemme interview you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: hey!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: aha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so are you down? i'm totally going to make this <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">BBC</a> month on my blog.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: hahah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">surely!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: great!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do you know what you're in for?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I think so!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a verbatim transcript of the chat? typos and all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yup, although if you use naughty language i have to bleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: wherein I shall try to be as inoffensive as possible?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: oh that's not MY rule!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: what is YOUR rule?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: just be as you as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: got it<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: while i ask you wacky questions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ready set go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: done and done!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">turn on the recorder<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">::ahem::<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so. who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I am Christopher Dennis (Chris/CD) Di Guardia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: who are you when nobody's looking?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Definitely a Jedi. Because I know the Force is going to work someday when NO ONE is looking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: nice. and how will you use it first?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I am starting small, just trying to move objects by gesturing at them and/or reach towards them, a la Luke in the beginning of Empire Strikes Back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: are we talking remote controls across the room? or moving your car to the other side of the street on street cleaning day?</span></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Well, I mean, if you want to get into the spirit of the thing, then there really shouldn't be any difference, you know? Yoda and all that...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: there is no try.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do you believe that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I think so, but then that would mean that anything you fail to do is simply a trained incapacity. Like you say "no way can I fly" so you can't fly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Yoda's logic there, there is no such thing as trying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's supposed to be motivational, but it's actually kind of the opposite in a way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: exactly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">also. in high school, my boyfriend's best friend used that as a defense when he tried to kiss me and i told my boyfriend. he said, "how do you <b>try</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to kiss someone? you either do or you don't." the sad part is it totally worked and my boyfriend didn't believe me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well see that subscribes to the notion that a kiss is a one-person activity<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like the sound of one hand clapping. what is the sound of one mouth kissing? besides the classic loony tunes "kissing" sound effect?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or it could be argued that your boyfriend's best friend kissed you, but you did not kiss him. All in one action!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: god i love looney tunes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were you a philosophy major in college by any chance?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: masters of communication studies!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once I finish this current project<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: great! what's the project?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: it is actually about musical composition<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">basically asking the question have music composition practices changed in deference to the changes in media<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: have they?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: we're trying to find out! it's also a driving principle behind <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/search/label/cd%20on%20songs">C.D. On Songs</a>â„¢, a daily feature on <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">Boston Band Crush</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: (which i <3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: you better!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but we ask the question of what is a song? is it its own thing? does it "belong" in its album?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">think to records and tapes, remember there being a specific "feel" to the end of side I, the beginning of side II, etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: where did that go when people started recording with CD's in mind?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: and now mp3s<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: right! now consider the mp3<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a single song in which you can embed all sorts of information<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">kind of like a 45 back in "the day"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">elvis didn't release records<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: the format is a conscious part of our discussion when we put together the songs for a cd (or the ep) and decide on song order.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: right! it's like a batting order in baseball<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">leadoff, cleanup, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: lyrically i still think in terms of the whole, so images belong to and run through a record...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: now tell me though, does the format get thrown to hell when you play live?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but i think my bandmates think i'm a little silly for doing that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thrown to hell? like when we put together the set list?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yeah we ask totally different questions then. including how drunk will people be at this point in the set.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(and thus how likely to be open to what we ask them to come along with)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: like when The Who has to play the song "Pinball Wizard" for an encore or something<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: mm<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i think the mp3 has also affected the way we write particular songs, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: do you think it has helped make the songs stronger, per se?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i sometimes wonder how much nicer it would've been to know that people will sit down with the whole album and give it a dedicated listen all the way through. does anyone still do that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stronger? i don't know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i think it's like everything else trying to stay ahead of folks' shrinking attention spans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a slow building song is at a distinct disadvantage in that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but those kinds of songs are some of my favorites of all time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U2's Bad. Transatlanticism by Death Cab.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Perhaps people will listen to the whole thing through, in order the first few times?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: <a href="http://thisblueheaven.bandcamp.com/track/slow-dance-slow-2">Slow Dance Slow</a> started out as a 7 minute song.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but then they start to pick their own hits and/or it gets lost to "Shuffle All"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: we sped it up and cut verses and cut to the chase much faster because to try to account for the strange 10 second listen that people give to tunes they consider buying online.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">right. and when i listen to music now, it's in playlist mixes, mostly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unless i have the pleasure of getting obsessed with a particular album.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i'm a little obessessed with Angus and Julia Stone right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how about you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: in terms of what am I listening to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: sure. do you have time to listen for your own pure joy or are you mostly reviewing songs?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I usually do the song reviewing in the morning<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: can i ask a writer question?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: (sorry my conversation style is incredibly tangential)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i am actually also interested to know what you're listening to for fun, lately.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Lately, it's been mostly Procol Harum and Elton John<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I draw a line in the sand with Elton John vis-a-vis early/late stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: at a certain album or year? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: and if I can recommend a specific record I have been listening to, it's Chicago II<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: please!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: for the layman, the line is basically between discs 1 and 2 of "Elton John's Greatest Hits"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but if you want a general year, I'd probably say 1975?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: gotcha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I don't really keep up on "modern" music, like in the national sense.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is what you guys (local bands) are for<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: so no Lion King :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(oh, that belonged to the elton conversatio)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unless your new side project is called "Lion King"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: that'd be interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Lyin' Kings"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ha! someone somewhere is going to steal that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I hear a country protest/complaint rock thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: something something something our leaders are kings who lie, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh the writer question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: hit it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: one thing i really like about reading <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/search/label/cd%20on%20songs">CD on Songs</a> is that it seems the writing style - word choice for sure, but even the pace and rhythm of your writing - seems to be informed by the sound of the song itself. is that something you consciously cultivate?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I would like to say it just happens, but one of my conscious goals is to make it fit, and make the person reading want to hear the song. Or better,</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">need to</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like the lester bangs review of van morrison's "astral weeks"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plus I have the song being reviewed on repeat as I type<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yay! i wondered. i love it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: checking my itunes, yesterday's song had 58 plays<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: do you know all the words?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well no, but I am famously bad at remembering lyrics<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i wish i could forget lyrics sometimes. put anything to a decent melody and i'll remember it. SO much space in my brain is lost to Air Supply lyrics!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but I think I could probably join the band of the day and play at least that song! until the next day<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">okay i'm supposed to be asking deep nature-of-existence questions and here we are talking about MUSIC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sheesh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: SORRY, MAN<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ask me some hard hitting deep questions<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: sure. who do you think would win in a thumb-wrestling challenge: han solo or jean-luc picard?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I want to quickly say Han Solo<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I don't know the specifics of Picard's background<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but dealing with what we know, Han Solo makes his own repairs/modifications to the Falcon<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">does Picard fix the Enterprise when it breaks down? no way, he calls engineering from his comfy chair<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: in a really sexy way, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but you're right, Solo's probably better with his hands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">although i would like to point out that he relies on Chewie quite a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well what would you say to a chewie/riker undercard?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Chewie. no question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Riker, at his beardiest, wouldn't stand a chance<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: god you're so right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: we are in agreement then!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">okay this next question won't be quite so intense.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what are you passionate about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: excellence! I demand it<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want high definition, I want high quality, I don't want to compromise<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like for instance, I run my hockey team's web site<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and everyone is always saying "use wordpress use wordpress" but I resisted, because I didn't want it to look like a "blog" you know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yup<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: (trivia: matt sisto and I are on the same team, making it the official ice hockey team of spirit kid)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: (is that noted on the website?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but I am always messing around with the format, tryign to make it better and better<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no, this is a Mack-O exclusive<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: NICE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I am also good at making up nicknames for people that no one will ever really use<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i'm so glad nicknames exist. i have had a lot of them over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on excellence: your approach sounds like some advice we got from the producer of our ep - "you just keep asking, 'how can this be more awesome' until you can't answer anymore."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: very good!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: something like that. i probably shouldn't have used " "<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but it was close.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I was not confused by your structure<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so it's a win for you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: thanks :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: also<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: can it go too far, do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I think a pattern of excellence is more important than waiting for perfection<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like when I used to work at the camera store, people would say "I'm not gonna buy this, because the price will go down/something better will come out."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to which I say "no kidding, of course it will. but get something you want/can be happy with NOW"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I digress<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: did that convince people?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: only if they just needed those doubts erased. if they weren't buying then they weren't buying!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there isn't any limit on this, is there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: on what?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: on the length of this interview?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: heck no.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: OK good! play on then!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: not everything happens for a reason<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">people say this to reassure you, but it's just an empty reassuring thought, that somewhere there are these "reasons" and "rules" keeping the world in order.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: reality is frequently inaccurate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">man. yeah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: the simulacra is subject to change, yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i was just talking about that impulse, recently. to reassure ourselves that there is some... structure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we do it all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: it's related to the concept of good luck/bad luck<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: how so?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: to paraphrase allannis (sp?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's like rain on your wedding day. people have decided it's good luck because otherwise it would be a total bummer<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then, you don't want people opening their umbrellas inside, because it makes a mess. so we declare that to be bad luck<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these little grasps at control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but I just majorly got very sick of hearing "everything happens for a reason"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when we lost our little one, we realized there could be no good reason in the world for this<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I can find a reason for lots of things. maybe not a good reason, but a reason<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well there are reasons and then there are reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: sounds like a good album title for The Lyin' Kings<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: cause versus purpose...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: another thing that has me bugged in today's vernacular is the overuse of the word "amazing"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: it seems like it takes something that devastating for us to see how that "everything happens for a reason" crumbles in the face of reality. and it's utter chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ah! its!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(either way, i suppose.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes, it is not a fun place to be, and I don't wish it on anyone!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can make a case for your apostrophe there<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: certainly not. and i don't in any way mean to suggest you're "lucky" for having that insight! i just wonder how much more evolved we'd be if we didn't so desperately need to believe everything fits into some kind of structure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyway. this is not my soapbox.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i apologize.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: oh no, this is a dialogue, right? or a duologue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">either way, it's not a monologue<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you're a very gracious person, i think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: that is a lot of downer though; we're trying to focus on the positive now, you know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: you've done that several times in the conversation so far. it's a very kind impulse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well thank you! see, I just helped prove your point by thanking you<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yup!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: done what? gone off on a ranting monologue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: no no, argued that whatever silly thing i was doing or saying (and sorta apologizing for) was a good thing to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like how you were going to make a case for my apostrophe!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: so focusing on the positive<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "it is total chaos" like the aftereffects and all that<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of holding on to the thought: "we only had 13 days with Emilia" I instead try to hold onto the thought that "we were so lucky to have 13 days with Emilia"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: we got to get to know her, and we want to help other people get to know her too, especially if it can help us help the beth israel NICU<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yeah you have <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159187294121408">an event coming up to raise funds for them</a>, yes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yes we do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ashley, Katie and Sarah seemed to start planning it almost immediately, the sweethearts that they are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they are champions<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yeah it's so clear how much love there is for you and your family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: thank you</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's so awesome. like I try to never "expect" any special treatment<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: do you want to talk about why you specifically want to give back to the Beth Israel NICU?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but it's overwhelming (in a good way) to see how many people support us and our cause<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emilia spent all of her 13 days in the NICU facility (neonatal intensive care unit)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you would not believe the detailed level of care they give there<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it was like they were working with us<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we weren't "visiting" their space<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and they so evidently cared so much for her<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they are responsible, in our minds, for helping us have those 13 days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">let me tell you this: they were not 13 troubled days; aside from being extremely tiny, she was not sickly or in any trouble until that last day<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but anyway, we basically have an infinite amount of gratitude towards them that we wish to express<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's really so incredible. a lot of people try (try, yoda!) to be glass half-full.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but your gratitude for those days is so clear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: oh it's our driving thing now<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: my next question is usually: what do you believe in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but i think we've gotten a taste of that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: are you just trying to make me quote The Dark Knight or something?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: uh no, but i'd love it if you did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: it actually works in this case!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so then, I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you stranger<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or something like that<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">word again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: so ask on!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: what</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">don't</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you know that you wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: are you trying to entangle me in another philosophical "if I don't know it now, how do i know that I don't know it" conundrum<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or do you simply want to know i wish I could comp crazy jazz chords with my left hand during piano solos?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: that'll do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but for the record, it's not a trick question. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i don't set traps. at least not here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: OK! then definitely the jazz piano thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: although i'm also vehemently opposed to mouse traps such as the ones just set up in my boss' office.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">did you know that Nate Rogers trains people around here to be humane in their experiments?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: what would be your humane alternative to mouse traps?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did not know that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: no idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">don't leave food out, i guess?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where are you from, originally?<br />
(this question makes perfect sense. really.)<br />
<b>C.D.:</b> Somerville, Mass.<br />
I am the one person you know who actually is From Here.<br />
<b>me:</b> yeah i think that's true, actually.<br />
sweet! i finally met a local!<br />
only 4 years...<br />
<b>C.D.:</b> Gilman St!<br />
aww.. I was going to show you my grandfather's truck drivers license, but it doesn't say "somerville" on it<br />
<b>me:</b> aw man!<br />
i'd like to see it anyway...<br />
'cause that's just cool.<br />
<b>C.D.:</b></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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</span></span></u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b style="color: #333333;">me:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> holy crap. can i include that in the blog?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.:</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Dennis Mahoney<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: My mother did all kinds of ancestry research and whatnot<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because we're from nova scotia so we were like "oh cool, they must have been from scotland!" right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: right...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: but no, she found out they instead came to Canada from America<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after fighting in the revolutionary war<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do you see what's happening here?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: huh<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and what before that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: they fought in the revolutionary war, but for the "wrong" side<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ho-HO!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and here you are in Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: keep it quiet eh?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always worry i am boring people when i tell them about how target used to be bradlees<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: okay. just me, my mom, michael j. epstein, and some ex-types read my blog. but i'm sure we'll all agree to keep it on the DL.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i feel that way about my hometown too - and i tell people who've never even been there!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">okay three more questions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">since i've just decided to make november bbc month on my blog, i'd like to ask each of you: what is so great about <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">Boston Band Crush</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: so many things<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is ridiculously up to date<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a good tool of social interaction betwixt artists and appreciators<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't say I fully subscribe to the unicorn motif, hence the official "C.D. On Songs" logo<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fair enough!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the last two questions you get to make up yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one to ask me and one you'd like to answer yourself that i haven't asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: wow<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I knew this was coming yet i am still so unprepared</span></span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alright. if you had unlimited resources</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: (check!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: and were asked to open a school/university/whatever with whatever concentration you liked, what would that school teach?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: whoa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how did you know?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: are you opening the Outlund Institute?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i've always fantasized about opening a school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">um. could i open a school for Creativity & Awareness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: can you teach creativity or simply encourage it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: well it would be structured very differently from schools as we think of them,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a lot of opportunities for being creative and then a lot of opportunities to reflect - on anything and everything. but i love literature and philosophy, so probably there would be a great many books involved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i've also thought often of opening a middle school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not often but in some detail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's such a rough time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: would this be a middle school?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i suppose it could be, but the middle school idea i had involved a lot more hands-on learning and community involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there would be a recording studio in my school, either way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: and what would your admission process be like?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ummm<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everyone's welcome?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we do have unlimited resources<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(above, i read it as "limited" which is why i said "check!" funny.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i have been lucky enough in my life to come across some people who are extremely good teachers and very good at seeing and bringing out the best in people. i imagine i'd just call all those people up and say let's do this!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: oh hehe well, I guess I did make that one of the factors, didn't I?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the thing that bums me out<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came up with the best question ever last night to ask you<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: and?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I am forgetting the big awesome one and only remembering the ones like "what would a mackenzie outlund-branded candybar be?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: yum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">okay well think of it in time for our super secret future project!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: YES<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so now do we get to do the question we both answer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: sure!<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: OK!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">let's see...<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: what/who is your least favorite band? and don't cheat here and say something like nickelback or something<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: nickelback??!?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">least</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">favorite.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i've gotta start reading better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my least favorite band of the day is kings of leon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">although i haven't heard their latest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">maybe it's less offensive.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: tell me what you find least favorite about them<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: it's mostly the constant screaming vocals. it undercuts the emotional impact of a good shout well-placed in a song. and just ends up sounding like he's very constipated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: is there a particular song that demonstrates this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: all of them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on that last album<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at any rate<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we better wrap this up :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: OK!<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: thanks so much for chatting!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: no problemo! I hope I didn't alienate the world<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: i'm sure you did the opposite. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: hahah you are too kind!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: talk to you soon i hope!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C.D.</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: you better! ciao<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: ciao<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-54035919705642293682010-10-19T11:20:00.004-04:002010-10-19T11:40:53.190-04:00Homemaking hiatus...Hello friends & family,<br />
<div>I have to say I haven't been able to really write in here as much</div><div>as I would like, to share just some of the multitudes of waves of thoughts.</div><div>I'm a surfer. It's a fast-moving game.<br />
<br />
</div><div>Anyway.<br />
<br />
</div><div>Sunday I got a fortune cookie. My fortune: Welcome change.</div><div>Punks.<br />
<br />
</div><div>I'm moving this month and somehow also managed to schedule </div><div><b>3 shows</b>, (the third is this Friday at <a href="http://www.cafe939.com/about/index.shtml">Cafe 939</a> with <a href="http://www.sarahrabdau.com/">Sarah Rabdau & SEA</a> + Dramamine [in tribute to <a href="http://www.themotionsick.com/">The Motion Sick</a>] - all ages! 8pm start.)</div><div><b>3 out-of-town houseguest visits</b>, and </div><div><b>1 party</b><br />
this month, too. </div><div><br />
</div><div>So I'm gonna give myself a week off (maybe 2?) from the regular bloggingses.</div><div>Just to free up some mental space</div><div>and energy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If you're sad about missing the duologues,</div><div>you should seek out someone to chat with yourself tomorrow.</div><div>Ask them what they care about. It's fun and enriching.<br />
<br />
Or just watch some <a href="http://www.doctorwho-episodes.com/watch-doctor-who-episodes/doctor-who-series-5">Doctor Who</a>.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In the meantime</div><div>I'll post pics maybe once in awhile</div><div>of this wonderful</div><div>and ridiculous process.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-Rn-qIpC1PySdbTv39OFKa5z7DScEx6LJ4P00mFJcxHGyF_UqetEjPlmg5dy-BD054h4AvFSPDuDMby4l9Hm5VbQqfDvjUYuTeGccAYb2SNart6_SGLGWSlSoF6DFIGGhJ-xQzbA5-E/s1600/IMG_0957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-Rn-qIpC1PySdbTv39OFKa5z7DScEx6LJ4P00mFJcxHGyF_UqetEjPlmg5dy-BD054h4AvFSPDuDMby4l9Hm5VbQqfDvjUYuTeGccAYb2SNart6_SGLGWSlSoF6DFIGGhJ-xQzbA5-E/s400/IMG_0957.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a library in those boxes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUG-ed9yguGa0coAFUJWuO0bphnBRprx7CzWJ50RC3RNw_K7Op_r66IlzM_zOt-ftvkmcrycb_zb5OYWanXEzKxY6L5Lrbj5ECpieSdd9UZ28U7HyjcXwpqXRrqABqL2mhls7Hu2Zp24/s1600/IMG_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUG-ed9yguGa0coAFUJWuO0bphnBRprx7CzWJ50RC3RNw_K7Op_r66IlzM_zOt-ftvkmcrycb_zb5OYWanXEzKxY6L5Lrbj5ECpieSdd9UZ28U7HyjcXwpqXRrqABqL2mhls7Hu2Zp24/s400/IMG_0963.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a cat in this picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sJ777SIS-MddBH_V1NuKjesFERmuteY3jU9Dk9t-y8jRpjfqvc6pO_B2FnKtBjfxB3oJPfEaNcZHnvgL989LXkqP6sLba4dlXMXI2kfQIZkZOuxaIFhGbIXgDc_95_gMI9yWQuIOzW8/s1600/IMG_0971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sJ777SIS-MddBH_V1NuKjesFERmuteY3jU9Dk9t-y8jRpjfqvc6pO_B2FnKtBjfxB3oJPfEaNcZHnvgL989LXkqP6sLba4dlXMXI2kfQIZkZOuxaIFhGbIXgDc_95_gMI9yWQuIOzW8/s400/IMG_0971.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only <a href="http://nikkyfinney.net/nikkyfinney.net/Welcome.html">one person in the world</a> could possibly understand <br />
my love of this couch. <br />
Thankfully, my beloveds are accepting & sweet enough to go <br />
to all the trouble without really understanding.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">P.S. If roommates throw a housewarming party, is it acceptable to register for gifts at thinkgeek.com?</div></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-73419582653609956992010-10-13T12:50:00.001-04:002010-10-26T14:36:35.695-04:00Wednesday Duologues: Sophie Innerfield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj3sfs_Z1cZ0DuJgZpmYpj8nBn6tyN3XX-ijyRILD35N2NeqRu5f6fK8JSb1F-mfHC4PAj2_27LfRuFOaY29BQYtLWRxEG8XjB7blppUht_7NUIKfga0FE9ZT70Gr3NUZyX1Bp-5UCyY/s1600/sophie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj3sfs_Z1cZ0DuJgZpmYpj8nBn6tyN3XX-ijyRILD35N2NeqRu5f6fK8JSb1F-mfHC4PAj2_27LfRuFOaY29BQYtLWRxEG8XjB7blppUht_7NUIKfga0FE9ZT70Gr3NUZyX1Bp-5UCyY/s400/sophie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: heya<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it just occurred to me that whatever we end up talking about, our duologue will hold one very exciting distinction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fewest Typos!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Hurray!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: one sec. coffee refill.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: back! is this an okay time?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">also: coffee is the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes, this is a great time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Coffee is great! I've actually been trying to cut back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tea just doesn't have the same kick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it doesn't. and i would LOVE to have a life that didn't require a kick. but till then...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Coffee it is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good for you for trying to cut back, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so, who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm <a href="http://highlypersonaltrash.com/">Sophie Innerfield</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this is funny... i have all these friend questions to ask, like - how was your night last night and are you going to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155787561118942">magen's show</a> tomorrow, but that's not really why we're here. let me consult the official interview questions....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ooo, sounds good. Let's stick around after the interview portion and have a friend chat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it'll be really juicy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(i just said that so people will wish they could read that part, too and so we sound all intriguing.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(i hope it works.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (Nice!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh this is a good sophie question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if you could remove just one thing from existence, what would it be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh boy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That's actually a terrible, terrible question for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Everything I think of has a flip side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How about...malaria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think there's anything good about malaria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good point. what were some of the candidates with positive flip sides?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Heroin (opiates are an important therapeutic drug), Facebook (endless, endless material for ridicule)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My need to make a living, which is what gets me up at a reasonable hour every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you think you wouldn't get up otherwise?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Not at a reasonable hour anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think that having something to rebel against or escape from is a big part of why we do things, especially as musicians. I'm not sure how much I would get done with unlimited time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'd like a little bit more time, but I still need some structure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i've thought a lot about the structure factor, but the rebellion thing is an interesting idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do you think we need to define ourselves against something? or is that not quite right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Of course music doesn't feel much like rebellion when I'm practicing technique.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, I think that's true<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I think it helps when we have something to be be angsty about<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And for those of us with broad-minded, thorough liberal arts educations in administrative positions...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Instant angst!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that was quick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'cause that's us, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and we're both way too smart for our jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It's true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so what if we engaged the really dark crap of the world more.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">then could we quit our jobs and still be creative?</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: No, I just think it's easier to make time for what you really care about when you really have to make the time</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: </span></span>the making time thing is definitely true, but that's the structure thing, right?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Putting the work in<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i bet i could use the word "thing" way more than twice in a sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay let's daydream about what you'd rather be doing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It's a useful word!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OK, that sounds fun!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: let's say you could choose 3 whole lives and magically have all 3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i know there's a lot of conversation among women about career vs. family, so most might be happy with just 2 lives. but you're a dynamic person, so you get 3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Stay at home Cambridge mom with 3 smart awesome kids<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With a detached house in Cambridgeport, recently renovated<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Holistic health counselor/pilates instructor/generally healthy person who moves around a lot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. <a href="http://highlypersonaltrash.com/">Rock star</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what kinds of places would you move around to and from, as a health guru?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">also, don't you avoid vegetables? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well, if I were some kind of fitness instructor I'd imagine that I'd have to maintain my own fitness fairly well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have gotten so much better about vegetables!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I bought kale last week. Kale!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's impressive. did you eat it, too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well done!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It's very bitter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I did it, and it was OK. It's good with a little lemon juice and olive oil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that sounds right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">maybe not</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">good</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, but right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so moving around?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh wait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do you just mean moving your body? as opposed to moving from town to town?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ahh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hm. i just imagined you as my pilates instructor (not that i have ever or have any intention of actually doing pilates) and you were VERY effective.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i'd totally eat kale if you told me to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Pilates is amazing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think putting you in a position of authority in an area that you're passionate about makes a lot of sense.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but probably an area that people go out of their way to get into.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">as opposed to say, the second grade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No, it's true. I'm good at acting authoritative.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i was just thinking about the thing (thing!) you said the other night about your early school reports and your direction of creative play.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hm. what about theater direction?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">did you do any acting ever?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: My entire childhood and early adolescence<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Theater camp every summer, Wakefield Repertory Youth Theater during the year<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I thought I would be an actress<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wow, i had no idea! when did that change?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: During high school I stopped doing anything extracurricular and focused entirely on my grades<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I worked a lot of jobs outside of school, but I quit music and acting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Same for college<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know why<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think I thought it was the practical choice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm angry at myself now, sometimes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think about how much better at singing and piano I'd be if I'd continued working on them throughout my teens and early 20s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You'll be happy to know I was 10th in my high school class of 235 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brandeis, though<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think it takes a really specific kind of person to self-motivate enough as a teenager to work hard on music.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It does, right?? I have to tell myself that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it totally does.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then there are the kinds of people who graduate 10th in their class. so i wouldn't be too hard on yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then there are the kids who write poetry in math class.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Awww<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (but i got A's in math, World! don't underestimate me!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yay multitasking!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay let's see, new question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">who was your first idol?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Julie Andrews (as Fraulein Maria from Sound of Music) and Ariel from the Little Mermaid<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think I wanted a life where you could sing theatrically about everything, all the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think I still do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you should absolutely make it happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i can't remember your myers-briggs type, except that we're opposites and not supposed to get along at all. but now i realize why we do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Julie Andrews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Maria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm an ENTJ*<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But honestly I'm right on the line with ENFJ<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Especially as I've gotten older<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've developed...feelings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: And I think "cult leader" suits me better than "dictator"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I prefer the more charismatic of the two to describe myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sure, sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and hiring minions to off whomever threatens you just doesn't sound like quite your style.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you're more hands-on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It's true<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what are you reading/watching lately?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I've been reading a ton of romance/thriller novels because they're a great escape from reality<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And watching Veronica Mars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And I have developed the most insane crush on Logan Echolls<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The bad boy archetype<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nick has been making so much fun of me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I can't help it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm going to go look at pictures of him right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: send me a link to your favorite one, so we can show the folks at home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: He looks so YOUNG<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OK, I'm emailing you one<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Amazing show<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And it's available on Netflix Instant<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i hadn't heard of it till right now!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: You would love it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Magen and I are obsessed, though I'm about six years behind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Very strong female lead<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i do like those.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay on to my favorite questions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what are you passionate about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Politically, I'm a pretty passionate social liberal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm passionate about honesty in art and life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Which sounds super pretentious<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But it's a real thing I think about a lot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so practically, what does that mean/look like?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm not sure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't like bands or people who are "on" 100% of the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Or it's not that I don't LIKE them, I'd just rather not be around them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I find it exhausting when I have to interact with someone's idea of themselves rather than the actual person<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I mean we're all guilty of that to some degree<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I try to be the same person to everyone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And not have an extra veneer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah, what do you think it is about that kind of interaction that's so draining?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Part of the fun of talking to people is getting to know them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And in that kind of interaction you're just treading water with someone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I like to really know people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: with the prominence of the "I" in my INFP, i find it can be difficult to be open about who i am with people i'm just getting to know -- in the way you describe. how are you able to be honest and open in that way?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: There's a difference between being a naturally shy person and putting on a show for people, so don't think I'm criticizing your personality type, first of all. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm all E<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right, no<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: So being extroverted is just a really natural part of my personality<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have no trouble being up front with people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My big mouth has gotten me in trouble my whole life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: care to share any examples?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh boy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well, at work I get in trouble in meetings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm really good at taking minutes so I'm in a lot of important meetings at work<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But occasionally things have been said that have gotten me so riled up (which I am not going to share on the internet)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That I'll say something<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And my boss will have to pull me aside the next day and say<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Sophie, you can't say those things in meetings!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I get righteously indignant very easily<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But also in high school I had a much worse temper and was generally bitchy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I was constantly digging myself into holes with people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've gotten so much more socially acceptable, it's amazing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: heh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">good job!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i guess there's a balance to be struck. there's honest and then there's honest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Honesty and tact are best friends<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ooooooo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sure that it's important to be nice to people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not saying I live this all the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I'm sure it's important<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what do you believe in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Loooooove<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I believe that happiness isn't the ultimate goal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I believe in balance<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what is the ultimate goal, if not happiness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The ability to roll with the punches!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: huh... so like, tolerance of crappiness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: There's always going to be crappiness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No matter how carefully we set up our lives<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I think the goal is to be able to move through it without feeling like it's destroying our grand plans in some major way<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everything is so cyclical<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i totally agree with that, but will you say more about it? what's the cycle?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or what are the cycles?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The ups and down of a normal existence<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just when you get your ducks in a row, one gets lost or eaten by a coyote or something<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's just how it works<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I think the thing is to just accept the imperfection and work within it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rather than fighting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sounds about right. so when you say happiness isn't the goal, you're defining happiness as... a state of things being generally as you want them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">things!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That is my definition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you say that very definitively. should we read into it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me and the folks at home<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: No, I don't think you need to read into it. I think that you summed up my personal definition of happiness very well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Totally by accident<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gotcha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's something you don't know but wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How to relax<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mkay TARDIS. all of time and space with a well-versed guide. where/when would you want to go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Back to ancient Greece! I was obsessed with Greek mythology as a kid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">favorite goddess?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Athena!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: She's a total badass<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Smart and way tough<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: like you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(where's brendan boogie when i need to be all "HA" about jungian archetypes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay it's time for the last two questions, which you get to make up. one more you'd like to answer/talk about and one for you to ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">whoa i forgot the ) up there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: MmmmK<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so much for a typo-free chat. but you're still doing well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm having trouble making up a question!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it can be anything at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OK<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Three things I'm obsessed with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Recycling, keeping my house clean, and skin care.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Very exciting!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is that my question, too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Sure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: obsessed....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">over the course of my life, i think my main obsession is understanding and getting better at love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that might be the only one that's stood the test of time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">currently</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm obssessed with Doctor Who<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and, hm. oh yes, seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Seasons are great.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: as psychological models.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">kinda<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that one will probably last awhile because it takes several years to get it figured out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Definitely<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And things change<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well, thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">shall we switch to talking about juicy off-the-record stuff now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh wait, one question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Haha, OK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oxford comma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yes No Maybe (circle one)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: F*CK YES<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">YES<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can't stand not having it there!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oxford comma is totally blushing with bliss right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Seriously!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I do so much copy editing at work<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We use the Chicago MOS, so I get to add it all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How do you feel about it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i prefer it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Hurray!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but, oddly, an & in place of "and" (in some informal context) makes me feel a little bit better if it's missing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes, agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You don't want to have an ampersand and a comma<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's too cluttered<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Alright, onward to juicy friend chat?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">bye world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_844435026">ENTJ</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html">: The Evil Overlord</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The ENTJ is best characterized by his charisma, his ability to grasp complex situations and to think flexibly and creatively, his keen and active intelligence, and his overwhelming desire to crush the world beneath his boot. ENTJs are naturally outgoing and love the company of other people, particulalry minions, henchmen, slaves, and the others they rule with ruthless efficiency.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ENTJs usually die at the hand of secret government agents in a fiery cataclysm that destroys their entire underground fortress. Often, Evil Overlords will have a secret clone whose implanted memories contain all the knowledge and ambition of the original, stored in cryonic suspension in a safe location. The clone will appear in a sequel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">RECREATION: ENTJs enjoy spending their leisure time in groups, seeking out the company of others with whom they can exchange strategies and ideas, and test their mind control rays. They also enjoy competitive games which challenge them intellectually, such as chess, go, and "tell me where the missiles are or I'll open the pirhana cage and the girl dies."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">COMPATIBILITY: Ideal companions include ENTPs, whose inventive natures often most useful; and ESTJs, who make excellent henchmen once the neural realignment is complete. ENTJs often employ the services of ISTJs but don't usually make good romantic partners with them. Under no circumstances should an ENTJ ever date an ENFJ; no good can come of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Famous ENTJs include Ming the Merciless, John Bigboote, and Charles Montgomery Burns.</span></span>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-74998260728484600082010-10-06T11:48:00.001-04:002010-10-06T11:49:44.901-04:00Wednesday Duologues: Jason Dunn<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.theluxuryband.com/fr_home.cfm" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEd5LUVdY5n5BWOMWAWmeBrfkhN-VhfbtzHFfxt3Opv80EOKMI4IRPuKjoLdNVwU_ilQnbfwWyxBL9LRmgW2rczUUHPK_SpmLn_jWAhN08-kBWAvTN4YRtzl8ahJKPhfFbreiaxXPt7Gk/s400/jason.jpg" width="230" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Jason's chat photo was of a cute, fuzzy<br />
panda bear, which I would've used here<br />
but apparently I wasn't licensed to do so.)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: there.</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: any second now, yeah, as soon as she figures out how to use computers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh crap wrong window<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: niiiiice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i can see i'll have my work cut out for me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hi! how are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm OK. Surprisingly awake for a weekday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">are we on a tight schedule?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: define "tight".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's what she said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I can't believe you just snatched the first off-color joke in the convo out from under my fingertips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm Jason Horatio Halogen Dunn<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wah ah ah ah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">really?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: This from the girl who was offended by my harmless Juicy Waterfall rap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No, not really.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My middle two names are really Michael. And there is only one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i wasn't offended, i was just warning my relatives that</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">might be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: pfft.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Relatives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: twss<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OH MAN<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you've even shortened it t an acronym to get the jump on me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this seems planned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">are you typing really slowly, or thinking?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's classified.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so. jason michael dunn. do you consider yourself an impatient man?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I don't have time for that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: to...consider yourself?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh man, if I took the time to consider myself I wouldn't ddo half the sh*t I do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">feel free to edit this for typos<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: shan't.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sh*t.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so, for example.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: An impatient man?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes, examples please<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what might you not do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if you stopped to consider yourself?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well, I DO front a <a href="http://www.theluxuryband.com/fr_home.cfm">rock band</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this is not usually considered to be a straightforward path to any kind of security or lasting... anything, really<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I suppose if I'd stopped to consider myself I might not be doing most of the things I do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But instead...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: interesting. what's your stance on regret?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Instead I've grown to be the sort of person who can't stand people who take too long considering themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Regret is a natural consequence of acting in character, unless you're a saint.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Better to have a handful of things that you'll regret and live a life as the person you are than to muzzle yourself, appproach everything uber-cautiously and then spend your old age wondering what might have happened if you leapt without scrutinizing the wind velocity at every point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Regret happens when you make mistakes, and a life without mistakes leaves you with no good stories to tell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you believe in saints?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: As much as I believe in anything otherworldly - it's probably there to an extent, but trying to define it, let alone explain it to others, is pure foolishness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I get fed up with whole contingents of people claiming to be an authority on something they can't possibly understand within the confines of being a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I also like cats!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: like sainthood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you know what you don't/can't know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Absolutely. The immaterial, the spiritual, anything that we can't sense with one of the common five senses. In no way does it mean they don't exist, or they're not worth believing in, but it definitely means it's a very silly person who claims to know what they can't know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: anything in that category of things beyond the known world that you wish you could know, in particular?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Absolutely - the nature of the connection between living beings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">one second<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'll explain, just have to forward a database link :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh, i'm allergic to databases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hold your nose for a second...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OK back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: welcome back!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Right, so the connection between living beings. Unless you're completely imperceptive I think, you notice energies between people, animals, etc. Animals pick up strong vibes from people, especially, and approach them based on that. I know a lot of it is heightened senses that we don't posess, but there's something else there as well. I'd like to understand that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Also, I'd like to learn pyrokinesis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">damn, no editing for typos? Really?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: none. but if it makes you happy i will have to * out the vowels in all your dirty words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well, that's something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">wa*t can I do it as well with other wo*ds to confuse peo*le?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's your world<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OH MY GOD REALLY?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in that case things are getting better RIGHT THE F NOW<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so what's pyrokinesis?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you know what, I'm not sure it worked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pyrokinesis? The ability to control and somtimes generate fire<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You see X-Men?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nope.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: You really should.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay, thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: 2 great flicks and then one pretty OK one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what would you do with this power?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: probably just amuse myself. I don't want to actually hurt anyone. I just really really like ire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">FIRE<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ire, not so much<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's less fun, for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: definitely<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you like campfires?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Love campfires<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">some of the most fun I've ever had was in North Carolina on a tour<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">aroudn a campfire, drikning moonshine and playing Ween songs for a bunch of down-home North Carolinans<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ohh awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: moonshine is CRAZY<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you think people sang before they learned to make fire?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can't prove it but I do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Singing is instinctual. Animals do it.</span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fire took a lot of thinking and eventual planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you think people sang</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">together</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">before fire?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: there's an interesting question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Again, I think they did. I think singing invites singing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: maybe to keep warm before fire they all slept in heaps and sang to pass the time. in heaps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that sounds rad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I woudl do that now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Especially since we're not all so hairy anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and have soap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I mean, those people were HAIRY.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yeah, and dirty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that'd be a sweet dial commercial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">people singing in a heap. "aren't you glad you use dial?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">aaaanyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh, I know what you meant<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the pause was while I called a patent office and my friend in advertising<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what are your earliest singing memories?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: We Will Rock You.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no wait, that's my first instrument mamory<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">MEMORY<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jesus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I need to watch this more closely<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this typing thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: don't worry too much about it, really. but mamory. that's funny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: You know the opening drum beat to We Will Rock You?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (not really drums)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (stomp stomp clap)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: can you type it for me?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: just did actually<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh. that was easier than i thought it'd be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">next.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: anyway, my first instrument memory is banging that out on a piano.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Actually, my dad has a recording of me playing piano at 6 months old.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: audio or video?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Audio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I listened to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It actually sounds like I'm thinking it out for a while<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he said I was looking at the keys like I was figuring out their relationships. I mean, it wasn't GOOD, but he says it looked like I was understanding what was happening<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">which is basically how I play piano now as well :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">was your relationship with music shaped by your dad? - do you think you'd still be frontman for the Luxury if your dad hadn't been so musical?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: My parents are both musicians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they met at 7 years old when playing the same piano.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">waiaaaaiaiait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: So, short answer no, probably not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: your parents met at a piano at 7?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that beats the aloud story and the fleetwood mac story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and possibly even the o'boogie story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">from now on i think i'll always ask how folks' parents met.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I suppose it does? It would be more impressive if I was rich and famous :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh, you always should.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: richness and fame are impressive in and of themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I mean it may be stupid, but at least give it a shot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: magic meetings like that are impressive because, well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">look what it led to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I know - one weird kid :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do you think of yourself as weird, really?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: They actually never married... I like to think I was the grand purpose behind that whole thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: THAT, Ms. Outlund, would take weeks to tell and countless interviews to document.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let's just take it as read that I'm weird.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sorry, i don't mean to impose some crazy mythology on your birth. i'm just fascinated by stories like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: You kidding? Impose away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's the kind of thing if you wrote it and submitted it to a fiction workshop they'd say it wasn't believable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Maybe someone lied to me...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but stuff like that happens all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so eff that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah, the official story I was told is that he was playing it and she sat next to him and started playing the upper register<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jesus, everything's a damn metaphor isn't it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: e.g. (and i promise the attention will only be off of you for one more moment) stu's mother played the guitar for one brief period of her life only: when she was pregnant with him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That's AWESOME.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right??<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then eventually he picked up that same guitar that had been sitting around the house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Man, I have to marry a guitarist now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: No friggin' way. Same one?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's the way i heard it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That's just gorgeous. I don't mind the attention being taken off me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you believe in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I relentlessly believe in love, no matter how many times I get hurt or let someone else down because of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: how?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How what? How do I keep believing in it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Becuase having felt it, I know it's there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ah, i see - so you believe it exists?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I suppose you could say the same thing of a converted religious person - they know the object of their faith is there because they've felt it. There's no proof, but the feeling is enough for them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The difference is you won't organize millions of people behind the concept of love and then very easily get them to go chop the heads off everyone who disagrees with them :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">kind of counterintuitive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay but! but<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: !<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can't wait :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: doesn't every major world religion stress the importance and even centrality of love?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes and no.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Some do. Unitarian Universalim is one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Most stress the importance and centrality of love within</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">their concept</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">of how love is important and appropriate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And the same religions that go on about loving thy neighbor are oftentimes those most deeply embedded in a history of violence, bigotry, and at the very least divisiveness, even now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sort of like, "love thy neighbor as long as they believe the same crap we tell you to believe" or whatever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: This is all just my opinion, of course. People should believe whatever they need to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rough world out there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but the</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">idea</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is love your neighbor as yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and yet...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how do you go on believing in love?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm trying to figure out if you're trying to get me to say that I love myself :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm not trying to get you to say anything<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i just think it's a question for those of us who see the world with open eyes and still go on believing in love with all this passion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and tenacity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how in the world can we?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I go on believing in love in the face of loss, disdain and general nastiness for the same reason I go on playing music in the face of socioeconomic reality - I HAVE to. It's who I am.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ahhh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Is there a point to either? I like to think so. Can I prove there is? Nope.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I've used both to bring some good things into some good people's lives from time to time. And something has to balance out the ax-murdering side of my personality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that sums up the human condition quite nicely i'd say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you know for certain?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Humans are a mess, but occasionally quite lovely. That and I have the best cat in history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: All of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: time machine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">would you go back or forward?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: where to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">er<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">when<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and this time machine is also a spaceship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so you have the whole universe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well... this gets tough. Do I think within the confines of my life or the limitless, seemingly infinite vastness of space and time itself?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that kind of sums up human existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">man. you're on a roll.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: And if I go beyond one planet, do I have to know where I'm going or can I tell the machine to search for certain criteria and drop me down in the place in the infinite universe where that doubtless exists?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i forgot to mention this is a TARDIS, flown by the Doctor, who's been to a lot of times and planets and could probably make some recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh, good. I'm in excellent hands then. My first answer is to go back to when I first got my cat and move out of town earlier so I can spend more of my young adult life seeking my fortune. Then, since I'm with the Doctor, if fortune and I don't cross paths the three of us will embark upon countless and limitless adventures. Our destination shall be the journey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, perhaps I'll cross space and time righting wrongs where necessary and possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good. answer. although i think there's some issue with crossing one's own time stream, but it doesn't seem to consistently cause too many problems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: And eventually wind up on the planet of infinite youth, excellent swimming holes and soft pillows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha. pick up mark on your way there. unless when he dreams he's actually traveling there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: As long as he's not allergic to cats.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you know, weirdly - this is going back to the love thing - i feel like people who've been through some real suffering are actually more likely to believe in love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like...is there love like that in swimming pool land?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I think you're absolutely right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Of course there is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How could htere not be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i dunno, soft pillows render it unnecessary? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so where there are living beings there is love?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I think we're approaching a heaven concept here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I'll say yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: we are? was it the pillows?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: And the swimming holes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I think so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what's the best advice you've ever been given?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: "Don't quit, you're not done yet."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I relate that to others all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that is really excellent advice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Everyone I've ever known who's given up on something they wanted to be doing has regretted it, and the time between their quitting and picking it back up was completely wasted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well, perhaps not completely. Some had families. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: perhaps!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yeah i don't really believe in completely wasted time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think we're built to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Man, I keep forgetting this is going into print - I probably got way too far off the beaten path somewhere up there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: are you feeling self-conscious?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I agree, we're built to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: don't worry, only 5 people read my blog anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: HA!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I do feel self-conscious from time to time, yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: one of them is my mom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ah, seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">self-conscious.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Of course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone who doesn't isn't putting themselves out there enough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i read a definitely of innocence that characterized it as a lack of self-consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">er<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">*definition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It goes back to the beginning of our conversation about risks and regret.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">interesting - I think that's accurate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Acting from pure self without reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no time to stop and consider yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Kind of what I was talking about, but as you become an adult the reflection is inevitable<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: except when it kicks in<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but if you consider yourself too much, you're blocking the purity of your character<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">whatever that may be<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">wow, way to pull it full circle there, Mack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hey thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">did i do that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally. You'll notice later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: super. i guess that means it's time for the last 2 question?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OK, sounds good. I got 10 minutes anyway :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay, so the deal is you get to make up both questions. one of the questions you ask me. the other is one you want to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh yeah.... OK. Give me a minute to word this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no one will ever know - i delete all the time stamps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OK, here goes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mackenzie:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You're known for your smile, which is infectious, but I think there's more behind it. Tell me: Do you smile defiantly in the face of sadness and times of hardship gone by as you press forward, or is the smile the only logical manifestation of a zen acceptance of all things good and bad?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And for me, what is your favorite number and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I smile because I love people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and I love connecting with people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">at whatever level we can.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">man, can you hear that construction from where you are?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's right outside my office.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Is that what that was?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh, I thought you meant the construction of your answer :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not a metaphor!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">um, does that answer your question?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well, not really :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the world should be that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but it's OK!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For the record, I think it's the latter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: if those are the only two choices, i don't think it's because i'm zen, exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i get extremely upset about the sh*t people pull with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: !! Mackenzie, you'll have to use an asterisk there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's not how it should be. it</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">should</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">be a world where we smile in recognition of each other, in recognition of the fires and the music in each other. the simple ability to connect with each other should be reason enough. and yet i keep getting that question. so it must be weird.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and it is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i smile because that's how it ought to be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and it's the most i can do to make it that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's kind of zen, but also kkind of defiant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: there you go :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hey!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: which is great. congrats on flipping my lid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i gotta know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's your favorite number?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: 13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Because they can't have it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And I think it's lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just misunderstood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: they?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The they.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: who say it's unlucky?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: You know what I mean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, those they<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it used to be lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">before the christians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: jason of the fire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or halogen. whichever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Halogen lamps caused a rash of fires in dorms after I named the band.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I named my publishing company "Firehazard Music".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I like twisting omens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh! i sang in a catholic wedding once and shortly thereafter the church burned down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: WOW.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: guess what happened to the only other catholic churck i sang in for a wedding?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That's either a REALLY sacrosanct marriage or a pair of serious sinners<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">um... scandal?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: tornado.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">roof gone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Mackenzie: Voice of Judgment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: come to think of it, neither of the brides in those weddings were catholic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I want you to sing at my wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: or they weren't real catholics or something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">can do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so far both marriages have lasted though, so there's that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: especially if I somehow get married in an actual church<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that would be something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because warning them will be fun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"By the way, inherently superstitious person..."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: rock. :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thanks for chatting with me, jason.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It was a great time. Hope I haven't completely embarrassed myself, although that's par for the course :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: see you at lunch tomorrow!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: absosmurfly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is that a panda bear?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-86207334524557495282010-10-04T10:00:00.002-04:002010-10-04T10:00:37.065-04:00::Wordless Monday::<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPb_k5l4b4ZUFLp8a-cfL-42xOdKvHzLPFHvTcSXx5ZsKzJcWkVeHmUBwwvzgjWCoJr21NE6ahJI8vpNGm5SvErom-oTQ9-0eS3BSJ20kqgZdmZ3iM9gjxcgzUu-CBWVFSGLd1wrkFzVU/s1600/IMG_0949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPb_k5l4b4ZUFLp8a-cfL-42xOdKvHzLPFHvTcSXx5ZsKzJcWkVeHmUBwwvzgjWCoJr21NE6ahJI8vpNGm5SvErom-oTQ9-0eS3BSJ20kqgZdmZ3iM9gjxcgzUu-CBWVFSGLd1wrkFzVU/s640/IMG_0949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-50079004312294043372010-09-27T14:31:00.001-04:002010-09-27T14:31:37.330-04:00::Wordless Monday::<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_rTqA5A4yItIHaMxsE2wfxIqaC-t7I559BNbMl_na6l4pjG0ll_leyRWMDL3HFCPXhojiPg2jqbDYCZVRiteGiJe0_QSvzQJYUDX9Lmg2gJfGwnd6iP9Qtll2PB7ZPyNmTvdnypxHpU/s1600/photo+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_rTqA5A4yItIHaMxsE2wfxIqaC-t7I559BNbMl_na6l4pjG0ll_leyRWMDL3HFCPXhojiPg2jqbDYCZVRiteGiJe0_QSvzQJYUDX9Lmg2gJfGwnd6iP9Qtll2PB7ZPyNmTvdnypxHpU/s400/photo+(2).JPG" width="300" /></a></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-73150998772435453322010-09-22T10:26:00.001-04:002010-09-22T10:27:36.065-04:00Wednesday Duologues: Jen de la Osa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this conversation. I'm not saying I have a crush on Jen de la Osa. But I totally do. Fortunately, I have a crush on the other half of <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a>, too. I'm planning to score the other half of my <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a> duologue while they're on the road this fall, so stay tuned for that one of these Wednesdays. In the meantime, DO NOT MISS the <a href="http://music.allthingsaloud.com/album/exile-2">Exile</a> release <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136428489721517&ref=ts">show this Thursday</a> at <a href="http://www.churchofboston.com/">Church of Boston</a>. The album is beautiful and, as you'll get an inkling of below, the show is guaranteed to be spectacular. See you there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: this is me NOT laughing at your username [oasisfan something something]. <3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hahaha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I love that I've never bothered to change it since I was 13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: still a fan?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Till the end. They were the reason I finally made my parents get me a $30 acoustic guitar off a Speigal catalog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah, it was a crappy guitar, but I loved it and wrote many terrible songs on it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did you name it? do you name your instruments?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: No. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsvAMRFivo">That's for BB King to do</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: bb king names your instruments?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: He's a phone call away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: can i get that number? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'll be sure to put you both in touch. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: please.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay you ready?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Let's do it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: great! so, to situate ourselves in people's minds a bit... what are you wearing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">wait no.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that was a joke.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Olive. Jeans. Purple nikes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: purple nikes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i love purple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Me too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i feel like there's something special about people who like purple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you gotta be willing to feel to like purple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah, it's like those people "get it"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: obviously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so, lemme go back and explain that question. i was</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">really</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">going to ask for you to describe some object in your immediate environment. i feel like the chats are so virtual.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if you know what i mean<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Right on. Well I'm in my living room. It's filled</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">furniture that Henry and I are selling. The walls are bare save the two paintings I refuse to get rid of. We'll be moving at the end of the month you see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what are the two paintings?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The one directly behind me was painted by a family member. He did these since I was a kid. It's a beach mainly blue, palm trees, calm ocean. The place I love the most: the ocean. And perhaps his remembering Cuba.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The second is an Egyptian lady sitting down</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">fruit around here, mainly yellow. Her boob's hanging out. It used to sit next to the booze in my parents house all my life. My parents had no place for it when they moved to North Carolina, so I took it. Many times did I steal vodka</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this lady watching me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and now? do you drink</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">her?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes. Though these days it's red wine or good beer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: mmmm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay that is a fantastic scene-setting job, thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">now the real first question: who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm Jen de la Osa. One half of <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a>. I play guitar, keys and sing for <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a>. My partner in crime Henry Beguiristain and I write the songs for <a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a> (he's the other half).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">um... we're a rock band. yay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how are you feeling at this point about kicking off the tour next week?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ah, well it's really just the CD release next Thursday. The tour kicks off in Oct starting off</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">CMJ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gotcha. so same question for the CD release show, then. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ready. Ecstatic. We've finalized the set list over the weekend and started rehearsing it Monday. I can say it's going to be a real treat. We've got some cool things planned and it feels like more of production. I suppose having seen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moOamKxW844">Cabaret</a> last week helped. Don't get me wrong. We won't be dressed up like German strippers, but the idea of upping things a bit. I don't want to spoil things, but it will be a LOT of fun. We've also got the Exile Orchestra and the Exile Choir joining us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For those of you don't know <a href="http://music.allthingsaloud.com/album/exile-2">Exile</a> is the name of the upcoming album.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no german strippers?!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">forget it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well, I just said we wouldn't be dressed as them. I didn't say there wouldn't be any.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: aha! crafty...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that sounds great. i'm super excited, especially since i feel like your shows are always pretty transcendent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thank</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so, since it's one of my top 3 songs of the year, will you talk a bit about <a href="http://music.allthingsaloud.com/track/to-die-at-sea">To Die At Sea</a>? did you write the lyrics? (or does that question even make sense?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That song sort of started out as something completely different. I'd kind of been obsessed</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that Smiths song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc7FhWtA2Jk">There Is A Light That Never Goes Out</a>, but the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3grYp2RBOvo">Noel Gallagher version</a> (damn Oasis!). He'd said something about it being the most romantic lyrics ever written and of course there's all this death involved. So I started</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the music and thought the best thing would be to die in the ocean... since that's sort of my favorite place in the world. But then it gets a little dark. This person is saying I'd love to die</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you in this ocean. I suppose death isn't seen as a bad thing in this song... especially since as the writer I don't have to die! But I only had the first verse and the chorus. I wasn't happy</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the arrangement and then Henry came up</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the guitar part which is pivotal and then I thought... string quartet... that's what it needs. We don't know anything about doing that, but let's try.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So we did... and then writing the lyrics... that took a while. I went through so many verses. I went to Henry and said we have to treat this very delicately, so it doesn't sound stupid as that'll be easy to do given the subject matter. We broke out the poetry books and read some <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=yRo5-mx8ZPYC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=under+the+windings+of+the+sea+they+lying+long+shall+not+die+windily&source=bl&ots=cwqJ3YW8-v&sig=Vd7BLRigvhCku2LMGpFhW4mnm0A&hl=en&ei=_QyaTIqJLYL-8AbwhfieAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false">Dylan Thomas</a> and that sort of got us going and that was that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ohh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well. i think you really nailed it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's masterful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: But the basic idea is this character who'd prefer to die alone</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the sea, but alone to this person means</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the person they love the most. She'd never think to not include him in all her plans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you think of yourself as a romantic? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I dunno. I like to feel enraptured, so yes. But I'm also wary of falseness, so I'm a little cynical. I suppose that's how it makes sense. Underneath I certainly am. But I'm the first call someone out on some display of love or emotion that is clearly insincere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it takes a certain kind of perceptiveness to see things like that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well I feel like that's all tied into music. Recognizing patterns. You see it in people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's interesting... will you say more about how it ties into music?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Sure. It's like when you're learning a new song off someone. You watch the chords and you kind of know what chord might come next or how the bridge might go. You can see people acting a certain way you've noticed in others and you kind of know where it's going. The best is when you're wrong about the chords... and the person. Those surprises are help you feel better about things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's better when people and songs aren't typical. Don't get me wrong though. I hate math rock or anything that tries too hard to be different. Again, insincere to me. Just let it out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it = ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm a little hard to please.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whatever you're trying to get out I suppose. Song wise. Keep the fluids in if it's inappropriate people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so do you feel like falseness is more characteristic of - american culture? humanity? - than... authenticity?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i ask because you said "feel better about things"...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well it can be easier in certain circumstances. I came off a bit harsh. It's not like I've never been inauthentic. It's a normal part of life. I think it's across the board though. People feel superior to other people all around the world. And they try to come off slumming it all around the world too. It trivializes people's real situations. I suppose I just hate it when people lie. Doesn't mean I haven't done it. Like I said I try not to. But it's one of those things that gets my goat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yeah, I suppose I was referring to stereotypes there. I hate it when someone plays into a stereotype. Whichever one it may be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's that idea that hell is repetition. Repetition is frustrating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) i had <a href="http://nikkyfinney.net/nikkyfinney.net/Welcome.html">a poetry teacher</a> who said "repetition is holy" - as a way of saying, don't abuse it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i realize refrains are different from what you're talking about<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha. I see what you mean there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but it does seem like that's what we have to make sure, when we write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that the chorus isn't just another cliche.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: In a song of course it's that affirmation of the most important idea in the piece.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">exactly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: at the same time as you're trying to write something people can identify</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i think ultimately people identify most strongly</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i got some advice on performing once, from <a href="http://www.same-sky.com/austin/aboutus.html">David Messier</a>, who produced <a href="http://thisblueheaven.bandcamp.com/album/quicksandglass">our first album</a> and then moved down to Austin...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he told me not to perform the emotion of a song, but to perform whatever i'm feeling in the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That's good advice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because people will see that it's honest and connect to that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not always easy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: And it makes it a living, breathing piece.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">True.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but yes. exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what else are you passionate about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hmm... well if I lived surrounded by my books, music, movies, wine, coffee and every other day by my friends then I would only want for travel. This is why I love touring. I love to travel. If I could combine that</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">traveling by boat I'd probably be in heaven. Art and friends and having coffee/drinks</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And my crazy family. I'd probably do anything for them coz that's the way we are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right. on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do you have any family living nearby at all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: There's some distant relatives nearby. My folks are in NC. My sister was living up here until she moved to my parents a couple years back. My brother's in Miami</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my grandparents. I've got a dear cousin in CT.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my immediate family is spread all the way across the country. i have a sister in new york, but she's the only one i see more than once or maybe twice a year now. it's hard because i feel like they are</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">such</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a part of me but it's like... the lines that run between us are stretched. taut.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I feel you! I just saw so many of them in May when Henry and I got married. It was wonderful seeing them all. It's the fact you grew up</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">these people you know? No one else understands that part of your life except them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes, exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that and no one else catches all my movie references :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so you and Henry go waaay back, yes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: In fact, we do. Our families knew each other way back in Havana. We met in 97/98? We were 16. Our grandparents thought we should meet after his abuelita saw me playing Beatle songs at my grandparents anniversary party.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: when did you start writing songs together?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(also, that reminds me of <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609042/20090410/nicks_stevie.jhtml">how stevie nicks met lindsey buckingham</a>. but they were crazy.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well we started writing about 17ish? We didn't really start playing together till about then. When we first met we had a lot of stupid bravado and claimed to be in bands already... which is why we didn't ask the other. haha. It was a combination shyness/bravado.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but you weren't really in bands?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I was in a "band"</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a friend who "played" drums. We rehearsed once or twice and then I asked Henry to join after realizing he wasn't actually in a band. He thought he was, but no one showed up to practice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh no!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">image: henry standing alone in a garage</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a guitar...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How cute is that though? haha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: pretty adorable, since we know how awesomely that story ends!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: writing songs together is pretty rad, isn't it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I love it. I don't even remember what writing songs alone was like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay i'm getting all swoony for you guys and that will just lead to more romance questions and even more swooniness... so let me get this conversation back on track, because it's all about getting to know you as a person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha. Right. Hard to get to know me without mentioning Henry though. hahah. but yes. back<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: not that they're separable, exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay i think you're a good person to ask this question: what is something you hope everyone else secretly thinks?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Shit...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that's a good question<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">About anything specific?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: whatever comes to mind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Well I hope everyone's thinking that it's good to be good to people because basically in means in the end we'll all be better off and have a better life for it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you believe in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I'm going to sound like one of those inauthentic fools, but love. It seems like one of the hardest things to do, but</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the most pay off. But real, understanding you're in for disappointment, but you'll be there for people kind of love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I also believe in evolution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice on both counts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think that's the purple of love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha I like that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: for some reason i've been thinking about love as a color for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but you know, red + blue... how you will be let down, how you will be fired up... all of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I love it. I see non-physical things in color too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: like what else?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Anger is usually red. Blue is pretty tranquil heaven like feelings (like the beach, eh?). Those things are all like an abstract painting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Got about another 15 minutes before someone comes over to buy more furniture. That all right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i've never been able to articulate what it is about the ocean. that's part of what i love about your song - it goes a long way toward expressing the nature of the sea.... how i relate to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">totally!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It's the most amazing thing isn't it? It's the one place I could be still for hours. Hopping in and out of it to enjoy and appreciate it. It's just lovely. I grew up around it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh man. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=XV8XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=moby+dick+chapter+I&hl=en&ei=vg-aTOXwJMH38AbjrayRAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ6wEwAw#v=onepage&q=moby%20dick%20chapter%20I&f=false">the first chapter of moby dick</a> is also awesome for that purpose. talking about the draw of going to sea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i still haven't gotten past chapter 6, but that first chapter really pulled me in. i've read it over and over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Excellent. I should check that out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i grew up very landlocked. actually i moved to boston without ever having been here. just because it was on the coast and anything would be worth being close to the ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Nice! Yeah when we were on tour in Indiana I kept wondering what life would have been like not having some roaring ocean on either side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the sky was my ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: This is why I'm fascinated by islands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because iowa is flat, there's so much sky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That's a good way to compensate!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and i loved how it changed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh i love islands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay just a few more questions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: That I will always write music. I will always love music. And I'll always share that</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Henry. Rocking in our rocking chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what's something you don't know but wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Hmm.. the secrets of the universe! And Paul McCartney's phone number<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: maybe bb king has it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: True. I'll have to ask!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) time machine/space ship. all of time and space. where would you go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Mid60s swinging London. 50s San Fran beat culture. Industrial revolution new england. Lorca's Andalucia/Madrid so I can run into Dali too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh man. he'd be one to have a drink</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: YES!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay, the last two questions you get to pick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">one to ask me and one you want me to ask you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anything you want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Oh no, you're making me think! haha. ok. gimme a sec.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Question for you: If you had to pick one city to spend the rest of your life in and unrest and language didn't bar you from living there where would you go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: a city, specifically?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yea, real or fake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh! i might steal that question. that rules. okay let's see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: steal away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: man. i'm such a commitment phobe! i keep getting stuck thinking "yeah, but for the REST of my life?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i think i'd have to say florence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if i could live in the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/3886553136_8a57b91b27.jpg">greener hilly part</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh very nice!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">good choice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) thanks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay your last question! what'll it be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: What comic book character would you be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sweeeet. and the answer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/evey-hammond/29-46462/">Evey Hammond</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta">V for Vendetta</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'll have to look that up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <a href="http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/">Alan Moore</a> is a genius.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wait<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh oh sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the only comic i ever read was <a href="http://www.strangersinparadise.com/">strangers in paradise</a> by terry moore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">quite different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Indeed. I don't quite read them often, but I got into Alan Moore over the last few years. Watchmen will leave you pacing the room not knowing what to do when it's over. I finished at 9pm at home one night. Paced the entire apartment, turned to Henry and said "I have to go to sleep. I have to just go to bed". It's quite an ending and it's beautifully drawn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i love that. i think we get similarly immersed in story. please send me any book recommendations you want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Excellent!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thank you so much for chatting</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me, Jen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Thank you MacK :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good luck</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">getting the furniture sold and and and... i look forward to seeing you next week, if not before!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Most excellent. Looking forward!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'll catch your/<a href="http://www.allthingsaloud.com/">Aloud</a>'s other half on here another time, for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Sounds good. He's looking forward.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) that makes 3 of us looking forward.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ciao till then!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jen </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<span id="goog_1187593691"></span><span id="goog_1187593692"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-40307727127080512602010-09-20T11:21:00.000-04:002010-09-20T11:21:39.237-04:00::Wordless Monday::<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-2235976747486528672010-09-16T15:23:00.001-04:002010-09-16T15:24:10.573-04:00Coleman Larkin (part 2)Man I love the people I love.<br />
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Meet Coleman Larkin. <a href="http://thisbluesinger.blogspot.com/2010/03/ky-poets-week-coleman-larkin.html">Again</a>.<br />
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<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GEiJTe7i18c?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GEiJTe7i18c?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-66507476272817941782010-09-15T14:16:00.001-04:002010-09-15T14:17:12.508-04:00Wednesday Duologues: Beth Holub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Man... I'm such a slacker! I totally spaced on the duologue this week and had to ask for volunteers on my Facebook page this morning! lucky for me, Beth came through! It was such a pleasure getting to know her better.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hey! you're a lifesaver - again!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and actually this is perfect, since i interviewed all the other ladies who took part in our little leonard cohen escapade...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: here's the first duologue i did, with explanation:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://thisbluesinger.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-duologues-brendan-boogie.html"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://thisbluesinger.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-duologues-brendan-boogie.html</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so you can read it and opt out if you like :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: let me grab my breakfast really quick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: breakfast is key.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Hey. sorry my internet has been acting up<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Blog sounds cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no worries. got breakfast?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good. i have coffee, so i think we're all set.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so usually i start with the question, "who are you?" but lately i've been thinking the chats are so abstract - we don't really have any picture of the chatters. we could be typing naked on a ferris wheel, for all anyone knows. (which would be awesome.) so i think i'm going to start out by asking: what's one object in your immediate environment?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Humm, I am surrounded by a ton of worldly stuff...I hat three hats from Mongolia I got as a Christmas present from my former boss.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wow! my boss always just gives me a desk calendar...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2010 is cats.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so not as cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's a good way to have cats...as a picture so they can't sit ON the stuff you are trying to work on, or wine at your door for hours on end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so true. i have one of those at home. major whiner. do you have cats?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no, no pets. I live vicariously through other people and their owning of pets<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: smart woman.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay so - who are you? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Classical musician who started playing viola with rock bands when she was 15, ex-pat from Arizona, Arts Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice! what was your first rock band gig?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: A band from Tucson called Pathos. They hired my string quartet at the time to play on their record, then I played with them live as part of a symphony and part of a string quartet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Pathos - what kind of music?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Stupid f-ing modem.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: aw. don't worry about me, i'll be here all day - do you want to try to press on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> ((don't want to start working yet))<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so Pathos sounds like metal to me. was it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no... I am trying to find a website... It was the follow up project to a hugely popular hardcore band, but it was nothing like that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sending you an mp3 form 1996<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">TIME MACHINE!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh sweet!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The internet is a time machine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ohhh i thought it was gonna be a song title.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i do have a time machine question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">either way, that's a pretty sweet segway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sooo as everyone who reads these interviews is probably sick of hearing by now, i'm kind of obsessed with Doctor Who. do you know the show?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: YES<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">REALLY?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I have trying to convince Johnny that it is awesome and he needs to watch<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have to admit to liking the new ones better than the old ones<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i adore this latest season. such good writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and matt smith is so perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the old ones, it really depends on who the Dr. is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't seen the most recent ones, only up to the end of David Tennant<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ohh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i started with this season - i had it recommended to me, and then i went back to series 1 of the new ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">finished all of those in about a month :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and now i'm going all the way back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: last one I saw was where the Dalek come back to take over earth, and the Dr. dies, and DonnaDr happens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It is a good show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have been re watching Quantum Leap lately<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh really? the specials after that were really good, especially the end of time. do you remember the episode in the library with river song?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i LOVE quantum leap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Silence In The Library was so good!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes! so in the latest season, River's a recurring character. and i guess next season, we find out who she really is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay so the question! [with apologies to the folks at home for the digression] is - the doctor shows up in your backyard. do you go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Honestly, I don't think so. Maybe for a short non life threatening trip, but the actual idea of "space" freaks me out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wow... okay, so for the short, not scary trip, where/when would you want to go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: possibly back in time to various events in classical music history. Paris 1913, 18th cent Austria...then I would want the Dr. to just take me to another world. Let him tour guide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh wonderful! Aaron (our keyboard player, who's really a classical player gone astray) wanted to visit his favorite classical period as well. but so far, i don't think any of the indie rocker types have answered that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">maybe having video of most of rock history makes a difference :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Did he just play at the Wilburys Cover Up?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with George Harrison/Jason Dunn<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">did you have fun playing that show?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes! I did the string arrangements for Orbison. It took many hours, but it was fun to transcribe that stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh nice!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it sounded sooo good. i was really really impressed by that set.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Thanks! I think Brendan and the band nailed it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: absolutely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's your favorite part of playing rock shows?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The part where I actually play. The physical aspect of paying an instrument, specifically a stringed instrument. I have been doing it for so long, I can't imagine life without the ability to play instruments.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i've never thought about that before, although i feel that way about singing. this might sound weird and be hard to describe, but what does it feel like to play the viola?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Relaxing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It is actually really hard to get a good sound on violins and violas, but you are really just using simple physics. Getting gravity and friction to combine into SOUND and feeling. It is different with an electrified instrument--the sound isn't from internal energy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like singing, I would imagine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right, although i feel like wrestling with nothing but your own muscles - and mind! so much mind over matter for me in singing - isn't as much of a relationship as playing an instrument. or does the viola feel like an extension of you by now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It is an extension, but still very physical. I don't do anything else like it in my day-to-day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what classical playing do you do, currently?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gah!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I freelance, so the classical gigs change all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gotcha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so... i'm curious. what freaks you out about space?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Most recently I played in the Boston Opera Collaborative production of The Marriage of Figaro, played in the orchestra for a Doctoral violin recital at BU, and have had a few auditions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Space..well for starters, heights freak me out. I don't like being on planes, though I like traveling. The idea of infinite nothingness, ungrounded, that beyond me, in every direction, forever, it never ends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Causes me anxiety.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hm. yes, when you put it that way...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so to travel, do you mostly roadtrip?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no, I fly, just try to be unconscious with sleep. Driving takes too long for the few days off I have (if any) a year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ah, yeah. makes sense. do you visit arizona regularly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Try to at least once a year. Went in February, going in December, then again next May.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i've never been there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or to the southwest at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm from iowa originally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It is beautiful. Unlike any other part of the country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but i think that's the only part of the country i haven't visited.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Most of the country really looks similar. Rolling green hills, pine trees...same types of houses and signs...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Southern AZ and parts of NM are vastly different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what do you see when you think of home?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: color<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">things are brighter and more colorful there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: a totally different palette, i would imagine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4474834-the_Saguaro_defines_the_Wild_Wild_West-Saguaro_National_Park.jpg"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4474834-the_Saguaro_defines_the_Wild_Wild_West-Saguaro_National_Park.jpg</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh wow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.tucsonazrealestateblog.com/images/forthstreetcolor3.jpg"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.tucsonazrealestateblog.com/images/forthstreetcolor3.jpg</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my friend's restaurant with the red awning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that seems such a stark contrast to boston... do you get homesick often?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay i want to live there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes, but I know that I can't live there. My friends and family are there, but not my future and career.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">people are nicer and more vibrant. there is more outdoors, and more going on during the weekdays.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: since moving to boston (and it could also just be getting older and reflecting on these kinds of things) i've become a lot more interested in/attuned to the seasons. what are seasons like in arizona?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Summer, Gravel, Winter, Hippie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: !<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: It is HOT, 110 degrees, from April to October, then it gets "cold" (does get to freezing at night, but it doesn't snow), then in February the hippies show up with the Gem Show, then it gets HOT again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and at some point in Sep/Oct the city covers many of the roads with gravel to make up for all the tar that melted away during the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wow. Summer, Gravel, Winter, Hippie. that should be an album title, i'm thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i love it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">growing up, did you wonder about snow and stuff like that? or did you love the heat?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(or both)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: snow and rain are still very novel and enjoyable for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I do miss the heat--soak to your bones heat. I'm freezing right now in my house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm part lizzard<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i do feel like from about october to june, i can never get warm here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: need a sun rock<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i spent way too much money for a year or so on a gym that had a sauna.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Healthworks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's the one!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in brookline. i loved it, but i didn't go enough to justify the dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah...I did that when I first moved here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">exactly the same!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: how long have you been in boston?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: now I am looking at photos of Tucson on the internet and missing it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4 years<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: same here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.lovelytucsonhomes.com/images/websites/l/o/lovelytucsonhomes.com/tucson.jpg"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.lovelytucsonhomes.com/images/websites/l/o/lovelytucsonhomes.com/tucson.jpg</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not touched up at all<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gorgeous.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i feel like there should be a better word for longing for a place. "homesick" seems like it's tied to family - and only applies to the place you're from... and "nostalgia" is more of a time-longing thing. but i get pangs of really missing places. i've moved around a lot. and "homesick" doesn't seem to capture the feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well... autumn in new england is splendor... so we've got that to look forward to, at least?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah, I long for place I have only visited a few times on trips...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right, yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this time of year i think about colorado. when the aspens go all gold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've only been there once, many years ago, but i still get pangs of wishing i could go back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">once during the fall, i mean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i spent a summer in boulder. i love the smell of colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sun-baked trees and a kind of freshness in the air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I spent a week in Boulder one August, and just biked around everywhere. It was so hard to stay indoors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">During the summer I miss the red dirt and trees of North Carolina in 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what are the trees like there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I just remember the aspect of real, huge, green trees, it was the first prolonged time I had spent away from the desert. I had been traveling a lot at that point, but 6 weeks living in the woods is vastly different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah, i can imagine... why 6 weeks in the woods?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Brevard Music Center.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if you were going to pick up a new/different instrument - in another life, maybe - what would it be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Clarinet (don't tell Johnny), or I would focus more on piano<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sweet. if you could play with any band - let's say past or present - who would it be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Andrew Bird<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i LOVE andrew bird.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: listening to him right now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: song?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: At the end of Noble Beast, Souverian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: awesome. i'm going to listen now, too - it'll be very ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's the word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no idea. like we're hanging out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a friend took me to his show a couple of years ago and i hadn't heard him much at all - it was so transcendent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i had so many ideas during that show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">very inspiring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes. I first heard Weather Systems in a cafe in about 2003, then saw him at a small venue in Tucson, where is was just him, and sometimes his brother on bass. It was amazing to see him 5 feet away from me, making all that noise just by himself. I saw the show last year at BoA Pavilion, and at SXSW.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: longterm relationship, then!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yes, and I used to listen to Squirrel Nut Zippers, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: rule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well we've been chatting awhile and you did mention something about work - shall we get to the last two questions?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so you get to choose them - one to ask me, and one you'd like to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Okay<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Do I have to come up with the questions?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh - yeah!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sorry, i didn't explain that properly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">whatever you want to ask me, and then whatever you'd like the world (i.e. the 20 people who read my blog) to know about you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How did you start singing in bands?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i ask myself that all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so, i've been singing since forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">choirs, voice lessons, my high school musical... i was marian the librarian. anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and in my college years (in boulder, actually) i made a list of the things i wanted to do before i die. shave my head. write a book. be in a band.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but it wasn't until i moved to boston that it ever came up as a possibility! and, actually, it was mostly because i had nothing to do here :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: How did you end up in Boston?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i moved here with my girlfriend who came here for business school. long story. i started temping at MIT and stu worked in the office at that time, and since i had no friends here, i rather forcibly made him be my friend. he was from nebraska. anyway, he was starting a new band and on a whim, basically, i decided to audition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i liked the songs he and aaron were writing. they were catchy and heartfelt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the rest is history. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with a bit of drama in between.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the end<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">p.s. i really love it, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hum... what do I want people to know that doesn't sound too self indulgent....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i say be self-indulgent. it's very rock-n-roll... :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Okay. Rock and roll it is. I rehearsed and performed with Cat Power on The Greatest Tour while she was in Tucson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They started the tour in AZ, and had their rehearsals with the Memphis Rhythm Band before the first show, so I got to work with Al Green's band and Chan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: when was that? that's awesome!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">was that your favorite show?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: 2006<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was cool, probably not my favorite<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was great to meet and hang with all those great musicians<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you have a favorite?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no, there are too many. I have had the great opportunity of performing all over the world, so it would be hard to say... There are some personal triumphs in there, but happened so long ago, I am working on new triumphs and favorites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well, thank you so much for coming to talk with me. i love it that i got to know you better! - AND i won't have a blank blog today :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've been such a slacker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am too cold to work!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sauna time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I wish I was rich and had one in my house...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: or swedish!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well i hope you find a way to get warmed up! jessica sun lee had a heated bra idea recently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i love it when i end these things really awkwardly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that would solve SO MANY problems<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: I see a patent in her future!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally. here's to the heated bra!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beth</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cheers!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-54524778867489997682010-09-13T10:27:00.001-04:002010-09-13T10:27:29.215-04:00::Wordless Monday::<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WSbifHeqjFDhaLJPz64Fm1NTz1fVpBcD6F5Ca1NHXrwS2YiZojXysgYDF8r2hW0KGXP38G4cKtYqqGs3l9eJe96E74DZXLjyjxRRRHWs35bjXiCvkiegazIKBiTq7Z6GAcmvKCkX0Pk/s1600/IMG_0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WSbifHeqjFDhaLJPz64Fm1NTz1fVpBcD6F5Ca1NHXrwS2YiZojXysgYDF8r2hW0KGXP38G4cKtYqqGs3l9eJe96E74DZXLjyjxRRRHWs35bjXiCvkiegazIKBiTq7Z6GAcmvKCkX0Pk/s400/IMG_0558.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-50027980236976411822010-09-09T10:01:00.000-04:002010-09-09T10:01:36.186-04:00Thirsty Thursday at TT's Tonight!!!a recap of the week:<br />
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Now, if you're from Boston, you darn well oughtta already know <a href="http://www.judy.tv/AppleBettyHome.html">Apple Betty</a>, the rockingest trio of rocker chicks to ever rock this town. And <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thebackupfactor">The Backup Factor</a> (with members of <a href="http://www.themotionsick.com/">The Motion Sick</a> & <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/nakedonrollerskates">Naked On Roller Skates</a>, to name a few!) have made quite a sensation this year! And then there's some <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">Blue Heaven</a> band. ;)<br />
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And <i>then </i>there's <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">Apollo Run</a>. Actually, they're on at 9pm so don't be late. But my point is, I love these guys. They're New Yorkers who love Boston, I'm told, and I know you are gonna love them back. Which is why I had to interview their lead singer, John McGrew, for this week's duologue. <br />
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At the outset of our conversation, I knew nothing about John but the voice. By the end, I was making some rather serious plans with him - and the rest of the band, too! Read on.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: aha! aim on gchat :)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">woo!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">verrrry niiice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i like to stack up my i.m.s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">can't miss a drop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sorry about the delay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no worries t'all<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i also have to apologize because i'll probably be interrupted a bit during the conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thats fine. me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yeah, i have put out about 4 fires so far this morning in the <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">apollo run</a> world</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">so, more may arise</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good for you! anything exciting enough to share with the world? tour business?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ooo! yeah. We are putting together our fall tour right now to support our debut EP, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-be-dragons-vol-1/id391140810">Here Be Dragons, Vol. I</a>. We are looking to hit spots in the NE, SE, MW and hopefully a trip back over to LA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Booking a tour without an agency is tough stuff. But we are determined.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(side note - this interview will be full of (sic)s)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (that's how i like 'em)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The tour is happening at the end of Oct and beginning of Nov.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so, serious excitement, then! back to LA? have you toured there before?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah, we've played <a href="http://www.hotelcafe.com/">Hotel Cafe</a> a couple of times an <a href="http://www.themintla.com/">The Mint</a> a couple of times. It's kinda nice. LA is really supportive of what we are doing. We love LA, and in return, they love us back. Its a very healthy relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We LOVE Hotel Cafe (side note)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: lovely!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">let's go back a sec, since i've gotten ahead of myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: worrrd<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and since this is the first conversation between john mcgrew and mackenzie outlund ever, in the history of conversations...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: fun!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hi, nice to meet you, thanks for agreeing to subject yourself to this nonsense!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wuddddup! pleasure is all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i don't know if you're aware of how this all came together, since we arranged the gig with jeff...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: looking forward to catching a drink in person at <a href="http://www.ttthebears.com/">TT</a>s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: me too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Yeah, I have no idear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so i actually found out about <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">Apollo Run</a> first through</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.thatcupoftea.com/"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.thatcupoftea.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(is that</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">your</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sister?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no way<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my sister is a crazy-good writer, and she has always been so supportive of us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: she's an amazing writer. incredibly inspiring. i've been reading her blog for years now, i guess.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh, that's just awesome<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i am so happy for her!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she's carved out a nice little piece o the internet wih her blog<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so i downloaded Stars and Love Song<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well deserved<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh, nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl05noaFHw">Stars</a> is absolutely the most beautiful song...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i think i even <a href="http://thisbluesinger.blogspot.com/2010/05/now-please-let-me-float-to-space-while.html">posted it on my blog</a> and FB for friends to check you guys out and thought... maybe someday we could play with them.... <o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">but then that thought got filed behind a million other To Do's.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh jeez. many thanks! when we wrote it, we got really excited that we were the ones who get to sing it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i know that feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that is a great feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: we are filming a video for it right now, with the awesome Alex Fishcher (</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.alexfischerphoto.com/"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.alexfischerphoto.com</span></span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh amazing. what's the shooting been like?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: pretty incredible. he is using a bunch of stop motion / slow motion techniques. the whole process takes a long time and requires lot of patience. but when you are shooting with people like Alex and his girlfriend Camille (and Jeff and Graham from A) it's fun as hell and time flies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(from AR)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: slow motion - does that mean you get to lip sync at high speed? (i had to do this recently for our <a href="http://thisblueheaven.bandcamp.com/track/slow-dance-slow-2">Slow Dance Slow</a> video.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thats exactly right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">imagine those "oom bah diddy oh wah yay"s in high speed. its hilarious. and takes all of my concentration not to laugh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right?? i had to do that while staring wistfully out a car window driving around salem, mass at night with a bunch of lights stuck to the interior of the car.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that is absolutely the strangest thing i've ever done. i think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so good. i love our jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: me three.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you love the very most about it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: singing my ass off<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">followed closely by travelling. we would love to travel more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">also, can't fail to mention, getting to play with two of the most talented and stellar dudes i know, graham and jeff.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they are my brothers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (oh - the rest of that how-we-got-you-on-a-bill-with-us-this-thursday story is that my friend <a href="http://www.agentbishop.com/">Agent (Mike) Bishop</a> emailed me one day out of the blue to ask if I'd heard of <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">Apollo Run</a> because they were looking to gig in Boston this fall and I should check them out. i e-squealed with joy and the rest is history.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (brothas from anotha motha, i believe the kids are saying)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: those kids.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i love that. how would you describe your band dynamic ... in two words or less?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i will go with less: love<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">call is cheese, but tis true<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i love those guys,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i knew it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was all in the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think we might be band soulmates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so let's see. silly duologue questions...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: bring em on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did you happen to read any of the previous ones? do you know what you're in for?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nope! let's do it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (i played 'f*ck, marry, kill' with my girlfriend last night for over an hour, so i am ready for anything)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well the first question is usually: who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (that sounds really messed up for anyone who doesn't know what that game is). anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">who am i<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (want to explain the game?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: quickly sure: you list three people. of those three people you have to f*ck one, marry one and kill one. for exmaple i would say to you: f*ck, marry, kill - graham, jeff, and john from <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">AR</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tough stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">who am i? you are a heavy hitter!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha ha</span></span><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i am a performer. i am a composer. i am a teacher. i am an artist. i am a dog lover. i am an astronomer (in another life). i am a naturalist. i am a yogi. i am a hockey player. i am a lover. i am a friend. i am an adventurer. i am an optimist. i am coffee snob. i am secretly in love with <a href="http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do">Dexter</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">shh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i coulda gone on, but i think you get the point<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: who's a heavy hitter? :) so why astronomer in another life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you are a hevy hitter coming out the bat with a question like that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> (heavy(<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i almost majored in astronomy in college and i am fascinated by all-things-outer-space. my interest influences a lot of what i create. when i settle down as an old man in a cabin in the woods (with a couple of dogs) i will be sure there is no light pollution around so i can point a big ol' telescope to the sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: YES.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">... have you ever watched <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp">Doctor Who</a>? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nope<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">should i<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (that's my old age dream, too. just one dog, though. german shepherd.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i just recently became obsessed with it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the <a href="http://www.doctorwho-episodes.com/watch-doctor-who-episodes/doctor-who-series-5">most recent season</a> is stellar (ha)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i'm a moderate to severe sci-fi dork.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: niiice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i mostly ask to preface the next question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do you know the premise of the show<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i saw a hilarious sci-fi show the other day on the "syfy" * sigh * network. it was some team of people searching for leprechans in ireland.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thristy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did they follow the rainbow?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that made a nice little joke about it, but they were "serious leprechan hunters"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">(they made a nice little..)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not "that:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"that"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">uh oh. here come the typos. it can get ugly with me and chats<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: bring 'em on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did i get the theme right? thirsty, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thisblueheaven?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/ZpyeYXnCkS8">thirsty thursday</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my silly marketing plots...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it will get sillier between now and thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i love it. i find myself thirsty on every night of the week, but that might be the irishman in me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you'll fit right in here<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: we love boston.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: boston loves to be loved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but it won't tell you that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay so doctor who. the doctor is a time lord from another planet with a machine that can go anywhere in the universe. all of space and time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh jeez. where do i sign up?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so when/where would you go first?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is the question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hmm. i would definitely go 50 years into the future, to NASA's headquarters, steal any documents that have proof of life on other locatable planets, and make my next stops those planets. you gotta know where to look for life before you go out and waste your first stop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if we could pin point the exact moment of the big bang, i would like to go witness that, but as you might figure, that's just hilariously impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: an impossibility within an already impossible situation...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so why not? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: true dat. does that cancel out its impossibility and make it awesomely possible?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i say yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: its so, done!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i am headed to check out the big bang. bringing popcorn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sorry, got cutoff. you still there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: still here!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: popcorn at the big bang! what if you dropped a kernel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it'd end up inside a planet probably.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: if pre-big bang, i wouldnt worry too much about it. it just get sucked in a compressed with all else. if post big bang, well damn. it just be a burned up popcorn kernal. not the first time i've burned popcorn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh i missed the NASA part! the good news is that the doctor is 900+ years old and would already know a lot of cool planets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh jeez. see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: one episode featured a sapphire waterfall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: fancy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah. something went wrong on the way so we never saw it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i guess it wasn't actually featured.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i digress. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">frequently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i bet music on other planets would be pretty sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sh*t!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you're right!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i can't believe i've never thought of that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: maybe some <a href="http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/">sigur ros</a> meets <a href="http://animalcollective.org/">animal collective</a> meets <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc">dvorak</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my brain just exploded. please standby while i call the janitor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the instruments...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">would be all different, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well obviously<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but maybe very different, depending on limbs and things<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">of the aliens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right. scales, chords, even audible range!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">those aliens be singing notes we cant even hear!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUE4ePt8Xc&feature=related">mariah carey</a> at her peak. i wonder if she was an alien?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she's definitely not an alien anymore. she is so, so, so very human.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh oh! the doctor has a sonic screwdriver, which is useful for many things - opening locks, getting cash to fly out of atm machines, and allowing humans to hear sounds beyond our range.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">maybe she was half-alien.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: perfect!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay let's see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you believe in?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: The Scientific Method. Yin and Yang. Something else, something unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: something unknown... how do you know you believe in it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because i don't know everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">knowing that there is so much unkoown gives me comfort<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">peace of mind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: like... epistemological dark matter?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oooo! tasty!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that the majority of the people in the world would have a really good time at an <a href="http://www.apollorun.com/">Apollo Run</a> show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HA!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">brought it back down to earth for a second!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you like that!?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well done!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the majority of the people in the world is a LOT of people. give me 3 reasons all those folks would have a good time.</span></span><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah, i bet if we played a show for everyone in the world and they were given a survey after the show that said "did you enjoy apollo run"? over half would check the box "yes". because: a) the music we make is melodic b) the music we make is diverse c) we don't take ourselves too seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: swoon, swoon, and swoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you take seriously?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: Ha! We enjoy when people swoon as well. What do we take seriously? Work ethic. We f*cking work hard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Also vietnamese sandwiches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Don't mess with our weekly supply of vietnamese sandwiches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm picturing a sandwich vault, now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">with lasers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: its serious.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what about you personally?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">same answer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: same answer. i'd add that i am serious and disciplined about growing as an artist. but so are jeff and graham. for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what's something you don't know but wish you did?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I wish I knew how to obtain all the resources our friend Dr. Who obtained.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hmm we're getting near done....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">would you rather have several short-answer quickfire questions or one grand-ish question?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">grand as in great<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not as in 1,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: quick fire!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: great! one word answers, please.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what makes you smile?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: saratonin<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you laugh very very loudly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (sorry, that should be serotonin)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/sunny/">it's always sunny in philadelphia</a> (sorry, more than one word!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (minus 10 points)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: agh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you go "hmm"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: space<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what pisses you off?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: pessimism<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what inspires you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: experience<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> (experiences)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you feel like dancing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/usher/498588/omg.jhtml#artist=1270">usher's OMG</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(when that beat kicks in, you know what im talking about)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ive never felt so naked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm doing something right!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes i wish i could sing like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UO7Yl5tVs&feature=related">eddie vedder</a> just because i think it would</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">feel</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">really good. also, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XFMCgeI7c&feature=related">michael stipe</a>, actually. obviously i never will know what that's like. do you have anyone like that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(don't know where that question came from.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(i think you're the first singer i've done the duologue with.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AArX-bGkLTM">Eric Alatorre</a>, from <a href="http://www.chanticleer.org/sing/">Chanticleer</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i sang with them!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what!? awe. some.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: actually, that was my very last choral performance ever. in college.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thats amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i also want to sport Mr. Alatorre's facial hair, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: our choir director had an in. they're so incredible. although they did poke a little fun at the number of people wearing birkenstocks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in the choir.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: niiice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">all righty, so you get to decide on the last two questions: one for you to answer and one for you to ask me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(thank you for spending all of this time, by the way.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my pleasure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well, i already asked you one, and i think you dodged it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what was it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: f*ck marry kill, john, jeff, graham. go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh my god.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: cornered!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay let me look at this photo again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hahaha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">awesome<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: by the way, do you mind if i use the confetti shot for the blog post?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: not at all, just credit "<a href="http://www.andrewharnik.com/">Andrew Harnik</a>"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: can do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay, well since i've never had any interaction with graham at all, he's gotta go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: later graham!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you just got all Dexter on his ass<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sorry, graham.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i'm all about that cabin in the woods with telescope scenario, so we'll have to get married.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: word! so are you saying you want to set sometihng up with jeff after the TT's show?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's all hypothetical.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">also, my boyfriend is also my guitar player.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he might have qualms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh is it, now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh is he, now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">haha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I kid, I kid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i have wondered about bass players. they're just so chill, generally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">although not ours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he bounces a lot onstage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">beyond that i can't say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: just wait until you see jeff on stage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">its pretty remarkable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm looking forward to it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay, what's the last question you absolutely must answer for my 20 readers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: although you might regret killing graham. i'm not sayin', i'm just sayin'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i already do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i had nightmares after 2 episodes of Dexter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the intro alone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i also freaked out at <a href="http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=205760">The Shaggy Dog</a> when i was 7.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">old enough to know it was impossible to spontaneously turn into a dog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hmmm. you aren't cut out to be a remorseless butcher, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(no pun intended)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i don't think it's in the cards for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i am a gemini. so you never know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the last question you should ask me:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"what should the readers do after they download your debut EP, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-be-dragons-vol-1/id391140810">Here Be Dragons, Vol. I</a>, from iTunes?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the answer is: "watch this video:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHejN1korE"><span style="color: #365452;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHejN1korE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that. is. amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is the EP available right this second?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right this second!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: brilliant, i'm on it. i watched the video first... do you think it will matter?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nope. as long as you do both, you should be good to go...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ::phew::<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well, talking with you has been a total treat. thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thank you! looking forward to the show on Thursday!</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes! and please tell your sister thank you, as well. for rocking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that's all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">John McGrew</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: will do! ciao!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ciao!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-28814956504755873272010-09-07T14:32:00.000-04:002010-09-07T14:32:45.978-04:00The thirst continues...<object height="300" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fBPhK_tA9WM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fBPhK_tA9WM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="300"></embed></object>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-89923622793264984232010-09-06T13:25:00.002-04:002010-09-06T13:26:38.101-04:00::Wordless Monday::<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpyeYXnCkS8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpyeYXnCkS8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="300"></embed></object>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-43692814210744274662010-09-02T16:09:00.003-04:002010-09-02T18:46:57.011-04:00What do you believe in?<div>I believe in love.</div><div>I believe in human beings' potential for magnificence.</div><div>I believe in striving neurotically for self-awareness and emotional honesty.</div><div>I believe in believing in magic.</div><div>I believe in art.</div><div>I believe in books.<br />
I believe in music.</div><div>I believe in the possibility of true empathy.</div><div>I believe in fighting to preserve wonder and curiosity and playfulness and generosity of spirit (commonly known as being a child).</div><div>I believe in affection.</div><div>I believe in the right of all human beings to dignity, to the facts, to expression, to respect, to agency.</div><div>I believe in the quest of all human beings to trust and be trusted, to see and be seen, to grant and receive acceptance, to challenge and be challenged.<br />
I believe in striving for honest communication.</div><div>I believe in honoring deep down truths.</div><div>I believe in the deep, wild, knowing, creative, burning self.</div><div>I believe in story.</div><div>I believe in kindness.</div><div>I believe in chasing questions.</div><div>I believe in stopping for beauty.</div><div>I believe in passionate looking (listening, tasting...)</div><div>I believe in savoring.</div><div>I believe in the intense pursuit of juice.</div><div>I believe in talking to trees.</div><div>I believe in the wisdom of nature.</div><div>I believe in the power of sanctuary.</div><div>I believe in transcendent connections.<br />
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</div>MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761973139720166010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190327961542411620.post-30292298089246832302010-09-01T11:16:00.008-04:002010-09-01T14:25:46.455-04:00Wednesday Duologues: Ashley WillardAshley Willard. Editor and co-founder of <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">Boston Band Crush</a>, arguably the online lifeline & loveline of the Boston music scene. And I got to spend the afternoon chatting with her! But you can eavesdrop.<br />
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</b></span></span></div><div></div></span><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">bah. i won't bore you with tales of my workday. but i will apologize.</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">is now good?</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i mean if you can't it's ok<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we can do it 'nother time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no way, now's great for me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">just let me take a deep drag, i mean sip of coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">almost 2 years since i quit smoking, in fact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay ready?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gun it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: where am i?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's me ashley!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tell me when it starts<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">haha just kidding<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you keep entering text and then deleting it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i see you doing that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay, let me go back a few minutes and say "nnnnnNOW"</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: GO!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1dAG-v9D0fX5clIiA6FfG20SVIDpejsS5hfXjaunEo8DEdnInuwZFoPWLZTvok0j1grG5DwJD9YPkZ-0itnB8sdo9XTFgdarZCAsuoqSYqCJd-gIFRke9cLIp22E1zDcxdgG84ewc-o/s1600/unicornash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1dAG-v9D0fX5clIiA6FfG20SVIDpejsS5hfXjaunEo8DEdnInuwZFoPWLZTvok0j1grG5DwJD9YPkZ-0itnB8sdo9XTFgdarZCAsuoqSYqCJd-gIFRke9cLIp22E1zDcxdgG84ewc-o/s200/unicornash.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay you're ashley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yep<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: how are you, anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm having one of those wonky days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">where you just kind of feel off<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm really terrible at mornings, you see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so the fact that i have to make important decisions early in the morning is very detrimental<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh yes this outfit definitely goes together<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or, hey that's a great hairdo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">those kinds of things<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i shouldn't be trusted with them before mid-to-late afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how are you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i totally understand that. sometimes i think i should have someone around to veto decisions like that when necessary, before i leave the house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i actually really can't stand having anyone tell me what's cool and not cool to wear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so that person would probably get fired really quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">y'know, i haven't really been sleeping since there was that stabbing in my neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: OMG<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it might make for some pretty interesting questions today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">because you and mark (aka not brandon) live together<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: he posted about that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i saw that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wait, why would i live with brandon? or, are mark and brandon interchangeable?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh you haven't heard the story<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i told aaron the story<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i actually live under a rock<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and then explained it to mark and brandon i think, after i called brandon mark at <a href="http://www.onenightbandboston.com/index.php?page=about">one night band</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">remember how we didn't know each other until somewhat recently?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: lemme think back...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i had seen this blue heaven play a few times before i knew any of you personally<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i'd blogged about you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and probably was facebook friends with a few of you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so, before i got to really know any of you personally, i knew your names<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but somehow always thought brandon was the bassist and mark was the drummer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was just in my head that way<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and now all these months later, my brain sometimes reverts to that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">even though i know very well which one is which<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so at one night band, i start introducing the bedss, with whom brandon played drums, and i gushed on and on about how much of a life save mark desrosiers was for filling in the day before AND backlining his drums<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i wasn't even drunk yet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">really<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: bah ha ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: a little<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did brandon interrupt you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to correct you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: kerri [OF <a href="http://www.judy.tv/AppleBettyHome.html">APPLE BETTY</a> WITH WHOM <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">TBH</a> WILL BE PLAYING ON <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=149885481691366&ref=ts">9/9 AT TT'S</a>!] flagged me down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i had a microphone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so whether people were trying to correct me or not, i probably wouldn't have heard them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but kerri was on stage with me and she saved the day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it was how do you say embarrassing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's a good thing those two guys are so nice and forgiving<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's awesome... i can't believe i missed it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i know<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think they were mostly stoked to be a part of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm planning on moving one night band into september going forward<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">after two years the one thing i've learned is that a lot of people go away in august<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this is something i hadn't thought of because i never go on vacation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: never?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: [segway into next topic]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">actually,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think i'm going to montreal in october!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if i can get my passport in time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what's in montreal?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: french things<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i hear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've never been<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so you're going for the french things?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: justin and i were talking this morning about how we need to get away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you know justin yes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so we were talking about how we're both incredibly burnt out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and he said let's get away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i said ok!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">which is a big step for me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like, to let myself off the hook<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and just go relax<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because you never go on vacation...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i never do things just for myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">cause i'm such a caretaker type<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm always looking out for everyone else<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and putting them before me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so this is good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i might even leave the laptop at home<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good for you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the hotel we're going to has a heated pool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: leaving the electronics behind is serious. and good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah, the internet's been getting me down lately<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you ever get the clicks?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the clicks?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think it's related to compulsive channel-surfing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes on a boring afternoon i get the clicks - where i just keep refreshing FB or revisiting sites i forgot i already checked that day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: where you refresh facebook all day?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">all the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not to mention that i can't separate myself from my goddamn iphone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this is what i mean when i say the internet's been getting me down lately<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">more specifically, it's my addiction to the internet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or reliance on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or whatever<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right. i can never quite put my finger on</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is so compelling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i don't want to know every little thing that everyone is thinking anymore!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right. it gets overwhelming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">of course<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the internet is essentially what pays my bills<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and that's not even accounting for <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">the blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well everyone's job/employer gets them down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what would i do without it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: maybe this is a fun question to pose, then:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i suppose i'd go outside a lot more<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: describe your perfect scene of solitude.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oof<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">total solitude?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">just me alone?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you could have a cat, maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my cat rules<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(hi dummy!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">huh, i think one of my favorite things to do is swim<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or be in water<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's something where you are totally alone inside your own head<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you can't have conversations when you're under water<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you definitely can bring an iphone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's such a serene and tranquil feeling<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">although<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i don't think i should bring the cat anymore<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">probably not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's your favorite kind of water?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">er, body of water<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ahahaha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i thought you'd gone a little cuckoo there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hmm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (don't rule out cuckoo just yet)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (back atcha)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i don't get to swim in natural bodies of water very often<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i go to a pool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm very much</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a beach person, so we'll say not ocean<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i guess having grown up in the mountains i'd have to say a nice swimming hole in a river<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">there was one where i grew up that we called flat rocks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it was very calm and clear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we don't have anything like that in eastie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that sounds amazing. i think the best swim of my life was in the mountains. where did you grow up?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i split time between waterville valley, nh and marblehead, ma<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mom & stepdad lived in nh and i lived with them, went to school there, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but visited dad & stepmom in marblehead regularly, went to summer camp there, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i had the best of both<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mountains & oceans<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: even though you don't like the beach :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">are you an oldest child?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i like the ocean, and my dad's a boat guy, so i grew up on boats<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i don't think of marblehead as a beach town but i guess it kinda is<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we had a private beach but it was all rocky, not sandy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i used to collect seaglass and shells and stuff and then i'd sell them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like a lemonade stand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">actually i think we sold lemonade too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">seashells and lemonade<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway... you moved on and i didn't<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that might be the most romantic scene, ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">please feel free to linger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i would.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i am the only child of my mother and father<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they split up when i was like 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my father remarried first when i was 5, then had two sons with my stepmother<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">= my half-brothers ben & nate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and my mother remarried the following year<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my stepfather had a daughter from his first marriage = my step-sister christine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i was thinking about what you said about caretaking earlier when i asked whether you were an oldest child...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: to the extent that i'm a caretaker (and i've tried to learn to curb that) it's because i'm an oldest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i never lived in the same household with any of them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not never, but not for long with any of them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my sister lived with us for like two years<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she was 16-17, i was 8-9<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she scared me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then i lived with my dad & the roost for a year just out of college<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i was working for the boston phoenix and couldn't afford to live on my own<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so sad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">there's no money in the things i wanted to do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i wonder if there's money in any of the things people actually want to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">are you doing what you want?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">* * *<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: wow!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">power failure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sorry!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the whole building just went down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">back up now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: really? that's exciting!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that was bizarre<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i know!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">probably the most exciting thing that'll happen to me this workday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: did you hear it all go quiet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yep<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i love that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: quiet and dark<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">except for the gasps across the floor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i work in a cubicle jungle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: mm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: am i doing what i want?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i don't think so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i wrestle with this all the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i am a graphic designer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but the funny thing is, i have never studied graphic design<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i went to school for journalism<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so in terms of <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/">the blog</a>, yes, i'm doing what i want to be doing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">now if only that was a viable way to make a living<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i do like design, and i can't imagine being in a non-creative field<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i'm a stranger in a strange land at my current job<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i have nothing in common with anyone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they don't get me, i don't get them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we try to coexist<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but it's definitely a weird fit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i understand. bleh. so... what about musicians? are we your people?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">obv<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: actually i still don't feel 100% honest calling myself a musician. saying "we" there. funny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i still think it's funny to call myself one too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">even though i own instruments and have played in, what, like 6 bands now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i still don't know what the heck i'm doing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right. i've played instruments and sung my whole life, but i still feel like kind of a visitor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we'll get over it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but yes, musicians and creatives are generally my people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jocks = not my people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jocks = who i work with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i work for a major athletic company so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: heh. my first creative writing class was the one time in my life i felt like "ohhhh YOU get me."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh wow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: there's just something about artists<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we have a certain kind of soul<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hmm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how do i say<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the kind of soul that doesn't keep still or silent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's just an energy, a certain kind of passion<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: or out of the action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: to me we're very exciting and they're very flat<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to them, we're cuckoo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm sure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they're linear, we're all shapy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they do things on a grid, we break the grid<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to use a design analogy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's just kind of like i don't really speak the same language as the people i work with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that can be really lonely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so your dream job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what would that be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's very lonely!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">duncan wilder johnson works here<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in a separate department though<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i never really see him<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but like, he's the only one of my people that i know here<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well actually eric schmider from the one smith works here too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i never see him either<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my dream job<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if i knew the answer to that i guess i'd be doing something to get there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes i think i should go back to school for design, like learn the stuff i never did<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">plus the newer technology<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and sometimes i think i should look for work doing more editorial/writing stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">now that i have<a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/"> the blog</a> to show for myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what are you most passionate about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sometimes i think event planning would be fun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but it's very stressful too<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i do some of that as part of my job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: there's very little stress in sitting in a cubicle with hardly any work to do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">most passionate about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i find it really stressful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: music<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">despite not being a real musician<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm passionate about it as a listener and experiencer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you remember your first real, like... encounter with music?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: huh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well let's see</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: depends on how i interpret the question</span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i mean<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i remember my first records and cassettes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i remember loving madonna, heart, cyndi lauper, depeche mode<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">culture club<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tears for fears<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like, in first grade<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: how were you exposed to all of that so young?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i remember always really loving being in the school concerts and plays and stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">even as early as nursery school<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and, i have no idea!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how i found that particular music<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">because it certainly wasn't what my parents listened to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my mother was always listening to things like boz scaggs and crystal gayle and juice newton<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so it probably came more from my father<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my mother loved crystal gayle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i do remember sort of discovering his vinyl collection<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he had good taste<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">lots of stones, blondie, csny, stuff like that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ahh, nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: christopher cross<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that green record<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh and fleetwood mac!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">lots of fleetwood mac<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but how i fell in love with music so young, i have no idea<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i can recall that as i got a little older, like 8 or so, the year that my mother & stepfather & i moved to nh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my mother went to work for the first time in my life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i'd come home after school and be alone for a long time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i didn't make friends right away when we moved<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so my best friend was mtv<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like for serious<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i came home after school and watched mtv for hours<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well there you go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and there were videos on mtv back then.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: a lot of them!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">all day long!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so yeah, that's what locked it in<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but strangely i never really got into playing music as a kid<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like, i took several years of piano lessons<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so at least i have that foundation and can read music and stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i once begged for a guitar, so my parents got me this little white kid-sized electric guitar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i took like 2 lessons<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">was like "this shit is HARD"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and never really touched it again<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you know, cause i wanted to come out of the gate playing like C.C. Deville or someone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (i'm sure he was one of my idols around this time)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but the good guitar players spend their entire adolescent lives in their rooms practicing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: which i wish i'd been encouraged to do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not necessarily with guitar, just with music<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my parents were so lax with me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">which was awesome at the time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i used to think my friends' strict parents were the worst<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but man i coulda used a little discipline!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">instead i spent my 20s f*cking up and figuring things out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: heh - i'm still working on that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">did i just give away my age?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what did you learn?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: in my 20s?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think i learned (eventually) to like myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that was big<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i used to be so shy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">believe it or not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: huh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think i learned not to panic<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">eventually<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mostly i learned about myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like who i was, who i wanted to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i learned not to settle for something that isn't quite what i want<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's a good one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes, well that was the hardest lesson of all<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">really</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hard because you have to be able to distinguish between the things you need, the things that you only think you want or want for reasons that aren't really true to you, the things that you feel like you should want... etc. etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do we</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">have</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to settle for?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if we aren't doing what we want to be doing but it's how we eat...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: or pays for doctor appointments<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what do you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: is that rhetorical or are you really asking?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'm really asking. what's one thing you know for sure?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that none of it will matter in the long run as much as we think it does today<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: because it's all temporary<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we're just a blip in the universe's<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">urm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">universe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but like<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to quote blues traveler, which i hate to do, but this song always stuck with me:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it won't mean a thing in a hundred years<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we'll be gone and the next ones will be here sorting out their problems and challenges as if they're the most important thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but they're not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">as we're not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so just try to have fun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and not take it all so durn seriously<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh that wasn't all a blues traveler quote btw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"it won't mean a thing in a hundred years"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the rest was me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :) if i think that far ahead, i get stuck with even bigger questions about what matters, so i just try to think ahead to when i won't remember the struggle anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we forget so much<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and usually that really bothers me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but if i have to deal with something really unpleasant, it can be a comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i won't remember the details one day. only the important things that might come out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i feel like i'm always putting out little fires<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that really shouldn't have been started in the first place<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i guess there's the caretaker in me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: some people would probably walk right by<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or not notice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's AMAZING to me how much people can not notice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i won't follow that tangent today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good call<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: heh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but since you took it to the level of the 'verse, i get to ask my doctor who question<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh no!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've never watched it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is this final jeopardy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm going to lose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh, for our purposes that doesn't matter :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ok cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: although i have to tell you i think you should watch it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah i know<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i will<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">someday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my real plan is to try to build a serious following in the states. right now, bbc america has been airing episodes weeks after the brits get to watch them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i have to watch crappy versions online.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not important.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i don't have cable<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">go on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so anyway. the doctor is a time lord and has this nice little machine called a tardis that can travel to any time, any place in the entire history of the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">TARDIS = time and relative dimension in space. not that it matters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the question is, where would you want to go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or when<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right, the thing that was on the dome<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i'd definitely go backwards, not forwards<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm pretty pessimistic about the future<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hmm, when would i go<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">maybe the '20s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">not too many distractions<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like we have now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: except for people sitting on poles and having dance marathons and stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: the fun stuff? :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you know in fried green tomatoes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">whenever idgy and ruth lived<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that would be pretty cool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i guess maybe that was a little later<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i just always thought idgy was awesome<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's because she is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">also, now i'm really hungry, thinking about that movie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ah!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it is the 1920s!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">according to imdb<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">^ see that's me not being able to let something go<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i NEED answers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what did people do before the internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: they... fried green tomatoes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">[NOTE: THIS NEXT BIT CONTAINS FRIED GREEN TOMATOES SPOILERS. SKIP THE GREEN TEXT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: absolutely they did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: also was the old lady supposed to be idgy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i think yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i could never figure that one out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: in the book she isn't.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but in the movie i think yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: she gives that little smile at the end<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that suggests it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">spoiler alert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oops too late<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: #76923c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: whoopssss<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">[OKAY IT'S SAFE AGAIN!]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but who hasn't seen fried green tomatoes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mostly just grouchy people who don't like good movies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i feel like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or, men maybe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that's kind of a chick flick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i thought i might know a guy who liked it, but now i'm not sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: informal poll!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">nick from the acre hasn't seen it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i guess i'll just make sure to post a spoiler alert on the blog :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay i think i've let us digress<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">can i shoot some of the short-answer questions at you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1-2 word answers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sorry hang on!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">actual work happening!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">10 minutes after 5<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this is what happens<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: hanging!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: izzy maxwell says fried green tomatoes is a great movie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">matty king hasn't seen it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my friend erik who i've known forever hasn't seen the movie but he has eaten them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ok!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">shoot!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">short answer!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">go!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hit me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you smile?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: my kitteh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what cracks you up?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: oh shoot i should have saved that one. let's see: arrested development<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you go "hmm"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: america<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what pisses you off?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: spelling errors<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what freaks you out?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: lack of control<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: what makes you jump up and down and clap?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you, and all the other awesome people i know<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: awwwwww<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: seriously, i LOVE the people i love<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay that's magnificent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">two more questions!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good cause i have to pee!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: you get to pick both: one for you and one for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ooh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh i have to pick the questions?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i thought you meant you would tell me what they were and i'd assign them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">man<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: also, you can pee first if you want to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: this is way harder<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">no that's ok, i'll wait until we're done<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">cause at that point i'll be packing up and getting outta here<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: gotcha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ok wow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well, for you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you seem to emit an air of confidence and happiness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's the secret?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">before i ever knew you, back when mark was brandon and vice versa, i always thought, she seems so comfortable on stage<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she's totally got it down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well, i only go out in public when feeling confident and happy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ooh that's smart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay not really.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hmm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sometimes i go out when i feel down and sh*tty, in hopes that being out will help<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes it does, sometimes it makes it worse<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway, this is your question<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well i have managed to learn when i definitely need to stay away from people. those are generally good fried green tomato nights. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ah yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it is good to have such intuition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">... it says you've entered text<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i'm waiting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: well, as far as being onstage... i think i've always felt pretty comfortable up there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i hope you're not waiting on me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ok good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: just thinking...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's like... onstage, you have a built-in authority.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've taught a bit in the past and it's the same thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">meanwhile as a student in a class, my heart pounds just at the thought of raising my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but when you're up front, the room or the audience is yours. somehow that dynamic just works for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i understand!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i thrive in a scenario like one night band<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like, when i've done something i'm proud of and want to share it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: right<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: i can get up on the stage at the middle east in front of a packed room and not even flinch<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but like<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">put me in a meeting with strangers and i go mute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ugh i hate meetings with strangers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: unless i'm smarter than them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: totally. as far as</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">happy</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">goes, it really is a matter of willing it - of tapping into every ounce of hope and love i have for people and projecting that outward as much as i can.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: if i'm the expert, then i'll tell you what's what, i don't care who you are<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: exactly, you're the expert.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: but i'm not usually the expert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that hope/love thing has become what <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">TBH</a> is about for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a way of willing the world to be the way i think it should be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">if only for those few moments i get with people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">although my singing is hardly ever what i think it should be in loud live situations. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">okay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">does that answer your question?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i'm still trying to figure out how to sing in loud live situations<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: let me know the secret, if you work it out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: something really worked at the so-so's show<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i've been trying to re-channel it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i think it was the whiskey<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ok!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sound at the lizard rules.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: do you still want me to ask me something?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yup.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what shall i ask you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what question are you dying to answer for the world?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(or the 20 people who read my blog)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: this is hard because i think i'm kind of an open book anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but, let's see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">what's next?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how about that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">cause there's exciting stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">to me anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so ash, what's next for you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and now i'm trying to remember<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">let's see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well i have a new band<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">one-off of course, because that's how i roll<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's for a halloween show<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we're called whores at the door and we'll be doing the pixies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's me, nick murphy from the acre, al polk from streight angular & justin shapiro from big east<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ooooh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: so we start practicing next weekend<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we're sharing st helena's space for a couple months<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then in mid-september i'm moving in with justin in brighton<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so that's exciting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">getting closer to work and stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: no more eastie!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: yeah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that's kind of sad for me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i do like it there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i also have some really bad memories there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">which is a tangent we won't go on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: okay<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it'll be nice to leave certain memories behind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">anyway<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">then after i move, looks like i'm going to montreal!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: then in december (i think), there will be a benefit show that i'm co-organizing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: for the record, i think we can all agree you've earned yourself a vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: all i ever wanted...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but yeah, working on a show for december with proceeds benefitting beth israel nicu in the name of emilia diguardia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the daughter of my longtime friend & <a href="http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/2010/08/cd-on-songs-this-blue-heaven-nova-love.html">bbc contributor C.D</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we're meeting tonight actually, me and the other gals<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that's wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: sarah korval </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">[OF <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thebackupfactor">THE BACKUP FACTOR</a> WITH WHOM <a href="http://www.thisblueheaven.com/">TBH</a> WILL BE PLAYING ON <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=149885481691366&ref=ts">9/9 AT TT'S</a>!]</span><span class="Apple-style-span">and katie puzo</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we've got big plans for this and i'm really excited about it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">C.D. has been writing about local music for a long time and people really appreciate him<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (we TOTALLY do)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and are very happy to be a part of this<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i think it will be a really awesome thing for him and his wife danyelle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: absolutely wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: they know it's in the works but we're keeping some secrets<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but it's gonna be awesome<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">leave it at that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well i'm sure they will appreciate it. and i hope you know how much we all appreciate what</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">do for your people in Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i do, that's kind of what keeps me going<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you're a good soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: it's hard!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i don't want to let our readers down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (i narrowly avoided saying "<a href="http://thisblueheaven.bandcamp.com/track/generous-soul-2">generous soul</a>" there, which would've given me a link opportunity)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: and i consider our readers to be my friends<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">whether i know them or not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: (but now i've gone and said it.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: haha!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and i don't want to let my friends down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: that just makes me want to hug you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: aw, promise?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: still: vacation is good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oh totally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: just sayin'<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: perfect<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but i do have to get going<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they're wondering why i'm still here 45 minutes after the workday ended<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">plus i still really have to pee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: go home!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">go pee!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ok!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thanks for chatting with me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">see you soon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">xo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: ::hug::<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ashley</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: all that stuff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">me</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">: <3 bye</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<b>Epilogue:</b><br />
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