Or rainy. First rainy day in over a week. I’m not complaining about the rain, there are only so many sunny days in a row I can stand, but it’s taking every thing I’ve got not to get into bed and go to sleep. I may also be coming down with a cold, but I’ve felt like that the few weeks. I’m glad I’ve been avoiding it, but at the same time, I wish it would present itself and just leave already. I think it’s just procrastinating.
I’ve been meaning to post something for over a week now, but I’ve been otherwise distracted by nothing in particular. Had a surprisingly nice (and social) weekend and basically it was just the same work week — my brain is fried by the time I get home and the last thing I want to do is spend time on the computer. That and the nice weather we’ve been having has created some sort of weird Spring Fever-ish mania, but in a good and happy way.
I also meant to write because I did see the Constantines in NYC on the 16th and had so much to say but I’ve practically forgotten it all. I remember bits and pieces, something about this weird guy in a white cap that was drunk and totally overenthusiastic and also about how much I love to hear these guys live. Yeah, I’ve only seen them once before but the show quickly moved up to my top five concert experiences (at the Phoenix in Toronto, where the band shared the stage with like, half the audience). This show wasn’t quite as exciting, mostly because New York audiences are weird and it was an early show, but they didn’t disappoint me at all. I love them because they aren’t pretentious at all. I’m tired of indie bands that go out of their way to be different but just end up sounding like everyone else. It was just pure rock. They’ve gotten a bit more gritty and I definitely like the outcome. (They look a bit grittier, too.) I almost ended up seeing them the next night in Brooklyn, but I had a weekend long migraine and that wouldn’t have worked out very well for me.
Random stuff in one paragraph: Tomorrow night I’m seeing Scout Niblet at Cafe Nine here in New Haven… well, if the weather is a little nicer. Next show isn’t until May 16th, when Mates of State come back (they’re from around here) and play Toad’s Place. Looking forward to that. Watched Kurt Cobain: About a Son last night and realized that I still related to a lot of what Kurt was saying about not fitting in (and feeling like an alien) and people in general and the difficulties of living with depression and anxiety and chronic pain. Guess I haven’t changed much since high school after all. Funny, that. Finally started Kafka’s Diaries (1910-1923). AND got my tax refund of $1 in the mail today. Seriously, they shouldn’t have even bothered to send it. It probably cost more to process the damn thing. HOWEVER I will be looking forward to a check in May from the stimulus program.
Seriously, though, I am sooooooo tired.