ziplock

today i got it into my head that i could comb out my dreads (per the instructions i found online), get a fresh haircut, and show up at brendan's show for 8 – surprising him and everyone else with my smooth straight locks. unfortunately, after 5 hours it became clear that that plan was flawed and it'll probably be a week before i comb them all out. my scalp is sore, not from the combing and tugging, just from having dreads for 10 months, but i've gotta tell ya... putting my fingers thru my hair felt like a 1000 bux. my scalp is in serious need of some lovin', it has that "i've been wearing a pony-tail too long" feeling. i have all the front and top ones out, my guess is that i'm 1/3 of the way (i have 24 to go, and i can't imagine i've done more than 12 – i wish i'd counted them). it's a funny look, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "business in the front, party in the back". when b showed up and saw my silky straight locks he said "wow" – i think that's a good sign :)

so we headed down to the show brendan was playing at the artel. for the most part its very easy to forget that i am significantly older than him, aside from the logistics of it it never crosses my mind because he's so seasoned. however, upon entering the artel i suddenly found myself among his peers and it hit me "man i'm old!". it never comes up because i always see him among MY peers, he's really unusual and jives with people older than him – it's been said "he has an old soul".

anyways, so there he was,
on stage with the rest of graven, and as he begins to play his resonator guitar i'm once again struck by how talented he is. like, i'm fully aware that he's a talented guitarist, but when i hear him play it hits me fresh each time. in fact, i was so overcome that i wanted to vomit (in a good way). when i hear him play i'm reminded that he's not just some normal guy, it's amazing. i say this at risk of sounding like that typical groupie girl that fawns over the nearest guitarist. i'm not that girl and he's not that guitarist. bren m would back me up on this because i know she likes to see him play too, and mike says he channels "slowhand".

speaking of the melles...
our game of trivial pursuit was kind of slow and the trivia was circa 1981, but we enjoyed each other's company immensely. the melles won fair and square, but brendan and i gave them a run for their money that's for certain.

i'm not finished yet,
i've got a little left in me.