sufferance of indulgence

Today I discovered William Gibson has started blogging. In a little over a week he has written more than I can consume in a lunch-hour of blog-reading ecstasy.

My weekend was filled with performance and indulgence. A group of us went to see my friend Dave perform at Patrick’s Cabaret on Sat, followed by homemade baklava (courtesy of Kristin, who is an excellent chef, despite the baklava’s blackened edges–which were still good!), followed by a particularly fun exodus to Balls at midnight.

On Sunday, Laura and I accompanied another friend to The Circus of Tales at the Theatre de la Jeune Lune downtown. As unexciting as parts of the show were, it still got me excited that this kind of thing is actually happening in Minneapolis. The show felt a little disjointed, and the “circus” aspects seemed to have little to do with the “story” aspects (something cirque has gotten better at over the years, in my opinion–so maybe it’s hard to do).

After the show, we were going to go see a local Drum and Bass group (called simply: T), but Laura’s ID is old (expired), so the bartender wouldn’t let us stay. (It was just as well, the band hadn’t even set up yet, and we were already kinda tired.) But the more I thought about it, the more I really wanted to punch that bartender in the face. I mean, it’s not like the ID was faked or anything, it was merely expired. Laura thinks we have 6 months past expiration to replace the ID, or something like that. I called DMV to find out exactly, but talking to anyone there is like trying to talk to anyone at the UofMN. (Press 1 to hear a list of options you don’t want. Press 2 to hear another infuriating list. Press 3 to return to the previous list of options that had nothing to do with why you called.) So I sent them an email instead. We’ll see if anyone replies.

So then, to kill some steam, I decided to stop by cheepo and see if T has an album there. They don’t, but I got this album of Volante remixes (aptly titled “Remixes”). It’s pretty cool, but I’m going to stop listening to it now before I stop thinking that.

Work continues on getting up an “about” page (with statistics). So far, I know this blog (before this entry) was about 46 thousand words, and this is the 301st entry. More stats forthwith.