well, i'm back. and as could be expected, so at peace that i really have nothing to say. i mean, i have everything to say but blogging about it doesn't seem like it would get me anywhere. you know the drill...i'm baffled at the perfection that surrounds me. i'm lifted up just by going outside and looking at my surroundings. i'm content and secure and happy and excited for what's to come.

the drive up was really quite entertaining for me. made kick ass time, especially considering the holiday traffic i encountered the last 6 hours of the drive on monday. there were times where lucidity seemed as if it had permanently left me. but it's amazing how fast time goes when you have music. and the one thing that is still blaring through my head constantly is:

one good thing about music
when it hits you
you feel no pain

o.a.r. style of course.

speaking of which, their new cd came out yesterday. it just so happened that it was my first full day back, the sun was shining, it was about 75 degrees outside, mt. rainier was kickin', mel had the day off....so we went to get the cd. it was quite exciting! i don't know what i was expecting, but it has so far surpassed anything i dreamed it could be. those boys made a damn fine cd. i cant stop listening to it. and after we went and had teryaki at my favorite place, we came back and smoked a little seattle kind(!!!) and watched the bonus dvd. which really in my opinion is far more of a legitimate full length dvd than just a "bonus." so much live footage and behind the scenes material in addition to a documentary that really favors my favorite piece of dmb memorabilia - mtv's "open wide." i felt myself plumeting in love with this band. i used to consider them mediocre music talents. my mind has been changed time and time again. it's like i said to mel...i remember watching them at the portland show in february of 2002. i remember so clearly that wide eyed awareness that they were in fact the next thing. and every time i've seen them since them, i've felt that. they have everything dmb has, but they've got the incredible advantage of having the technology to promote it. and this new cd just cements that into place.

so in any case, the cd is amazing. i'm trying to pinpoint what it is that makes so many people such haters of them. but i have to say, i feel the same way about them as i do dmb - i'm just lucky that i do get it and that i am able to love them like i do.

whoosh.

i think i had more to say but my leg fucking hurts like hell(a whole nother story) and i need to go write a few thank you's to some people.

word to your mutha.