I’ll keep this short so I can get to class on time.
Sunday: The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. I saw Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris, both of whom were amazing. My fingers are still thawing.
Monday: A debate between Mark Danner, a journalism professor at Berkeley, and William Kristol on whether we need a new president. Unsurprisingly, they did not reach a consensus. A Lyndon LaRouche supporter sitting behind me kept standing up and yelling at Kristol; police eventually came in and removed him. The LaRouche supporter, that is, not Kristol. Berkeley isn’t that ridiculous.
Today, later on: Butternut squash risotto, the vice-presidential debate, and drinks with my former housemates. Deliciousness bracketing bitterness.
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hey, Jenn went to that Gillian Welch show too!
Scoop! Jeff also had a burrito today. OK, that could be any day, but it did happen. I was there.
There was a nice article about Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in the New Yorker a few weeks back- I might be able to find that in my recycling if you didn’t catch it.
Christine: It’s true! I even tried to meet up with her, but by the time I called her, she was leaving so as to avoid freezing to death.
Thomas: I did indeed see the profile; thanks for mentioning it, though. I had no idea before reading it that Gillian was a UC Santa Cruz alumna. Go slugs!
mmmm slugs.
No eating the mascot!
ahem, I seem to remember you eating a frosting slug once upon a time…
Oh, my God, how could I have forgotten? I have pictures and everything! That was an excellent birthday.
Frosty the Slugman was a very happy soul.
With a redwood pipe and a bay tree nose and two eyes made out of…oh, I don’t know. Weed, probably.
You guys are weird.