now what?
god it was so fucking good. this summer, i mean. i traveled all over the country to see the indigo girls, from san diego to maine and from atlanta to alaska and everywhere in between. i saw some of my best friends and made new ones. i saw everything from amazing indigo girls shows that will go down in indigo history (the roxy...) to lukewarm shows (seattle...), but a lukewarm indigo girls show is better than anything else by any other artist. i went to alaska. i went to alaska to see the indigo girls, and in a small way, alaska changed my life. that is a huge thing, ya know. when i needed something to occupy my time on those long flights and those long days in line, i finally, after much persuasion, gave the harry potter books a chance and, while "obsession" is not the right word for that, i did become pretty hooked.
yesterday was my last indigo girls show of the summer, and quite possibly the year. it was excellent, but bittersweet. thankfully, trina and tomi (from three5human) and joey were there for me after the show ended, to make that quick, but often hard and painful, transition from indigo on the horizon to no indigo on the horizon. i will fondly remember this weekend. (and as a side note, i a *very* glad i made the decision not to go to the brandi carlile show after the indigo girls/three5human show last night. going to the brandi gig would have been painful for me. it wouldn't have been the same, and if there's not much live music on the horizon for me, i want my last show to be an uber memorable one, non an artist that i have very mixed feelings about...)
and this morning i finished the final harry potter book.
so now what? summer has really come to an end. it is truly over.
"i could go crazy on a night like tonight
when summer's beginning to give up her fight
and every thought's a possibility
and the voices are heard but nothing is seen..." ~ emily saliers (indigo girls), "mystery"
you know, on one hand i am very very very sad. on another hand, i feel a sense of relief. some sort of normalcy has returned to my life. no more crazy travel for a while (ie atlanta to alaska with 30 hours at home in between), no more getting up at the asscrack of dawn to get in line for a show... but at the same time, no more indigo for a while. and that's hard.
(i have some hesitation keeping this public, because i usually keep my more private blog posts "friends only." but for some reason i want to keep this one public. for now...)
yesterday was my last indigo girls show of the summer, and quite possibly the year. it was excellent, but bittersweet. thankfully, trina and tomi (from three5human) and joey were there for me after the show ended, to make that quick, but often hard and painful, transition from indigo on the horizon to no indigo on the horizon. i will fondly remember this weekend. (and as a side note, i a *very* glad i made the decision not to go to the brandi carlile show after the indigo girls/three5human show last night. going to the brandi gig would have been painful for me. it wouldn't have been the same, and if there's not much live music on the horizon for me, i want my last show to be an uber memorable one, non an artist that i have very mixed feelings about...)
and this morning i finished the final harry potter book.
so now what? summer has really come to an end. it is truly over.
"i could go crazy on a night like tonight
when summer's beginning to give up her fight
and every thought's a possibility
and the voices are heard but nothing is seen..." ~ emily saliers (indigo girls), "mystery"
you know, on one hand i am very very very sad. on another hand, i feel a sense of relief. some sort of normalcy has returned to my life. no more crazy travel for a while (ie atlanta to alaska with 30 hours at home in between), no more getting up at the asscrack of dawn to get in line for a show... but at the same time, no more indigo for a while. and that's hard.
(i have some hesitation keeping this public, because i usually keep my more private blog posts "friends only." but for some reason i want to keep this one public. for now...)