So here's what's been going on;

Spent a pretty great weekend in Baltimore, which I would've written about had I not come directly home to some pretty big family emergencies (which, have been taken care of for now, but they're both result of a larger issue that's been going on for a pretty long time, and I imagine will keep going on for a while as well). So, the timing was pretty perfect to say "Music Fast!"

The first time I ever went on a "music fast" was probably midway through college, after playing a show that went not-overly-well to say the least (It involved a Black Flag cover set where I was the only one who actually knew the songs - but we were forcibly stopped after the second song in the set anyway, after a garbage fight broke out and an administrator was hit in the head with an empty detergent bottle - in retrospect, that part was kind of awesome). I was fairly discouraged, and assumed "I will never actually be in a 'real' band, so I am giving all of this up."

(Of course, the irony being that after college I joined a band which has, during one of it's better shows, thrown a case of newspapers around the club, as well as bags of sugar, not to mention that we have such a reputation for such antics that I was personally threatened by one of the promoters at our last show)

Obviously, that music fast was relatively short lived, but I also didn't have quite as full of a plate back then. In addition to the family issues, I've got my own personal issues to deal with, AND I brilliantly decided that this was a perfect time to take a new, "Master Level" writing class, which goes on for the next two months and concludes with putting on a full, live sketch show. Basically I said to myself, "So, you don't REALLY want to relax at all for a while, right?", and I responded (to myself) "HECK NO!"

So, yes, I imagine I will likely be on edge, moreso than usual, for the duration of the summer (MAYBE calming down afterwards, but I doubt it). I will go on some more about the class later, but in the meantime I am actually going to go over my work for this week (by which I mean generally worry about the quality of).

ALSO - newly added to the "Things I've written" sidebar - an "Unreleased" interview with The Used Kids. (And also, while they tried to give me a hard time saying I mis-transcribed one of their quotes, let the record show that's the reason I say "Here's the rough version of our interview, band! Let me know if there's anything to be changed!")