biomusicology

so, wow, i guess a lot has happened since i last posted. i had an insanely busy week last week and my commitment to update more often suffered as a result. here's a quick rundown of last week:

monday: jonathan richman at the 9:30 club. he was absolutely precious and i was positively beaming through the whole show.
tuesday: hmm, something. i'm sure i did something but i just don't remember. (if you are the person i hung out with on tuesday, i'm sorry.)
wednesday: dinner out with the office (sans boss, of course!) at logan tavern then drinks at this awesome bar called the brickskeller, which has the world's largest selection of beers (over 1,000 types on the menu).
thursday: ted leo! goddamn, was that a spectacular show. since the show, i've been unable to listen to anything else. soon my poor ipod will have "ted leo/pharmacists" permanently emblazoned onto its tiny helpless screen. do they make ipod screensavers? anyway, before the show, chris and helen and i had some awesome ethiopian food at a place called dukem and, while there, we were given some little wet-nap things that were truly hilarious. here is what we found on the back of the package (bear in mind, this is all in caps, but i can't bring myself to force that sort of visual assault on you, dear reader):

"Refreshing fresh nap moist towelette: A very strong napkin-size towelette saturated with a pleasantly scented cleansing lotion. cleans and refreshes hands and face without soap or water, self dries in seconds. leaves skin soft and smooth. directions: just tear open packet and use."

now i ask you: have you ever encountered a more heartwarming moist towelette package? my favorite part is the whole "directions: use" thing, and i love the overly flowery language in general. also, in case you were wondering, chris actually used the wet-nap (unlike helen and i, who tucked the packages away for blogging purposes) and according to him the cleansing lotion was not particularly pleasant-smelling, nor did it leave his skin soft and smooth. you win some, you lose some.

then, on friday, i went to a nationals game with mike degroot, and it freaking rocked. before the game there were some parachuters from the command exhibition parachute team, which was pretty sweet (even though i was terrified and clutching mike's arm half the time, squinting through half-covered eyes), then the nationals won. also, it turns out that bush and condoleezza rice were there, which we didn't know until the next day when we read the article about the game.

man, this post is forever long. i'll post again tomorrow about my weekend, which was pretty fantastic too. i hope you guys all know that i love you a lot (unless you're a stranger who has somehow happened upon my site, in which case i probably don't love you just yet) even though i'm sort of a bad communicator. be good.