Tuesday May 25 2010

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DREAM: Riding in the backseat of a car. Two people beside me; I’m in the center. Somebody is driving and Renee is in the passenger seat. I’m going on a rant about how eating paper is okay to do and how it is healthy for you. While holding a white piece of paper in my hand with random holes in it, probably from a hole-puncher, I say, “This particular type of paper is what I call Hominem Paper.” I start eating bits of it to prove to everyone I’m right. (Waking life comparisons to dream: gathering at Waffle House last night with people. The eating of the “Hominem Paper” could be symbolic of being accused of character flaws when giving arguments. The holes representing all the times this has happened to me. Taken from Wikipedia: “Ad hominem abusive usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and even true negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions.”)

Close to about 4 p.m. I wake up.

Breakfast: Hot Cream of Wheat with Vanilla, Brown Sugar, and Milk. Blueberry Green Tea. Zinc and Vitamin E.

Event planning. Ordering a part for the broken dryer.

I meet Chad and Kal at the unit. We teach Kal some of the bass parts.

A guy sells me some high quality recording microphones.

Lunch: Grilled Cheese with Tomato. Salt n Vinegar Chips. Blueberry Green Tea.

Finish watching Tell-Tale (2009).

Renee and Guillem are on the couch…then, picking mulberries out on the street.

Organizing.

Renee and Guillem are watching The Prestige (2006).

Stretching. Exercising.

I go back to the unit. Playing music.

Back at the house.

Rocky, Renee, Guillem, Margot, and I corralling in the kitchen.

I eat Green Giant Navy Beans, Spinach, Carrots. Garlic Everything Bagel.

Baking a Mulberry Cobbler using the mulberries from across the street.

Margot tells me about a documentary she watched called The Cove (2009) dealing with dolphin poaching in Japan.

Josiah and Gabe are rehearsing for Color in the attic.

In my room. Packing. Margot and I debating split rent semantics when sharing a room - hugging and embracing.

Traveling to Knoxville, TN. Driving the Mae van – the guys are asleep in the back – my iPod playing through my headphones. It’s been a while since I’ve really listened to music. The 3 and half hour shift I have to drive creates the perfect opportunity to step back into that familiar world I’m used to when out on the road, on tour. At the wheel, lost in thought and imagination, the music opening the door for visions and fantasies.

Quick stop in Emporia off US-58. The moon surprises me behind the hills as a big gold coin in the sky. Coffee, Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter.

Stopping in Raleigh to pick up Dave. Zach’s turn to drive.

Sleep around 6:30 a.m.

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[i] Marilyn Minter.