I've tried to make numerous posts this week, but all that's been coming out are little one sentence bits of nonsense. Winter is hard.



(The Half Apples with Chris Faroe)

Last night I attended the SLC Folk Festival that was held in Slonim House in a tiny little room with soft lighting. Everyone sat on the floor and ate baklava while listening to truly beautiful music. The sense of community was strong, and I left the event feeling very at peace with the world.

Today I'm having a bit of a sleepy day. I ventured out to eat a waffle at brunch with Doug, but since then I've been working on a mix cd for my good friend Sebas. We have a very similar taste in music and a great appreciation for it as well. We were at the folk festival together last night, and spent a majority of the time turning around to grin at each other and say "This is SO GOOD." To which the other said "I know." It's been very rare in my life to find someone with the same enthusiasm about good music as I have, and as a result, I'm putting a tremendous amount of time and effort into making him this cd. A sampling of the songs so far:

Backyards by Broken Social Scene
Wisconsin by Bon Iver
The Struggle by Mirah

And even those are tenative. Theoretically, I could make him two cds of music, but that seems so impersonal to me. And on I go, spending time I should be writing a paper making a cd for a friend.

This morning I completed knitting my first sweater! I'm almost done blocking all the pieces, and then I'll get to seaming it together. But for now, I must do some work and prepare for the Oscars!