at week's end
status check - second wind (or is it fourteenth?)
background ambiance - phones, office chatter

hallelujah, it's friday. i don't recall being so ready for two days off in eons. work has been going exceptionally well, but has just been crazily busy this week. to say i've earned the weekend serves as a gross understatement. my agenda includes exploration, amusement and whatever else constitutes not having to think about responsibility. ahhhh ...

question for the day: how do you review something and thus think in-depth about something designed to allow you to not think for three hours? my attempt at it runs tomorrow. look for it. i enjoyed myself at the show, anyway, and managed to run into the delightful johnoghue, the person i'd planned on inviting to the show until i realized i had five minutes to find out if he wanted to go and had no idea of how to get in touch with him. all works out in the end. :)

my musical calendar is shaping up beautifully. averi tomorrow (as i told a colleague of my weekend plans, he laughed and said, "i didn't know whether to reply with "again?" or "of course."). graham colton on the 10th (perhaps a bit of averi's opening set, depending on when i get out of work), mraz on the 20th.

and then there is my dream show. featuring a lineup i never dreamt would come together on the same billing at a venue at which i've wanted to see a show. featuring one of my favorite live bands and the two artists firmly rooted at the very top of my must see list.

guster, ben folds and rufus wainwright. at the fleet boston pavillion. i still can't believe they are all touring together, even as my ticket is being processed. the only negative aspect of the lineup is that a three-way headlining tour means none of them will perform for as long as i want. but i can deal with that.

see paul? i told you i'd get to catch rufus live! i was just, uh, waiting for the perfect time. right. yep. ;)

in other news, i'm taping nightline tonight and applaud abc for its broadcast plan. i am shocked and disgusted that anyone would refuse to air it. anti-war propaganda? please. try reality.(please note the link)

in other news, today is one of those first glorious days of sprummer (spring/summer) where it kills you to have to remain inside. yet your spirits are bright and the world seems wonderful. ah ...