magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

seems people started coming back from break today. saw jen.c (yes that jen) at dinner, and was not as affected as i have been by her. even with matthew there. it was a good feeling. and she hasn't been entirely out of my mind since, but it's time. silly little crushes can't be more than that for too long. i think spending the week more or less by myself was good.

earlier, i walked up to bread and circus for toothpaste and such, and stopped in at chris.d's (from purple ivy shadows) antique store on the way back. hung out and talked about architecture and music and poetry.

and another concert tonight. cat power. just chan marshall and guitar. i had heard that she's unpredictable live. that she has terrible stage fright and is sometimes abusive, sometimes storms off in the middle of a show. she didn't do that tonight, but was a little quirky. she runs her songs together so that there won't be breaks for applause from the audience or requiring banter from her. although halfway through the second song she stopped and moved about four feet over. and then during the third stopped again and moved down off of the stage and played the rest of the show standing in the audience. when she couldn't remember a song she'd just play through all the chords she knows, searching for the right one.

she was very good though. kept most of the audience pretty enrapt for the duration of the show. certainly me.

cybèle was there with three of her friends from massachusetts (two of them vegan). and garth with his friend erika from home (also vegan). other risd people. hung out with garth and erika and this girl hanna who's in photo afterwards.

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today's soundtrack: geoff farina, usonian dream sequence; live show (see above).