if you are going to try and hear me play today at a concert for hip4kids, just letting you know that i will not be there. i do, however, wish them the best of luck and hope to help them out in the future.

i am trying to make some major life decisions and not having the easiest of times. it is sort of amusing that a year ago i would have killed to be making decisions like these. i have a lot of opportunities in front of me and i know that in several months i will have made a decision and this particular turmoil will be over and i will be in a good place...i just have no idea how to get there. and...the more i try not to think about it the harder it gets.

so...i have chosen to occupy all of my time in a worthless attempt to procrastinate as much as possible (this entry included in that statement)

yesterday i spent the day with my friend beau johnson and we finished recording his song "time". he is getting ready to release a new cd and i am fortunate enough to get to sing with him on it. he has a show on tuesday at the sidewalk cafe and i think i am going to sing three songs with him that night. i'll put it up on my gig page. we drove down the west side highway and watched the eclipse, had some food and then headed for brooklyn where we checked out the blah blah lounge in park slope. gonna try and play there, cool little venue.

i went to lunch on thursday with kyle from texas. great guy, thinking about moving to the big city and wanted to know my thoughts. i could have talked for hours. maybe i should see a therapist.

the open mic is getting increasingly popular and i have to say that i also think that with the increasing popularity, the quality of performance is rising as well. really, really good people. i can't thank all of you enough for letting me have such a great time on wednesdays. antje rocked, beau and i sang time together, lou came down from boston, seimus was great as always...just a good night. over 30 people. craziness i tell ya.

friday is my birthday. perhaps the impending doom of the biological clock is what is holding me down. no, i'm kidding, i know i'm just stressed because of the fulltime job/music/open mic/what next issue.

anyway, have a wonderful week. come out on tuesday and wednesday of you can. do something cool and think of me when you are doing it on friday, or just send me an anonomous monetary donation. either works for me.

love you

amy