Tuesday the 13th

Commutes:

• Plowed through a whole bunch of Story of the Day podcasts. I remember that only one was about health care. How will I ever know what is going on now?

Evening:

• Saw Shawn Colvin at Yoshi's! She was terrific, and called Sting a pansy ass mo-fo for using an electric tuner. It was a very simple set - just Shawn and a guitar, and a backup singer for 3 or 4 tunes. Her voice is just as pure and true as it is in her recordings, and holy cow can she work a capo on the guitar.

Friday the 2nd

Morning Commute:

• Planet Money, another healthcare report I forgot as I was listening to it. Story of the Day was about the swine flu epidemic hitting Austin, Texas. The reporter interviewed his teenage daughter, who said she was afraid it would be a really scary thing but basically she just felt stuffy and tired for 6 days. Now I want swine flu. It would be a chance to clean out the DVR.

Night Out:

• Live! Saw "Rumbache" at Cigar Bar, and danced with random folk. Plug: my friend Alan's band "Manicato" plays there sometimes. I imagine it's tight quarters for a band with a horn section, but fun!

Late Night:

• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, something about the gang and the recession. The Dave & Buster's tie-in was a weird cross-promotion, but still hilarious.
  
• The Office - only made it through the intro and was too tired to concentrate anymore. Too tired to concentrate on The Office. Yikes.

Wednesday the 30th

Morning Commute:

• Planet Money and Story of the Day were both about health care and I now recall neither.

Evening Commute:

• Read The Orchid Thief by Susan Orleans. Enjoyed the movie, book reads well.

Band Practice:

• Not exactly media, but we played my song Unrequited about a gajillion times and then worked on Rachel's song Hide Away about a jillion times.

Before Bed:

• Glee, which I like but do not lurve. It has touching moments, and the songs are fun, but I can't really picture how this could be entertaining for multiple seasons. Kristen Chenowith sure rocked the hell out of this one, though.
  
• I meant to go to bed right after. I did. I got sucked into a few minutes of Oprah, because Chris Rock was on, and they were talking about his new documentary Good Hair and I was intrigued. I drifted to the DVR button, and was reminded that the following premiered that night:
  
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge. I freely admit that this is the single-most shameful thing I watch. And I have watched them all. And I get extremely excited about the return of the challenge. Even though it is terrible. And the contestants are, as TWOP once put it, "Professional Shot Drinkers". I will not tell anyone they should watch it, but I squeal a little when I find another follower.

On the nightstand:

• Had to read a little, bc I was still wired from watching the Challenge. Yes. That is sad. So finished another chapter of Alive in Necropolis.