(sigh) . . . Nowhere to go out to tonight and nothing on television to stay home and watch.  I amuse myself by watching YouTube videos of the acts that I saw at Bumbershoot last September.  

Was life really that simple back then?  Were days really that sunny, even in Seattle?  Everything's impermanent, and these dark late autumn clouds too shall come to pass, and the stars might even realign themselves for me to return to Bumbershoot and MFNW someday.  But meanwhile, back in the here and now, I've still got a warm house and high-speed internet access and cats to keep me company, and I can relive those glory days in the sun, basking in music, drinking Vitamin Water, and resting my bald head on luxuriant hotel pillows.