Beautiful you
You don’t have a clue
You are the writer in my head
Beautiful you
Beautiful you
You took me down on my bed (“Beautiful You” ~ Rick Springfield)

Okay, still in concert going mode. It’s only nine days away. (It’s not like I’m counting or anything)

So, up until the current season, I’ve never watched much TV, but something happened and I got sucked into both Survivor (Because I caught the first couple episodes and quickly started cheering for Terry) and then American Idol’s Taylor Hicks hooked me. I vowed I would stop watching when either/both got voted off, but lo and behold they both made it to the respective season finales.

I knew Terry was doomed the moment he lost that last immunity challenge ::tear:: and a horrible ending to a disappointing season.

I have better hopes for “my boy” on next weeks Idol. Something worthwhile has to come out of all this time I wasted in front of the television.

::Sigh:: it’s going to be a ponyclub weekend.

“You had the power to save my soul
I had the power to make you whole
(its wasted)
We had the power and we had control but we blew it

The shit you pulled goes round my head
I still see your face in every face in my bed
Tell me was it something I said” ~ (“Wasted” – Rick Springfield)

Those lyrics have been heavy on my mind the last few days. I find myself going back to that song when I feel like I’m disconnected from the whole world … and I’ve felt that way lately.

It might also be that even though my iPod’s always on shuffle it’s seemed to be locked in RS mode the last two days, which totally works for me. I had bought tickets to see him in Cleveland Memorial Day weekend, but was having a hard time getting really excited about it. Part of the reason was the seats weren’t the best, well the opportunity dropped in my lap to upgrade yesterday (seems to always happen) so Kate and I are moving on up to the second row. Big yay!

I had the pleasure of interviewing David Immergluck of Counting Crows for Blogcritics a couple weeks ago. It was a phone interview and I was a bit nervous about not being able to get into a grove, not having the face to face reactions to work with – but everything went really well. I always tend to over-think these things.

On the writing front, a friend recently suggested Author’s House to me, a self-publishing house. To be honest, the thought had been dancing around in my head lately. I got the information, that is really only very general, and I’m still on the fence. I’ve received a lot of encouraging feedback on In Name and Blood but nothing has completely panned out. I’ve been sort of in a holding pattern for the last three or four months, only writing the occasional bit of fiction or working on rewriting trouble areas of this novel. But I’ve come to some decisions about what I need to do to it…so I think I’m going to make time this summer to refine, and then resubmit.

Anyway – that the update.