TWENTYTEN!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

this century officially enters teenagerdom. no more wettin' the bed here.

christmas in virginia was a really good time. first time i've travelled home for that kind of thing since i moved away from the south. the folks had the house decorated and fixed up real nice. the tree was super pretty, and mom had the nutcrackers and snowmen out in full force. about a week before we got there, they had three feet of snow dumped on them. staunton hadn't seen that kind of snow since i was a wee little one.

pic by Dave Shue

when we got to staunton, there was enough snow left to get some quality saucer rides in with the cousins when they arrived the day after christmas. linda came up from florida too. we all ate and ate some more. drank and drank some more. mom whipped up some of carm's eggnog - the old family recipe. mmmm. saw a lot of good friends, but not for long enough. missed some other good friends completely. it's hard to fit it all in around that time. dad is fixing up the old autoharp for me. paul's oscar schmidt. i'm real stoked about that. that's a hell of a lotta strings. i found some more old records. some real gems.

back to new york and back to work before the decade switch-up. rang in the new year with friends in bushwick. i was a little under the weather, but still dug the festivities. people were dancing on the tables at roberta's. they had the fire going outside and a hot tub in the tent. went bowling with some brothers on ny day, also had a real nice nye day with my sister. we both had the jambalaya at great jones, and enjoyed one of the best jukeboxes in town. the library has been taking a little breather. it's been nice. our full length record, magic windows magic nights, comes out march 2 on fill in the blank. i've been trying to get more sleep these days. i start taking a class at the end of this month at the school of visual arts. i'm pretty excited.

happy new year to you. i hope it's rad.