Day Four: I need more sleep.: The Sequel: I still need more sleep.

It's currently 1:41 AM and I just realized something I forgot to put in a package I mailed to one of my best friends for his birthday which was Wednesday. I included this because it is still relevant subject matter. You see, I picked him up a copy of Tyler Burkum's solo demo LP at Audio A's last Canadian Show ever..........LAST November. For Christmas. This is OCTOBER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I am a rather silly fellow, I am.

It's really nice when you find out from a mutual friend that someone who you think is an incredible musical talent likes your poetry. At least six months to a year after they would've seen you read some. It's just a cool feeling and it's almost as if it kind of validates you as a writer that you might actually be kind of good at something that you love to do. It actually made my day to hear that even though it didn't take that long to converse :). Funny I'm typing this now. So far, this entire entry has been typed while listening to her stuff. I love her voice. She's almost got a Leigh Nash-ish vibe going on, with Leigh Nash having one of my favourite voices ever. I'm not even kidding. When Burlap to Cashmere was supposed to open when I saw Jars of Clay at Forward Baptist Church last year and then I found out that they couldn't and then I saw her walk out, I was seriously like, ":|.......No. Fricking. Way. :|.......:O..........8D"

One of my other friends is also giving up the purchasing of cd's for 40 days as well. He works at a record store and gets a ridiculous discount. Sucker ;). (Sorry Joel, but I can make cracks at that because I know that you will most likely never read this, so it's all good :P. And if you somehow [freakishly] do, then you know I mean it all in good fun ;).). But it's cool, because we were talking about what we're going to be doing with the money we're both not spending on cd's and I totally respect and admire where he's at and what he's going to be up to, so that's really cool :). I definitely tip my hat off to you, my friend. I tip my hat off to you. :)

You know what? Because I know that I have to give up buying cd's for 40 days and because I know it will be good for me (despite copious amounts of awesome that are being released within this timeframe that I would love to/probably will purchase anyway somewhere down the line), it won't be as hard as I thought it would be :).

In the awkward silence, my heart screams, "Your eulogy is like poetry, but your mouth is like a magazine."