okay, so i took it down. good people of the myspace universe, thank you for your votes.

if you're still interested in it, you can go to unlock austin's website and vote for me - it's supposed to tell you other artists who are similar, but i can't even get it to upload a picture. who knows?

so... i don't know how i feel about the unlock austin thing yet. i just added it to my myspace page. i mean, to vote for me, you have to click it, create a sign-in there, and then add me to your favorites. then you will get alerts about my shows. I think that's the deal.

and then i'm ranked against other austin bands...? i don't know. i'm testing the water.

oh my goodness. i'm obsessed. you must go here. click the 5th one.

This woman is unbelievable. It's amazing...it's...it's incredible.

so...i was looking up when the season premiere for grey's anatomy is...i know, i know.

but what did i find? a promo for a show called ugly betty. i don't know how i feel about this. i know, the show says her initially disgusted boss learns to appreciate how invaluable she is - she's efficient, smart, etc. - but come on. the show is really about how you have to be CONVINCED by "other attributes" and GIVE A CHANCE to the ugly girl. the ugly girl named betty.

hmph.

So...here are some pictures from the road...
first off, let me say: if it looks like i'm driving off the road, i'm NOT - it's just the way i'm holding the camera.




then i saw this...hee hee...there are even more there than show up in the picture - i couldn't really LOOK at what i was shooting...


i kept seeing signs like this EVERYWHERE, for MILES. i don't know what it is. unfortunately, this sign was pretty small, but it was one of the last ones i saw. some of them were HUGE, some were painted on buildings...it was weird.


here's a rainbow in front of my car...


and finally, at the Cave.
First, I should say, apparently for weeks leading up to the show, there was a countdown  taking place for my show. Everyday, someone would update the chalkboard to say..."only 34 days till Bettysoo!" or whatever. Isn't that nice??

Then, after we got closer, people erased the countdown and replaced it with a running haiku contest - and this lovely drawing of me. heh heh...



And lastly, me playing the Cavern Tavern (the Cave)

oh man. 2 nights ago i was in a scary, scary place. So...after a successful night in norcross, GA, where I booked a show for this coming Feb., I decided to head north until I got tired - and that I would stay at a motel I found along the way. Normally, I think an OK plan. This time, however, it wasn't working so well for me.

Apparently, it is busy season in Greenville, SC. When I got there, I tried a couple places, but they were booked up. I finally got directions to a place that had vacancy...but I was warned about it's lack of appeal.

So...here I am, driving through Greenville. I'm eventually driving through a beautiful, well-heeled area with upscale boutiques. Next door to the boutiques? The BUDGET INN. Let's just say...not so beautiful, well-helled, or upscale.

First off, I drive up, and there are only 2 cars in the lot. I'm assuming at least one of them is for an employee...but maybe both. So...there's a maximum of 1 other guest here tonight. Wow. When I walk up to the lobby, the door is locked, and I have to use the night window with a horribly fitted wooden sliding drawer through which the lady and I communicate. I fill out my information on an index card with typed spaces "name...address...etc." - STAPLED to another index card with carbon paper in between. I'm not kidding.

OK. So, $50 later, room key and remote control in hand (yes, they keep them in the office so people won't steal them), I found my room. Stained and stinky does not begin to describe it. There were still old white water/jar rings on the bathroom counters, brown butt marks (yes, poo marks) on the toilet seat, and the cracked bathtub and counters were haphazardly "mended" with crazy caulk lines.

Needless to say, I threw off the covers of the bed without touching anything but the sheets, and I slept restlessly. When I woke up, I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and tried in general to get ready without touching anything. ANYTHING. including the floor. So I kept putting my shoes back on as I was changing clothes...it probably would have looked really funny. But it was worth it. So I left at 7 am or so, in search of a place to use a toilet - one that would be cleaner than my motel room.

sigh. i am so glad i got out of there.

is not remembering later what you were going to blog about. just like everything else in life. sometimes, you walk into a room, and you don't remember what you went there for. sometimes, you sit down to write your grocery list, and you can't remember what you were planning to eat for the next week. well, lately, i keep thinking of things to ramble about, and i forget later when i try to remember.

considering how trivial my blogs are, i don't know why it bugs me so much. perhaps because it is an indication of a bigger discipline problem i have?

anyway, i've been reading augustine. the city of god. how did this man see so much in the 400s? it's blowing me away. he writes about the fall of rome...but the part that has been striking me in moments after i've put the book down is when he contrasts the rise of rome (the story of romulus) with the rise of the city of god.

the rape and carrying off of the sabine women - creating a sanctuary, building the walls of rome up, protecting in war the citizens of rome so that rome could keep these women and grow their population and survive as a city...contrasted with a god who, rather than creating sanctuary from the harm that would come for his own, creates that safety for his enemies. amazing.

oh boy, little rock, nashville, now HOTlanta! well, norcross, actually - just north of hotlanta. :)

sorry i'm so behind with updating. I finally am sitting, resting, getting caught up with e-mail and not driving. whew. so, since i last blogged, i have thought of many things i would love to ramble about.  one of them is long introductions. For myself. hee heee... like those cheesy ways that cd and artist reviews go.

for example...if you haven't been inundated yet by 5 foot relatively liberal christian korean folk-rock singer songwriters from austin texas, you might still find a stand-out representative in bettysoo

or...how about...don't be discouraged by the smallness of her stature or her eyes. this girl's got a big voice belied by her small height.

you might be surprised to see a korean american singing folk music, but this minority has got a major voice.

heh heh...