In the previous week, I practiced AND played for Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13, took a couple of tests, came right back to St. Louis and slammed out the first Solar Shadows set since early 2007 (bringing it up to 3 official shows, still countless unofficial shows under that banner...), came right back to Carbondale the next day, and played both an unbilled set as Of Course You Realize... and a second go-around at Solar Shadows.

None of these will be discussed in detail here, because I still have academic matters to pursue until tomorrow. I just wanted to note that life has at least been polite enough to not be boring.