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Last Updated: 3/31/2008

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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 37
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State: COLORADO
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Friday, March 28, 2008 4:14 PM

Category: Life
So last night’s concert, the one I was sooo excited about, didn’t happen.



Very sad. And, well, that was the plan for the evening, so to express my disappointment, I drank a little too much wine and woke up at 3:00 this morning. The good news: I got a lot of work done first thing.

The word from Radio 1190 was that Jens was stuck in bad weather. I guess he was coming from the Northwest. Tonight he’s playing in Omaha. I was tempted to jump in the car and drive there. But if he didn’t make it here, how can I be sure he can make it there? Then I’d be drinking too much wine again, but I’d be in Nebraska.



Instead, I spun up some Easter egg-dyed yarn.



I thought about the good things that happened this week, like having a drink with my friend Cathy, and glimpsing (but not getting to say hi to -- he was too busy hosting) an old acquaintance, John, who has grown quite a moustache.



His was between the gringo and the connoisseur.

On my way home, I stopped at Twist & Shout, bought the new DeVotchKa album and had a funny little chat with the clerk that touched on local musicians grocery shopping and the home decor of Jay Munly. I saw one person I recognized at the store ... a transgender flamenco musician who talked with me a few years ago about promoting her album, but unfortunately, I just couldn’t get behind the music.



But last night ... well, we wound up going out for a bite to eat and that was pretty much it. Today? I’m taking the day off, so I only worked about 4 hours this morning. I think we’re going to go check out some art around town. Maybe go to a museum or get crazy and go to two tonight.

Other than that, not feeling inspired to groove on Denver. This city used to be a place I loved. Now I find it perplexing. Perhaps the greater-than-previous concentration of people who moved here to ski and view sporting events, neither of which floats my metaphoric boat.

I’m going to take a workshop in May on spinning mohair.

I’m thinking about taking an art class.

Could go back to a writing workshop.

Just looking for a reason to keep liking Denver ... even when the disappointment drags me down.


 
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I keep thinking that maybe Denver isn't the same place is was when I left, in 1998 (and very weirdly ran into you for the first time since high school one week before I moved to Michigan, but that's another story!). I still want to like it... mostly 'cause I want to come back.
 
Posted by a on Friday, March 28, 2008 - 7:35 PM
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Susanna

 
Well ... at least you ski!

I will say that my writing workshops here were very good. And we went to see some good art shows on Friday -- at the Museum of Contemporary Art (nice!), Arvada Center and we went to the Denver Art Museum's Friday night event.

Jury still out generally. :)
 
Posted by Susanna on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 1:58 AM
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Here's a reason: it's not Springfield, MO. This is where I currently am and, yes, it sucks. Try living in an obnoxiously bible-thumping mid-size town where the problem isn't people moving here for the wrong reasons, but people never moving TO OR AWAY from here, ever.

Granted, we did. We moved away. Then, for various reasons, we moved back. And we will definitely be moving away again.

But I just had to let you know that your description of your day made me start drooling. You went to Twist & Shout. You ran into a transgender flamenco dancer (most Springfieldians wouldn't even know what those two words meant). You went to a museum or two. You saw a little actual art. These things are wonderful things. Jens Lekman cancelled his show in Denver, but he NEVER HAD A SHOW in Springfield.

Granted, Springfield has come a long way over the past decade. There is art (we have First Fridays, and they're pretty popular). There is music, occasionally (a local photographer has taken it upon himself to create a venue out of his gallery, and he's gotten some great acts in: www.randybacon.com). There are a few places to eat.

But I can't tell you how much I miss even the modestly interesting things Denver has to offer. I know hearing "it could be worse" isn't really an inspiring statement, but there ya go!

Groove on?
 
Posted by J Chris Rock on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 5:29 PM
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Susanna

 
Dude, you totally need to take up spinning (fiber, not bicycle). It is very relaxing and I can promise you there are many interesting sheep farmers in the Midwest/Ozarks region(s). Think about it.

But your bookstore looked so cute!

And damn that Jens Lekman. He didn't answer my e-mail, either.
 
Posted by Susanna on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 3:04 AM
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p.s. Those weren't like my average, everyday kind of days. Those were my extra-special, kid's at Grandma's, taking time off kind of days. Just so you have a realistic picture of life in Denver. There aren't transsexual flamenco musicians on every corner. Or maybe there are, but I'm in my house, so I don't usually see them.
 
Posted by Susanna on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 7:29 PM
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J Chris Rock

 
Thank you for taking my spleen venting so wonderfully, wonderfully well.

I know that when I lived in Denver I thought it was fairly whitebread and had its fair share of unexciting aspects. (My first reaction moving there from Minneapolis was "Holy crap there are a lot of pickup trucks here!") It's only after kissing it goodbye do I romanticize the livin' daylights out of it. Ah, the past. Why does it have to be so damned unreachable?

Go, Lighthouse, go!

(Oh, and were you talking about the Well Fed Head bookshop? That IS a good one.)
 
Posted by J Chris Rock on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 8:14 PM
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Susanna

 
yes, that was the one!

I know, the past ... where we were all wealthy, happy and good looking. Damn.
 
Posted by Susanna on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 5:04 PM
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