enters in and intervenes

It’s darkness where the light breaks through.
God does make his home in this.

 

visitor!!!

My mom is coming to visit in 10 days! I didn’t think I’d see anyone in my family until December, so this is a marvelous development. She is traveling allllll the way across the whole country to get to LA. See?

I live at the pink arrow, and she lives at the blue arrow.

You may notice a pair of scissors cutting Atlanta out of the map. I know many wonderful people there, so if you could all just go ahead and relocate that would be great. No city should be that difficult to navigate, and no city should ever get that hot without being near a large body of water.

And also, Michigan is king but went broke years before the rest of the country, so don’t go there.

Oh, and I have a crush on San Francisco and I’m totally in love with New York.

Also, I did this at 3am, when things are funnier.

 

the only thing that makes sense anymore

Did you see Across the Universe? I hope you did, and you should.

There’s one point in the movie where one of the characters says that the only thing that makes sense anymore is music. I hear that line echo through my mind almost daily.

I played a show last night in New York…I ended up having to go in alone, which kind of stressed me out. I’ve gone in alone to the Lower East Side before, but I’m semi familiar with that neighborhood and this show was in Greenwich Village, a place I’m not so familiar with. I hate going to shows alone, because that always leaves me having to figure out how to load-in and load-out without help, and my piano is a freaking beast and its always a little sketchy to leave your car parked illegally while you’re loading in when you’re on your own. I always survive though, I don’t know why I get stressed about it. Nevertheless, I was stressed about parking because street parking is impossible to find in the village and already that evening I managed to acquire a $65 parking ticket while I was grabbing some food inside a pizzeria. A car in New York is such a pain in the bootay. Driving to and around Manhattan is ok; the problem is what to do with your car when you want to get out of it.

The reason I say all this is because of what I realized my coping mechanism was in the midst of the stress: I kept reminding myself everything was going to be fine because soon enough I would be playing music. I think the the technical term for that is imagining myself in my “happy place”. Honestly though, I kept picturing myself sitting at the piano and singing and doing my thing and that scene is what made me feel better, and made the giant parking ticket and crappy pizza totally worth it. Performing is actually the stress reliever…

It makes me love that line from the movie even more…music is the only thing that makes sense. It brings order to the chaos that is New York.

I love it. Music is the greatest.

Alright…that’s it for now with my introspective outpourings….

julie

 

back in DC

I spent this past week in NY and NJ…I saw the ocean this morning for the first time in a year.

It was cold and windy, but undoubtedly worth it. I think its probably not healthy to go that long without seeing the ocean.

Thanks to everyone who tuned into my show at Arlene’s Grocery on Tuesday evening. The weather kept a lot of folks indoors, but according to the reports, lots of you were listening in…I hope you stayed warm and cozy, thanks for listening! Arlene’s definitely has an awesome vibe…do check it out.

I’ll be back in NY next week on Friday the 22nd at Kenny’s Castaways. Hopefully the weather will be a little more music-friendly this time around.

Until then, I’m holding down the fort here in DC, and I am going to go get a bowl of frosted mini wheats.

 

NYC

i’m in new york this week.

its funny how being in different places makes you feel different…

something about New York…every time i’m here…

paradise.