time to try harder.

you ever look in the mirror and ask yourself 'what have you done lately to improve yourself?' i don't mean athletically, because i've got that covered. i mean in an intellectual sense. it's been ages since i've read a book (although i did read the short story 'the pearl' by john steinbeck on our way home from park city). i get home from work and i lose time. i literally waste 3 hrs a day doing things i can't remember the next morning.

i'm going to put a lot of effort into changing that.

also, i need to stay in better contact with my friends. there are a couple people in my wedding i haven't spoken to more than once since. we're not mad at each other, just lazy. i hate the phone but that is a lame excuse to lose touch with really good friends and i need to change that.

sorry, this just occurred to me.

i am really excited for the jeff tweedy show. the opener is the percussionist from wilco, glenn kotche. the last time we saw wilco i pretty much watched him the whole time. although, typically, i mostly watch the drummers. they always look like they are having so much fun.

i'm also going to get the yard ready for winter this weekend. mother nature gave us a pardon and i'm going to use it fully. it'll be a little depressing pulling all of our plants up that we babied through the warm months, but i guess that is the cycle, like it or not.

have a great weekend.