the decemberists
sooooo, sarah, zach, lillis and myself decided to catch the decemberists at chastain. they’re a good fun band, and if you’ve never heard them, check out their cd (the crane’s wife) and my personal favorite song of theirs “valencia”. the band was playing with the atlanta symphony orchestra. it was a neat paring.
here zach smiles for the camera (that sarah seems to be unaware of)
here, i try and lean back really far so it perspective doesn’t make it look like i have a giant head. i hope i was succsessful.
sarah and i spent lunch that day shopping at whole foods (whose ceo was recently found to have been going on chat rooms with a fake name and bad mouthing his competitors – wouldn’t you think a ceo would be too busy to do that??) for stuff for the show. we had a pretty freakin awesome spread of nuts, dried fruits, sliced salted meat and (my personal favorite) smoked mozzarella.
actually, though, the highlight purchase was a candle. not just any candle – a beeswax candle. and not just any beeswax candle, a 30 freakin dollar beeswax candle. i picked it up for the table never thinking a candle could be so expensive until after i had purchased it. i was too ashamed to return a candle i couldn’t afford so i kept it. it was a sweet candle though. it even came with instructions. sarah read them all . it had the power to ionize the air. also, i should not extinguish it by blowing on it, but should instead use a candle snuffer. “damn, where did i put the candle snuffer in this picnic basket?” honestly, i can never find my candle snuffer when i need it. sarah mocked my candle, but about midway through the concert a woman walked by (completely unsolicited) and said, “wow, nice candle!” i have never said those words before, i have never heard those words before. all i know is that statement was worth $freakin30.
so, the concert was great, the mood was chill and a good time was had by all. we took a team photo back at the car just to prove that the four of us were there together.
finally, here are 1, 2, 3 videos from the show. one prominently features my candle in all its regal splendor.
