I now have a hot tub. This seems the height of decadence in the midst of a chilly economic climate, but you know what? I moved into this place because the rent was cheaper. And it has more plants in the yard. Who can turn down a new place that has huge rosemary bushes flanking the front walkway and tons of mint growing in the backyard? And did I mention the landlord left his piano here?!?!?! I’ve wanted a piano in my house for the past twelve years, so this is basically the best thing to happen to me since I was in the hot tub earlier today.
Some of you out there in Internetland have wondered what the hell I’ve been doing lately. I can answer that in two words: HOT TUB. Who can write songs or play shows or return e-mails when there’s a huge bucket filled with hundreds of gallons of hot water constantly calling my name? No one, that’s who. Sure, I’ve been making a lot of food for the yuppies of Portland. And sure I’ve been relocating and hosting a bunch of out-of-towners. And maybe I’m a little too obsessed with Rudy Fernandez and Rip City, but the Blazers need my help, and who am I to deny them my love?
But still, I have been dormant, I admit that. Are you waiting for something new? Are you tired of rhetorical questions in this post? Hmm? A few of my projects are in the bag, just waiting on the shelf. Others have stalled because there’s a lot of sucky work that has to be done to get them to press. Others still are languishing because it’s more fun to feel 106-degree water molecules pulsate against my back than to play my guitar, which does not pulsate and is not hot or tubby. I think you’re getting the point.
And yet…excitement lies on the horizon. Or perhaps it lays on the horizon. Conjugation was never my strong suit, especially in my native language. But excitement is there, and I’ll have good news for all of you soon. And by soon, I mean within the next few months.
PS I need to give absurdly mad props to my boy Jared who maintains this website. I am not web-savvy (I just learned what “pwned” means a couple weeks ago), whereas Jared teaches college kids what html is. So you can tell who the brains of the operation is. If you wanna follow Jared’s soggy hot-tubby blogginess, go here http://tumblr.jaredmoran.com/