Since we last talked, I've:

1. Performed with my good friends The Brilliant Inventions at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA

2. Performed with Stin Fox, Roger Green, Dave Saunders, Chelsey Scott, Rich Fyhr, Phil Barton, Todd Abke, and (none of whom were more familiar with me than I was with them) at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN

3. Started working again, at a restaurant that offers a drink called the "Durty Sanchez"

4. Received insurance money to cover damages from "the incident"

5. Bathed Hank twice

Hank

6. Joined a dinner club for couples

7. Started "eating clean", quit, and started again

8. Befriended the guys from the Nashville band Heypenny

9. Bought three sweaters, four pairs of jeans (returned one), two pairs of corduroys, a jacket, and a new pair of sneakers

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10. Started shaving with a Mach 3

11. Purchased exactly zero Christmas presents

12. Considered trading in my guitar for a new one, then thought better of it

13. Written 2.25 songs

14. Come to grips with the fact that Universal You will not be finished by the end of calendar year 2009, despite my greatest efforts (more to come on this soon). Ugh.

Good night.

-Nate