I feel the grass beneath my feet

Driving back from Chicago I decided that I should make the music section on my facebook profile less ambiguous. Originally it said something about "alt-country space rock," clearly alluding to Wilco, but some people don't realize that. So I decided to list my top five musical artists, and so all I needed to do was to determine who my top five artists are.

Number one is easy, Wilco. Number two, somewhat easy as it was my former number one, Pedro the Lion slash David Bazan. The race for third place was tightly contested, so I add the "in no particular order" to Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo. The last spot in the top five is a toughie. Radiohead could easily be numero five, but I don't often feel like popping in the last few albums they've put out. Damien Jurado is up there, he goes along well with Bazan, but I really have to be in the mood for Jurado. Sufjan Stevens is a likely candidate but just misses the cut. That leaves Over the Rhine to take command of fifth place, but this may merely be a seasonal selection. I can listen to Linford's melodies and Karin's voice all autumn long. It's good and soothing to the soul.

I've been loving running in this cool weather, and last night I actually ran my fastest mile since starting to run again. It was fun. Next week I hope to check out Iowa State's XC course. Soon the leaves will start changing colors and I'll start smoking my pipe a lot more and I'll laugh and have good conversations and ponder the mysteries of life. Good stuff. you have my love.