things that don't work

now include my computer. i'm going to try to get it fixed while i'm in medford, oregon for the shakespeare festival from the 4-11th.

meanwhile...

saw neko case at bumbershoot festival in seattle. with the release of conor oberst's first solo album last month, i've been getting into americana music. neko (a member of the new pornogrpahers when not working solo) and her band, which included a banjo, were simply astounding. her voice was firm and smoky in her chest voice but sweet in the higher registers she used for her lullaby like ballads.

later at the festival while walking to reefer maddness the musical (http://www.reefermadness.org/), i heard someone shout "kalei" and turned to find lindsey bailey with whom i met up with at university of washington at midnight that night and tried, unsuccesfully, to find cool people in her dorm who were down to get drank on the first night of a three day weekend, got drank by ourselves until i had to leave at 2:00. went to the airport at 4:00 and flew from seattle to portland.

i'm staying at a hostel for the first time (above). so surprizingly clean that i called home about it. ferreal. that was, until i met the smelly lady who sleeps 10 feet away from me and the forty something indian woman on the bunk bellow me who always looks surprized...

will try to get my computer fixed so i don't have to walk 40 minutes to use the internet. yayo!