Drew McDermott

Inside the Cabin

In all of its cluttered glory.

So Long, R and B!

Good luck on the move across the country to Oregon.

Up In Schoolhouse Park

Walking the dog near our cabin in Wyoming.

Nightcrawlers

Vacation Inventory

I'm back!
Flights taken: 4
Flights delayed: 1
Flights canceled: 1
Travel time to get from the Bighorn Mountains back to VA: 13 hours, approximately
Deer seen: 7
Dead deer seen on the highway between Buffalo, WY and Billings, MT: 5, approximately
Other roadkill: Numerous
Moose seen: 0
Squirrels: Many!
Perseid meteors seen against the backdrop of the Milky Way: 20, after which I stopped keeping count
Moonrises witnessed: 1
Books read: 6.3¹
Stupid questions from seat neighbors on flights: 1²
Nights spent in a tent: 6
Nights spent in a bed: 2
Number of times using a solar shower: 6
Number of times using a real shower: 0
Number of days where the temperature did not exceed 60 degrees: 2
Elevation of family cabin: 7,500 feet, approximately

¹: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, The Keep, Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Soccer Tactics, Breakfast of Champions, Stitches, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, and some of Kafka On The Shore.
²: "Is that a Hokie?" in reference to my Baltimore Orioles hat.

Vamos

Be back in a little bit!

So Young, So Target

My friend Amanda--who some of you may know from her years as the DCist Music Editor--started a new music blog this week called Pinna Storm. I kicked off a series of posts at her site called Picture Book, where folks will post a photo of a band and write a little bit about that particular musical moment. For the inaugural post, I wrote up a little something about Fugazi, Fort Reno and post-graduation malaise. Keep checking back, since I will most likely be contributing to that series in the future, and chip in if you think you have something worth sharing.

When We Were 12 or 22

Watch: Enon playing Conjugate The Verbs in Hamburg.

I Ate All The Pies

Eric had a pie party this weekend, wherein everyone attending was supposed to bring a pie. We didn't quite get to that level of participation, but 8 pies proved to be more than plenty. Too much pie, in fact, since I still have a bit of my lemon meringue pie to finish off this evening.

Also, it's David Yow's 50th birthday today, which is kind of crazy. Go listen to some Jesus Lizard to celebrate:
JL playing Then Comes Dudley and Nub in DC, back in 1991.