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Monday, August 22, 2005

Destination One: Chicago

Initially I had mixed feelings about traveling for so long on my own--I'm quite the extrovert, even though I do enjoy time alone--but thus far I've been enjoying the trip. Right now I'm in Evanston, and I'll leave in a few minutes to go to the Unicorn Café and hopefully pick up one of their chocolate chip scones (I had one the last time I was in town and it was wonderful) before I continue the journey. Yesterday before leaving Ann Arbor I stopped to grab a couple of bagels, and that ended up being the only thing I ate all day; I didn't have time to eat before the show, and afterward I was too tired to look for food. I'm surprised I'm not hungrier right now. Then again, spending hours in the car doesn't exactly take a ton of energy.

Adventures in driving a stick shift: for the most part, I was fine--but I did stall at two different tolls (once while waiting in line and the other after I'd paid the machine and the bar was lifting). No panic, but the first time one of the cars behind me apparently got frustrated and just looped around me. Last night I was telling travel stories to the audience at the Red Line Tap and they found some amusement in those foibles. And since Chicago is the refuge of Michiganders, there were a number of people that originally hailed from Metro Detroit.

Speaking of the show, I had a pleasure of hearing Becky Johnson and James Weigel, as well as one of James's friends, Pat, who played a few blues tunes and covers after the "official" part of the night. Becky has an incredible voice and writes melodies similar to mine--scary, isn't it? Hopefully she'll be able to come out to Ann Arbor as part of the coffeehouse concert series I'm booking. She's also planning to go on staff with Park Community Church, which is interesting because I have a couple of friends in the city that go there. Small world.

So today's itinerary includes an estimated seven hours of driving from Chicago to Minneapolis. Fortunately, I have two batteries for my cell phone, tons of CDs, including the music for the show I'll be acting in come fall, and a philosophy lecture series on tape (borrowed from a friend, so I haven't really looked at it yet, but I believe it's Philosophy of the Mind.) And off I go!

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