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Saturday, August 19, 2006 Lansing, Mich. I had a lovely surprise at Magdalena’s Tea House on Thursday—my brother, fresh off a plane from Singapore with its 32-hour flight, came to the concert. And he brought me a bag full of Asian goodies: pandan chiffon cake, little sponge cakes, and two of the largest bags of Pocky (the best kind comes from Japan rather than Thailand) I’ve ever seen. Yum. That night was also the first time in about two years that either of my parents had come to one of my shows; I realized how odd this was when I was singing a couple of autobiographical songs and couldn’t look at my mom, who’d arrived with my brother. It’s a bit awkward singing lines like “My parents, they said, 'You used to be so ambitious as a child / Now that decisions matter, what's happened to you?'" when your mom is in the audience, even though the song has its share of humor at the situation. Thomas and I shared the show with MJ Bishop, an alt-country singer-songwriter from Seattle. For the first time in our tour, Thomas shared the stage with a fellow West Coaster (and he was happy about that—we’d made California jokes all tour). After the concert, Thomas headed out with a friend and I continued my habit of eating at diners post-show with a handful of people I hadn’t seen in ages. Quote of the night, courtesy of Bryan K.: “It’s always funny to watch the dog interact with a live crab. He’d be excited, and then clip! And he’d run away. Then curiosity would get the best of him and he’d be back.” ^ Top | 12:01 AM | | | 
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