Autumn

I know we're still in Summer for a few more days (even though by the time September 1st rolls around everyone starts referring to the season as fall) but this past weekend felt like fall, all overcast, gray and rainy. And I'm listening to artists that remind me of fall, Feist, A Fine Frenzy, Florence + the Machine. (All the F's are merely a coincidence. I honestly didn't plan it that way.) Speaking of Feist I really want to listen to Sealion Woman and 1234 but the album is at home so I'm distracting myself with NPR (I don't know how well it's working...)

And I have something to admit to again (even though I've admitted to it here and here before). Twilight has grabbed me again (yes, I know how sad this is)I've been trying to hold off until I have to drive cross country but the fall like weather has turned my mind it's way again and made me like a giddy little girl again (which it does every time). It also helps with the loneliness that I've been feeling as of late. I don't care for any of the outside accouterments that go with it (but yes, I also own the movies which are just okay, the books are way better) it's purely the story I'm interested in.

Even Jilian has read the whole series to see if she could figure out my fascination with this series. (Sadly she was unable to figure it out. I'm pretty sure this problem is bigger than us all.) Mel is the one who originally even made me aware of the series but she wasn't even able to get through the first one, so I lost interest. And then my friend Heather is the one who lent me her books and got me started... Oh, if only I had known then.

I'm only going to (try to) read it once and then save it to listen to as I traverse this great nation in November. I think it sounds like a plan.