stormy weather

Lots of rain forecast for the whole weekend out here, oddly enough the other day I was telling N&J about how as a boy I used to love laying in bed under the covers listening to thunderstorms and being soothed by the raindrops hitting the roof, my bedroom as a boy was on the far side of the house removed from the rest of my family so it was always very quiet.

Nice easy run last night kind of late and J. read me a few stories in the afternoon which was nice, including the infamous "Go Dog, Go!". Spent some time again trying to help out and clean up the house, scrubbing the kitchen and dining room floor. Not a lot of fun but needed to be done. Our cat was fascinated by all of this and watched me for most of the process.

Only 7 more friday night classes counting tonight so that is good. trying to check the schedule list and decide what to take in the fall.

Twin Peaks season 2 on dvd next tuesday I am very excited about it.

Listening a lot to the new Brett Anderson cd, it is very depressing but there are 4 songs on it I absolutely love (not in order of preference here they are):

Song for my Father
To the Winter
One Lazy Morning
Colour of the Night

honorable mentions to Dust & Rain and also the Infinite Kiss

so 6 of 11 decent tracks. What is funny is in my opinion the second best track called "Clowns" was not included on the full length album but is a bside to the single. Very funny, typical of Brett though he did that a lot before too with Suede.

I got a very intriguing email from a group called Rainbows, I ran a race that raised money for their charity a few summers ago, they are now involved with the Chicago Marathon. It is a charity that raises money for children of divorced parents, I find it worthwhile, and they only want a $500 donation, which is much easier than the $2500 I needed to raise for the Chicago AIDS foundation. Plus, I know I want to run the Marathon again, I have not signed up yet because I need to figure out logistics and babysitter. AS usual.

all for now.