Man, either I have started to lose my pretty little mind or the cosmos is really f*cking with me lately. Let me preface this by saying that things are going really well and I'm generally thrilled with life right now. There are just a few things going on with me physically and mentally that have me scratching my head and saying "huh... that's... odd."
Saturday night I was going to see Cassavetes at the new Lenny's in Atlanta, which has moved. Now, I pretty much spent my college years around Decatur/Avondale/Midtown/Cabbagetown area, and I know it all like the back of my hand. Or so I thought. I spent a good hour and a half driving around looking for this place and never found it. First, I for some absent-minded reason headed in the wrong direction on Dekalb Avenue toward Avondale almost getting to Decatur before snapping out of some trance of thought I was in. Force of habit I suppose since that was my usual route to work at the studios. So, turned around and headed back the other way to Lenny's.
(let's break into present tense mental monologue just for kicks)
Okay... here comes Boulevard up ahead.
It's supposed to be around here somewhere.
Huh. I see nothing that remotely looks like a club.
Damn, there's the marta station.
*turns car around*
umm... wait, still nothing. Now there's Krog! WTF!!?
*turn around and repeat 20 times*
(enough of that... resuming previous tenseness)
Lenny's, apparently, existed in a parallel dimension to me Saturday night. I have no other explanation. I came home in a slight huff, pulled up Google maps and looked at the satellite image... G0D D@MN!T... I can see it RIGHT THERE! Oh lord that was fun to explain to the band. There's nothing like thinking your label guy is totally out of his mind... or completely clueless!
Missing the show made me feel even worse about missing The Nerd Parade show at The EARL last week. That time I was dealing with a four-day log migraine headache that would not go away. So, now I have two shows to make up for missing.
There is something about the beginning of every year (or maybe it's just winter in general) that causes my mind and body to go haywire for no good reason. For fun, let's review...
- got tendinitis in both knees forcing me to use a cane for about 3 weeks (all better now btw)
- debilitating migraines, which I haven't really had this bad in years!
- stomach flu and a continuous 5 week cold that WILL NOT DIE DIE DIE
- slammed my head into the car door a few weeks ago... that was fun
- oh yeah, and I did my yearly falling down the stairs routine this morning, luckily catching myself
In previous years it was passing out in the shower and knocking most of my front teeth out, breaking toes, and of course falling down the stairs... again. Sometimes weekly.
I can't figure out if I'm a comical klutz in the Charlie Chaplain vein, or just a slow, giant lummox. Maybe an opinion poll is in order.
Jimmy Has Fancy Plans... And Pants To Match.
