I'll Sing "I've Got The World On a String" and Mean It

This lovely artist is Maurizio Anzeri (the whole set is on this link). This is awesome.

I have a friend that's getting their pilot license next week and has a plane. This friend said that they will be flying them and a group of friends to New Orleans Jazz Festival in April for the Sunday show.... Thinking about going. Sure, it's only one day.... And it's the day Bruce Springsteen is headlining. :/ BUT Janelle Monae would be there! And Iron and Wine (even though I've already seen them). John Mayer will be there which is not super thrilling, but I wouldn't mind seeing him at least once before I die. Bottom line is it's a MUSIC FESTIVAL... in NEW ORLEANS... involving a ROAD TRIP... IN THE AIR... with OLD AND NEW FRIENDS. I mean, how could I really say no, right? All for roughly $150. It's one thing I never foresaw happening. (Still might not, but it's a definite possibility).

But don't worry. I just spent the last thirty minutes between the last paragraph and this one researching blogs regarding Bonnaroo's and Austin City Limit's unreleased 2012 lineup in case New Orleans Jazz Fest doesn't work out. There are still things to look forward to.

Everyone's racing to get married, but sometimes I wonder if it's just because they think they're that age. It's about time to settle down. And I feel that people would argue that marriage is a selfless act that you grow from. "It's not about you anymore!" Blah, blah, blah. You're only saying that because you're married and you want to be justified. Don't get me wrong--all of those things are true. You do grow as a person through marriage. You do get to take care of someone as they grow old. You do get to build a home with someone. All of these things are things I want. But I don't want them with an okay person at an okay time. I'm a hopeless romantic. I think there's probably someone out there that's perfect for me and worth waiting for (in whatever way I still have to wait); in the same way, I'll be perfect for them. I think... That's the reason I won't go on random dates with people. That's the reason the idea of hooking up with random people disgusts me. It really does. I don't want to get married until I'm utterly swept off my feet. I'm glad that I didn't follow the Norman tradition of getting married at 19 or 20, as a girl. I'm like the old maid of my family. Granted everyone is very happy in my family, but I feel like I'm the only one that still has a vivid imagination or a dream, as it were. I like my life. I like looking forward to whoever he is, if he even exists. But that's not the only thing I look forward to in life. Marriage is not that important to me. I'm more concerned with the companionship and the joining of souls than I am a rock on my finger. And that companionship and joining of souls is something worth waiting on; being by oneself is not that bad.

It sucks.

But it's not that bad.