tired

I watched the debate tonight and am too tired to do anything besides pack my bags and try to get some sleep. I'm heading to DC tomorrow for a meeting and NYC Friday through Sunday for fun, so let me know if you'll be in either of those two places at the same time as I will be. So no more new music from me until at least Monday, which is probably a good thing, since I have turned into enough of a zombie/troll with this eight-track already. So fucking tired. A friend's friends hosted the debate viewing tonight in their high-rise corner apartment in the South Loop. Forty-five minutes into it I looked out the window and realized I could see into the windows of the other high-rises in the neighborhood. The buildings were dark but all around us living rooms were glowing from the same blue screen with the same silhouetted head. I could see maybe two, three dozen apartments tuned into the debate. Those of us in that living room stood up from the sofas in awe and turned our attentions away from Barack and John for just a second to look. It was a beautiful moment. It's what I like about presidential election season - everyone cares, everyone reads the blogs, everyone follows the same news. I guess we get out of elections what other countries get out of soccer. Now I am tired, and I must go to bed.