october has indeed been decidedly busy. besides working 20 hours a week, having an abundance of papers to write, being second-in-command at the biweekly 24-page newspaper, and trying to plan activities in all of my clubs, i have been really working on having fun on the weekends. going downtown, hanging out with different people, stretching my comfort zone, being independent, etc.
i am very lucky to have my brother louie visiting right now. he flew out on thursday and is staying until monday. some friends of mine had heard about a concert of the delightful swedish indie musician jens lekman in dc, which ended up being that same thursday, so we picked louie up at the airport and headed straight down to the black cat club in dc. despite an unusual bout of heavy rain, the entire night was amazing. jens' band consisted of six swedish women (two horn players, a bass player, a drummer, and two violinists) dressed in white dresses and white patent leather shoes, some of them wearing odd little hats. he also had an extremely lanky young man wearing blue highwater pants as a dj. jens himself had an air of contentment that was just adorable. as he sang his witty lyrics, he closed his eyes and had a charming half-smile on his face. his swedish accent shone through ("my fodder" and "happy birfday") but his english was impeccable. my two favorite moments of the concert were when everyone on stage dropped their instruments and began dancing in unison, and when jens led an encore performance of his tune "pocketful of money" with almost the entire audience singing with him. if you want music to bring a smile to your face, get your hands on some jens lekman.
the rain has not let up since thursday, but i hope to show louie the unique, artsy and interesting neighborhoods of baltimore today. besides that, my plans include lots and lots of homework...
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