hands across the galaxy

+ i know why i like IPAs. it's because of the hops. well, obviously, but cascade hops taste like grapefruit, apparently, and it's true. i agree. i like grapefruit a lot, and i like IPAs a lot. the railway club has one of my favourites - hop head from kelowna - on tap; amanda and i had beer there on saturday night, in what was a lovely evening. i finally got to show off the new entrance to granville skytrain station. it finally felt real, to have someone else there. no, it was still surreal. it was more as if amanda had joined me in a dream than if i'd joined her in reality. i forget sometimes how formative the skytrain was on my development.

+ after we left the railway club, i bought more records. my student loan came in, see:

• anjani, blue alert (2006): this is the record by leonard cohen's girlfriend. it's really nice. similar to nu-cohen, with a very confident, restrained woman singing, and even more vaporous arrangements.
  
• gene clark, white light (1971) and
  
• gene clark, no other (1975): these are fantastic records, and i'm really glad to finally have them on disc.
  
• martha and the muffins, metro music (1980): a CD copy to comtemplate my vinyl.
  
• randy newman, sail away (1972): very delightful!
  
• scott walker, scott (1967) and
  
• scott walker, scott 2 (1968): i think that's all the scott walker that i need, now.
  
• neil young and crazy horse, ragged glory (1990)
  

+ this week will mark my future in politics at SFU. this could be it.

+ i'm really enjoying quest of the folk: antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth century nova scotia, and have an urge to go to queens for a masters, now to study with ian mackay, who wrote it! it's all about... everything.

+ it was a beautiful fall weekend. it will only get better from here.