This may shock you...

but I've been reading. A lot. It's awesome. When I first got here, commuting to the Symphony job was great because I finally finished the Brothers Karamazov while riding the Blue Line. I honestly started that book when I moved to Indiana over two years ago. Now with dog-walking, I ride the bus heading East every morning, and I just can't stop reading. I read some lectures Stravinsky gave at Harvard in 1940. Then I read The Rest is Noise, all about music and composers in the 20th century. Big surprise, it was nearly impossible for me to put down. Then I read This is Your Brain on Music, all about the reasons we love music, what it does to us, and what makes a great musician. Then I breezed through Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, which I absolutely loved. It was like if Kurt Vonnegut had written Portnoy's Complaint. I was so enthralled that I got another of Palahniuk's books out of the library, this one called Haunted. It's awesome, and I will finish it shortly. I also took out A Farewell to Arms, which I'll read next. Who would've thought?
Oh yeah, talking about the Symphony job reminded me that I saw one of my former coworkers at a bar near my house. He was the guy who had also worked there a couple years ago, and like me didn't really care about the job and wasn't very good at selling anything. Basically we were kindred spirits. I asked how it was going, and he said he got fired for not selling enough. Like me, he didn't seem to mind being laid off, which was cool.
Oh yeah, at the last minute I decided I'm flying to New York this weekend for a mini Bowdoin reunion. I haven't seen those guys in about a year, so I thought it was about time. Plus $137 for a round trip ticket was pretty sweet. Hopefully everything goes well!
Lastly, by all means, please recommend books for me to read. Consider that my favorite authors are probably Vonnegut, Camus, Palahniuk, and Hemingway, but I will also read any book about music or baseball. Go!