At Limbo

The more I feel like this place is my home, the more I seem to miss the other parts,
the politics and the relationships.
It’s like… In Limbo you don’t need to make any definitive choice,
so nothing’s ever completely out of reach.
Once you choose… You shut so many doors.

I got the mostly wonderful hug from a coworker today, and I can’t thank him enough for it; turned out to be exactly what I needed!

Life has been more stressful than usual these days, the joy of taking on an entirely new and daunting endeavor, I suppose. However, I’m learning to savor the little things instead of worrying about the big picture that I have no control over. It’s a process, I’ll admit. But here are some little things:

♥  kind words from my boss to a room full of people I admire.
♥  plans in the works for the 2010 Capital Pride celebration!
♥  discovering new trendy restaurants to make my own.
♥  the warm weather finally coming back to D.C.
♥  being given the opportunity to speak to a group of empowered, successful women today.
♥  the new friends I’ve made on this crazy path so far.
♥  having people who will stick up for you.
♥  my Twitter lists.
♥  software that works and makes life so much easier.
♥  last but note least – an amazing happy hour this coming Monday; seriously, it may be for my job but that’s not why I’m so excited: drink specials, a great LGBT crowd, and one of my favorite bars in the District!

April showers have descended upon DC, sadly. It seems to be affecting everyone’s mood, and on top of the stress and insanity of this being my last week at the Day Job, the cold & gray is not helping! Though, rain does make for some really pretty pictures…

by nuriyafatykhova @ flickr

Because sometimes my brain is just too fried, and I’m planning just too much awesome…

And also, because there’s no such thing as too much spring, I’ve decided!

by jennikowal @ flickr

Link me to some of your favorite spring-themed photos while I’m stuck in an office for my last week, will you?

If you had three wishes, what would they be?

So, what would you wish for? Anything in the world, any lesson you’d need to learn, any place you’d want to be.

I am proudly Irish Catholic. I’m also really proud that – it being St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow – I have been writing At Limbo for over a year now! In honor of the supposedly warming Spring and everyone’s favorite beer day, check after the jump for some of the best (in my humble opinion, of course) that Flickr has to offer in the state of green (click on the thumbnail for credits, and be sure to check out all the artists’ work!).

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…like a record. A couple of quick hits from Limbo this morning; coverage of this past weekend’s DC Record Fair (which I missed thanks to Valentines reveling, somewhat sadly) from The Vinyl District, and a great piece from the Wall Street Journal on naming your band in an age of ‘first come first served’.

• Posts 1 & 2 with images and commentary from the DC Record Fair over at Vinyl District (which is an awesome site you should all be reading anyway). The second post also has links to posts from other DC scene/music blogs covering the event at the Black Cat.
• From the Wall Street Journal today (the front page! Yay for indie music and music industry issues getting big press!), “From Abba to ZZ Top, All the Good Band Names Are Taken (Internet Age Raises Stakes for Being First; Two Brooklyn Acts Lay Claim to Discovery)”. Covering a range of issues from copyright disputes to creativity, this a good primer on the current state of starting up – and branding – a band.

That’s it from me this morning, my lunch break is cut short due to Ash Wednesday obligations. To my fellow Catholics, good luck fasting (feed on some music!) and hope Lent starts off right for you! To everyone else, Happy Hump Day and you should also totally be feeding on music! Coming up tonight, my review of new music from The Drunk Tigers, who’re playing IOTA this Friday!

Let’s see, Limbo’s had her head in the clouds as of late, but I’m working on bringing my feet back to solid ground and diving in head long (without the aid of my usual dose of 1+pack of nicotine a day, thanks to a new round of bronchitis and strict instructions that my “trying to quite smoking” must become “have already quit” as soon as is humanly possible).

In the meantime: couple of things I’m currently obsessed with and something new & exciting in the works!

• DC’s comedy set has a new kid on the block to check out for. Well, 10 of them, to be more specific. In the best showcase I’ve seen in DC in ages, Recessions has opened it’s doors on Wednesday nights to WayneMan comedy and his rotating group of local and national stand up comics, ComedyX10. New faces – local radio personalities – and standards (Seaton Smith showed up last minute and brought the house down with some of the best bits I’ve seen him do, and I’ve seen him probably half a dozen times now). The crowd was thick, rolling along with every punch the ten (12, actually, for the first night) were throwing and by the end of the night, the DJ taking over, we couldn’t believe it was nearly 11. ComedyX10 is back this week, Wednesday 8-10pm (free admission) and with great food and drink hitting just the right mix of sit-down show/hopping bar, so be sure to check it out.
• Umm… The Coachella line-up was announced. Please say someone wants to do a ridiculous road-trip/vacation/something/anything to get us East coast peeps out there for this three day festival of AWESOME. Tickets go on sale this week, I feel an early Feb purchase coming on… is anyone in?
• Coming up at At Limbo we’re going to be releasing (exclusively! How cool is that?!) Adrian Hardkor Krygowski’s cover of the Pinky & the Brain theme song from this month’s Spelling for Bees Collective at Velvet Lounge. Adrian took the slightly creepy song and gave it a ‘hardkor’ (haha) make-over, turning out what seemed to be the favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon theme song of the week (SfB’s theme for January, naturally).

Okay, that’s it for me this lunch break, at least I got this much together, right?! Really would love suggestions for concentration, online to do lists, and any other “let’s get Limbo through yet another week of being sick and miserable” tricks and treats you might have! This afternoon I’ll have up a preview of IOTA’s massive Haiti relief benefit concert with such At Limbo favorites (plus at least a dozen others!) as Rene Moffatt, Derek Evry, and No Second Troy.

from ridiculously @ flickr

I’m writing a review of the Justin Trawick Group’s fantastic 5-hour jam session (from 9pm till 2am last night) at Madam’s Organ to post tonight. In the meantime, here’s generally where I’m at today.