I could liken you for a werewolf the way you left me for dead.

I love how great new music randomly works its way into my life.

I decided to check out if there would be any good shows in Chicago when I'm there (IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!), and I saw that Fiona Apple was playing the legendary Chicago Theatre.

Everyone remembers Fiona Apple from the 90s, right?



I own her 2005 album "Extraordinary Machine", which I like quite a bit.

Anyway, I asked my pal AlieMalie if she'd be up for the show, and she was, so then it was time for me to do my homework - listen to Fiona Apple's new album "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do".

And it's brilliant.  I've been listening to it on repeat for the past day.  I wouldn't be surprised if it makes my top 10 of 2012.  Needless to say, I'm now SUPER excited for this show.



Also, 2012 has been a pretty strong year for albums so far.  Patrick Watson.  Beast Coast.  Rufus Wainwright.  John K Samson.  Sleigh Bells.  Joel Plaskett Emergency. Kathleen Edwards.  Metric.  Rose Cousins.  All of these are awesome.  And the year's only halfway through!

Another highlight of my easy day was getting a sample of free birthday cake tea from David's Tea.  I got one of their iced tea tumblers, so I can sample iced tea for $1 all summer long.  I went today for iced tea, and they gave me a sample of loose tea for signing up for their newsletter.  I am drinking it now and loving it.  I have a feeling that I'm going to be sampling way more of their teas in the future.  I'm drinking this birthday cake tea right now and it's excellent.

The free samples didn't end there.  My friend and I were at Spadina & Bloor, and there were people giving away free bottles of beer!  (Carlsberg.)  We laughed so hard.  I'd never seen such a thing, and it seemed slightly illegal, giving away free beer on the street.  They did ID every person however, and would not give away samples to people driving by in cars (and there were drivers asking).  However, they had no problem giving one to my 8.5 month pregnant friend, who was picking it up for her husband.  It made me chuckle knowing that for the rest of the afternoon I was walking around with a bottle of beer in my purse.

(Which reminds me... there's a bottle of wine that I was given as a thank you in my filing cabinet at school right now.  Must bring home on Friday!)

Also, in exactly one week today I'm flying to Winnipeg to see Feist!!!  And my pal Matt too.

Two more working days left.  Tomorrow is graduation, and then Friday is end of year meeting and lunch.  The pace these days is slow.  It's weird.  I think my body and brain wonder what happened to all of the stress.

Happy Thursday blogarinos!

ps I've sent in my deposit and application for Kenya 2013.