Okay so I really, really, really, really (etc) love Jawbreaker. They’re my all time favorite band. Turns out Blake Schwarzenbach is in a new band, Thorns of Life. There’s some video online of a show they played in New York.
I was walking my dog just now and called MK so we could be all “fuck yeah!” together, cuz of all the folk I know who think “fuck yeah” about Jawbreaker MK’s on the list of folk who is like that almost as much as I am. While I was talking to MK my lovely dear sweet little dog Lizzie (who has an adorably cute dog winter coat because she’s too small to handle the Minnesota cold without covering - hell, I can’t handle the cold with a coat on and I’m between 15 and 20 times bigger than the dog is and with a higher percent of body fat) jerked suddenly on the leash and pulled my cell phone out of my hand. It disappeared into a snowbank. Like totally gone. I didn’t have my gloves on at the time, which was dumb. I dove for the phone and dug around in the snow. For a moment I couldn’t find it, which would have been a big problem for my travel plans - among other things, my dad and brother have both gotten new numbers that I haven’t memorized yet. After a very long couple seconds I found the phone, blew the snow off it and tried to wipe it off. MK was still there, talking, which was comforting both as evidence of the phone working for the moment and to be able to instantly tell someone about it.
The tip of my pinkie finger is a bit numb and a bit burn-y now. On the plus side, I found my phone. And whoo Thorns of Life! I won’t be talking on the phone while walking the dog anymore though.