Present Joys

Last night, I had the honor of attending the Columbus American Advertising Federation’s annual Addy award ceremony with a bunch of friends/senior ad classmates and dear faculty. A big project I did last fall won awards in two categories! and a bunch of my friends won awards, too! (and I wore my recently-acquired opera pumps!) After the awards ceremony, a few of us headed over to Little Palace to continue the fun. Mr. Mohr even came along! All in all, a great night. Good job, class of 2014. Let’s be friends forever.

Day 74: thu, 13 feb 2014. At Katzinger’s for a quick lunch with Dana in the midst of a hectic day!

Monday night (3 feb 2014), I saw the Hold Steady play a show at A&R Music Bar. It was a very wild, loud, energetic show—just exactly what I expected. Craig Finn went guitar-less most of the evening (“I made a new year’s resolution to stop fake-playing-guitar so much”) and repeatedly attempted to imitate Paul Stanley’s stage banter. There were many good songs. I was particularly happy to hear Rock Problems and Stuck Between Stations. Besides the great music, I had a chance to meet up with Blair, the dude who ridiculed me online a few years ago and since then has become a good internet friend, as well as a bunch of other random Columbus music-scene folks. Tons of fun.

Day 70: thu, 6 feb 2014. The library is a cozy place at lunchtime.

I met my dear friend Theresa for lunch at Jack’s Diner today, which was decked out for Christmas. You can’t find meat loaf and home fries and green beans and soft white bread like this just anywhere!