1100 miles and i'm not sure what else

well, i survived the trip to denver and back in less than a day. it may or may not have been worth it.

the concert itself was amazing. the opening band, wovenhand, was interesting. the drummer was pretty kickass, so i enjoyed that aspect of it at least. i enjoyed calexico's set because they had two trumpeteers who were damn good. one of them also played the accordion, which is so rare that it was probably my favorite part of that set. iron and wine was amazing. he played my absolute favorite song (naked as we came) and another of one of my top five favorites (the trapeeze swinger), so i was quite satisfied. the last set was iron and wine and calexico together. i wasn't really excited about it until the last three songs, which all were really good. my only problem is that i can't find the name for one of them, so i'm stressing about that. overall, the concert was good. it would have been better with a little help from ben or paulie, but that was entirely impossible given the circumstances.

the trip was long and aggravating. i was invisible. given the choice, i'm not sure i would do it again except for to see iron and wine play.

being back in denver again, even for only a few hours, was pretty hard for me. i'm not used to going home and not being able to see my family and friends (even though my friends are pretty much limited to pinehurst people). it was a great big tease, and that's incredibly annoying.

i got most of my midterm papers and exams back this week. i did decent on most of them. 80% on my bio research paper first draft. 89% on my world lit exam. 81.5% on my native american studies exam. i only did average on my ethics exam, but i got a b+ on the paper, so that evened it out.

my big projects/exams for the rest of the semester include:
physics exam - november 3rd
final draft of the biology research paper - due november 16th
biology exam - november 21st
physics lab project - report due november 22nd, presentation december 6th
native american studies culture area - presentation december 6th
world lit term paper - due finals week

lots to do, lots to do.

iowa city this weekend. and the best part is that tomorrow is friday already!