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This year I came up with kind of an interesting (at least in my opinion) resolution.  This happened in February so really it wasn't a resolution so much as a decision to do something.  I decided that it would be a really cool thing to write my Grandma Jean letters at least twice a month.  It's been so fun looking forward to hearing back from her.  Today I composed my 6th letter and am including some pictures for her from our trip there in January.  Although I love living in LA, the distance can be difficult when it comes to family and friends.  Keeping in touch is difficult.  There are time changes that hinder phone calls during hours I'm not working and weekends seem jam-packed with no time for long phone chats.  And getting something in the mail that isn't a bill is exciting! :)  So in my opinion this is a successful endeavor that we've begun.  Having a cool Grammy as a pen pal isn't half bad.  

New Metric and life in music

Good shows are coming up.  This makes Molly happy.  In a year when they've taken away all of my good radio stations (indie 103.1 specifically) I need these shows to get me through!  I'm an assistant...I spend a lot of time in my car and I need music to help deal with traffic in LA.  Indie helped me.  It exposed me to new artists, played old favorites that no one else played, and helped those guys I love who aren't so mainstream to get some airplay.  Sigh.  Pour a little out for a radio station that has now been made into a Spanish station....

This morning we got tickets to see Metric at the Wiltern.  This will be my 3rd Metric show and I'm fired up.  The new album is AMAZING.  So dancy and fun.  I happen to be listening to it currently in my office and boogieing a bit in my chair.  It's ok, I'm not in a room with anyone else...and it's the kind of album that makes you move.  You just can't help it!  

"I wanna leave but the wooooorld won't let me go"

So go grab this album.  It's called Fantasies.  And while you're at it, get their other albums too.  Live It Out is an incredible album.  I typically don't like female vocalists.  I'm not sexist...they just don't usually get to me the same way.  But Metric is one of the few that I am in love with.  

Check it out...and thank me later!~