Cruella de Ville, cooler weather, and weekend hurrah

pieces of the sky

Bon Iver, I'm totally into it, but also, slightly obnoxious? I don't know, something about the way he said, 'This song is about a bottle of wine, and virginities... in a dorm room', creeped me out. That man can croon, though.

I need to take a moment and commend the awesomeness that is NPR's Live Concert series. You can download live concerts by various musicians, and it is free. It makes my mornings super sweet.

Am I the only who was surprised by the cold weather this morning? I like fall, a lot, but I would like it more if my body didn't flip out every time the temperature dips below 60 degrees. Pathetic.

But speaking of fall, since I've been thinking about fall 2011's fashion line-up, I've also been thinking about how I want to wear tweed blazers all the time, with spiky heels, and eat crunchy apples while laying under colorful trees and reading a good book . I guess this is a shout-to to having spent my childhood in New England in the late '80s? Today, I saw a man wearing the most wonderful tweed blazer, in the most becoming of ways, and so maybe that also has something to do with my mood. Also, tweed blazers always remind me of my dad, and his professor-y uniform. Also, thinking about tweed blazers make me feel like I should refer to the season as 'autumn', rather than 'fall'. So it shall be.

This autumn weather is Rusty's jam. He loves it. Which is why I feel like Cruella de Ville when I drag him back inside in the mornings after a too quick of a walk. It's a terrible feeling – having to drag him back inside when he is digging his heels down because he wants to stay outside and gallop the fields. I tell him, 'Rusty, I gots to get to work, I'mma be late!' But I don't think he understands.

Is it just me, or does the changing of the season always turn one nostalgic? Especially autumn, more than any other season, gets me thinking about all the other autumns that I've lived, and new beginnings. January 1^st never fees like a new year (it's just another cold day dammit!), but the first few days of autumn weather makes me feel like a brand new penny. I walk down the street sniffing the air and all sorts of feelings swirl around. Today I walked some of the streets to get to Tropical Smoothie café and I felt buoyed click-clacking down the streets by the new seasonal air. I also felt super healthy sipping on my smoothie, but then I walked by Five Guys and had this feeling of wanting to get a giant hamburger and feed it to my face. I'm glad the feeling passed (for now). I think I would have regretted trying to eat a greasy hamburger during my break. I hope I apply the same sort of sensibilities when deliberating the decision between going to a wine tasting or going to the gym. Either way though, I think I win.

But then again, everyone wins, 'cause it's the freakin' weekend! Hurray!