I'm planning on visiting friends at the end of the month.

It's pretty exciting, considering I've never met them. This is becoming a pattern! I'll be going to a city I don't know and maybe see a few new things--certainly see some new people. I've been aggressively pinching pennies again to make this happen. Shoot, I've even had a few meals at home to prove it. Now that's dedication in my book. After all, it means I had to clean up after myself.

CDs listened to today:

• Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain
• Robbie Williams: The Ego Has Landed
• Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. Variations
• Matias Aguayo: Are You Really Lost
• William Schuman: Symphony No. 9
• Bill Frisell Quartet: (eponymous)