things i'll miss about living in the twin cities: kitty edition

I finally finished the piece for The Esoterics and, boy howdy, I don't remember something being that difficult in a long time. Trying to make a choir fit into the instrumental idiom was a bitch of a problem to solve but, in the end, I'm massively happy with what came out. I even managed to write in a jaunty little waltz right in the middle that I fell in love with. How the hell did that happen? The only problem was that I think I almost gave myself an ulcer from the amount of coffee I was drinking while I was writing.

Although, since Seattle just got voted the most caffeinated city in America by The Daily Beast (the Twin Cities got 14th) and that's where this particular ensemble is based, perhaps it was just life imitating art. Either way, The Esoterics will give a fantastic performance of my new piece, songs about most of my friends, next October and, should you be in the neighborhood, you should stop by.

On the domestic front, I'm just about through packing up my place in Uptown Minneapolis so I can move to Austin. One thing I will miss is this little cat who was always in the first floor window before I left for work. Here's a camera phone picture I snapped of this thing at something like 6:40am.






I don't know what its name was but the consistency with which it was there seeing me off was impressive:

"Meow-meow-meow I'll miss you too meow-meow-meow."

And then, just for good marks, here's a picture of the Twins' beautiful new stadium, Target Field. A friend threw free tickets at me recently so I enjoyed an $8 beer, a surprisingly good veggie burger and a victory by the home team. Boo-yah!