A Girl With a Sword

autumn sweater

Yesterday I went out into Boston and bought myself a new coat and got a haircut. The haircut was the first I've gotten since I shaved my head in February. I found a nice little salon in the Back Bay called Blu. I know, it sounds pretentious, but it was fun. It was on the second floor in a beautiful row of brownstone buildings. When I went in they gave me coffee and let me wait by the big front window. It's been a long time since I got my hair cut by a real stylist. I usually just go find Courtney or Barfhead and say, "hey, do something with my hair." Then there was the haircut I got for the man's part I had in Twelfth Night . . . I actually really liked that haircut. I liked the haircut I got yesterday, too.

I started making a fall music mix yesterday and from this have come up with several conclusions about what kinds of songs fit into a fall music mix. There seem to be three main themes--fire, death, and the end of love. Ryan Adams' Love Is Hell is good fall music, and The Shins. I also put on some Arcade Fire and Fiery Furnaces, Set Your Soul on Fire by Stars. "Yesterday" is a quintessential fall song. I also put "Tomorrow" on there because I like the combination. It's kind of a cold, rainy fall mix, even though the morning I made it was sunny. It has Train Under Water by Bright Eyes and On the Bus Mall by The Decemberists, oh, and Passing Afternoon by Iron and Wine, a great fall song. There are too many songs on this mix, I need to thin it down. I think the soundtrack to Garden State is basically a fall mix.