Every time a new Bon Iver record comes out, I seem to be going through some kind of hardship or period of transience. I guess you could say I'm going through it right now, and like a beacon 22, A Million was announced and all I had to do was wait until tonight, and then a few hours more.
Tonight, with hundreds of strangers, I sat in front of a little cd/tape player and listened. It was perfect because it wasn't. I felt D's knee pressed against mine, the breeze on my face, and my phone lit up with a message from A in all caps: "DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY." So I shut my eyes and listened and tried to imagine what it would feel like to be completely whole.
Then we walked down the street laughing and I thought I might be in a dream, except that the rain on my skin felt too real. The universe has me under its wing, especially tonight.
("really...I don't know anything about you.")
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