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Had I known going to see the Cat Power taping would result in a 2.5 hour commute to Issaquah, followed by some hitchhiking with my brother and his coworker, and then a 2-mile uphill hike in the snow - yeah, maybe I would have passed.

She was amazing- treated it more like a studio session rather than a performance though. Two songs on piano, and two on guitar - and what seemed like a dozen restarts for each. She was very apologetic about the restarts. I got antsy near 7:30. She finished, we met and she gave me a kiss (I’m never washing this cheek again~~~)

The snow was coming down hard in Seattle - it could only be worse in Issaquah. High up, boatloads of bad drivers, black iced freeway. White-knuckle riding the suckage train to nowhere. Snow snow snow everywhere. Probably over a foot in Issaquah, look at the patio bench here

Drove on the highway at 2 mph, trying not to stop. I stopped. I slipped and slid around, but I was ok once I got rolling. Made my way to QFC about 8 miles from home. Hopped in my bro’s AWD car and prayed we could find a safe way home.

Holy shit the roads were packed. Icy packed. The sounds of futile squirrely tires were a symphony. Tried one way, nope- blocked, shutdown, tried another way, yikes- blocked by noobs in corollas trying to scratch their way up. 2 lanes in each direction on the hill became a free for all, mainly cars who can go, went: any space they found. Many had to abandon their cars on the highway, on the street, and on the hill. No use, we went back down the hill, parked at Walgreens, bought hats, and hiked it back up to meet my bro’s coworker’s friend with a Ford Escape with chains. Hitched a ride about a couple miles up, got stuck, they dropped us off to hike and they turned back.

Shin-deep snow in skate shoes, my bro in dress shoes, our jeans were frozen by the time we made our way back. I’m 98.7% sure I’m going to work from home tomorrow. I should also buy some chains just in case.