Stake Family History Center Director

Errr... that's me. Just received my first stake calling this weekend. I'm afraid it might be a fairly big deal. We used to have a family history center in NY that was open to the public but it closed when they added the temple into the Lincoln Square building. They've been talking about reopening a smaller scale center since last year and I was very excited as this would mean I could ordered much needed microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I even remember approaching Linda Cameron, the previous stake family history chairperson, and telling her I would be willing to help out with getting the center up and running. Well, looks like I got my wish. So I shall be not only the center's director, but it's first and most eager patron. I'll be helping people outside the Church with their family history research which is very exciting. I wouldn't mind being a professional genealogy researcher. It's not something I could support myself on at this point, but it would be a great job to have if I were married and not the sole income in the family.

Arcade Fire

Monday night Mike and I went to see Arcade Fire at the United Palace Theatre. I dont' want to sound all soppy, but, honestly, it was a dream come true. I have been desparate to see them for two years since I discovered "Funeral" back in March 2005. I remember playing tracks for Ian on my iPod between sets at an Aqualung concert at Bowery Ballroom. I so wanted him to love it as much as I did.

By the way, if anyone who reads this is not listening to Arcade Fire then I seriously recommend, nay insist, that you remedy the situation.

We got there just as the show was starting, the opening strains of "Black Mirror" echoing/booming in the corridors and we scrabbled up the stairs to our seats in the balcony. The show was chaos, you never knew who would be playing what instrument from one song to the next (Regine went from singing to accordion to drums to organ and back again).

I don't have any pictures and I could only find one video on YouTube from the show, "No Cars Go" and it was there literally five minutes ago and now I can't find. So instead here's David Bowie playing live on "Wake Up" - David Bowie loves them, what does that tell you!

I don't normally keep note of these, but the set list was: Black Mirror, No Cars Go, Neighborhood #2, Haiti, Black Wave/Bad Vibrations, Neon Bible, Windowstill, the WEll & The Lighthouse, Ocean of Noise, Keep the Car Running, (Antichrist Television Blues), N #3, Rebellion (Lies), with an encore of N #1 and Intervention (now and forever enshrined as a playlist in my iTunes).

We usually leave the show with one song strain in our heads, sung wholeheartedly and without shame on the streets as we make our way to the subway. For Kaiser Chiefs the other week it was "we are the angry mob...". This time it was "you have your reasons, and me, I have mine, but all the reasons I gave, were just lies to buy myself some time..."

New do

Well they said Michael was doing well at hair school, and they weren't exagerating! It was time for me to get my hair sorted out and I wanted to give him a chance to experiment on a friendly head... So on Thursday he came over and gave me a much needed haircut. I wanted shorter... I got very short. But it turned out marvelously. I love it! And everyone at work and the temple yesterday was gushing about how terrific it looked.