A Computer is NOT a Houseplant

      
      Sometimes in life we experience moments when we just wish we could turn back the clock; instantly we feel this sense of remorse for what’s to come, and there’s nothing we can do, but scream, kick, cry and scream a little more. Like falling off of your bike for the first time (that split second where you are mid-air and realize that you are about to eat sh*t)… in that split second, it seems like you can see the whole world very clearly, and then everything explodes into chaos simultaneously after that moment.

       Today I had one of those moments.

      It was a frigid Flagstaff afternoon, and Dave was (finally) about to create a blog and upload some pictures from our west coast tour onto our websites, when I thought it was a good idea to offer him a glass of water. It’s all a blur after that.

                 The glass slipped out of my hands.
                         It tilted over onto the computer.
                                   For that one split second, I indeed saw the whole world very clearly, and realized that I couldn’t fight gravity.
                                            And it all poured down.


      Right now, my sad & sopping computer is sealed away in a box in the loft of my apartment, covered in rice. After crazily searching the internet and browsing “HELP! I just spilled water on my Macbook” forums, and after a few helpful responses from friends on Facebook, I discovered that electronics respond well to the application of rice, yes, rice when they are spilled on..something about drying them out faster by reducing the humidity levels.  This means that I have to sleep without a humidifier for the next three nights, which I probably haven't done in Arizona in the last 12 months. So here I sit, fingers crossed, (it’s very hard to type with crossed fingers, by the way) hoping that come Wednesday night when I open that baby up again and plug in the battery, that all is well, and we can pretend that I didn’t mistake my computer for a plant this afternoon.


      Trust me, I know that life could be worse for Dave and I.


      Three weeks ago we were sharing the stage with the amazing and legendary Willy Porter, and now I’m bitching about a tiny bit of water spilled onto a silly little (life controlling) electronic machine.  So I’ll close my eyes and reflect on some of the wonderful memories from this last tour with y’all to try and keep my mind off of this electronic tragedy.


      Wait a minute!
      There are too many fantastic memories racing through my head right now, and I can’t decide what to share with you. Lots of people ask Dave and I when we get back from tour, “How was tour? Tell me everything!!”-and there’s usually A LOT to talk about.  And unfortunately, often times our creativity does not extend too far beyond our songwriting and performing (sometimes leaving us wondering what we should blog about) so we would like to know what YOU are interested in hearing about in our blogs.


     ..We’ve decided to open the floor to your ideas and if there’s something that you want to know more about, we'd welcome your thoughts, questions, and inspiration. It's almost 2012 and we suck at using Twitter. Our last tweet was a year ago this week and that was probably one of three we've ever done. We're not scared of social networking, but blogging somehow slips through the cracks. We hereby introduce our latest good idea. Help us, por favor.



*Some examples could be; “Write a blog about your show in  Seattle.” or “Write a blog about what you and Dave ate while on tour." or "Why on earth would you move to the pacific northwest when you have such fantastic weather in Arizona?" you get the point, right??*



      Ok, so we’re excited to see how this goes (this is an experiment and we hope that you all participate cuz this could be really cool, and if it goes well, we could maybe even muster the gumption (great word isn't it?) to do one blog a week in response to your comments.)  Looking forward to hearing some of your creative and wonderful ideas, and stay tuned to hear if, come Thursday morning, my computer is functioning or turning into a house plant!



Cheers and tata for now,
Mandy Fer