last tuesday, i may not have been at the inauguration, but i was blessed to celebrate the event at bowery ballroom with fiction family, jon foreman (switchfoot) and sean watkins' (nickel creek) new project. it was an incredible time, and i just watched the video for their first single, "when she's near" - it's adorable!

Fiction Family - When She's Near from ATO Records on Vimeo.

also, last night i finally finished reading "extremely loud and incredibly close" by jonathan safran foer. i read most of it while i was at home on break, but i put it down for the first couple weeks of class. i picked it back up last night and couldn't put it down until i finished. after, i was so shaken that i couldn't sleep for over an hour. it's really an amazing book and i recommend it to everyone. i will happily loan my copy to anyone who wants to read it. it's just so, so good.