sad in a cabin

so tonight was the sort of formal goodbye to Aimee and Annie in Kawanishi in the log cabin restaurant, as their contract is up and they're leaving Japan. Nate, Debs, Keiko, MARTIN, and the two girls were there.

At Hummingbird (the music camp I grew up in) on Saturday nights we had the friendship circle in front of the shell to say goodbye to everyone from the past week/session. The emotions that defined the moments standing around in a circle on those Saturday nights were so heightened and so real. Tonight gave me a bit of a flashback to that, even though it was just a few people sitting around a table, sipping sake and having old Japanese people oggle us, instead of 150 kids standing in a circle under a moon and a giant tree, hands right over left. But in the end it's exactly the same...appreciating the good things that come about through sharing really unique lifetime experiences, especially the sweet surprise that is spontaneous friendship in a foreign place...sharing a few laughs about the insane things we've done together...not really rushing but enjoying the moment...and expressing the sadness and fear that things might be different from here on out, but knowing that it's worth it because we have shared the most positive things in life: adventure, friendship and admiration.

So anyway, next week I'm going to rock some Fuji Rock action baby! Anyone know which Coldplay or Foo Fighters albums I should download and listen to before next week? Own nothing of theirs and since they are the headliners for Friday I should probably give it a sampling...