Piece of the puzzle found

Today was bizarre in some ways but it is Friday the 13th with a full moon. First thing this morning I had to welcome the new Spring semester students to the Cronkite school. While waiting for them to show up I hear what sounds like tap dancing outside the Union. I look out the window and there is a circle of about 20 High School students all dressed in black. Turns out there were high school debate teams on campus today. They had these incredible rituals they did in this circle, from hand slapping, tap dancing to shouting style warm ups (Aluminum Titanium over and over was one of them) Then each person in the circle led them in some style of chant or arm movement exercise. Their advisor was the only one not dressed in black and you could see the command she had over their attention. I had slight jealousy over her ability to motivate them. I started thinking I should start doing a circle of the Blaze directors warming up at the retreat. They could chant "That is new Death cab for Cutie on The Blaze"
I am hearing Sloan for the first time on Sirius, as in their music (Obviously I hear the Chris and Jay radio show but I have yet to hear them played) It is on their Iceberg channel, sort of adult alternative Canadian stuff. Weird part is they are playing "The Other Man" and it's a different mix of it. They are opening for The Rolling Stones tonight. Oh and I heard them on XM today too, yeah!
So next on my agenda after greeting the new students was to race back in the nitro powered golf cart to get to the Faculty meeting. I usually don't have to go to those but because I was asked to be on that action team, I had to go. They are a odd group to say the least. I then fired up the cart and Tony, Matt and I went over applications for the specialty shows on the Blaze. That always has some amusement, somebody wanting to do a Billboard Top 40 show was probably the most ridiculous one this semester. MD Matt nearly fainted when they auditioned it starting the show with Carrie Underwood. Think of it this way. "That was Wolf Parade, next on the Top 40 show, see how "My Humps" is doing on the charts" We departed for lunch, had a fine time talking radio (terrestrial and satellite) with Tony and Albert. We were at four peaks and as I went to leave, I saw they had tables set up for a wedding in the back, around the brewing tanks! Now that is a beer lovers wedding. They had all their napkins and matchbooks printed with beer mugs! It is not a nice area back there, the floors are not done and it is always damp, sorta cold-crazy place for a reception!
Back to school, MD Matt and I start talking about SXSW as we usually send a couple of Blaze directors each year (who started that I wonder?) I ask Matt who is playing and about fall over when I see the list. First name I see in the alphabetical order is Jon Auer- of course!! By the time I am to the letter N, I tell Matt that I am taking his spot on the trip if the word Sloan appears in the S. Such randomness like The Plimsouls, Glen Phillips, World Party then all these newer to me bands I have been hearing on XM like Novellero, Jason Collett, and tons of other Canadians (trying to remember off top of my head) No Sloan but I got a bit of a hair to go when I saw Sam Roberts on the bill. Must see what Andrew is doing. I think I tried to talk Andrew into going two years ago when Posies and Big Star were on bill. Andrew is in Germany as I type. How funny is this, the only band playing in the town he is staying while he is there is....The Posies. He has never seen them, I told him he had to go. I also gave him instructions to tell him Dear 23 girl and/or Putt Putt Girl says HI! I think it is this weekend. He is gonna flip when he hears Sam Roberts is playing in the states again.
Now on to why the puzzle piece. Everything came together last night, it fell into place. I had a feeling the way yesterday went, that I would break my slump and find the way to return to writing. I know I always sound crazy but I think divine intervention played a part. I needed to get out of my slump and I think I did. I figured out a piece I needed for a major scene. I was a tad rusty at writing but I got my mind back on the story, found a way to tie it all back together. The way I see it after what I wrote last night is that I may finish this weekend! In fact, I am going to attempt it after I finish this blog. That should be right now-Right? Write!