There is a song about a friend’s obsession with vampires, a song about one of my favorite books, “Brave New World.” A song about growing up, which I think I have done a lot of the past couple months… Or at least I hope so. Today, we are going to work on a song called, “Are there giants too in the dance,” which Meg wrote herself, mostly about her take on big corporations, politics, and industries. It is actually quite interesting…..

These songs have been written quite a bit differently then the ones on “Something Real.” I am proud to say that I have a few songs that I wrote myself, almost completely, with Meg adding a few chord changes, and there are, of course, many written completely by Meg, the master song writer. But a lot of them have been written together. For example,

Meg: “I am stuck on this chorus…could you work on it.. I think the verse should go like this…(plays a riff) and here are my lyrics, so I think you should definitely stick to the creepy, rainy day vibe.”

Dia: “Ok, I’ll work on it.”

Either 5 minutes passes, 1 hour passes, or 6 days.

Meg will come back and listen.

Meg: Dude, that doesn’t work or This is exactly what I needed.

And that pretty much wraps it up.

But rest assured Meg and Dia listeners….. I can promise you one thing. Everyone in team Meg and Dia (Nick, Jonathan, Carlo, Meg, Management, friends who keep me sane) are doing everything in their power to make this record, the best we can possibly do right now, and really make it… well, a “record” of our life. Something to capture this time in our life. This time in our life of learning, loving, and growing up. And you will get it soon.

Sep/Oct 2008

One time…when I was sitting out in my hammock in Bloomington and it was cold. I saw something…kind of like a spirit. I was young but I still remember.

And Meg is getting better at cooking boxed Macaroni-and-cheese. However, I am not getting better at eating it. I usually beg her not to cook, or just beat her to the chase. Home made mac and cheese is the best…. but lately, Jonathan has been cooking a lot for us. And he is awesome. And this really sweet lady comes and cleans our apartment every other week, and she always lays my stuffed animal Unico in a very cute way upon my bed. What a sweet lady. I am going to start leaving her Milk and Cookies every time she comes in on Wednesdays.

Love

Dia

“You lack the very thing that makes a man a man: the ability to accept a situation.”