I’m in Riverside, California – Land of the Los.  We asked him to open for me last night and I’m so glad he agreed to.  It was odd but very cool to meet a man I’ve only known through his blog for a couple years, to see him in the flesh and not just in pixels.  And, it turns out, he really is a great musician – he doesn’t just play one on the web.  Without his band he held the attention of a bunch of college students for forty-five minutes, just him and his guitar – mostly through the strategic use of tattoos and dimples.  That is the second hardest kind of gig to do – the first being college students outdoors with only an acoustic guitar.  Great job, Los.  And thanks for interviewing me for the Soulcast.  (You can subscribe at iTunes.)

Oh, and I have pink eye.  Apparently.  We don’t know that for sure, but my eye?  It’s pink.  It started when we flew into LA.  Everyone told me it was the smog.  But nope, it leaked the whole night on stage (I looked very spiritual, as if I were moved by every word to every song).  And it’s still full of red lightning bolts this morning.  And I have Brody’s cold.

So that means that in the last two weeks of touring I’ve personally had the stomach flu, pink eye and a cold.  Huh?  If this is what working out gets you I think I’d like to go back to being sedentary. I was much healthier than.

The good news?  The great news?  14 kids were rescued from poverty last night by the folks at La Sierra University.