My god zachary. Except for the hair bit, you just described what I did every morning while in chicago (substituting discman for ipod).

Missoula is vaguely overwhelming. I went to try and vote today (a failed attempt, apparently my registration didn't go through last spring) and one of the women at the table was like "oh, I remember seeing you walk by my house when you were like 5" and the other one goes "were you in a spelling bee once?" Seriously, I'd like to go have coffee and read and not run into anyone I know. Ok, that sounds hideously pessimistic. I love missoula with a passion, of course.

To spokane tomorrow to pick up zach! Yee haw!