Irene II

Sup club. Screaming into the void here in honor of the release of APOCABABIES (telescopeclub.bandcamp.com). Writing this in the front seat of big ol Ireney Greeney. She’s the 2nd Irene, and she is our home. Noah’s currently installing a monitor of some sort for our solar set up. We officially live in this van.

It’s been a long road to get here. It all started when we saw St. Vincent at the State Theater and this awesome band Hello Mary opened and I was like fuuuuck I used to do that shit I used to have drive I miss performing and wanting to be a rockstar. I went on prozac and it numbed me out and killed my motivation and then I woke up a few years later realizing I was spending all my time teaching music, burning out and giving my creative energy away in exchange for money. Don’t get me wrong, I love to teach and I love (most of) my students, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel! I WANT TO BE A ROCKSTAR.

So I quit prozac and we bought a used van that used to deliver art. It had a van gogh in it once (the vanity plate VANGOGH was taken). We built it out and it is beautiful. Noah really poured his all into it. I was working too much to help out all the time, but I did when I could. But the beauty and functionality of this van conversion is all him; it’s a culmination of experience with projects from the camper to the tiny house to the greenhouse. This is his finest work yet. So proud of my baby <3

It didn’t feel like such a big decision to us to move in. We’re used to small spaces, and we’re both flighty people. Maybe flighty is the wrong word, too negative - it’s what people who judge us might say. The right word is that we’re adventurous. And I guess 27 and 28 are the years where we’d either decide to get locked into a mortgage and please the traditionalists, or fuck shit up and do our own thing. I’m glad we decided to fuck shit up. My parents are not. But alas, I’m a grown up now Mom and Dad. So yeah, to a lot of people it is a big decision. But Noah and I might just be wired differently than those people, and that’s okay.

Now it’s time to focus on the music. I want to feel that drive again. And a van is a good place to be feelin the driiiiiive