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I’ll let you in on my adventures at the post office. But first, a few fun and free (or cheap) events.

1. The illustrious Extra Action Marching Band, among many others, will be playing at a sliding-scale benefit show today (saturday) at 12 gallaxies in san francisco.

2. Matmos will be speaking at the Hearst Mining Building at UC Berkeley on Monday at 7pm, followed by free food and music at 9! The details are over here.

3. Remember, valentine’s day means pillow fight at the embarcadero.

The Penland application is in, and I am now able to let you in on a few secrets of last-minute application submission:

1. USPS express overnight mailing takes 2 days when you’re sending things to small towns. But you still pay the 1-day express price.

2. FedEx doesn’t ship to PO boxes.

3. When you need to overnight mail something to a PO Box in a small town, you’re in a pickle. A very sour, well brined pickle. Even if the application doesn’t make it there in time, I must say that I love the post office, and was delighted that my favorite postal worker (always witty and charming) was there today.

4. Kinko’s copies now makes you pay by credit card, which adds precious seconds to these last-minute adventures.

In other news, a piece of felt and silk went into the onion skin dye pot, turning the signature earthy-orange hue that looks like a redhead sheep or a 1970’s garage or something. And my energized-single sock, which has sat in relative purgatory for nearly a year, is now an inch longer than it was about 10 months ago. It seemed a bit loose so I cast it aside, but I started to spin the yarn a bit tighter which helped the fabric shrink up for a better fit. The roving, unfortunately, seems to have felted itself together a bit in the meantime.