stars out last night

i went to see wilco last night in concert. actually, it was supposed to be alex going but he had to work late so i got his ticket instead. very cool show in an outdoor pavilion on the waterfront. they have a song called 'jesus, etc' and i'd never really listened to the lyrics. not that i could hear them very clearly last night, but i heard part of the chorus that says 'you were right about the stars, each one like a setting sun.' and i'm not really sure what that means in the context of the song (since i couldn't understand the rest of the lyrics) but it got me thinking - as i was swaying to the lovely melody - about stars.

and how my friends and family in the UK and california can look up at night and see the same stars that i see here in boston. well, maybe not exactly the same stars (i forget how this all works, astronomy 101 was a long time ago) but they can see the same sky, the same universe out there. and i also happen to know that quite a few of my friends in the UK just went to see wilco a month or so ago. and there i was last night looking at the same 'stars' ... wondering if they enjoyed it as much as i was right then.

i'd never really thought about why we call celebrities stars. but now it made sense. and then i got to wondering if we all weren't stars in a small way. if someone in california is thinking about me and knows me and loves me. and someone in the UK is also thinking about me, and remembering me, and even someone in boston ... then maybe i'm a small star as well? and we all have people all over thinking about us - even if our ears don't itch and burn at the time.

anyway, it was a lovely concert on a warm summer's night!