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I need to work to a deadline
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Breakfast
I think I probably should have stayed home. I had to blow my nose twice on the way here. I was saved by the Christmas tissues my boss gave out as a consolation prize for losing one of her party games. My nose is red and sore and I am always tired this time of morning. Too late, already here, and anyway, it's good to be out while the sun is shining ( Read more... ) -
She's electric can I be electric too
I have to start writing in earnest soon. Not writing makes me crazy and itchy. Writing makes me manic. It makes me think I'm clever. It makes me feel more like myself, like I am an interesting person worth listening to. Hmm ( Read more... ) -
Fun. & the New Year
I was working New Year's Eve. I was (am) sick and exhausted and taking care of drunks, but this is not what I came here to talk about.
Fun.I had an urge to listen to "Some Nights" while at work last night. I carry my iPod to work sometimes. I don't actually find time to listen to very often, but it sits there in the pocket of my cargo pants, ( Read more... ) -
Don't go home
There's a bit from the movie Patch Adams:
Roommate: I don't mean to be rude, but aren't you a little old to be starting medical school?
Patch: You know, Babe Ruth was 33 when he joined the Yankees.
Roommate: ... No he wasn't.
Patch: You're right. But I could really use an example like that, and if you ever find one, let me know.
I only watched that ( Read more... ) -
And now I wait
The board is set, the pieces are moving.
Eeep. -
Memory of Light and Waves
This song is from the opening of Final Fantasy X-2, which is the rather terrible sequel to my favorite video game.
Trying to capture what music is about with words is pretty futile, particularly with instrumental music. Still, I'd like to think "Eternity" is about what Final Fantasy X-2 should have been about: It's about a country at peace for the ( Read more... ) -
lyrics
I listened to the Death Cab for Cutie album Plans on the way to and from the gym. I downloaded it a long time ago, when I first heard "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," which is probably a very terrible idea in the form of a compelling song. I've only listened to the album a time or two and have never been quite sure how I felt about it or the band ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
One spring while I was living with my parents, a pair of birds, some sort of sparrows, made a nest in the wreath hanging on the front door. The outside door was glass and the wreath hung by a large suction cup. The inner door was wood with a small window at eye level. We thought about removing the nest. We couldn't go out the front door without ( Read more... ) -
I like reading books about bands I don't listen to
They set the scene as if they're telling you: this is important, something magical is going to happen hear. But did any of the twelve people in the room know that then? Sometimes we only see these things when we look back. The thing and the greatness of the thing exist, but not together.
When we write histories, we only talk about the parts that ( Read more... )
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