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Friday, November 02, 2001
Dylan Acoustic Mmm, this is pretty sweet tonight.. I was so worn out after going to a movie, and dinner. Movies just kind of wear me out. "Is it over yet?" So, here, right here, I'm just listening to a so far partial set of 1965 Dylan in Manchester, UK, all acoustic. It's so clean sounding.. I can really see why so many people were really pissed when he decided to switch away from this acoustic style of his, the following year.. He was so *good* at this. "Now's The Time For Your Tears" seems to be a really cool boot, I hope to get to hear every minute. (Hmmm, this blogging sure gets addictive, fast...)  Passage Way I stopped along the way, when I rushed home Wednesday to get my camera, so I could get some pictures of those costumed at work.. There weren't any French Maids or anything that really needed a picture taken though, this year. The one I would have most loved to photograph at work stood behind me, viewing the actual costumed staff. I couldn't think of a good excuse to take her picture. Her eyes though... I really wanted to!! Now, wouldn't it be fun if you could choose the people you would like to see, in which costume? Yeah!! "You're an evil witch!" "You're Frodo." "You're a lovely princess." "You're a fashion model with a see-through blouse, walking the runway." "You're Cleopatra and I'm Richard Burton." "You're an ugly monster." Hmm, well of course some people wouldn't need much embellishment. Anyway, on the way back in I passed through one of my favourite passageways, stopped and took this picture.. Amazing Wow, I can't believe the Yankees won again last night! I was tired, and getting out of the mood for watching the Series at all, when I turned it off, AZ leading, 2-0, in the 8th... "No, the Yankees are *not* coming back tonight." Oh yeah?! I had to check the New York Times for confirmation, and it's still sort of like waking up in this unlikely dream.. "No, Matthew, that was yesterday when they tied it in the ninth and won it in extra innings. You're just mixed up." Well! The odd thing is, my life-long real baseball (the only sport I care about enough to have a team in) team is a National League one.. They've been mostly depressing the last few years though. My interest in the game has waned. I suppose I am supposed to root for my league, but I like the Yankees a lot better than the other guys. For me, this time of year, the Yankees seem like some foggy, comfortable old friend. Did this really happen, or is this a huge spoof? Thursday, November 01, 2001
Shut Eye Country I just rarely listen to reggae at all any more....which still seems a tiny bit odd, as I used to rarely listen to anything else. For some reason this morning I found myself in the mood though. So I put on a CDR I made a few months back, a mish-mash of downloaded and from my CDs reggae.. The first one's from Anthony B, who was starting to make it big about the time I moved away from reggae. He's no hero to me, with some songs like "Fire Pon Rome." Hmm, well, maybe the historical Italian invasion of Ethiopia? Still, I just don't like it. Nothing inspirational there. Although, he's got a couple songs I can't help liking a lot. Like, "Gangstas Think Twice." "I called out to the gangsters in the street. Too much people are dying! One gets shot and drop right at my feet. Said for help he is crying. Don't you know love got to do it..... Be no gangster! Yo, get to it! One love we need to spread, every day, Instead of sending people to shut eye country." I Love It But I Hate It This morning, looking for something.. I switched over to the new UB40 CD again, and finally went past track 9 of "Cover Up". Shortly, I found my way to number 13, "Walk In Their Rain." Whose rain? Mmm, I can live with this one, nice and bubbling. What's up with the Casio digital bass sound though? If only they'd never given up real bass guitars! Ahhhh! I love it but I hate it! UB had another rain song way back when, "I Think It's Going To Rain Today." Kind of sleepy, but I always loved it, and found it amusing, as this thought is a pretty safe bet much of the year, in Portland. It's comfortably grey and wet today. Murky I love the feel of this one, it's murky, a lot like my current romantic life . The French printed "Flying Up The East River, 1938". Wednesday, October 31, 2001
 On That Beaky Head One of my more favourite postcards from last Friday's shopping trip is this one, of the Chrysler Building (this one printed in England - - I love to track those things.. It's a little like a cool import picture sleeve record or something.) Marriage vs. Dating The good thing about being married is, you then don't have to deal with the dating game. Sure, dating can be fun, but then, some aspects of it are repulsive. The uncertainty... Hmm, I used to experience a great deal of uncertainty, while looking for cool records.. I'd plot out a bunch of possible places I might find cool things, then take my chances. Sometimes some seemingly promising places turned out nothing. Other times, I'd be really surprised in a good way. That was fun. Now, being a guy, I can choose to ask out whoever I like. What a world of possibilities. I mean, I can choose not to ask any girl. That's kind of cool. Put another way, I can choose to ask only the ones who are attractive to me, and who seem receptive. What's so repulsive about that? Well, some sorts of uncertainty seem really fun, part of the mystery of life. Others seem, well, just a hassle which one doesn't like to deal with. Like dating?  Halloween I used to like Halloween, when I was little. A bunch of candy! That was fun.... I remember in high school, a girl I later dated wore something which you just never saw at our conservative school. I remember catching a glimpse of her and thinking, "wow, who is that?" Must have been a French maid's outfit.. Girls' legs can be such a pleasure. Too Many!! Ugh!! Way too many kids at work today... First the morning schoolers coming through, and now all the staff kids! I like kids, but it just wears you out after a while, all the loud voices, and worse, all the adults trying to say cute little kid things to them, and sounding just very annoying. Akkkkk! I'm glad tomorrow is not Halloween! It's a dubious holiday anyway. A holiday to celebrate witches and demons? Yeah, right. (OK, OK, I sound pretty Grinch-ish about this day... Hey, a couple of my fellow staffers dressed up as the Christmas Grinch, and his dog... he heh e...) I managed to only eat one small bag of peanut M&M's though... I think that's a record for me. Car Music Versus Work Music So, this morning I am driving in, finally feeling more myself again. Music sounds like music... I put on the Beth Orton rough "favourites" CDR I put together last week (and which will be modified a little whenever I get around to it.) After going through a couple songs, I settle on one I haven't listened to much yet. Yeah, just right. I can't tell you the name, because I'm not that familiar with it and I didn't check as I drove in, still bleary eyed, on this grey, slightly wet morning. Oooo, was I ever enjoying that song though! I got into my space, and thought, "hmm, I'm a few minutes early.." "Better check to see if I am really in the middle of this space." And besides, the better to listen to that song some more! ;-) I slowly, carefully repositioned myself.... Then, hmm, no avoiding it, better get out and go to work. I had the brief thought though... "Hey, I am loving this, I could grab that CDR out of the changer and take it into work." (Oh, and just to illustrate how I was feeling last night, and the last couple days really, I *forgot* to turn my car alarm on last night! Wow, I almost never do that! It was still there this morning too, unlocked, unharmed... joy. :-)) Then I thought, "Hmm, nearly every time I bring a CDR in to listen to, I never do. I think I will, but then I don't. Even if I do, it's not the same, the moment is lost. By the time I get some coffee, turn on my lights, get the PC going, settle in, and start to work, I'm not in the mood any more! Even later, when I might be in the mood for music at my desk, I have lots of other CDs I can play..." Plus, if I take the CDR in to my desk, the CD changer loses it's memory of the song I was at, even if I don't forget to bring it back out there when I go off for lunch or on home... Why is all this?? It's like there is some divide between work music and car (or mini-SUV in my case) music. I have my wonderful musical moods out there, and occasionally in at my desk too, but they're separate worlds. Or at least, they exist in different timelines... It's probably more of a mood thing than anything... Plus, I just love getting back in the car and having the song I was loving come right back on at me. Sometimes I'll love it again, and sometimes, my mood will have changed and I'll just switch it... Still, it's nice... How can anyone ever depend on the radio for their *music*??? Seems so primitive... Sunday, October 28, 2001
Just Barely  I'm just barely going today...Beyond normally tired. I took this photo while walking way too much Friday, downtown. I like this sign. (Edit note, I've added a couple more links, and fixed the Everclear song reference, from last week...) |
