I am so stressed out right now.
New job stress, bad wine stress, crappy eating stress, hungry for affection cat stress, non-refundable gift cards purchased under duress stress, photography class stress, shutter speed stress, ISO stress, your camera is way more awesome than mine and therefore I suck stress, unpleasant dog smells stress, suburban bunko meets ghetto girl stress, leg shaving stress, what to do about the boyfriend's birthday in two days stress, i-tunes boredom stress, what if McCain wins this shit stress, fuck this Sarah Palin bullshit stress, friends who think I shouldn't have any stress because I ain't got no kids stress, topped off with a fat lump of work-related ethical dilemmas with heavy cream of Satan stress.
To the guy who sits next to me in my photography class: Stop asking to borrow my pen week after week. You're germy and you have no shame. You're in college now, bro, get a damn pen.
I'm desperate for new music. What have you been listening to lately? Anything good?
New job stress, bad wine stress, crappy eating stress, hungry for affection cat stress, non-refundable gift cards purchased under duress stress, photography class stress, shutter speed stress, ISO stress, your camera is way more awesome than mine and therefore I suck stress, unpleasant dog smells stress, suburban bunko meets ghetto girl stress, leg shaving stress, what to do about the boyfriend's birthday in two days stress, i-tunes boredom stress, what if McCain wins this shit stress, fuck this Sarah Palin bullshit stress, friends who think I shouldn't have any stress because I ain't got no kids stress, topped off with a fat lump of work-related ethical dilemmas with heavy cream of Satan stress.
To the guy who sits next to me in my photography class: Stop asking to borrow my pen week after week. You're germy and you have no shame. You're in college now, bro, get a damn pen.
I'm desperate for new music. What have you been listening to lately? Anything good?
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I am obsessed with this video of Emily Haines singing "Sprig," which is a musical treatment of her father's poem. I looked for it because I only just discovered his work, which she has been independently promoting, and his words are heartbreakingly beautiful and strange.
A word that comes to mind is kaleidescopic: there is color and beauty, but it is fragmented, sometimes difficult to understand, and looks to be a blurred rendering of the world.
Here is what she wrote of his passing:
"The day Paul died all the appliances in the house stopped working, confirming at once my suspicions that the man was a conductor of electricity. In his absence I often feel like a tired machine myself. I hope that by releasing What is Free to a Good Home? and Secret Carnival Workers together this summer some aspect of Paul's presence - ideally his sense of humor - will send a jolt to the living. Failing that, we can all try to find vinyl copies of Wyatt's album Nothing Can Stop Us, sit on the floor and listen to "Shipbuilding" (3) over and over, memorizing the words to remember we're alive."
Those first two lines, especially, are gorgeous. I know that you didn't ask for all of this, but it may help you appreciate the song!
Also, the work of the Drive-by Truckers.
Check out the song "I met a girl".
Breathe. Rinse. Repeat.
This is where being a speculative fiction writer could come in handy, as it might make it easier to think of a reply like "I'm sorry, this pen is specifically coded to my DNA, and in fact my leak on you if its sensor detects germy no shame DNA."
#2. I love you even more. And stop being an enabler to Mr. I Don't Have Shame, And Therefore No Pen Either"
#3. I love you and I like Kelli Ali (she used to go by Kelli Dayton when she was in the Sneaker Pimps in the 90's). She's got a lovely voice.
#4. We should get drunk soon... on good wine. ;)
But really I just had to smile when I read your list of stresses. It was so clear headed! All those stresses are a lot individually and you were venting so concisely that I couldn't help but do that grin. I also appreciate hearing that other people worry about these things and that it isn't just me. So I guess I'm saying that your bad head space did me some good.
I hope that the music ideas that have been posted are helping (oh, and I just saw someone recommended the movie Once - that's with The Swell Season music and them the two leads, Hansard & Irglova).
Why is BIL awesome? I have needs to know. And clean houses and pizza rock!
My recent addictions have been Delta Goodrem, Conjure One, and Rush. Not exactly new, though Delta's "In This Life" has been an IPod staple :)
I still like Idlewild.