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Paean for my peepz
Previously on our program, I discussed a close friend, lost five years ago. When I was writing that post, I had my friends in general on my mind. Living where I do, I haven’t got a social life outside of work. OK, yes, I pop into the city once, perhaps twice a month and see a couple people, but that’s it. When I was in Rochester, I went out ( Read more... ) -
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Vergangenheitsbewältigung might be my favorite German word. Lots of jokes about the German language having a (normally long) word for everything, and, well, it’s true more often than not. “Vergangenheitsbewältigung” means “a struggle to come to terms with the past.” I’m thinking about it today because it’s the five year anniversary of the ( Read more... ) -
Wisdom from last night’s dream
I was in a theatre watching a movie that was a bit of a mash-up of Inception and Fitzcarraldo (in my dream, it was cool, but looking at it now…yeesh). At one point, one of the characters (a young actress currently popular whom I sorta respect, not remembering who now) tells someone “Don’t swim in the current. Stand, standing is ( Read more... ) -
Song of the day “I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear”
Peter Gabriel “San Jacinto”
Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - rub on skin
Outside - cold air - stand, wait for rising sun
Red paint - eagle feathers - coyote calling - it has begun
Something moving in - I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
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Coming to (new mix)
I hadn’t done a mix in a long while, and after that awful Red Wings loss Saturday, I needed to turn up some loud music and feel a little better. I ended up throwing a mix together that’s a little springly. Saturday was a warm, sunny spring day; Sunday was a cooler, rainy spring day. It’s a little sloppy at the beginning, but there are some ( Read more... ) -
best of 2009 music
March first is a good day to post this, right? I mean, the rush to get these out is gone, so now mine will appear more important for lack of competition.
So, remember how I did it last year? The tiering system, as opposed to rankings? Yeah, that's how I've been rating everything since then. Hard and fast rankings are for the inflexible and narrow- ( Read more... )
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