Non Sequiturs

Met up for lunch with a former PoGo colleague who is now working at the same lawfirm as me.  Was a really nice day and we were able to eat outside on the patio at Vickery's.  While I was not happy to hear she was laid off at PoGo back when they merged with Bryan Cave, it did give me some peace knowing that really anyone in this market is liable to fall from the cuts.  And it was equally if not more heartening to see that she, like me, also landed on her feet.

At lot of people I know were understandbly confused why so many were enraptured by the rescue of the 34 Chilean miners. It really had no effect on us here in the States, or for most of the world for that matter, but I think, considering the horrible things generally we have had to put up with lately (all the horrendous political ads), and specifically all the awful things we as gay people have had to endure in the last few months (DADT, gay marriage opponents, gay teen suicides, etc, etc.), it was nice to see a story with a positive, healthy outcome.

This cracks me up.

Lyrics Rattling Around My Head

"And I forgive you even
As you choke me that way
With the pill or demon and the shrouding ?
Under conversation
In tremendous weight of
A crowd of ages outside
Dressed for murder

I'm not fucking around
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not fucking around"

Sufjan Stevens
"I Want To Be Well"

"The spirit was gone from her body
Forever and had always been inside that shell
Had always been intertwined
And now were disintwined
It's hard to understand"

Antony & The Johnsons
"The Spirit Was Gone"

"It's hard to remember
What we did last November
It's hard to forget
What we haven't done yet

It's easy to let go
Of everything you know
And say goodbye
To all those guys"

Salem
"Redlights"

"Have you ever seen
Two lions wearing meat?
Eagles too quick to creep
One ends up in another's teeth
It wouldn't be this way
If they were eating leaves
Oh how I always pray
I was one of your sheep

I'm a lion babe
Feeding off the sheep their graves
Off the leaf's and blades
I wouldn't have it any other way
I'm a lion babe
See me livin in the shade
I have everyone afraid
Roamin' free so no one's safe"

Gonjasufi
"Sheep"

Appealing Things

Cooler weather
Getting my urge to return to the gym after a month off
The Magicians
Cut The Rope
Gonjasufi
James Blake
Figuring out Ableton Live
Darkstar
Bassnectar adding a second show
Getting a maybe instead of a no

Annoying Things

People in general
People who can't drive a car and talk on a cellphone at the same time
Too many concerts, not enough time or money
Being ridiculously sore after working out for the first time in a month