Non Sequiturs

Sometimes you are damned if you do and damned if you don't, and sometimes you burn bridges in the process. I wish things had ended up differently, but at this point all I can do is realize that I went about things the wrong way and try to learn from it.

Pets and people are an awful lot alike. My old cat Daphne once had a door slammed on her paw and she limped around for days seeking sympathy for her injury. For years afterward if we got mad at her she would start limping so that we would shower her with affection. A friend recently had surgery several weeks ago and when his partner is not around he acts completely fine, but when the partner comes home he immediately starts acting like he is in pain and wants to be taken care of.

I will admit that I wish I had an iPhone, but seriously people, standing in a line with 5000 people to get one is ridiculous.

How is it I have been at my new job for two months and I just now noticed the painting right by my door?

It was sad seeing Screen On The Green in Piedmont Park turn into such a disaster this summer. For those that don't know, Piedmont Park is the Central Park of Atlanta and hosts on the big lawn a series of movies each Thursday for about 5-6 weeks. It was initially run by Turner Classic Movies, and they would always show a variety of classic movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Casablanca, and Psycho. It was a delightful way to see a movie outdoors with friends. When we had the drought for two years they moved the event to a more concrete park over in Centennial Park and most people stopped attending. That was when Peachtree TV took over the event, and they have a more current take on movies. They brought it back to Piedmont Park this year and the event was a complete disaster with lots of unruly teens running around the park starting fights and robbing people. The more current movies tended to bring a younger crowd and that seemed to bring the crime. Sad to see, because it was such a nice event. I hope TCM takes it over next year; assuming there is a next year.

Lyrics Rattling Through My Brain

"Remember how it used to be
When the stars would fill the sky
Remember how we used to dream
Those nights would never end
Those nights would never end

It was the sweetness of your skin
It was the hope of all we might have been
That filled me with the hope to wish
Impossible things
To wish impossible things

But now the sun shines cold
And all the sky is grey
The stars are dimmed by clouds and tears
And all I wish
Is gone away
All I wish
Is gone away"

The Cure
"To Wish Impossible Things"

"All that I see
Show me your ways
Teach me to meet my desires
With some grace

All that I fear
Dont turn away
And leave me to plead in this whole other place
Cause what if I never break?

Estuary
Wont you take me
Far away
Far away

All that I seek
Please police me
I want you to police me
But keep it clean"

Interpol
"Lights"

"On the floating, shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me, loving, to your isle.
And you sang, "sail to me, sail to me;
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken lovelorn on your rocks.
For you sang, "touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing: "swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."
"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."

Tim Buckley
"Song to the Siren"

Appealing Things

New eyeglasses
Finding old (but still good) bottles of medication I used to take and am taking again and saving me 5 months of paying for it
Finding money in a pair of pants
Finding new music you had never listened to before

Annoying Things

Not getting service for several hours on my BlackBerry
This heatwave
Taking so long to see what was right in front of me
Missing Bear Week in P-Town