friday random elevenish: “but only if i feel like it” edition
Not much to be said about my first week of year-end leave burn; got a handful of things done around the house, took about ten miles of walk with the dog, nursed the lovely spouse through a sinus infection, and got my teeth cleaned. But mostly, though? I played some video games, read a couple of books, and watched more TV than I’d done in a long time.
Happy holidays to me.
The net couple of weeks look about the same. A handful of local gatherings with friends, checking out a friend’s holiday figure skating recital, heading to the Trader Joe’s on the other side of the metro for the fancy cheese, and maybe hit Final Gravity for a pint and ingredients for another batch of beer to close out the year.
As well as appending “but only if I feel like it” to the end of most of the entries on that list; simply embracing that concept is kind of freeing.
I’m not completely ignoring the news, as headlines feed conversation over a pint with fellow grocery store barflies (we’re actually doing The Hunger Games now?), and there’s some weird under-the-radar stuff of of great potential relevance I’ve got to keep an eye on, but it’s way better for my sanity if I limit my intake, but Happy Epstein Day to those who celebrate.
Again, things remain fluid; the goal of these few weeks is to reduce stress and wear on the body and psyche. The “but only if I feel like it” rule remains in full effect.
Anyway; here’s some tunes that Spotify spit out; it’s mostly neat indie stuff that I feel like I listen to all the time, even if my “Wrapped” says it was primarily KISS and Zappa. I don’t trust the algorithms that much; they’d need to pay me more to earn that.
- “Stand for Myself” – Yola
- “Something Good” – Dead Sara
- “Searcher” – Murder By Death
- “People of Substance” – Craig Finn
- “Take It Off” – The Donnas
- “Empty Nest” – Silversun Pickups
- “Baptized by Fire” – Spinnerette
- “Talk to Me” – The Record Company
- “Take the Journey” – Molly Tuttle
- “Run Away With Me” – Cold War Kids
- “I Can See the Devil” – S.G. Goodman
- “Blood Harmony” – Larkin Poe
- “Blow Up” – The Beaches
