friday random elevenish: “tying a bow on july” edition
So this week…up and down. Could’ve been worse, I guess.
Once I got past the monthly review board at work, things settled down nicely, except that the boss went on surprise paternity leave (kid was a few weeks early), and he didn’t read us into a bunch of things. Hoping he drops us some knowledge one of these days, though I’m not going to bother him. We’ll manage.
It’s been very hot this week, but it hasn’t stopped me from doing almost fifty miles on the trail; looks like Friday is rain, so I’ll have a day off, but I’ll probably still put 25 down this weekend, as is habit.
Otherwise, I’ve just been coasting along, work, bike, read, sleep, repeat. Thursday afternoon I did my usual shopping and stopping by Kroger’s bar for a beer. It was nice. They had Kentucky Christmas Morning on tap; weird in July, but okay…insert retail cliche here. Nothing else, really. It’s life in the age of Corona.
The world’s still hosed, what with 45 surprising absolutely no one by floating the idea of postponing the election; of course, as a former civics teacher, I can tell you that such a thing ain’t happening, but it sucks that he brings it up (in the same week as monumentally shitty, worst in modern history GDP numbers and with Doctor Demon Seed, no less), especially given that Thursday was John Lewis’s funeral. I caught a bit of President Obama’s eulogy on my way to the park after work; I got kind of choked up, remembering how we used to have a charismatic leader who had eloquence and mastery of the English language. Sigh.
Oh well; nothing in particular on tap for the weekend. We’ll get by.
So…tunes. Running off the personal hard drive collection this time, which means that Zappa makes an appearance for the first time in a while, some basic hipster stuff, and twice the Cranberries. Cool. Coolcoolcool.
- “Cosmik Debris” – Frank Zappa
- “King of Hollywood” – The Eagles
- “Just My Imagination” – The Cranberries
- “Just What I Needed” – The Cars
- “Purple Haze” – Various Artists (Make a Difference Foundation)
- “Iron Lances” – Valentine Wolfe
- “When You’re Gone” – The Cranberries
- “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” – She & Him
- “Less Than Useful” – Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
- “Reminder” – Mumford & Sons
- “Want Some, Need Some” – Poison
- “Swingin’ Party” – The Replacements
