friday random elevenish – “you take it on faith, you take it to the heart” edition
Like I said yesterday, we’re going to be waiting a little bit for this one, but from where I’m sitting, things looks to be breaking our way. All it’s going to take is time.
It’s the same way we get through any week, really, and this week’s been a long one for other reasons as well. It took all week and dodging petty bureaucratic tyrants on my level in order to get a necessary program funded and approved at work. Shifting weather conditions have my sinuses blocked up like a Texas highway the weekend before election day. My regularly scheduled car service cost a bit more than I’d like.
But, I blew past 900 miles for the year on my bike yesterday, and met this little lady along the trail, also out enjoying a warm November afternoon:
This weekend will be a bit busier than usual, as I’ll be taking on dance dad duty and running sound for the curtailed “live” competition for the WIDA US Open on Saturday. Most of the competition is virtual, as is responsible, but there’ll be a small number of live competitors who need music to dance to, and I have the PA. Given the limited number of live dancers, we might wrap this earlier than usual, which is nice, because the gourmet macaroni and cheese food truck is at the brewery near the venue, so we’ll be able to celebrate a job well done with drinks and a hearty meal afterwards.
As for tunes this week, I’m breaking protocol a bit and starting things off with a song that’s been stuck in my head all week. After that, the mysterious algorithms of Spotify chose the music. This led, not surprisingly, to a bunch of 70s and 80s British rock, a bit more Queen, and a plethora of other tunes I actually kind of dig with a similar rhythmic structure. Not bad, really:
- “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen
- “Hammer to Fall” – Queen
- “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – REM
- “One Vision” – Queen
- “Ballroom Blitz” – Sweet
- “My Generation” – The Who
- “One Way or Another” – Blondie
- “Mr. Blue Sky” – Electric Light Orchestra
- “Fat Bottomed Girls” – Queen
- “Starman” – David Bowie
- “C Moon” – Wings
- “Go Your Own Way” – Fleetwood Mac
- “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” – Elton John
