friday random elevenish: “lagomorph hotel” edition
And, apart from a few hours of low-impact office work today, this week’s in the can. It’s not been entirely unpleasant, and kind of eventful. I visited my actual office for the first time in more than six months, and survived to tell the tale. I mysteriously pulled an abdominal muscle doing a five mile run/hike through the woods Wednesday night, and aggravated it by sneezing and blowing my nose all day long thanks to inhaling all the after-the-rain mold, and I woke up this morning to discover I’d sold almost $50 worth of Java Moss out of my fish tank overnight.
It seems I have another hobby that kinda pays for itself.
These things are far from the most interesting events of the week. Wednesday evening, after I’d settled down with a well-deserved beer to watch a couple of episodes of “Santa Clarita Diet” (seriously, watch that – it’s so much fun), I get a call from my lovely spouse about her after-dance class adventure, leading to this guy spending a little time with us:
This is Rince (“Rin-Ka”; Irish Gaelic for “dance”). It appears he got dumped by the shady exotic pet shop up the street from the dance studio, and he was rescued/retrieved from under somebody’s minivan in the school parking lot. He’s currently chilling out behind me in the home office munching on hay, to be delivered to his forever home with one of the dance teachers and her husband this weekend. He’s kind of awesome, though our place is not ideal for him; too many cats, not enough space. Still, we’ve been enjoying his company and keeping him entertained for a few days.
As for the weekend, there’ll be some recording of competition dances I won’t be involved in, a planned trip to grab cheesesteaks from a food truck, and likely some more zombie Drew Barrymore.
Anyway, tunes. Spotify “Discover Weekly” playlist, typical mix of alternative-ish tunes I’ve never heard before. The insert of “My Grandfather’s Clock” at the end of #5 was pretty cool, and the bass tone on #10 is slammin’ and I want to duplicate it:
- “What’s the Rhythm” – Mike Krol
- “So Much Better” – Evan Olson
- “Bad Ambassador” – The Divine Comedy
- “In The Street” – Big Star
- “Joy Division Oven Gloves” – Half Man Half Buscuit
- “Starstruck” – Sorry
- “Good Good Things” – Descenents
- “Nightlights I” – Nana Grizol
- “Faster” – Manic Street Preachers
- “Body of Years” – Mother Mother
- “Everything Has Changed” – Best Coast
- “After School Special” – Blue Sky Roadster
- “Something Bigger, Something Brighter” – Pretty Girls Make Graves
