Another Friday reached. Another week behind me. All told, this one’s been a little less stressful than the last few. Sure, there’ve been headaches and roadblocks (one of the backbone financial systems supporting multiple agencies has been choking all week, preventing me from getting important requirements funded, and more importantly, keeping many people from submitting time sheets in order to get paid, for example), but it’s not been all bad. I made some progress on a few projects, am in the midst of enjoying a pretty good book, got some nice hiking in (even if my leg muscles didn’t appreciate it much), learned from the monthly reports that I’ve made all of nine cents from online streaming of my record since July (listen to me on your favorite service and help me get that dime!), and had some nice conversation with friends, both electronically and face-to-socially-distant-face.

Also, a friend facing a pretty serious health crisis is making excellent progress toward recovery, and another couple of friends had a baby, and all are doing well.

Oh, and this sucks. While we’re all watching Rudy tent his pants and scream about waterlogged laptops, these kinds of things, which could affect tons of people (including maybe me) are quietly slipping through. Vote, people.

Some tentative, low impact things on the agenda this weekend, but nothing involving much moving around or investment, which is fine with me.

Not going to belabor this post further; it should be about the weekly playlist anyway. This week comes from the algorithm-generated “Time Capsule” playlist on Spotify, which plays mostly like spinning the radio dial around my sophomore year of college. Two eras of Van Halen, and dueling semi-blasphemous band names, including that tune at the end, which, as far as I’m concerned, best captured the heady optimism of the early 90s, when we were all so hopeful about the future.

I would love to have that feeling again.

1. “River of Deceit” – Mad Season
2. “Panama” – Van Halen
3. “Only Wanna Be With You” – Hootie & The Blowfish
4. “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)” – Cinderella
5. “Bring On The Dancing Horses” – Echo & The Bunnymen
6. “Zombie (acoustic version)” – The Cranberries
7. “Best of Both Worlds” – Van Halen
8. “Need You Tonight” – INXS
9. “It’s My Life” – Talk Talk
10. “Head On” – The Jesus and Mary Chain
11. “The Freshmen” – The Verve Pipe
12. “Blood And Roses” – Smithereens
13. “Right Here Right Now” – Jesus Jones