friday random elevenish: “twenty-one” edition
Another week down and all that…one that’s been pretty dull overall. Got out and spent some time outside, though not yesterday when it was gorgeous and I was stuck in a pre-brief for a CIO in-process review until almost 6pm, but whatever. Still hit my fitness goals every other day, got my stuff done, and wrote a few more tunes for fawm, and did a marathon recording session one afternoon, recording five(!) demos in around ninety minutes, including what I think might be the winner for this year, “Elegy for the Fourth Planet”, which is me working through my issues on the whole convention situation I described a few posts back.
The weekend heading into Presidents’ Day is looking to be pretty busy. Today, as some might know, is my son’s twenty-first birthday. Plans include having a celebratory drink or two at The Kilt with a few friends, then catching Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania at the local theater – it’ll be my first time in a non drive-in movie theater in over three years, so that’ll be interesting.
Saturday we’re meeting some other friends over at the Virginia Aquarium, which I haven’t been to in a long time, so that’ll be cool. Sunday and Monday? Who knows, though I’d love to get myself out to check another State Park off the list.
That’s life here, apart from finally getting a new couch in the in-the-process-of-being-revamped living room, though to be honest, the whole place is still a bit in flux for my serious comfort. I’m dealing.
Not really a lot else going on personally, though it’s worth the reminder for those of us in VA-04 that there’s a special election on Tuesday to fill the late Rep. McEachin’s seat, which I’ll likely mention again on Tuesday, because that’s my thing. And finally, because I think he’s a stand-up guy, I want to wish Senator Fetterman the best, as he’s checked himself in to Walter Reed to deal with his clinical depression, which is good for him, and also for the rest of us; his being public about it is a net good, as it normalizes mental illness, and that’s something this world really needs – too many people are afraid to talk about those things, and because of that, people don’t get the help they need, and bad things can happen.
Believe me, I know.
Let’s wrap this up with some tunes. Lots of the typical indie stuff out of spotify, with a bit of classic pop/rock and early alternative, including #3, a pretty decent track off of a truly excellent record:
- “I’ll Be Damned” – Dutch Interior
- “Out of Work” – Gary U.S. Bonds
- “6’1″” – Liz Phair
- “Radioactive” – The Firm
- “Fairweather Friend” – GA-20
- “Holy Water Hangover” – Butch Walker
- “You’re My Favorite Waste of Time” – Marshall Crenshaw
- “I’m a Man” – Jobriath
- “Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl” – of Montreal
- “Seventeen” – Haley Blais
- “Liar” – Envy of None
- “Take Me To the Pilot” – Elton John
- “Different Drum” – The Lemonheads
- “Slow Dog” – Belly
- “Americans” – Janelle Monáe
