Solitary Man

Valerie put a post up about songs relating to seasons. Winter always makes me think of the album American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash, and in particular his cover of Solitary Man, which is fantastic. The song was actually stuck in my head all day yesterday for certain reasons, and with tomorrow being the Winter Solstice, I figured it was all nice and synchronous and all that shit.

The reasons it reminds me of winter aren't really interesting. I moved into a house in the middle of winter about 4 years ago, we didn't have cable or tv in our room, so I spent a lot of time listening to this album. I downloaded a couple of other covers of it as well, one by Chris Isaak, which is surprisingly fantastic, and one by H.I.M. which I find hilarious and at the same time appeals to my art fag emo-ness. I suggest you listen to them all.

Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
Chris Isaak - Solitary Man
H.I.M. - Solitary Man

I seriously could listen to this song all the time. Whoever sings it.
And that is the end of that. And thank the gods tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. It couldn't have come at a better time.

What am I still to you? Some thief who stole from you? Or some fool drama-queen whose chances were few?

So even though I got a job I applied for another job because I don't think I actually want the job I got. Dropping off my application at the new job resulted in a driving-home-crying-jag that was completely unexpected though I know why it happened.
"There is no knowledge but I know it
There's nothing to learn from that vacant voice"
I'm supposed to go to a wedding today. Who plans a wedding the day before mother's day anyway? I haven't been to a wedding since I was probably 11 years old so it might be a little weird. Also I'm a fucking wreck..haha. That might be the weirder part. Every time I sleep I wake up from nightmares. Yesterday I woke up at 7:30 because I had a dream I got shot in the head. Tried to take a nap and woke up from a different one. I haven't had more than four hours of sleep in I don't know how long and it's making my brain scrambled and muddled and heightening my emotions and making me irrational and just generally compounding everything to ridiculous levels of suck.
I miss everything. I'm bored with and angry and fed up with all of life outside my very immediate bubble. It's weird figuring out that you weren't lonely just because you were 3000 miles from home.

p.s. Apparently The Immigrant Song is in Shrek 3...re-donkey.

Our death is our wedding with eternity....

Oh jesus....watching re-runs of Six Feet Under on Bravo. First the one where Nate dies, now his funeral. Things are so fucking cyclical. I was doing this same thing last year, this time, dealing with much of the same shit. I wish when people left they left for real.



Someone needs some man pants.

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You say it, Modern Lovers!

Here's a picture from our photo safari:

When I first came out here, I remember seeing this and thinking, "Oh my god, a real life Stop N Shop!" For some reason I was under the impression that they were convenience stores, like 7-11 or something. Of course my only exposure to them was in the lyrics of a song.

Inspired by the best driving song ever, Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers(mp3 link):

1 2 3 4 5 6 Roadrunner Roadrunner
Going faster miles an hour
Gonna drive past the Stop N Shop with the radio on
I'm in love with Massachusetts
and the neon when it’s cold outside
and the highway when it's late at night
With the radio on
I'm like the roadrunner –

Awright, I’m in love with modern moonlight, 128 when it’s dark outside
I’m in love with Massachusetts
I’m in love with the radio on
It helps me from being alone late at night, helps me from being lonely late at night
I don’t feel so bad now when it’s on
Don’t feel so alone with the radio on, like the roadrunner, that’s right -

Said hello to the spirit of 1956
Patient in the bushes next to '57
The highway is your girlfriend, as you go by quick
Suburban trees, suburban speed
And it smells like heaven
I say roadrunner once roadrunner twice
I'm in love with rock-n-roll and I’ll be out all night, a Roadrunner-

Well now, Roadrunner, Roadrunner, going faster miles an hour
Gonna drive to the Stop N Shop with the radio on at night
And be in love with modern moonlight
And be in love with modern rock and roll
modern girls and modern rock and roll
Don’t feel so alone with the radio on
OK, you say it, Modern Lovers
(Radio On!) I got the AM (Radio On!) I got the power, got the AM (Radio On!) Got the AM sound (Radio On!) I got the rockin’ rockin’ neon sound (Radio On!) I got the car from Massachusetts (Radio On!) I got the power from Massachusetts when it’s late at night (Radio On!) I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts (Radio On!) I got the world, I got the turnpike (Radio On!) I got the power of the AM (Radio On!) Rock and roll late at night (Radio On!) I got the neon sign, modern sound, awright [etc.] Bye, bye bye.