Month: January 2012

Ah, Friday

I went to work early this morning, arriving at the office at 8 o’clock. I do that sometimes, mostly to enjoy the quiet and my breakfast, though by the end of the day I’m usually tired enough to be wondering why.

Glad the weekend’s here, all things considered. It wasn’t a rough week, by any means, but I’m still so unused to getting up and going to bed at a reasonable hour.

I am, however, reading and writing more than I did over the break, so that’s nice. This evening on the train, I finished reading Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light, which had been recommended — I believe to the audience at last year’s Selected Shorts show — by Neil Gaiman, and it was quite good.

And that’s it for Friday.

Random 10 1-6-12

Last week…well, kind of a poor showing, really. Will this week, the first of the new year, be any better?

  1. “(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” by Elvis Costello
    My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
  2. “The Only Time” by Ben & Whit
    And I love when you whistle at birds
  3. “Don’t Get Me Wrong” by the Pretenders, guessed by Kim
    I’m thinking about the fireworks that go off when you smile
  4. “Frenzy” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
    Dig this crazy mood I’m in
  5. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” by Stevie Wonder
    When I touched them they did nothing, girl
  6. “Thirteen” by Big Star
    Won’t you let me walk you home from school
  7. “The Weary Kind” by Ryan Bingham, guessed by Kim
    You rolled them sevens with nothing to lose
  8. “A Million Ways” by OK Go
    A list of standard-issue regrets
  9. “Something for Nothing” by Loudon Wainwright III
    And those Metallica guys are all getting too fat
  10. “I’m Going Home” by Arlo Guthrie
    Leaves turn gold and then they fall

Good luck!

January 5th

I’ll admit, I slept late again this morning, despite yesterday’s train delays suggesting that was maybe a bad idea. But my 8:15 train was actually an 8:15 train, without delay, and even the weather seemed to be cooperating. I’m not sure it’s a good thing when the temperature jumps a good twenty degrees in a single day, but I was pleased to walk outside without a hat — or, even with that hat, without feeling frozen. Although, really, the ice cream truck I spotted outside Grand Central at lunchtime was probably a little too optimistic.

Beyond the weather and the commute, today was a pretty typical Thursday.