Saturday, October 02, 2004
baltimore bound...
Perhaps a short post before leaving for Baltimore. Fucking awesome to be getting out of Blacksburg for a Sox game, just 3 days before the playoffs start. Besides, this town is filling up with bad vibes, and lately, they seem to be pointing directly at me. Thank god this is the last home football game for a while, I am sick of hearing about the pathetic loser footbal lteam at this school. College football is really neat and all, but why anybody gets excited about a league that votes on a champion rather than having a playoff is just not worth my time. Obviously, this does not apply to the NFL, where the games are for real and there is more than pride on the line. Of course, I would have liked to play college football, but all that work seems a tad droll, and I don't have any interest in raping underage girls in my suite after I've gotten them good and drunk. Oh well, me and my high morals!
Anyhow, things seem much better with each passing day, and there is some savage comfort knowing the ex is with someone new. I hope she treats him better than she treated me. (And shit, I'm not really angry anymore. but for her to insist that she got the raw deal out of all this is asinine. I tried really hard to be what she wanted, but I wasn't it. End of story. I am at the point where I think I can see why why sometimes you just have to smile and say "I did my best." When you have done all you can do, there is no point in continuing to beat a dead horse, or continue to hurt or be hurt by someone else. So, maybe it is time to declare peace and simply live and let live.)
Well, off to prepare the car and run a few other errands for goodies and such for the road. This trip will be the end of this little dramatic episode, and I am enforcing my clean slate rule for sunday. Speaking of Sunday, the boys of New England will be beating the shit out of my former idol, Drew Bledsoe. Drew, I'm really sorry, but between you, me and Mo Lewis, Brady is the new King of New England, and Bill Belichick is the saviour and genius leader. Lauren, you should get the Bruschi jersey (54), or perhaps you could go for Corey Dillon (28)? There's always Law, Phifer, McGinest, or Brown. Maybe Ashworth? Too funny? hahahahaha
Well, a quick note on tunes. Bruce Cockburn is the shit, and "All The Diamonds In The World" is a great song...even if it serves as the point of demarcation for Cockburn's Chrisitan transition. It is still a beautiful song, and while I don't agree that it sounds like a hymn, it is a beautiful testament to his faith, and I can admire that, if not imitate it.
"All the diamonds in this world
That mean anything to me
Are conjured up by wind and sunlight
Sparkling on the sea
I ran aground in a harbour town
Lost the taste for being free
Thank God He sent some gull-chased ship
To carry me to sea
Two thousand years and half a world away
Dying trees still grow greener when you pray
Silver scales flash bright and fade
In reeds along the shore
Like a pearl in sea of liquid jade
His ship comes shining
Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns
His ship comes shining. "
(Words & Music by Bruce Cockburn)
So, other songs to think about? How about "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (current favorite, give Ray Davies some credit, he had an inventive mind and a lyric presence) by The Kinks, "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper (extra credit if you can name the movie this song appeared in) and "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp. (Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got...) Anyhow, back Sunday, for anyone who might need me, feel free to hit up the cell in the meantime. GO SOX! GO PATS! esruc eht esrever!
cf
ps - its too fucking good not to post, and i'm really feelin' it this morning...
I won't take all that they hand me down,
And make out a smile, though I wear a frown,
And I wont take it all lying down,
cause once I get started I go to town.
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
But darling, you know that I love you true,
Do anything that you want me to,
Confess all my sins like you want me to,
Theres one thing that I will say to you,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else.
If you all want me to settle down,
Slow up and stop all my running round,
Do everything like you want me to,
Theres one thing that I will say to you,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else.
(Words & Music by Ray Davies)
See ya Sunday Blacksburg, I can only hope WVU doesn't wreck the place....hahahahahaha.
cf
Anyhow, things seem much better with each passing day, and there is some savage comfort knowing the ex is with someone new. I hope she treats him better than she treated me. (And shit, I'm not really angry anymore. but for her to insist that she got the raw deal out of all this is asinine. I tried really hard to be what she wanted, but I wasn't it. End of story. I am at the point where I think I can see why why sometimes you just have to smile and say "I did my best." When you have done all you can do, there is no point in continuing to beat a dead horse, or continue to hurt or be hurt by someone else. So, maybe it is time to declare peace and simply live and let live.)
Well, off to prepare the car and run a few other errands for goodies and such for the road. This trip will be the end of this little dramatic episode, and I am enforcing my clean slate rule for sunday. Speaking of Sunday, the boys of New England will be beating the shit out of my former idol, Drew Bledsoe. Drew, I'm really sorry, but between you, me and Mo Lewis, Brady is the new King of New England, and Bill Belichick is the saviour and genius leader. Lauren, you should get the Bruschi jersey (54), or perhaps you could go for Corey Dillon (28)? There's always Law, Phifer, McGinest, or Brown. Maybe Ashworth? Too funny? hahahahaha
Well, a quick note on tunes. Bruce Cockburn is the shit, and "All The Diamonds In The World" is a great song...even if it serves as the point of demarcation for Cockburn's Chrisitan transition. It is still a beautiful song, and while I don't agree that it sounds like a hymn, it is a beautiful testament to his faith, and I can admire that, if not imitate it.
"All the diamonds in this world
That mean anything to me
Are conjured up by wind and sunlight
Sparkling on the sea
I ran aground in a harbour town
Lost the taste for being free
Thank God He sent some gull-chased ship
To carry me to sea
Two thousand years and half a world away
Dying trees still grow greener when you pray
Silver scales flash bright and fade
In reeds along the shore
Like a pearl in sea of liquid jade
His ship comes shining
Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns
His ship comes shining. "
(Words & Music by Bruce Cockburn)
So, other songs to think about? How about "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (current favorite, give Ray Davies some credit, he had an inventive mind and a lyric presence) by The Kinks, "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper (extra credit if you can name the movie this song appeared in) and "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp. (Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got...) Anyhow, back Sunday, for anyone who might need me, feel free to hit up the cell in the meantime. GO SOX! GO PATS! esruc eht esrever!
cf
ps - its too fucking good not to post, and i'm really feelin' it this morning...
I won't take all that they hand me down,
And make out a smile, though I wear a frown,
And I wont take it all lying down,
cause once I get started I go to town.
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
But darling, you know that I love you true,
Do anything that you want me to,
Confess all my sins like you want me to,
Theres one thing that I will say to you,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else.
If you all want me to settle down,
Slow up and stop all my running round,
Do everything like you want me to,
Theres one thing that I will say to you,
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
And I dont want to ball about like everybody else,
And I dont want to live my life like everybody else,
And I wont say that I feel fine like everybody else,
cause Im not like everybody else,
Im not like everybody else.
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else.
(Words & Music by Ray Davies)
See ya Sunday Blacksburg, I can only hope WVU doesn't wreck the place....hahahahahaha.
cf
