What's your favorite music for a Sunday morning?
Submitted by Nick.
Anything by Django Reinhardt.
What's your favorite heartbreak song?
Submitted by esta86.
First favorite that comes to mind, because of course there are many:
"Who Are You?" by Tom Waits
yeah so its undoubtedly clear to everyone at this point that i'm struggling pretty badly with the PA stuff. i'm actually thinking of going to see my therapist today, so i can pay someone to watch me weep uncontrollably. that's bound to be helpful, right?
anyway, i don't have anything to say this week that isn't fucking depressing as shit. so i'm going to stop talking. at least until i stop crying.
but: i made a donation to the Amish School Recovery Fund, and you should too if you can. Go here.
I made a Fall Mix CD a few weeks back, and put this song on it as the closing tune. But I don't think it meant half as much to me then as it does now, after the events in PA on Monday... I've been listening to it on and off all day today, tearing up.
Okay, bawling.
Cat Power - “The Greatest”
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust
Melt me down
Into big black armour
Leave no trace of grace
Just in your honour
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash a space in town
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade
Once I wanted to be the greatest
Two fists of solid rock
With brains that could explain
Any feeling
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
For the later parade
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust
...............
PS: Thank you to Gayla for reminding me.
What's the last thing you usually do or think about before you fall asleep?
I read. No matter how tired I am, I have to read something -- even if its a fucking catalog -- before I can sleep.
My last thoughts ususally are along the lines of: god, i'm so fucking tired and/or this bed feels soooo goooood...
(From Yesterday's QOTD)
Mine?
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett
How many languages can you speak? Which languages can you read or understand?
None. Garble blargle garblargh?
(OR)
I speak Jive. ONLY JIVE, BITCHES.
Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Do you have any tattoos? If not, if you were going to get inked, what would you get?
Nope, none. I think my GenX status put me right before the real popularity of that (I did, however, have a nose ring in my early 20s).
I've been thinking lately of getting the sweetney bird (without the text, natch) as a tattoo. Whattaya all think?
This made my morning:
And also, episode 2:
What is your favorite cover song?
Question submitted by Ray
I honestly can't do the definitive "favorite" thing -- too many great possibilities. I will say though that The Cox Family's Blue Bayou holds a special place in my heart, such is its sweet, melancholy loveliness. Have a listen:
