"You act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song....."

8:30 pm
Home
One more day until history is made.
Sleep is my answer to the cold weather.
Sleep is my answer to the constant boredom.
"And when you look at me like that, I know that someday it's gonna end and when you go, I bet you miss your friends........"
Definitions of friend from dictionary.com
1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.
No where in the definition of friend is there a mention of its time frame. This is something we must figure out ourselves. Not every friend is a friend for life, not every friend is actually a friend and not everything friend is trusting. And when they are gone, you might miss them or you might realize it was simply a matter of time. In their passing you get brilliant and beautiful songs like the one above by Ryan Adams. Though I cannot find a clip of this song on the Internet.
A day late.
Top 25 songs this year according to my iTunes player
1. Kathleen by Josh Ritter (1)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCPDHZG2W4
2. Golden by My Morning Jacket (2)
3. Heart of Gold by Neil Young (3)
4. End of the Empire by Sam Roberts (7)
5. Thank You by The Redwalls (6)
6. Autumn Walker by Jets To Brazil (5)
7. Vanity by Emerson Hart (10)
8. Body in a Box by City and Colour (4)
9. Twenty Years by Augustana (13)
10. Revolution by The Beatles (12)
11. Long Division by Death Cab For Cutie (17)
12. 1 2 3 4 by Feist (19)
13. Hollow Man by R.E.M. (9)
14. After Hours by We Are Scientists (8)
15. Thought I Knew by Weezer (22)
16. Kite by U2 (23)
17. All in Good Time by Ron Sexsmith (24)
18. A Falling Through by Ray LaMontagne (20)
19. Grey Room by Damien Rice (11)
20. Is There a Ghost? by Band of Horses (14)
21. Elephant by Damien Rice (16)
22. Cannonball by Damien Rice (-)
23. Michelle by The Beatles (15)
24. You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds with Regina Spektor (-)
25. A Long December by Counting Crows (-)
The following is from The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, which I am reading after finishing The Story of Edgar Sawtelle over the weekend. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle was really good, tragic at the end and a little mysterious throughout.
"She tried to think of something else, directing her attention away from the mourners. A row of newly dug graves led away from the hole they placed Slavko in. They gaped empty and expectant, like the mouths of baby birds. She knew that by the end of the week they'd all be full."
I guess I should get ready for another night of work.
jr.