A great song from Pete Yorn, Don't Wanna Cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2j6Zx4GF7c
So the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup Friday night, beating Detroit 2-1 in a rather boring game 7. The game definitely didn't live up to the hype and Sidney Crosby was left watching the end of the game with a knee injury. As deserving as I thought he was of winning the cup after a good playoff, Malkin won the Conn Symthe trophy over an equally deserving Marc-Andre Fleury. I am happy the Penguins won but wasn't pleased with Crosby showing up the Wings by taking his time making it the traditional handshaking. The captain of the Detroit Red Wings Nicklas Lidstrom didn't help matters by leaving the ice quickly and not waiting for Crosby, though I don't blame him after being on the losing side. As I get older, I appreciate more and more the greatness of Wayne Gretzky, Gretzky would never have done what Crosby did. Gretzky was classy whether he won or lost. The clip below pretty much sums up Gretzky, it is taken from his final game over ten years ago now, Bob Cole's brilliant narrative accurately describes Gretzky's character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U93zJNDgZcY
Over the weekend Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a nearly 2-1 landslide over reformist Mir Hossein Moussavi. This result is another blow to democracy in the Middle East and has produced protests in Iran not seen since 1979. I am not surprised by the results because I expect nothing but fraud and lies from the Iran and the region as a whole. There are those usually in the majority but holding a minority of power or money who want change but can't foster it because their lives aren't valued. Those with the majority of power will attempt to keep it at all costs and the world of sanctions does nothing to stop them. They can't be removed because the world lacks the courage or the resources. The article below does a job of explaining the situation.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/gerges.iran.election/index.html
Today was another fine spring day, there were low and rather large white clouds, they scattered about between blue skies and watched as occasional aircraft passed by. Being close to the airport, albeit not a busy airport, the sky gets interrupted by aircraft from time to time. I saw what looked like a 747, a couple of twin-engined low flyer's, a couple of jets flying high and trailing white vapour and the hospital emergency helicopter, its orangeness is an almost daily sight.
I wrote the following piece late this afternoon after thinking about spring and summer merging, hoping spring's weather would last long into the summer. There of course is a sadness in the piece, like everything I write and the part of about tears, might be true. I really don't know but it fits very well with Mr. Yorn's song.
An Open Palm
Spring will soon arrive at the gates of summer
A pearl reflecting sunlight from an open palm
Offering cool breezes and white wedding days
When August's heat becomes too much to take
Our memories will place us safely in the shade
Where familiar music is played and love made
Until October finally lets us be free in autumn
Pilgrims searching for colours to define beauty
I am a collector of thoughts usually unrelated
They ramble like old drifters between villages
Pursuing a better life or simply growing tired
Restless sleeping under the same roof or stars
No matter the season and its current progress
When the time comes thoughts like people go
Their departure can leave a mysterious aura
Questions with only air to dry them out on
Our eyes are washed clean by psychic tears
Paraded down our cheeks in shameful lines
Crying is absolutely necessary and healthy
There often does not have to be a reason
Beethoven could very easily make us flood
I should take my own advice but rarely do
Stubbornness like emptiness are my fortes
Inspiration is an unknown women smiling
When all around me is my usual frowning
The reflection of myself as a cranky man
After youth has left my side like everyone
Who really mattered through the silences
A string will remain where pearls shined
Their absence is equally as breathtaking.
15 June 2009
I shaved my playoff beard tonight, well it was actually only an 8 day old beard but still it really started itching last night. I can't go more than 2 weeks but my skin is usually better when I don't shave, well better by my standards anyway.
I missed the sunset writing this, which I only decided to do after realizing I had already seen tonight's episode of Big Bang Theory and the rest of CBS' Monday night lineup. I only watch half hour shows, my attention span doesn't last an hour and I don't really like too many of the half hour shows, so I don't really watch much television. I did happen to see the preview below of the Cleveland show coming this fall on FOX, I even laughed at its mention of Adam Duritz as that munch from Counting Crows. The preview is below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT-sNBKpDEo
So why not a couple of Counting Crows clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNhJ2s2P4fY
Einstein on the Beach (Fan video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFyBKViaP2I
Baby I'm a Big Star Now (Fan video, not a very good one, scary in fact)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKk4QxA-H8
Oh La La (Fan video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48sAQnRYMMo
Mr. Jones (acoustic Storytellers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2YNBveCrLo
When I Dream of Michelangelo (October 2008 NJ)
Well those are my ramblings for this fine June evening, even if I did miss the sun setting and there were no new laughs regarding big bang theories.
john edward charles.
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