Willie said

Wordpress is better. It is. I moved.

meryl

I tend to be

more immune to 'cute' than most people, I think, but this slide show of gay couples, asking to keep what is theirs, is really fucking cute. It's cute in a tremendously sad way (I guess I usually do like sad). My favorite is the one with the two old firefighters, though I didn't look at all of them. Old couples that are still lovey really get me. I guess I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world because it seems completely impossible to me. Rarity makes things more beautiful.

meryl

sorry about the terrible sentence structure in this post that makes it all but impossible to read.

My brother Tony

is an AWESOME wrestler. I went to a tournament today and he pinned two sizable individuals. I think he might be the incredible hulk.

While we're on that topic, my brother Louis and I had an excellent conversation about relationships last night. We reached the conclusion that, even though you can break up and push someone out of your consciousness at the drop of a hat, the feelings only really get shoved to the back of your head where you don't actually have to feel them as you go about your business. It's like they still exist on their own, packaged up in a little box that you have to empty slowly, bit by bit, as it comes up. You can think about them objectively and regard them and it feels like you'll have to deal with them at some point, but maybe you won't ever really have to ever. Maybe they're just there to learn from. Maybe.

Anyway, to hear him talking about his ex-girlfriend gave me a bit of a picture of what I'm in for. But I knew that anyway, I guess. It's just strange to feel happy about things instead of feeling happy in spite of things, which is how I hoped to feel at best.

So thank goodness for mental defenses, and perspective (which is a running theme lately).

meryl

Christmas

was super nice. Presents, breakfast, obligatory fighting, baking, extended family, etc.

My mom brought her boyfriend to Christmas to meet her family. It was a big deal. He talks A LOT.

I listened to some Nellie McKay I hadn't heard previously. The best part is that she's the most adorable thing in the world with blonde ringlets but her albums come with parental advisory labels on them. It looks so discordant:


She's so sassy.

meryl

Shearwater

got good reviews for their new album. It's pretty, so far, and I really like the song "Century Eyes."

meryl

Finally There's Time for Music

I've been on a psycho downloading spree lately that would be somewhat of a wet dream for an RIAA lawyer. Though I recently learned that they have decided to stop it with the lawsuits, because it wasn't working or something. Of course, there is also this article. This could be a lesson in choosing your news sources.

Anyway, my downloading spree is related to this blog because I want to kind of keep track of stuff I'm listening too, as well as shows and things.

I learned today that Animal Collective is from Baltimore. I can't believe I never knew that. They are evidently calling their new album Merriweather Post Pavilion! Also, there was a leak of the album released that was all Rickrolls. I love the internets.

I am just starting to listen to A.C. Newman, for some reason. So far it's really good. What took me so long?

There are so many good shows coming up:

• Songs for Presidents (with Nelly McKay and Jukebox the Ghost (another wonderful Baltimore creation))
• Gogol Bordello
• Andrew Bird
• Spank Rock - tonight!
• Ben Kweller and Cat Power are on Soft Sale
• A.C. Newman - thus my recent foray
  
• the Raveonettes are coming which might be a last opportunity to see them at a small venue because they've been showing up on some "Best __ Albums of 2008" lists.
• Blitzen Trapper
• etc
  

I have to go now. They are moving stuff in and out of my office. Yeah, that's right, I've got my own office now. It really just means I get to listen to more music, and be a little more lonely.

I took off work tomorrow for no reason other than so that I can get drunk and stay out late tonight and not worry about it. I love my job. Though I guess tomorrow is Christmas Eve and most people don't need to ask off, because they already have the day off. Whatever. Bright Side.

meryl