Category: Music

  • Vanilla

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    I’m not sexy but I really want to be I hear that’s normal for my demographic I don’t look good in skirts and even wedges hurt my feet […] A nicely balanced budget’s not so thrilling   Courtesy’s outdated and sobriety is lame  Reliability is not appealing But I don’t know any other way to be I love people and I want them to love me My…

  • Letting Go

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    One thing about growing up: you learn how to let go of things, too.  Sometimes it’s all happy, sometimes it’s bittersweet, sometimes it’s an ugly, ugly loss.  Sometimes  it’s “I let it go” and sometimes it’s “It was ripped away from me” – but it’s gone, and you have to deal with that.  What brought this to my mind today was the song Sycamore Tree by singer/writer/cartoonist Seanan…

  • Day in the Life: Commuting

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    [One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] Once I’m out the door, I usually hop in the car and drive a bit before parking 2-5 blocks from the nearby transit center.  I walk to the transit center and take a bus to work. Why?  The bus builds walking into my day.  Usually it’s pleasant to be walking outside and enjoying the sky and…