A good Friday

The week went by fairly quickly, no doubt helped along by my decision to take Monday off following my return from San Jose. A lot of people in the office decided to take today, if not most of the entire week, off, though thankfully not the person responsible for telling us we could leave at 3 PM this afternoon. Even when it’s for something like a dentist appointment — which I have coming up next month, actually — I enjoy leaving work early. It reminds me during the half-days we would have in high school, during testing. (Midterms and finals, essentially, though for some weird reason my high school worked on a trimester system.) It’s nice to beat the rush, too, at Penn Station and catch an earlier train.

Spending Easter with my sister and some of the extended family. They just bought the house in September, so I don’t know if they really wanted to be talked into hosting (Sunday brunch), but it should be nice. They got a dog a few weeks ago, which they didn’t have when we visited for her birthday in February, so I’m looking forward to meeting her.

Beyond that, today was pretty boring. Though this is definitely the weather I left behind in California, fully spring again. The sort of weather where you really only need a jacket when the sun goes down. Much better than the cold and rain we had earlier in the week, that’s for sure.

Random 10 4/2

Not too many guesses last week. But that was positively a blow-out compared to the week before. Will this week turn the tide?

  1. “Here Comes the Flood” by Oysterband, guessed by Chris McLaren
    Some people think I’m crazy but I’m not
  2. “Georgia on My Mind” by Ray Charles, guessed by Kim
    Other arms reach out to me
  3. “Jailhouse Rock” by John Mellencamp (orig. Elvis Presley), guessed by tammy
    I sure would be delighted with your company
  4. “My Rights Versus Yours” by the New Pornographers
    But there’s dangerous levels of it here
  5. “Searchin'” by the Beatles (orig. the Coasters), guessed by Kim
    I’m gonna walk right down that street like a Bulldog Drummond
  6. “Trouble” by Ray LaMontagne, guessed by Kim
    Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone
  7. “As Is” by Ani DiFranco
    You can’t hide behind social graces
  8. “Wages of Sin” by Damien Jurado & Rosie Thomas (orig. Bruce Springsteen)
    I was running down that broken path with the devil snapping at my heels
  9. “Rumble with the Gang Debs” by Tullycraft
    They’re taking lipstick out tonight
  10. “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler, guessed by Kim
    And we’ll only be making it right

Guess the lyric, win no prize! Good luck!