June 11

Today was a pretty exhausting day, though only because at the end of it, when I came home, I offered to set up a small fence in the backyard for my mother. It’s an improvised affair, with some wire mesh stretched between two large poles between the house and the fence, there just to keep the dog from helping himself to vine-ripened tomatoes (a delicacy he discovered a taste for last summer), but it took over an hour of pounding and digging to get the thing set up. My right arm still feels like it’s hammering.

Other than that, however, my day was actually very boring, with nothing much to report. I am glad tomorrow’s Saturday, I’ll say that much.

Random 10 6/11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Southern California Wants to Be Western New York” by Dar Williams
    There’s a part of the country could drop off tomorrow in an earthquake
  2. “Frank and Jesse James” by Warren Zevon
    War broke out between the states and they joined up with Quantrill
  3. “Time to Pretend” by MGMT
    Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute
  4. “No Easy Way Down” by Dusty Springfield
    Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky, love
  5. “One Time Too Many” by Willie Nelson w/ Steven Tyler
    I let love die, broke a woman’s heart
  6. “Animal” by Miike Snow
    There was a time when my world was filled with darkness, darkness, darkness
  7. “Push” by Smash Mouth
    Keep your hands off my door
  8. “The Parlour Rollers” by Christine Fellows
    A pair of real squeakers once rolled one hundred and twenty-five feet
  9. “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson, guessed by Occupant
    You know my heart does nothing but burn
  10. “You’re Only King Once” by Beulah
    Hoping for a little more than just another kiss goodnight

Good luck!