Month: August 2011

Random 10 8-5-11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Monster Ballads” by Josh Ritter
    The bonnet wears a wire albatross
  2. “Yes It Is” by the Beatles, guessed by Occupant
    Please don’t wear red tonight
  3. “32 Flavors” by Ani DiFranco
    And god help you if you are an ugly girl
  4. “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Wings, guessed by Occupant
    He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea
  5. “Minus” by Beck
    Another casualty with the casual frown
  6. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day, guessed by Kim
    My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
  7. “Shelter from the Storm” by Bob Dylan
    Suddenly I turned around and she was standin’ there
  8. “Lemon Meringue” by Poe
    Oh my god, I painted such a pretty picture
  9. “Pillar of Davidson” by Live, guessed by Kim
    Go see the foreman, go see the profiteer
  10. “Private Goes Public” by Suzanne Vega
    Take your last kick now at any regime

This is how we roll. Good luck!

Thursday

Today was a pretty typical day, if you discount being woken up at five in the morning by a barking dog who wanted to go out, then nearly missing my train later that morning, and then getting on a subway that was so crowded we were all basically spooning one another. And, of course, this afternoon I received some sad news: one of our authors, on who we’ve been waiting on some revisions, passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. I didn’t know him well at all — I think we spoke directly all of once — but it’s still a huge shock and a loss. He’s co-author is going to try to pull the book together, since it’s actually finished, just not all together in his hands, but obviously and understandably it’s going to be a little delayed.

Plus, I spent the day trying to get some actual work done, so there’s that.

Otherwise, it was, as I said, a pretty typical day.