Month: November 2011

Random 10 11-4-11

Last week went like this. How will this week go?

  1. “Strange Currencies” by R.E.M., guessed by Kim
    I don’t know why you’re mean to me
  2. “Float” by Bronwen Exter
    Those days are done and gone
  3. “The Sons of Cain” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    So you’re gone now, and who’s to blame?
  4. “When Doves Cry” by the Be Good Tanyas (orig. Prince), guessed by Clayton
    Dig if you will the picture of you and I engaged in a kiss
  5. “Reason to Believe” by Bruce Springsteen
    Like if he stood there long enough that dog’d get up and run
  6. “17 Again” by the Eurythmics
    We should’ve jumped out of that airplane after all
  7. “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin, guessed by Clayton
    Scarlet billows start to spread
  8. “Faster” by Rachael Yamagata
    You’re like an old tattoo
  9. “100,000 Times” by Maria Taylor
    I won’t hold the future to your eye
  10. “Rainbows in the Dark” by Tilly and the Wall
    I was kidnapped real young by the sweet taste of love

Yeah, like that. Good luck!

Thursday

What can you say about a day that was an awful lot like yesterday, and an awful lot like the day before? At least tomorrow’s Friday.

We had a brief meeting at work, a quick meet-and-greet with the new person our group will be reporting to come January. We’ll probably have another sit-down sometime after the start of the year. Lots of changes recently, though hopefully all for the better.

I’ve been renewing my search for a place of my own, and it would nice to be able to afford the mortgage payments at least for a while.

Thursday various

Wednesday

I can’t even begin to tell you how little happened today.

I had a decent burger for lunch, if that counts for anything.

There was one weird moment, when I was buying cough drops at a nearby Duane Reade. The woman at the register said she needed my birthday before she could sell them to me, and then intimated she might need to see some form of ID. Now, admittedly, what little I know about cooking meth comes from watching episodes of Breaking Bad (and, I think, an episode of Frontline), but I’m pretty sure none of the active ingredients is menthol, honey, or lemon. I’ve had to show ID, and sign, when buying allergy meds, even when it’s ostensibly over-the-counter, and I’m pretty much okay with that. (The Frontline ep indicated this has actually been successful in the war on illegal drugs.) But for natural honey throat lozenges, hanging out with everything else? And just asking me for my birth date? What if I lied?

Note to Duane Reade: I did lie.