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July 30, 2006
The Friday Shuffle - The Not Even Remotely Close to Friday Edition
Yeah, I know. It's Sunday.
I've been completely off-kilter since last week's storm/power outage/fleeing business. Remember - I can only last 23 minutes in an emergency before my brain explodes. Piecing my brain back together takes three times as long as the catastrophe that led to said brain-explosion, I hear. By that token, I should be back to normal sometime before Labor Day. Maybe.
I haven't slept well in a week and a half. I'm exhausted, which leads to anxiety, which leads to depression, which leads to doing the Friday shuffle on Sunday.
That's the news from here. I'm crazy and sad for no reason. I'm tired. I'm roasting in yet another round of temperatures that are hovering near the century mark. I'm plotting the demise of the next weather reporter who uses the term "century mark" because really, that's about the stupidest way to say, "It's going to be 100 degrees." I'm hot, exhausted, and sad for no reason. I don't need half-assed literary devices from a local talking head on top of everything else.
I've got a stack of kid's books on my kitchen table, sent to me by a PR firm to give away on my blog. I don't know why I offer to do stuff like this. I get hit up a lot by PR firms to get products for free if I'll write about them on my blog. Generally, I turn them down, unless 1) it's a product or cause I believe in, or 2) I think I can get some good blog-fodder out of it. In this case, it's for a cause I believe in. But it's tied to a corporation, and I have some serious issues with corporations publishing kid's books that tie in to other products. In other words, I don't like advertising to kids, but I really don't like it when it's disguised in books. Hey! They're books! They're good for kids! Oh, and kids, tell your mom to buy _______________, just like the main character of this book!
But on the flipside, it's a corporation who's had this book published to benefit a cause I really, truly believe in. The book promotes some attitudes that I think need to be promoted at an early age. It's an example of a corporation *gasp* acting in a responsible manner.
Anyway, I'm not in the mood to grapple with this ethical delimma. Remember - exhausted, tired, hot, brain in many fragments. Tomorrow, I promise, the moral wrestling will be over and I'll fulfill my PR promise. And hey! Free books for you people! And you don't even have to shuffle for it. That's my job:
1. Pop Country Really Sucks - Hank Williams iii
2. Surrender - U2
(These tracks remind me: Brenda, the U2 song you've got stuck in your head is "The Sweetest Thing". It was written and recorded for Bono's wife while they were working on "The Joshua Tree" and was the B-side of the 7-inch of "Where the Streets Have No Name". They released it years later, with a darling video of Bono and band professing apologies to Mrs. Bono.)
3. Starting to Hurt - Ryan Adams
4. Calistan - Frank Black
(Dammit. Does everything on the shuffle have to remind me of stuff I need to do/should want to do? Both of these artists are going to be in concert in the near future. I should want to go, but I just can't get excited about it. Proof that 1) I'm getting old, or 2) the brain-altering mood drugs aren't working properly.)
5. Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I am Singing - Stevie Wonder
6. In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
7. 100% - Sonic Youth
8. One Tree Hill - U2
9. Tell it Like it Is - Aaron Neville
10. Spiders (Kidsmoke) - Wilco
All this U2 reminds me of the one happy-inducing thing in recent days: my pal Anne, who was my bunkmate and primary latte-bringer during last November's U2 in Vegas romp, gave birth to Ella Kate just a few short hours after posting about her insomnia on her blog. I'd like to think that the weekend of great music, friendship, late-night left-wing ranting and shots of Starbucks liquer might have had something to do with Ella's creation. Regardless, I'll always see that weekend as Anne's last pre-Ella time, and I love that I got to be a part of it. Congrats Anne, S., and N.! I love you and I'm thrilled about your new arrival.
Posted by Robin at July 30, 2006 02:05 PM
Comments
I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling blah :( That's no fun. I hope this week is much better for you.
P.S. I caught U2 on 60 Minutes tonight during my treadmill time. Very cool.
P.S.S. I haven't had a Spiders fix in a while. That sounds perfect right now.
Posted by: Exena at July 30, 2006 08:57 PM
I hope recuperative rest finds you quickest, m'dear.
Posted by: Summer at July 31, 2006 09:35 AM
Thank you Robin, I will go track it down at my library ASAP.
I hope you get some rest and cooler weather soon.
Posted by: brenda at July 31, 2006 09:53 AM
Heh. I'm catching up on everyone's blogs that I missed of late... Yes, U2 in Vegas was indeed my last pre-pregnancy hurah... and I didn't even know it would be! :) I've thought about that a lot lately, oddly enough. How life seemed to be going one direction at the time, and changes oh so quickly. :) It was indeed a very good time and a great memory.
Posted by: Annie at August 12, 2006 10:09 AM
