Le champagne

I sometimes wake up with a song in my head. Sometimes, it's even multiple, and one of them "wins" out.

Today's Song of the Day is the one that "won". It's a song you can hear on classic rock radio stations, and be careful, because the chorus can stay stuck with you for a while.

Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky

If you're not familiar, Oasis is also the band behind "Wonderwall" - a house party staple, at least back in the day.

Jeez I feel old writing about music like this.

Slowed down CRANK it down

My energy levels have slowed, and they are hard to track.

I like to get up early in the morning.

I want to be still healthier.

I constantly improve; sometimes I forget to remind myself that I constantly improve.

One of my pressing goals is harm reduction; self-care-remediation; mindful consumption.

I need to ameliorate my financial security. This is also a pressing goal, but not as pressing.

I didn't spend enough time in nature today. Sunlight at the source is kinda far.

I am eating blueberries with balsamic vinegar.

I haven't seen a dentist in a while; my eyes are fine, because I got them checked today.

The TTC actually has a rather peaceful effect on me.

I want to play video games with people who like to play video games with me.

I miss my time with T. We had some fun playing Portal & Magicka together, and it was fun to discover games we both liked.

I met new people this week, and it was nice and easy-going and impromptu and fulfilling.

Related to the last point, Humber River was absolutely beautiful on Thanksgiving Day.

Related to my last two points, here is a picture of my main Thanksgiving meal (no turkey this year; they were all way too big):

My first official Korean BBQ experience; right in Koreatown. Delicious, somewhat pricey for my budget, and I was able to (mostly) stay inside my dietary limitations. Best part was the socializing, of course. Oh and kimchi is awesome.

Imperial Freewrite

 scream becomes a yawn

ill shut up and carry on

scream becomes a yawn

ill shut up and carry on

screams become yawns

shut and carry on

scream becomes a yawn

i'll shut up and carry on

scream becomes aaywan

Lonelone lone lone

don't have much to add

i thought i had more; baby whateve er you do

I must not fall. I must sleep. The bastion of sanity is on the precipice.

What is a sleepy song?

Sigur Ros.

Sigur Ros. I can't even find the accents.

Takk.

Something about takk.

Here it is, my Song of the Day in the midst of a chaotic freewrite:

Sleep is not for the weak.

If your fire slips

Song of the Day:

I am beyond thrilled to share (an admittedly old) Lights song, from her 3rd album, Little Machines. It's called From All Sides.

There I was, walking back from the expensive-but-worth-it grocery store about 20 minutes away from home, and this song started playing. I should have expected it; I had decided to do a linear playthrough of the whole album, which is always an experience unto itself. It instantly put me in what I can only describe as a majestic, lonesome mood. The cool western introduction; if I closed my eyes, I could picture the cacti strewn about, the tumbleweed rolling across the landscape, and the sand & rocks stoically grounded below my feet.

I wasn't able to bring a turkey home - they were just too damn big - but I was able to bring home a precious feeling of lost love.

Constantly killing me
With you invading in my mind
You got it covered I can't get a thought in edgewise
Oh with your fast lips, and not a catalyst
Seems like the memories are coming at me from all sides
You're all I see, surrounding me
From all I sides, you're all I see, surrounding me

Memories assailing me; all I see is Dust.

A lens of a day

I got my eyes checked today. It's pretty dumb that I have to pay almost 100 bucks; I can't function very well without glasses/contact lenses, and I pay for OHIP ("free healthcare") through my taxes, so why are eyes (and teeth; but I won't get into that) not important enough to be covered? The hell.

Now, I have to deal with the racket that is the eyeglass industry. Artificially raised prices controlled by a couple major players (Luxottica, Essilor are the big ones last I checked), poor quality lenses that degrade quickly, and a requirement that a prescription be valid (because of course they expire) to even buy my frames. For MY eyes.

Annoying? Yes. A first-world problem? Not exactly; I reckon there's lots of exploitation in poorer countries if there's money to be made off eyesight.

Amused to life

Song of the day:

This song has stuck with me for a long time. I was a teenager when I discovered my uncle's awesome rock CD collection, and this entire album mystified me.

I was into Pink Floyd (still am), so naturally I wanted to see what other tunes David Gilmour had put out, so I imported the "giant-eye-on-a-TV" (the album cover art) into iTunes and tried to make sense of the lyrics.

I think he has a pretty damn solid "argument" with this particular song.

the little ones sit by the TV screen

We're pretty much all little ones in front of Netflix etc. now, aren't we?