Sun

I smiled from the Bizarro comic in the paper today: [at a nearly empty funeral] 'He had over 2000 facebook friends. I thought there would be a bigger turnout'. Funny how I've un-facebook-friended a person who I actually care about, just because I can't handle the feed of information it broadcasts to me about them. Likewise I know a friend or two of mine who have done the same to me. Oh broadcast technology...

Also good in the news today, a Mexican duo of guitarists that rock the hell out of flamenco. 'Nuevo Flemenco' as the paper called it. They have a pretty spectacular sound, something of a blend between heavy metal and flamenco.

Last night I had a good old sloppy discussion with a friend of mine who rarely opens up about those nasty and un-manly things called feelings. He was worried again that a woman was wreaking havoc on my fragile little life, but I made sure to assure him that the one causing mayhem is mostly always me. I have a way of telling stories that usually leave out elements that make me look unsavoury, weak, and tasteless (err, creativity?). It's nice to know at least somebody is concerned about my mental health, as futile and ephemeral as it may ever be. This hunk of blood and matter between my ears will be dust in t-minus 70 years regardless--if I'm lucky, so why waste time losing hair? Life is short and beautiful, if filled with ugliness at the same time. Every moment is special, and strong feelings are even more so. I don't believe in clinical depression; I believe that chronic sadness is due to conflict between a personal situation and external commitments that don't add up to perfect harmony. Call me crazy (you won't do it to my face, because almost nobody leaves comments here), but society acculturates us to expect things which do exist, but too often we go looking for them, when they should occur more naturally. You most certainly can force a square in to a round hole; by shaving off the essential elements that make it a square... Don't cry for me Argentina, I'll cry for you.

My Friend's dog Monkey

Tonight:

The Get Nuns play @ Sneaky Dee's with a plethora of other bands, starting at 9pm

It looks like it is going to be packed, so get there early:

http://www.facebook.com/events/247128618691521/

Clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euS2SlC68q8
Caribou - Sun (music video)
If you can listen to this and not dance with a smile, you are repressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (music video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3veR_23Q9w&feature=related
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11 (studio version)