happenings
By david On August 31st, 2004so, i just bought a ralph stanley cd and some blues cds, including “jimi hendrix: blues.” doc stanley is my new favorite voice to listen to, and the only disappointing thing about the cd is that about half of it is instrumental. the instrumental stuff is quite good as well, but i bought the cd to hear his voice. oh well, i guess that means i’ll have to buy another of his cds. the other blues that i got are compilations from a series called crucial blues; i got “texas” and “live.” there’s also “chicago,” “harmonica,” “slide guitar” and “guitar.” in addition to those items, i purchased several new books, which quite a great feeling cause i haven’t done that in awhile. i got AnOther e. e. cummings, which is a “mind-bending selection of the avant-garde cummings–poetry and prose.” i also purchased the novel bel canto, by ann patchett, and a collection of oscar wilde plays, most notably including the importance of being earnest, but also with lady windermere’s fan. on top of that i added a stephen king novel, ’salem’s lot. i’ve come to really appreciate king’s writing. i used to think he wasn’t that good of a writer, just popular because of the horror aspect, and also because he wrote so many books. but the guy is actually a great writer and i’m taking in some of his stuff. (an aside: if you’ve ever thought about writing, or enjoy writing, i highly highly recommend reading his book on writing. really very insightful and fun to read. to round this out, i might as well mention that i also bought jimi hendrix experience’s “bbc sessions,” the kinks’ “bbc sessions,” the rasmus’ “dead letters,” “this is americana” (sampler), brave saint saturn’s “the light of things hoped for” and further seems forever’s newest, the title of which escapes me at the moment. lots of good music to be listened to, that’s for sure, and lots of words to read, too. oh yeah, i’m in school…that puts a damper on extra stuff. actually, speaking of that, my class on john milton is officially going to be amazing. potentially the best class i’ve had in college thus far, as long as i keep up with the reading and everything. and lastly, i made a tremendous catch at ultimate practice today. it was in the endzone, and the guy that was supposed to catch it missed, and so as it sailed past me, i dove backwards and snagged it. i got some high-fives. and all the veteran players know my name, so that’s cool. this has been a boring entry, i realize, so here’s a poem/song, as if that would make it any better.
i wrote a love song once,
but i can’t quite remember the key or the melody.
maybe this is how it went…
or something like this…
i just don’t know,
cause i thought i had it finished,
but my mind evaporated all the words
and left a blank sheet.
so i’ve gotta start over again
and expecting the same thing
seems, in a way, obscene,
cause i just don’t know if it’s possible
to compose one after the original
that’s half as good as that first
song of love.
but something inside me says otherwise,
and though i don’t even know what’s on the horizon,
i still hope in nothing less
than someday hearing someone say,
i love you.
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