Jetsam, not flotsam.
I didn’t know what I was seeing. Teal plastic flakes in my hand. I don’t wear teal; I don’t have teal ink. I didn’t know what I was seeing and I heard a soft crackle and the thing I had worn every day for the past nine months broke apart and ended. It was a great relief that I didn’t see coming. There are so many pieces of me floating away now. I thought they were flotsam but they are jetsam instead. Facebook, the speakeasy I am trying to forget the passphrase to, smirks in my browser history. Nearly a month later and the twitch starts to calm. Every once in a while, someone notices I’m not there and says something to me about it. I have a little sadness about not knowing things, but I stubbornly shove the sadness in a pocket...
Read MoreA song a day, day 24: a song that you want to play at your funeral.
From the song a day meme: a song that you want to play at your funeral. For a long time, I wanted “Dead” by They Might Be Giants to play at my funeral because of the lyric: Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket? And was everybody dancing on the casket? Now that I have been to funerals as an adult, I understand that my own funeral isn’t really about me at all but about the people who are sad that I’m gone. Playing a song that I find darkly amusing becomes less appealing when I am not around to be darkly amused. I hate the idea of having a “traditional” song. I want something a little playful, a little dramatic, a little romantic, a little wistful … okay, enough dithering. I choose this...
Read MoreA song a day, day 23: a song that you want to play at your wedding.
From the song a day meme: a song that you want to play at your wedding. I already answered this, sort of, on day 7. But this was my processional, a piece of music that I have loved as long as I can remember. Aldo Ciccolini plays Satie: 3 Gymnopédies – 1. Lent Et Douloureux
Read MoreA song a day, day 22: a song that you listen to when you’re sad.
From the song a day meme: a song that you listen to when you’re sad. This was a tough one for me. Although there are approximately eleventy kajillion sad songs in the world, I tend not to listen to music while sad. This is one of the saddest songs I know, though. Phil Collins — “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”
Read MoreA song a day, day 21: a song that you listen to when you’re happy.
From the song a day meme: a song that you listen to when you’re happy. Again, there are so many different types of happiness! I am trying hard not to repeat any musicians throughout this meme, so I will choose a newer (to me) cover that multiplies my smile. Pomplamoose — “Nature Boy”
Read MoreA song a day, day 20: a song that you listen to when you’re angry.
From the song a day meme: a song that you listen to when you’re angry. O, but I have so many different flavors of angry. Like right now! I am seething because this paper I am writing is so dumb, and I do not want it to be dumb, but I am convinced that APA style makes me write dumber than any other citation style. Why is that? This song, however, is not for homework-seething. This song is for tenderized heart growliness. And I have definitely listened to it while very, very angry. Justin Timberlake — “Cry Me a...
Read MoreA song a day, day 19: a song from your favorite album.
From the song a day meme: a song from your favorite album. “Favorite” here is such a weird word, but I guess I will go with what my favorite album is right this second. I don’t have words for what I love about TV On The Radio, which is exactly why I love them so much. They break capitalization rules and my love for them makes me okay with that. TV On The Radio — “Will Do”
Read MoreA song a day, day 18: a song that you wish you heard on the radio.
From the song a day meme: a song that you wish you heard on the radio. I barely remember life before this meme. There may have been actual content here once. But that’s okay! We’re nearly finished, both meme-wise and semester-wise. As previously stated, I don’t listen to the radio, plus I am sure this song is on the radio already, but I would love to hear it at random times while I am out in the world. Stripmall Architecture —...
Read MoreA song a day, day 17: a song that you hear often on the radio.
From the song a day meme: a song that you hear often on the radio. It is strange to write this, but I do not listen to the radio anymore! When I listen to something outside iTunes, it is usually Last.fm Radio, which doesn’t exactly qualify. So I will answer this one with “a song I hear often on my mental radio”. Unfortunately for FunkyPlaid, I tend to make up lyrics to it too. Not very complicated ones, either. I do not know why this runs through my head so often. It is especially perplexing because I have never seen a full episode. Mike Post & Pete Carpenter -– Theme From “The...
Read MoreA song a day, day 16: a song that you used to love but now hate.
From the song a day meme: a song that you used to love but now hate. This is one of those songs, you know the kind, that you like because someone says “this song reminds me of you” and you are looking for any reason at all to be special to that someone so you hold onto the song and when you listen to it you try and see yourself as this someone sees you and when it doesn’t work, when it all doesn’t work, when it disintegrates spectacularly after many Michael Bay explosions, you wonder how you could have ever been such a fool. To quote a completely different band, “But I was young and foolish then; I feel old and foolish now.” Train — “Drops of...
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