New Slang

"Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth.Only, i don't know how they got out, dear.Turn me back into the pet that i was when we met.I was happier then with no mind-set." -from the song, "New Slang" by the Shins.

Today I was grumpy, which had little to do with UWP and a lot to do with everything else. I'm very tired and inattentive. Jessica and Becky both did excellent job in presentations, but I couldn't focus as well as I have all of the other days. Dawn and I had a blast, though. Since the first night, the night of the interview, I've been very drawn to Dawn. Like kindred spirts, we are. It's nice to have company.

It's nice exploring my relationship with music. While I know how connected to music that I am, not everyone knows. I think there's a part of me that just wishes it was more obvious. I love to share with other music fans. I do think in songs and lyrics, and even album covers and liner notes. I'm always thinking about songs in my head. Some people just seem to represent songs. It may not be the lyrics or the title, but there's a part of them that, for me, identifies with a music file that's tucked away somewhere in my head. Yesterday, I was listening to the Juliana Hatfield song, "Spin the Bottle" and it reminded me of Inga. And no, I wasn't thinking of Inga playing the game "Spin the Bottle" and I wasn't thinking that she was anything like Hatfield, who's a smack addict! It's in the small things...the details, ever minute.

I see everything in songs....the whole, wide world.