Just a general update

1. Last night was laundry night. I spent the time my stuff was in the dryer trying to untangle a ball of yarn. No luck. Moral of the story: do not pull sock yarn from the center pull of a center pull ball. It tangles too easily.

2. Today, I remembered to wear my sneakers to work. This means I will certainly be able to walk home from work. I have nothing that I need to rush for, so...perfect!

3. Tomorrow night I'm going to the Harry Potter thing in Harvard Square. Ordinarily, I wouldn't, but I realized I did the stupid and ordered my Amazon copy to be shipped to my WORK address. See, originally, I thought it would be SHIPPED Saturday and would arrive after that. Nope, it's arriving Saturday. I won't be here to get it. So I will send back that copy when it gets here (unless someone else wants to buy it off me) and have pre-ordered a copy at the Coop for Friday night. I figure if so many people are gleefully trying to give major plot points away at this point in time, it'll be impossible to read the book after the weekend, since those people will ALSO be joined by the people who read it over the weekend and talk about it ("OMG, can you believe [blah]?") Thanks anyway. I'll get my copy Friday night (and have an excuse to hang out with roaming who will be there).

4. No idea what to eat for dinner tonight. I believe I might have some chicken tits in the freezer. We'll see.

5. Must remember today that I need to ask for another day off work next month.

I'm Your Man

Comcast On Demand free movies is currently featuring a documentary on/tribute to Leonard Cohen. I need to get in the shower so I can't watch it all right now, but...

Oh.
My.
Gods.

The man's fucking brilliant. Amazing. The Edge says that his language, his voice is "almost prophetic," which I think is a great description. In so many of his songs, in the novel of his that I read, it's like he's speaking in riddles about truths most people can't come close to understanding fully. We can just catch hints of them, like the shimmer on the scales of a fast-swimming fish in murky water.

Oh, and I also got to hear Nick Cave do "I'm Your Man." Awesome. :)

This is reminding me of when I watched Wings of Desire for the first time. I watched it just because it featured Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but it ended up taking my breath away. I should really get a copy of that on DVD.