In the midst of the weeds. Every little task is pushing us closer and closer to the big day. Now toss in a few more stars to the mix and we can have a few more complications. But I’m moving forward… somehow. One speaker, just added, doesn’t like laser pointers. He wants a stick. There aren’t any standard pointer sticks long enough to cover a 16-foot-high screen. I’ll be at the hardware store and in the end, it will look like it was no problem at all.
And for some reason deep in the recesses of my mind a fascination has built back up with a melody from a younger time. Never was The Cure a favorite band of mine. I saw all the alternative kids trying to be cool by listening to them but they bothered me with their pseudo-intellectualism, or at least my own snobbishness towards their perceived snobbery. Angst ridden under the weight of heavy make up though they might be, they really did know how to write some powerful lyrics, and some of the nicest.
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
Why are you so far away? she said
Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you
If you can’t stand their sound, try out the Katie Melua cover of Just Like Heaven. (Available on iTunes) Of course, if you come out with 28 or so albums and eps over 25 years, you’d better have a few hits in there, even if several of them are best-ofs from the others. I guess I missed out. Can I go back and relive it?
All I know is that I am playing them as I gather my gear together. It’s another weekend out with the young ones, and it’s going to be cold up at the higher elevations. Really cold. And I looked at the maps. It will probably be the harshest terrain I’ve been with them on training. Not the harshest I’ve been in, for certain, but still… when eight or ten contour lines meet up in a small run perpendicular to their path, you know it’s going to hurt. I really shouldn’t take the time away from this big event planning, but right now, I need this simple stress break so I can really focus on it all next week. So tired. I’m so tired, but the experiences will be worth it all.
mistress of all things physics, eh?
; )