the Dalaverse

A little Sparrington ficlet, inspired by the nature walk we took by the river in Modern Religious Though on Wednesday. Katharina is the coolest professor ever. Also, I'm tepid on poetry, but YEATS. The second half of the poem doesn't count.


( Before the World Was Made )

OMG Desson Thomas's review of "Sin City"! ::giggles madly:: Original article here, but I think you have to sign up to read it, so:

( The Washington streets are snarling with the usual workaday souls: Metro-card-holding, iPod-armed yuppies.  )

Speaking of which, I'm going to have to drive to Prince Fred to see it ALL BY MYSELF because Vanessa doesn't want to ::pouts:: She might be going on a trip with the College Republicans tomorrow to learn how to shoot handguns (no, I am not making that up). Which, ummmmmm, but the important thing is that Crushboy will be there. I am bound and determined to see those two crazy, Jesus-lovin' kids out on a date before the end of the year. We've got a month.

Also, I had a dream about Weevil from VM last night. Rawwwr.

Stupidest April Fools prank ever: somebody stole all the toothbrushes.

I don't know if it was somebody in the suite -- Vanessa heard it from Yuki and she didn't know -- but bloody fucking hell! Die, you unhygienic fucker!

::sits in a corner muttering darkly::

I'm bored. Guessing over with! Answers!

1. Early U2 -- Bad
3. Declining U2 -- Stay (Faraway, So Close)
4. Revival U2 -- Kite
5. The Beatles -- In My Life
6. Bob Dylan -- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
7. Joni Mitchell -- A Case of You
9. The Rolling Stones -- Beast of Burden
10. Fleetwood Mac -- Second Hand News
11. Flogging Molly -- If I Ever Leave This World Alive
12. Jackson Browne -- The Load Out/Stay
14. Eric Clapton -- Bell Bottom Blues
15. Led Zeppelin -- Tangerine
16. The Indigo Girls -- Mystery
17. Jimmy Buffett -- One Particular Harbor

Question of the day:

Did I subconsciously forget my dad's birthday because I don't want to admit he's getting older?

I didn't forget precisely. It's just that I gave him his present -- a Constellation in a bottle and a bosun's whistle -- during spring break, thinking I wouldn't be home again for awhile. But I didn't send an e-card like I normally do. I just...I don't want to think about it, I don't want to deal with it, I don't.

When I was driving home with my radio broken, I discovered that I can sing every single word of Blue. I'm not normally good with spontaneous recall like that -- I can sing along with songs when they're playing, but I have trouble remembering the lyrics without the context of the music.

Blue, though...Blue lives in my head. And strangely enough, despite being completely tonedeaf, if I can sing anything passably, it's Joni Mitchell. I mean, I didn't sound good, but I didn't sound awful either. My voice kind of suited hers.

It's good to know things like that.