"You're not...opposed to dry-cleaning or anything, right?"
"No, Senator, not in the least..."
"You have five minutes."

erika, at least I have enough fashion sense to not show up in a Gap dress and cheap thong knickers.

I mean, really.

edit: and if it takes me five minutes, I'm losing my touch.

Heee, deb. But, seriously, beautiful lyrics. I can't wait to hear the actual song.

I had an old memory float up at me in the dentist's chair today. Can't even place it, but I spent the years before school in many evaluations and stuff...could be any of them. But some part of me said "I'll be good. Just let me go home." which is not a grown thought. Still a little confused/upset. ETA: Ha, Deb.

erika, memory is the fucking Wicked Witch of the West, as far as I'm concerned.

I thought I didn't really remember those things except for, if I am at the doctor, I probably passed a frog or something. Something did(remember, not spit frogs)

Memory is a bitch and a bully and sadist, and I mean none of those words in a porny way.

Memory, right now, is like Jerry Garcia's song, "The Wheel":

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down
you can't let go and you can't hold on
you can't go back and you can't stand still
if the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will

Memory can kiss my arse. Not saying it can bite me, since it's been tearing huge gobbets of flesh out of me for awhile.

Rant over. Someone write something.

Something called for me in the night,
Something dark, something with bite.

It took me and held me and gave me great pain,
Until I held it and matched it and gave it a name.

Memory.

(adoring Sail)

Did anyone watch Bruce Springsteen on Storytellers, last night (I think it's a VH-1 show)?

I've never watched Storytellers before, but if Bruce more or less followed their usual format, it seems to be a show where the musician(s) will talk about a song, sometimes in the middle of performing it.

He opened by saying something like, "Talking about music is like talking about sex--can you describe it--are you supposed to?"

For a few of the songs, his explanations got rather detailed. At one point, after giving quite a bit of deep insight, he said, "Now, was I thinking all of that when I was writing? No. But I was feeling it. And it is all in there."

He's quite a writer. If there were no music involved, I would still read his poems. If you have an hour and VH-1 re-runs it, it is probably worth watching from a writer's perspective. He has a lot of respect for both the craft and the magic therein. If you're a Springsteen fan, it most certainly is worth watching.

eta...

I found this write up of Bruce's episode of Storytellers. It has a few quotes (I suppose these would be considered spoilers). [link]