{"id":154,"date":"2005-08-29T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/29\/sad-songs-mom-heads-south-and-lunch-in-the-office\/"},"modified":"2005-08-29T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-29T16:49:00","slug":"sad-songs-mom-heads-south-and-lunch-in-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/29\/sad-songs-mom-heads-south-and-lunch-in-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"sad songs, mom heads south, and lunch in the office"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been listening to Aimee Mann’s newest album – “The Forgotten Arm”. Really great stuff, but there’s one song on there called “little bombs” that kinda messes me up a bit. This part really gets me…<\/p>\n

Life just kind of empties out
Less a deluge than a drought
Less a giant mushroom cloud
Than an unexploded shell
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel<\/p>\n

Her album is a story about two lovers…so, of course tragedy. I haven’t caught everything about the story yet, even after repeated listenings, but that little section just about reduces me to tears. The whole song paints a very vivid and precise picture of this person’s reality and how it falls apart around them. You can almost see them standing there, being destroyed.<\/p>\n

In other news…Mom has been asked to volunteer to help out with relief efforts in the south. We’re not sure if she’s headed to Florida, or Louisiana – it’s scary either way. I’m glad she’s able to help, but, well, you know…<\/p>\n

Also, classes start this week so I’m hiding out in my office – and I brought my lunch today. It’s usually a good plan for at least the first week of school. Parking is an issue and the student union is a mess at lunch time. I’m not sure I packed enough this morning – might have to make a snack machine run later.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s it for now. Back to work…<\/p>\n

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