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[bironic]

1. The melody, harmony, vocal quality and especially the chord progression in Hero by Family of the Year bring me right back to growing up listening to the radio in the '80s. Probably reminds me of Phil Collins' and David Crosby's* own Hero. Maybe even the simple, earnest song that ended the second Care Bears movie, Forever Young by Carol Parks (not the same as Rod Stewart's).

2. Finished S6 of True Blood. Because of... stuff... I went back and rewatched The Scene with Godric (YouTube; spoilers) from S2's "I Will Rise Up." It's still excellent. I still love it in a way that's hard to articulate. The blood tears, the raw emotion, the ancient relationship, the slipping between languages. The unremarked-upon homosexual overtones. The crack in a favorite character's persona. Eric has never been so beautiful, kneeling there with his voice breaking. And enriching it all is the echo of Marius/Armand.

3. Mostly, though, lately I am too full of things. Emotions all over the place. It took longer than it should have to realize that the inability to write so much as an email or concentrate at work or sit still long enough to add clips to a vid, and the general irritability toward anyone asking me for something, arose from my trying to stuff too much into the week. Concentrating on nutrition and exercising, planning travel (more on that soon, it is going to be super), doing chores, consuming media, trying to make fannish things, balancing work and social events, worrying about budgets, worrying about health things, fighting poor sleep... Wish that habit of keeping too busy to brood were easier to fix. :/

4. Happy Easter, Easter-celebrating friends. Happy two-days-left-of-matza, Passover-celebrating friends. Happy Patriot's Day/Marathon Day tomorrow, running friends. My officemate is running. The heart of the city has been on its sleeve the past week, marking the anniversary of what happened last year.

*Trying to identify a young, long-haired singer in the background of a sessions shot with David Crosby on YouTube led to the startling discovery that Neil Young was good-looking back in the day! In the latter shot especially, he's got a lovely Hugo Weaving brow going on. Thumbs up. Most of the time, though, it seems he looked like the lovechild of Hugh Laurie and Joel McHale. Y/Y?

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I was going to try to say something encouraging, but then I got to the postscript about Neil Young and lost it a giggle.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

:)

p.s. I'm planning to go to this thing Friday evening in Central Square, if you can & want to join. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/310776

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

I do love that scene with Godric.

And I hear you on #3, and I hope a gentler slate and a smoother balance are possible soon.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ♥ Sending the same thoughts to you for the next few weeks.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Trouble sleeping, sitting still, and concentrating, irritability, trying to do too many things at once... is it possible that you're slightly manic?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ah, I can see where my description sounds like (hypo)mania, but no, it's just a feeling of being overwhelmed due to poor stress management and a confluence of a few bad habits. Exercise helps me sleep (I need eight hours or I become zombie-like) and keeps my mood up, but that's often the first thing to go in times of stress, unfortunately. Tonight, though, I went to the gym and walked a couple of miles on the way home, so I'm hoping tomorrow will be brighter.

Thanks for asking. ♥

[thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com]

I read as far as "lovechild of Hugh Laurie" before clicking the link, and stared at it for a moment, thinking "Yes, Hugh Laurie, but who is that other guy it reminds me of?" Then I backbuttoned and --oh, duh!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It's not just me, right?