Reward-Lost Groove Thing

While being shook vociferously, a groove thing sprang loose, and as yet has not been located. Said groove thing is unique, in that it responds forcefully to early Olivia Newton John, Andy Gibb, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" era Rod Stewart, and REO Speedwagon.

The groove thing was last seen in the metro east area, circa 1982. Should you find it, please call 314-322-8887.

tick, tock

marks the passing of time, as the night crawls on...

Insomnia sucks. Though it does allow a certain melancholy to float in, which invariably has my mind wander to some cool song or another, while trying not to think about all the crap that's keeping me awake in the first place. At the moment, it isn't so much a song, as it is bits and pieces of Tom Waits' Rain Dogs

Inside a broken clock, splashing the wine with all the rain dogs...

How about this couplet, from 9th and Hennepin
"And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
They all started out with bad directions
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
One for every year he's away, she said
Such a crumbling beauty, ah
There's nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars won't fix"

or a cry in your beer special...

"Tear the promise from my heart
Tear my heart today
You have found another
Oh baby, I must go away

So hang down your head for sorrow
Hang down your head for me
Hang down your head tomorrow
Hang down your head, Marie"

Silly Marie, should have stuck with the poet. At least he'd have a good quip when the money ran out.

Oh well, this weirdness has been brought to you by too little sleep, and too much in the skull. Back to bed, and try again.

Night night

Late for the sky

Waking up at 2:30 in the morning, and being hopelessly alert sucks...flip from this side to that, try to think of nothing, but instead every stupid realistic, and unrealistic concern you might have rushes in. Ratshit!

Oh well, time for a drive. At least gas prices fell 30 cents...

All in all, it was all just bricks in the wall...

OK, I physically feel like I've been beaten with a sack full of ball-bearings, but the wall is completed -well except for just a little teensy bit of decorative gravel around the base, and some clean up...but I hurt too much for that right now.

Mentally however, I feel like the king of the world. Move over DiCaprio, you skinny little punk, the big man wants his crown back.

Did you ever?

Have you ever had one of those days, where you just feel like a dork? Did you?
Not to give anything away, but it seems that today is one of those for me. It started when I sat in the drive thru at the Bread Co, waiting for them to take my order...and then realized the reason they were taking so long was that they were not open.

It was just as well I didn't order, because I then went to QuikTrip, which upon going to pay, it occurred to me that my wallet was in the shorts I wore last night, not the pants I was wearing for my morning breakfast run.

All that before 7 am...

I beg your pardon?

I never promised you a rose garden...

Getting all the plants in the ground, and preparing for azaleas, part two. Got perennials galore and pretty much done with them, and have now started with the annuals, which I have no idea about. This is experiment time. Basically, I'm just digging little holes, sticking them in the ground, and hoping for the best. Trying to pay attention to the whole "part/full sun" warnings, and trying to space them far enough apart they don't choke each other, but at the same time, give the impression of it being a full bed once they take root and grow.

The weather forecast/reality hasn't cooperated at all, so it was time to just give in and start planting in the rain this afternoon, as the morning, when I was planning on putting them in the ground looks like it will be no better, and neither do the next couple of days.

And then, there's the azaleas. At least this year I got them for next to nothing. I'll need to try and find a nice sunny spot, and manipulate the soil to favor the damned things. My back fence has day-lilies and holly bushes, so I don't know as they'll blend in well there, and the front of the house is kind of crowded.

So, I'm developing a crazy idea of using them as border bushes along one side of my steps. It would save me mowing the damned area (which as those who know me can attest, I hate mowing that damned hill in front of my house, and the more of it I can negate, the better!), and supposedly, they make nice low level border shrubs...which means, I'm either going to succeed, or fail spectacularly! We shall see if I go for it.

Any feedback from anyone that knows diddly about azaleas will be appreciated. :-)