my moral standing is lying down

After Inception came out, tekla created a fanmix called I love dissatisfied. This was the definitive fanmix for me; almost everything on it was stuff that I liked already or newly fell in love with. I tweaked it a little, added a few songs, but the core of it was her mix, and that became my playlist for the NEXT FOUR MONTHS. I didn't listen to anything else for the duration of that time. (And I still go back to it occasionally; it's so damn good.)

Which is why I'll always have the memory of dancing in a public park in Atlanta like a crazy person, with JGL's cover of Jacques Brel's La Valse a Mille Temps in my ears. <3

These are two go-to songs from that playlist that I've definitely listened to when feeling sad:

The Killers' Everything Will Be Alright
Fave lines: i'm coming to find you / if it takes me all night



Jacques Brel's Ne Me Quitte Pas
Fave lines: ne me quitte pas / je ne veux plus pleurer / je ne veux plus parler / je me cacherai là / a te regarder / danser et sourire
(don't leave me / i won't cry anymore / i won't speak anymore / i will hide right there / to see you / dancing and smiling) [translation here]



List of all days.

I thought I'd posted this before, but I can't find it, so here again for future reference:

Friday 09/03/10:
AA 4650 LGA 6:00am → ATL 8:30am

Monday 09/06/10:
AA 4671 ATL 5:20pm → LGA 7:35pm

In addition! Liz (my sister, for any of my new flist) needs a spot in a room for that Monday night 9/6/10. Does anyone have a spot? Floor space is fine, too!

Hockey season is coming to an end soon. I went to last night's game vs TOR, and I'm going to tomorrow night's game vs PHI. The game at PHI on Sunday is the last one of the regular season. Even should the Rangers make the playoffs, I doubt they'd go further than the 1st round -- so, the end of April. WHAT WILL I DO UNTIL SEPTEMBER? Unlike some lucky people, I doubt I will be going to the NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles (June 25-26). I'm still going to keep it in mind, but it's not a likely thing.

I am looking forward to Dragon*Con later this year, and have vague ideas for a trip to Vancouver around Thanksgiving. The Vancouver trip may also depend on the Rangers 2010-11 schedule, because if it's at all possible, I'd rather see a Rangers game there than just a random team vs Vancouver. This year, NYR played VAN in early November, so... who knows.

I'm in a serious mood to go for a road trip. Two weeks ago a few of us went to Philly for literally a couple of hours. It was a really nice trip-- did some shopping at the Ikea there and then had lunch at my favorite place in Philly, Monk's Cafe. Of course, it was the drive there and back that was the real point of the trip for me (okay, so maybe the insanely super-spicy chicken wings at Monk's was also part of it) -- and it was really satisfying. Good music, good talk about music, good traffic, good weather.

The weekend after that I ended up driving to New Brunswick and back, which isn't as far as Philly, but a long enough drive to whet my appetite once again. And really, whenever Liz is on a long drive with me, I'm pretty much assured to have either good music, or good talk about music, or both (see above). Our drive back was filled with classic southern rock. An' it was Good: CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Kansas, The Band. Does anyone else have a strong connection between listening to music and driving/riding in a car? It's my favorite place to listen to music, new and old.

It's times like this I wish I just owned a car because I could just go for a drive on a whim. I miss having late-night access to my parents' car; I used to just go for a midnight drive around, whenever I felt like it. Now, of course, I'd have to rent in advance (for a good price), which is just not conducive to whimsical driving trips.

If I could, I'd go to Pittsburgh this weekend for Tekkoshocon. I'm so sad I'm not there this year.