ee cummings

"life, the question how do i drink dream smile

and how do i prefer this face to another and
why do i weep eat sleep--what does the whole intend"
they wonder. oh and they cry "to be, being, that i am alive
this absurd fraction in its lowest terms
with everything cancelled
but shadows
--what does it all come down to?     love?     Love
if you like and i like,for the reason that i
hate people and lean out of this window is love,love
and the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love and the reason
that i do not fall into this street is love."

horseshoes

This morning after work I drove to Logan's house. Walking down his alley, I noticed this for the first time:





Logan and I celebrated October by watching a zombie movie and eating pumpkin poppers from Noah's Bagels.



Around 5pm I didn't bother turning the right way down the street because traffic was so bad. I just followed some cars, driving farther and farther away from my house. They led me to this:





It was empty except for the old man playing horse shoes by himself.

Back in my car I listened to a Townes Van Zandt song on a mix tape.



If I needed you/Would you come to me,/Would you come to me,/And ease my pain?/If you needed me, I would come to you/I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain.

Now I am in bed, g chatting.

worried shoes

I finally got the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack, and Karen O covers Daniel Johnston's Worried Shoes. Daniel Smith and Sufjan Stevens did it too, here.

Worried Shoes - Yip / Jump Music (1983)

I took my lucky break and I broke it in two
Put on my worried shoes
My worried shoes
And my shoes took me so many miles and they never wore out
My worried shoes
My worried shoes
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
My worried shoes
I made a mistake and I never forgot
I tied knots in the laces of
My worried shoes
And with every step that I'd take I'd remember my mistake
As I marched further and further away
In my worried shoes
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
My worried shoes
And my shoes took me down a crooked path
Away from all welcome mats
My worried shoes
And then one day I looked around and I found the sun shining down
And I took off my worried shoes
And the feet broke free
I didn't need to wear
Then I knew the difference between worrying and caring
'Cause I've got a lot of walking to do
And I don't want to wear
My worried shoes

just another diamond day

Today is an end-of-week work day for me, so I didn't get out there and do anything. I did wander around two of my favorite stores, though.

I bought myself some herbal tea sachets from New Seasons.

And a pomegranate from Trader Joes.

The sun set on my drive home, nothing but color and chimney smoke in the air.

I watched this short, I think it's amazing: http://foreversnotsolong.com