Collected Thoughts 06-22-09

• Wednesday at 9pm my friends and I left LA and drove straight to Indianapolis, IN. No hotel stops or showers. In Indy we stopped, showered and napped, then went to a wedding rehearsal and dinner. Then wedding the next day, all day.
  
  Saturday night was the first night I had any real sleep since Monday. (Tuesday night I didn't sleep to screw-up my schedule so I could drive at night) I've slept two real nights now and I still haven't recovered. We're doing it again at 6am tomorrow.
  
  This is madness! Why would I purposefully chose to do such a thing?!

• Late-night (as in, 1am - 7am-ish kind of hours) driving music over the two nights we drove included SSPU, The Movies, Rademacher, Tigers Can Bite You, and Thailand. Thanks LA bands for making hell driving awesome driving.

• Weddings are weird. I mean, pageantry and ceremony are distinctly odd things. Are they full of meaning or absurdly meaningless? Does the act of a ceremony change something forever, or is the tradition of the ceremony itself proof that nothing changes? Why are fancy monkeys doing these outlandish things?
  
  Not judging, just musing. Civilizations are creepy!
  

• I am sorry, but I love Indiana humidity. My skin and sinuses love it. And I spent part of yesterday riding a tractor mower, listening to Steve Earle, and cutting grass. I don't miss such things, per se, but it is kind of nice to remember what yardwork feels like.

• Steak n' Shake is on the docket for today. Middle-dwellers understand this.

• I think I like the new Sonic Youth. The lyrics are some kind of horrible silly, but it is still a pretty cool record.
  

• I have some poly-ticks links to share when I get back, but man, is this Iran business wild or what?

• I'm pretty sure we won't see healthcare reform and we'll only have some spineless Democrats to blame. I hate to be reactionary, and I know I should be giving my man Obama more than six months, but I'm already feeling like these clowns deserve to lose again next time around.