The old mnemonic my Dad can still recite from however many gazillion years ago (hahaha) he learned it:
My (Mercury)
Very (Venus)
Earnest (Earth)
Mother (Mars)
Just (Jupiter)
Served (Saturn)
Us (Uranus)
Nine (Neptune)
Pies (Pluto)
The new mnemonic he made up for the Pluto-less planets:
Miserably
Vain
Earthlings
Must
Just
Shut
Up
Now
Number of times I went swimming this year in either ocean, lake or pool: ZERO.
Number of times last year: ZERO.
Year before: Maybe? ONE or TWO during physical therapy no less.
Number of swimsuits I bought this year: TWO.
Number of swimsuits last year: At least ONE, maybe two or three.
Number of (lap-swimming) suits hanging on the door of the closet: TWO.
Number of (beach & pool) swimsuits in a plastic bin under the bed: At least SEVEN.
Number of delusions I clearly have about how much swimming I do in my life: MANY.
So I’ve been thinking for ages that I had already posted a list of “songs that made me cry so hard during break-ups that they are useless to me for years afterwards” but as far as I can tell, I never actually did. And then I read this awesome post about break-up ALBUMS (which I found via link here).
Now that is some serious commitment there, to listen to a WHOLE album during a break-up. I just usually wind up with one song on repeat, repeat, repeat, while I torture myself endlessly over the might-have-beens.
I’m sure I will add to this list as I think of them, but off the top of my head, these songs STILL kinda hurt to listen to:
What are yours?
Aug 3-5 Lollapalooza
Aug 9 Bishop Allen (2nd x this summer!)
Sep 12 Midlake
Sep 20 Common (2nd x)
Sep 22 The National (WOOOOT!)
Oct 6 The White Stripes (Aragon = Ugh)
Oct 7 Christine Kane (folk)
Oct 28 Tom Paxton (folk)
Nov 11 Stars (WOOOOOOT!)
Nov 17 Tinariwen & Mamadou Diabate (african)
Nov 24 Over the Rhine (2nd or 3rd x)
Looks pretty full, right? And I’m actually trying to go to FEWER concerts right now after a bit of an overload this year, but somehow it never works out that way.
Jul 14-15 Pitchfork*
Jul 21 Travis
Aug 3-5 Lollapalooza
Aug 9 Bishop Allen
Sept 12 Midlake
Sept 20 Common
*If you, like me, are busy trying to figure out which bands you want to see at Pitchfork, shoot me an email (link below “Say what?”) — I made an excel grid of the schedule, as well as a written out version that includes Chicago Innerview’s descriptions of each band.
Books I just bought recommended by Betsy:
Mar 30 Neko Case
Apr 13 Low
Apr 14 Josh Rouse
Apr 17 Youth Group
Apr 19 Decemberists
May 19 Arcade Fire
July 14&15 Pitchfork
1) Hiccups and
2) Hives.
But thankfully NOT Hickeys, although there was a time…