Transitory

Wonderful summer day again -- that perfect blend of warmth without excess humidity, lots of sun, breezes. Good stuff.


This evening was irksome, commuting-wise. The bus I needed wasn't showing up, and so, rather than wait forever for that, I hoofed it to the El. Great moment when this Latino guy and I were racing up the three flights of stairs to catch the train we needed (if we hadn't sprinted, we'd not have made it), but there were tourists at the top, like corks in a bottle, requiring some adroit public transit juking to get around them and dive for the open train car doors before the train left (the engineer was kind, gave us a split-second grace period to get in there. Once inside, the Latino and I exchanged knowing grins, like "Hell, yeah. We so made it." Not a bad accomplishment during rush hour, which impacts even the El (like if you miss one of those trains, it can sometimes take awhile to get the next one, depending on the traffic through the Loop, and even then, the trains can be packed).

I smelled delicious fish-n-chips cooking at one of the local neighborhood taverns. I noted that for future reference. Haven't had that in awhile, but I am jonesing for it.

Gonna work on my weekly short story this evening. SF story. Dark, darkly comic, dystopian. Good times. Muahhahah!

Shady Lane

I was never a fan of Pavement, but this is one of theirs that always sticks with me, like I can hear it and it'll stick in my head all day...

Pavement, "Shady Lane"

Of course, it being a Spike Jonze video, it's sort of deliberately "avant garde" and whatever. But the tune is memorable, regardless of the video.