Friday, February 29, 2008

Bob and Jerry's

Bob's
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be at home alone, just knowing that she's gone
That would cause me to lose my mind . . .

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me far on down the track
I'm going away, I'm leaving today
I'm going but I ain't coming back


Jerry's
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with a girl on my mind


Jerry's lyrics differ from Bob's and apparently this lyric comes from a folk song recorded as early as 1929 and dating back long before (See here). But it's on my iPod and in my head.

And now, I'm listening to China Doll:

A pistol shot at five o'clock
The bells of heaven ring
Tell me what you done it for
No I won't tell you a thing . . .

Take up your china doll
It's only fractured
Just a little nervous from the fall


Next up on the playlist, I've Been All Around This World.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Malayse

I was supposed to be in KL this weekend. Instead, I'll be in the office again. Either way it's work, but a few nights at the Mandarin Oriental and seeing a new city sounded like fun.

What I need to do:
1. Start taking a few pictures.
2. Purchase a bike.
3. Book some weekend trips so that I can turn away weekend work.

Malayse was mostly an (un)funny wordplay. Things couldn't be better--although I haven't had a true day-off in almost 4 weeks.

Also, the link for the week (meant to post this a few weeks ago and in the meantime both Volokh and ATL have linked to it):

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Get Up Jake.

I had my first chili crab in the office last night. And by that I mean, I had my first chili crab. But, by that I also mean, it was the first chili crab I had eaten in the office. Tasty. Work is humming along.

It's Chinese New Year. It was a good--but not great--weekend (since, last minute, I decided against a jaunt to Phuket, in favor of racking up hours at the office.)

Oh, and I'm finally over jet-lag, which is the point of this post. I owe it to Heroes; I bought season one, and watched the whole thing last week, which made me stay up later each night, until now: I've normalized. I know, because it's suddenly hard to get up on time. Thus, the song, covered by one of my favorite new bands: