dither

i like this song; and the lead singer is a funny person, i like her. she obsesses over random historical events, weaves strange anecdotes from her readings into many of her song lyrics. i think the mix of dramatic music and dry anecdotes is sort of funny. her music is basically an off-kilter wikipedia set to music. i've previously linked to her song about rose kennedy.

heard this lyric from one of her songs today:

"i have half a mind
it's cracked and breaking
it's recommended
as great for tasting"

i don't know, i'm having trouble writing. i'm broken.

tangent: i think we need new sayings. figures of speech, aphorisms, similes, those sorts of things. i want to erase them all and start over.

the cliches we use to express ourselves, i'm tired of them and want a shiny new set to work with.

here's one i've come up with:

"the grain of sand in the crickets mandible"

it doesn't mean anything, but that's the whole point. i think if we repeat it enough, it will snowball into something. i want to use it to the point of cliche, so that one day i can have the following exchange and it will actually make sense:

someone talks, relates a story from their day; let's say they describe a seemingly minor problem at work that ultimately led to major difficulties.

i listen...nod...and say, "ah yes, it's the proverbial 'grain of sand in the crickets mandible.'"

and the person says, "exactly."

woo hoo! can't wait! when that happens; me, aglow with the happy.