Fleet Foxes – "Your Protector" (2008)
2009/11/06
A couple of you may have noticed I did not write this post in the morning as usual, but rather at night. My corporate overlords have decided to "help me" by providing my team with "resources from India". Part of my job now is to teach them my job, which also means I will be less productive in my job. I am of the belief this is the beginning of the end for my current job but I have no choice. To facilitate this change I will be going to work in the early morning. I am excited about the prospect of seeing sunlight during the winter months by getting to leave work early but it is bittersweet. Perhaps if I am really successful in the transition of knowledge I will be laid off and then be able to see sunlight all day! Or perhaps because of this post I will be laid off much like Dooce and my blog will sustain me. However, given I have earned about $0.24 in referrals to Amazon after 7 months, perhaps I should fill out that application for food stamps now. I am tempted to simply refer to my Indian counter parts as "my replacements" at work in front of my boss and my boss' boss. Spiteful? Perhaps. Funny. Definitely!
Yum! Food stamps here I come! I do like a plate of beans and rice!
Anyway, you can expect my songs of the day to be coming to you at night instead of during the day for the foreseeable future. I know all my regular readers may be put out by this… all one of you… but be strong, you and I, we will survive! On the plus side I am far more verbose and hopefully quippy in the evenings when I'm all awake fat and happy. (In the mornings I am just fat.) I can't tell you how many times in the morning I have spent 15 minutes writing 2 sentences and literally said "crap" out loud. As I reread all I have written tonight it does all still have a "blah blah blah" quality to it. I am just not a writer I guess. Perhaps I should quit this blogging thing and go be a real DJ. Would you be sad? Would I be sad? Would my future radio listeners be sad when they hear be blabbing? Inquiring minds want to know!!!
Moving on…
So I've been listening to the Fleet Foxes' album, also named "Fleet Foxes", over and over this week. At first it just seemed like some nice chill background music, but now I am hooked. I want more, like zombies want more brains to eat. I am saddened that it is the only album, and yet overjoyed that there are additional songs by them I have yet to hear from the extended versions and the singles. The Fleet Foxes are good and I must share them with you. This song is one of the better ones I think, but the album is very solid and likely to appear on my "Must Own Albums" list in the not so distant future. Recent obsessions though… right now!
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I dig your writing style and especially enjoyed this post and your "Babe" posting. I go back and forth on the whole veggie vs. omnivore deal and have somewhat settled on the "flexitarian" side of veggie. Keep on blogging! Your posts are cool.
Thanks! I hold that I am not much of a writer. I write like I speak for the most part and feel like I am babbling at times. I try not to reread too much either or else I over-edit.
As for the vegetarian thing… I was going to ask you if there is an "Eco-Steps" post about eating meat in your future? Or at least one about growing some of your own food perhaps? There are environmental as well as health and economic benefits to be reaped on both counts!