20101210

melog-20101210.log.0

well, my wife made it home alright. she had a nice time. she thanked me for not giving her a hard time for going out. she said that she probably won't go out again for a while. she just notices that the environment really isn't her scene. nothing is really going on that makes her fell totally comfortable.

well, i'm working late, but about to go. actually, i sort of phase shifted my hours. so, i'm not working extra exactly. but, i do need to do some maintenance saturday. the joys of system administration!

i found myself extremely tired today. not so much from staying up late. but, i was drained. i think it's from being out of shape.

so, today, i avoided eating left over little caesar's and took some canned salmon and made a sandwich out of it. not great, but not bad either. i plan to take some time to get myself into better shape.

ok, i did find some popcorn in the break-room. but, i also ate the apple that someone left on the "free-for-all" table. so, i think i'm still on track.

i also drank water and green tea, today.

i've been listening though all the albums i own by björk. i'm listening to her medúlla album. when i first heard it, i tossed it aside and only listened to maybe one tract. but, the more i listen to her, the more i enjoy just listening to her singing voice. and so, her songs that i didn't like much sound better over time. and, albums that i wouldn't listen to so much, catch my ear more often.

she's a true musician to me. she seems to love sound itself. i know-- everything she does isn't great to everybody. i understand that. but her music falls on my ears and i like what i hear.

i remember the first time i heard music by björk. i didn't listen to her when she first came out. i didn't think anything over her until around year 2000. my brother had a collection of cd's and i wondered what björk sounded like.

i put in the debut cd and was greeted by "human behavior". man, those beats were tasty. i was hooked just off the first song! i just kept listening to more and more.

i even found myself listening to the sugar cubes. i even found an icelandic jazz cd that she did before her first solo album.

anyway, medúlla is a bit tough to listen to sometimes. the album is mostly a capella. maybe only a few songs have instrumentation that strongly accompanies the vocals on this album. the album is like strange chamber music. some songs are quite beautiful. others are haunting and quite alien. i think that's why it is hard to listen to. you hear all these beautiful sounds with a raw, untamed edge. not each song is like that, but many are.

a few of the greatest musicians were booed and hissed on their debut. but generations later, their works changed music forever.

i don't know if medúlla is one of those albums or not. but, i think björk has truly proven herself as a great musician and artist. i often wonder what her next musical project is.

well, gotta head to the pharmacy. my wife says she thinks she's coming down with a sore throat.

gotta watch that night air-- it'll get you.

melog-20101210.log

well, my wife is still out. i was trying to wait up for her. for a weeknight, she's been gone a good while.

she expressed some guilt before leaving. she said she felt like she probably needed to stay home with the family and not hang out. she felt like maybe she was going to a scene where she didn't fit it-- a married woman hanging out with a single woman, looking for a catch.

i told her not to feel bad about going out tonight. everybody needs some time to enjoy themselves. but, i also told her that if she ever feels in the future that she's going out in that sort of environment, then maybe she shouldn't go.

she seemed to take that to heart.

well, i'm a bit concerned. i know we're both going to be really tired when it's time to get up and work through the day.

i gotta admit, she was looking really hot when she left-out. i told her she better not pay any attention to any people trying to get in with her.

and nowadays with people being more open about ambivalent sexuality, i have to watch out that i don't lose my wife to another man or woman!

i hope she's alright. it's late for a weeknight.