Could be worse.

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Eyjafjallajokul, Iceland, 2010: Two of my father's jokes: I had no shoes and I complained until I met someone who had no feet. I was down and out when a little bird sang into my ear, "Cheer up. Things could be worse." So I cheered up, and sure enough - things got worse. A-and Musak® this time too:

 

Feliz esta alma que vive comigo, que vai onde eu sigo o meu coração. A happy soul that lives with me, and goes where I follow my heart. Virginia Rodrigues, 'Alma'. Down here next to me in this lonely crowd is a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear him cry so loud, callin' out that he's been framed. Bob Dylan, 'I shall be released'. I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn’t answered yet but I hear him coughing all night long. Leonard Cohen, 'Tower of Song'. And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is. Bob Dylan, 'Ballad Of A Thin Man'.

 

Malvados on depression: Love is the basis of any relationship. It's a sacred temple ... ... made of sand.   Sunday night dreams: I am stuck in a hole. My shrink appears with a rope ... ... and hangs himself.   Poetry is food for the soul. Sex is too. But you don't have to lie to be nourished by poetry.   What did I say about her before? Resourceful & self-possessed was it? She seems to have given up gloves, a-and her blog - and has gone acting in a sitcom, 'The Couple' (you can find clips & blurbs on YouTube). Of course it's just an Internet fantasy, a temperament imagined & projected (and in New York yet!), an imaginary friend. I guess it's human nature to try and make things whole, even fantasies. So ... to resourceful & self-possessed add: strong, substantial, admirable ... gorgeous (glorious?) ... alive, young ... ... did I say young already? Anyway, here she is again - Miss Numa Perrier: Bonus extra - too strange to pass up: Doesn't look Photoshopped ... could be ... even so.   ... He must be good in bed.

 
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