starting off the month six days in, sometimes it’s the way to go. not that I’ve really been absent… if anything, I’ve been more here than anywhere. been more where than anyhere not as much. you know what’s utterly distracting? trying to firdge while you strain to listen to someone reporting a bizarre incident to the police cops over the phoney. and then your round cat of seven years starts gumming the screen and projecting general cuteness. due to the lack of recent posts, I feel somewhat obliged to be more specific and meandering in today’s drop. so how’s this:
one of the best ways I know how to wake up, is by having a really terrific warm body – and not just any body, but a body that holds a person so warm and glowy, so sunshine-fuckworthy-goodtimes-love-your-laugh-could-float-on-the-sound-waves-you-make-able kind of body/person combo – descend upon you. to get all alphaghetti with them and maybe make some noises too slap squawk to describe on a generally pg blog. then you can follow up this undoubtedly lovely burst from the starting gate by bussing on up to campus and parking your fall-armor clad ass in a radio booth. you can listen to new tunes strung together by the self-conscious narration of the one and only pony! (no one else will do in this situation, really) hang about in the heat of this funny house until you’re ushered out by the most cliché asian pop music, you know, the stuff that turns people off non-western-sounding sounds and sparks squinty racist comments… right, have that play you out and follow you in conversation walking, scuttling through newly fallen leaves on dry, dry paving stones. also rock a massive and oblong sack of oats home in the cold, misty sunshine of downtown in november. I find the best way to add to all those events is to celebrate with a super late breakfast/lunch… celebrate being home; the spending of daylight; the delight of one another’s company… the best ever french toast with bacon (not touching, syrup must not touch bacon [for me, for others, hey, that’s your gory soup]) and coffee and some rad wizard music should do it.
after all that, I can only speculate. I can only hope and enjoy and do my besty to send out love and yielding and divine contentedness. our cat, ‘livvy (‘liffy) purring her thrum-a-whurrrr into my feet and ear-holes amplifies all that goodness… like really good jam, on really good toast. I welcome, and I’d be so bold as to assume that we – pony and I – welcome the new atlas sound record and it’s probability to cement these orange couch feelings into fluid late-fall music memory furniture. it’s a good thing to have. it’s a good thing to listen to.
shit, something about an essay calls me out from this.

