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• Post #4275319

  For this prompt, I immediately thought of this song by The Cure "I waited hours for this I made myself so sick I wish I'd stayed asleep today" The Cure - Close To Me https://youtu.be/BjvfIJstWeg #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting

• Post #3930941

  Facebook is down for me right now and just, what if it never came back, would that be so bad? What if this was it, and it just vanished from all our lives forever.

• Post #3882172

  "Through the highs and lows and the hurts like hell Still reaching for the ring on the carousel I been down this trail a time or two Knocked out, fenced in, but I broke through Life ain't fair and you can't fight it So take it by the horns and ride it" Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Next Rodeo #MarketsAndFairs #JukeboxFridayNight https://youtu.be/1inRpsFwhgc

• Post #3881906

  I can picture this character at a flea market. I love how this song gets more absurdist as it goes: "And it steals your car It gets rid of your gambling debts. it quits smoking It's a friend and it's a companion And it's the only product you will ever need Follow these easy assembly instructions, it never needs ironing Well it takes weights off hips, bust, thighs, chin, midriff Gives you dandruff and it finds you a job, it is a job" Tom Waits - Step Right Up #MarketsAnd...

• Post #3877499

  For this theme, I couldn't resist this song from one of my favourite children's animated movies. In this song, the goose entices the rat (Templeton) into going to the fair with Wilbur by describing how much left-over food he will be able to eat. Charlotte's Web Soundtrack - A Veritable Smorgasboard #MarketsAndFairs #JukeboxFridayNight https://youtu.be/P82AWke3fHQ

• Post #3406590

  #Stereotypes #JukeBoxFridayNight Kimya Dawson - Same Shit/Complicated "But if we learn to empathize, the resentments will vaporize Situations metamorphize before our very eyes Then the need to stereotype will become outdated When we realize that everyone is really complicated We are all so complicated We are all so complicated I am also complicated I am also complicated" https://youtu.be/0ekRPx90A9I

• Post #2329186

  OK #TuneTuesday here's a song about a maker of #GuitarsAndStrings And it's bluegrass - a genre which is traditionally all strings - banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, upright base. "it started out for fun he just wanted it to play and when one was done everyone would say what did you put in that wood to make it roar and he would say that every day i just walk through the door" Foggy Memory Boys - Just To Sweep The Floor https://youtu.be/KbJyGJaJYsw

• Post #2329185

  My Winter #Gardening is pretty low key this year. Raised Bed 1 - I have been converting into an herb garden. It will mostly be left to it's own devices. The perennial herbs are doing their thing and some of the annuals have self seeded. Raised Bed 2 - I left several parsley around the edges, and the perennial garlic chives. Planted out some rainbow sliverbeet (aka chard) in the middle. Raised Bed 3 - is getting the cover crop treatment. Mix of mustard and blue lupins sewn a month ago...

• Post #2329184

  This episode really kicked me in the feels and then left me with a lot to think about. I worked in animal care as a pet sitter and a vet tech and I'm familiar with compassion fatigue. My first job out of school was at an animal shelter and I walked into a situation where all the veterinary staff was totally burnt out and in the process of quitting. I looked at the outgoing lead tech and knew that would be me in a couple of years if I stayed. But I loved that job. But it really did take...

• Post #2329183

  Hello #JukeboxFridayNight here's one of my favourite songs by The Be Good Tanyas - it just evokes such cozy Winter vibes The Be Good Tanyas - Dogsong (aka Sleep Dog Lullabye) #DogsCatsAndOtherPets https://youtu.be/SjM_5IwWa_I

• Post #1942650

  Another sub-category of women in #country #music that I appreciate: women super groups. Because women working together in an industry that is hostile to women is so powerful. Notable groups I have stumbled upon: Trio: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris Honky Tonk Angels: Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette Pistol Annies: Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley The Highwomen: Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires Am now activel...

• Post #1942648

  Do not know why i woke up to Ani Difranco's "Pulse" playing in my head. Specifically, this bit of poetry: "unable to save ourselves from the quaint tragedies we invent or undo from the stupid circumstances that we slolum through"

• Post #1942647

  Remembering not to capitalise "internet" so as not to show my age 😅 #Linguistics

• Post #1942646

  And while I'm at it, remembering to say "Me and Joe" not "Joe and I" so as not to betray my private school background and come off as preppy 😅 #Linguistics

• Post #1942645

  Also the code-switching between talking to Americans and talking to New Zealanders. But trying not to talk so Kiwi that I come across as putting on an act. When in fact I just pick up new words and new dialects fast and somewhat unconsciously. (As an immigrant whose been in Aotearoa for nearly two decades) Just a few things I think about when I try to communicate with other humans. #Linguistics #CodeSwitching

• Post #1942644

  I got into country music so late in life because it was looked down upon culturally both in my household and among my friend groups. But somehow this Alvin and the Chipmunks country album found its way into our house when I was a kid. It was probably my introduction to a lot of those songs. I remember liking "The Gambler" and "I Love I Rainy Night" and puzzling over "Coward Of The County" because I was a 8 and also I wasn't Christian...

• Post #1942643

  Inspired by this weather to make some progress on our go-bags, documenting here in case it helps anyone. I've separated the contents into some plastic freezer bags to help keep fresh & dry in case of a flood/storm. So far each bag contains: Food in plastic bag: nature valley granola bars, mixed x6 fruit in jelly cups x3 flavoured tuna tins x3 (pull tab tops) Whittaker's peanut/almond slabs x2 cheap metal spoons x2 (what food to pack is highly subjective, as long as i...

• Post #1942640

  Still reading the GoodReads reviews for Alecto The Ninth about every six months just for the feeling that others share my pain I laughed way too hard at "Is Tamsyn Muir the lesbian George R R Martin" 😂 🤣 😭 #LockedTomb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39325106-alecto-the-ninth?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=FlGw1RjjkN&rank=4

• Post #1614133

  OK #ThursdayFiveList I took my time coming up with this list of songs to #CelebrateBooksDay . I wanted them all to reference real books. #4 references several books by the same author & #5 references a lot of books you can find at the library! 1) Molly Tuttle - Walden https://youtu.be/0OlGhN2keXU 2) Suzane Vega - Lolita https://youtu.be/A6ss3imrpW8 3) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights https://youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4 4) Amanda Palmer - Judy Blume https://youtu.be/mASqDKmrhPY 5) Kimya Dawson...

• Post #622074

  It's been over 24 hours since I learned about the fish doorbell. I desperately want to push the fish doorbell. But I'm too ADHD to watch the fishcam for more than 30 second at a time. But I keep checking it. I have not yet had a reason to push the fish doorbell. https://visdeurbel.nl/en/