music, and overheard
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asakiyumeTim Eriksen relaunched his website and is giving away a Christmas carol. (He gave away one of my all-time favorite carols just a little bit ago--"Oh Sight of Anguish"/Occom's Carol-- but that is no longer available--but this one is, and this one is pretty too).
The carol is Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming"
I am not managing life or human interaction much right now, but I can still note and observe with interest the successful interactions of others.
At the bank, where I was five minutes before closing, a familiar-looking silver-haired man came in with a bunch of tiny presents for all the bank tellers.
(A brief aside. Isn't "teller" an interesting name? Like "gossip" or something. Bank gossips. Bank tattletales. Or maybe more like fortune tellers. If you are making a deposit, your fortune is that you will get richer. If you are making a withdrawal, your fortune is that you will get poorer.)
Anyway, he had packages for the tellers. "Here are some gifts for my favorite ladies," he said. "This is different from what I usually give you. This is named after my favorite drink from [place whose name I can't recall]. It's the best thing you've ever tasted unless you've kissed me." All the tellers laugh. He hands out all the packages, and then some extras for the women who aren't there, and then asks, "Is that everyone?" and when he's assured it is, he sees he has one left over and says, "Oh, swell, then I have a present for my wife too!" More laughter.
I asked the bank teller I was talking to (neither making a deposit nor a withdrawal... my fortune is uncertain) what his last name was, and (re) discovered he's the father of a friend of the tall one.
He knows how to make a splash, that's clear.
And now to eat. More anon.
The carol is Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming"
I am not managing life or human interaction much right now, but I can still note and observe with interest the successful interactions of others.
At the bank, where I was five minutes before closing, a familiar-looking silver-haired man came in with a bunch of tiny presents for all the bank tellers.
(A brief aside. Isn't "teller" an interesting name? Like "gossip" or something. Bank gossips. Bank tattletales. Or maybe more like fortune tellers. If you are making a deposit, your fortune is that you will get richer. If you are making a withdrawal, your fortune is that you will get poorer.)
Anyway, he had packages for the tellers. "Here are some gifts for my favorite ladies," he said. "This is different from what I usually give you. This is named after my favorite drink from [place whose name I can't recall]. It's the best thing you've ever tasted unless you've kissed me." All the tellers laugh. He hands out all the packages, and then some extras for the women who aren't there, and then asks, "Is that everyone?" and when he's assured it is, he sees he has one left over and says, "Oh, swell, then I have a present for my wife too!" More laughter.
I asked the bank teller I was talking to (neither making a deposit nor a withdrawal... my fortune is uncertain) what his last name was, and (re) discovered he's the father of a friend of the tall one.
He knows how to make a splash, that's clear.
And now to eat. More anon.
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-24 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-24 02:30 am (UTC)Was it in wakanomori's journal, the Japanese aphorism: even Buddhist monks are busy at the end of the year...? I don't know where I saw it, but it comforted me a great deal today. I hope it gives you some comfort as well.
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:40 am (UTC)http://www.sendspace.com/file/jj5d7n
And Thom York "Hearing Damage" from the only good scene in New Moon...
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:53 am (UTC)"bank clerk who pays or receives money," 1475, "person who keeps accounts," from tell in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Gmc. languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
You might also say a teller is someone who keeps "tabs" for you - or on you. Not much different from a gossip after all. ;)
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Date: 2009-12-24 03:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-24 03:09 am (UTC)of polished bottles and jars--
essences preserved--
two vials removed and mailed:
hawk's soar-joy and stream's thaw-song
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Date: 2009-12-24 03:36 am (UTC)nighthawk flies
:-)
Thanks
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Date: 2009-12-24 03:48 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-12-24 05:46 am (UTC)*cookies* I think interaction is overrated is overrated anyway. ;) Take care and have a great holiday. :)
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:52 pm (UTC)I'm glad you liked the songs--and cookies, there's an idea!
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Date: 2009-12-24 05:59 am (UTC)Have some music:
Jolie Holland, "Amen"
Amen, there's a ring around the moon
I'm going to fly all night down to see you
The Swell Season, "Fantasy Man"
Well, I never heard the warning
I haven't got things right
Yet the sun came out this morning
And filled my room with light
Chavela Vargas, "La Llorona"
Todos me dicen el negro, Llorona
Negro pero cariñoso
Yo soy come el chile verde, Llorona
Picante pero sabroso
They all call me the black one, Llorona
Black but loving
I am like the green chile, Llorona
Sharp but sweet to savor
Enjoy!
(A brief aside. Isn't "teller" an interesting name? Like "gossip" or something. Bank gossips. Bank tattletales. Or maybe more like fortune tellers. If you are making a deposit, your fortune is that you will get richer. If you are making a withdrawal, your fortune is that you will get poorer.)
I like that.
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Date: 2009-12-24 02:44 pm (UTC)... this is the woman, isn't it--the one in the film, whom you wrote about. When I realized that, I got a shiver. It's a silver thread of connection.
Thanks for all three songs--they really hit the spot.
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Date: 2009-12-24 11:58 am (UTC)I am praying that you might have a joyful Christmas.
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Date: 2009-12-24 03:04 pm (UTC)Christmas in the Trenches by McCutcheon.
I was lying with my messmate on the cold and rocky ground
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound
Says I, "Now listen up, me boys!" each soldier strained to hear
As one young German voice sang out so clear.
"He's singing bloody well, you know!" my partner says to me
Soon, one by one, each German voice joined in harmony
The cannons rested silent, the gas clouds rolled no more
As Christmas brought us respite from the war
As soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" struck up some lads from Kent
The next they sang was "Stille Nacht." "Tis 'Silent Night'," says I
And in two tongues one song filled up that sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gx2cAUo7i4&feature=related
Ten Dollar Christmas by Chris Shaw
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4113573-christopher-shaw
Synopsis: Depression era true story in which a ranger catches a man cutting down a tree in protected forest. The man was one of those "can never catch a break" guys with a ton of kids, and, as he handed over the ten dollars, the ranger knew that if he walked away, they'd have nothing for Christmas. He also noticed that the man's dog had just had a litter of puppies. So he mentions that his nephew wanted a puppy for Christmas, picked one up & handed the ten dollars back. The song picks up again on Christmas eve when they run into each other again & the man mentions that since he'd stopped by the other day "I've sold eight pups now."
Christmas Song by Dave Matthews
I know... Dave Matthews? Really? Actually it's worth a listen.
She was his girl; he was her boyfriend
She'd be his wife and make him her husband
A surprise on the way, any day, any day
One healthy little giggling dribbling baby boy
The wise men came, three made their way
To shower him with love
While he lay in the hay
Shower him with love love love
Love love love
Love love was all around
Not very much of his childhood was known
Kept his mother Mary worried
Always out on his own
He met another Mary who for a reasonable fee,
less than reputable was known to be.
His heart full of love love love
Love love love
Love love was all around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbdylEE-0e4
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Date: 2009-12-25 02:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-24 04:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-25 02:53 am (UTC)Merry Christmas!
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Date: 2009-12-24 10:46 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm hoping tomorrow will be as un-stressful as possible. I am planning to pre-game before going to the family get-together.
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Date: 2009-12-25 02:54 am (UTC)(Love the text for your icon)
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Date: 2009-12-25 02:55 am (UTC)And you're right--and I'm just trying to let most of it sail on by overhead.
Merry Christmas :-)
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Date: 2009-12-25 02:56 am (UTC)How about you? Doing all right?
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Date: 2009-12-25 02:59 am (UTC)I was worried about your tone or something; you sounded like you were doing poorly.
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Date: 2009-12-25 03:04 am (UTC)I think being snappish is common--we were all kind of snappish today, too, but everyone seems pretty relaxed as I type this. I'm about to iron a shirt.
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Date: 2009-12-25 03:08 am (UTC)I'm watching the remake of Manchurian Candidate which was my Christmas present to me. I also bought the book because I've never read it. I got them both used on Amazon.com, and together they cost about 8 bucks which is cool. It's not really a Christmas movie, but there you go.
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Date: 2009-12-25 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-25 03:16 am (UTC)It has Will Smith, right?
LOL, no way!
Original:
Frank Sinatra
Lawrence Harvey
Angela Lansbury
Remake:
Denzel Washington
Leiv Schrieber
Meryl Streep
Good cast.
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Date: 2009-12-25 03:22 am (UTC)Meryl Streep, eh? Cool.
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