Soundtrack of My Life

I was recently introduced to Amanda Palmer by my great friend Sophie.  She told me about this song just today and I liked it so much, I thought I share it with the rest of you.  It's titled "Runs In The Family" off her 2008 album "Who Killed Amanda Palmer".

Lyrics and video below.  I hope you enjoy.

My friend has problems with winter and autumn
They give him prescriptions,
They shine bright lights on him
They say it's genetic,
They say he can't help it
They say you can catch it
But sometimes you're born with it

My friend has blight
he gets shakes in the night
And they say there is no way
That they could have caught it in
Time takes its toll on him, it is traditional
It is inherited predisposition

All day I've been wondering
What is inside of me,
Who can I blame for it?

I say
It runs in the family,
this famine that carries me
To such great lengths
To open my legs
Up to anyone who'll have me
It runs in the family,
I come by it honestly
Do what you want
'Cause who knows
It might fill me up [echoes]
Fill me up [echoes]

My friend's depressed,
She's a wreck, she's a mess
They've done all sorts of tests and
They guess it has something to do
With her grandmother's grandfather's grandmother
Civil war soldiers who
Badly infected her

My friend has maladies, rickets, and allergies
That she dates back to the 17th century
Somehow she manages, in her misery -
Strips in the city
And shares all her best tricks with

Me?
Well, I'm well.
Well, I mean I'm in hell.
Well, I still have my health
(At least that's what they tell me)
If wellness is this, what in hell's name is sickness?
But business is business!

And business
Runs in the family, we tend to bruise easily
Bad in the blood, I'm telling you 'cause
I just want you to know me
Know me and my family
We're wonderful folks but
Don't get too close to me
'Cause you might knock me up [echoes]
Knock me up [echoes]

Mary have mercy.
Now look what I've done
But don't blame me because
I can't help where I come from
And running is something that we've always done
Well and mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from

Run from their pity
From responsibility
Run from the country
And run from the city

I can run from the law
I can run from myself
I can run for my life
I can run into debt

I can run from it all
I can run till I'm gone
I can run for the office
And run from the 'cause

I can run using every
Last ounce of energy
I cannot
I cannot

I cannot
Run from my family
They're hiding inside me
Corpses on ice
Come in if you'd like
But just don't tell my family
They'd never forgive me
They say that I'm crazy
But they would say anything
If it would shut me up
Shut me up

Shut me up [echoes]
Shut me up [echoes]

And here's the video.

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What's Been Going On

So twitter is down, and evidently is down for everyone.  So I figured now would be a good time to write down a few thoughts about what's been going on for the past few weeks.

I guess the biggest news is that I've been doing some volunteer work 2 days a week for a local non-profit.  It's nothing difficult at all and it gets me out of the house for a few hours a week.  Basically, I'm picking up food orders from the local food bank and delivering the food to the food pantry at 3 different housing complexes.  Each one only takes a couple hours each to do, but I'm really enjoying it.  The one thing it has done is shown me how much I miss being on twitter!

And as I'm writing this, it appears twitter is back up.

So what else?  Hmmm....

I set up a skype account and got to talk with someone who's become a very wonderful friend.  I'd never used skype before, and I was pleased with how well it worked and how simple it was.  I think I'll be using it quite a bit!

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm very much a creature of habit.  I have my daily routines and don't really like when something or someone screws up that routine.  That being said, the OH was home sick all last week and a couple days this week.  Luckily, I've got things to do just about every day of the week, so it didn't interfere with my usual routine too much.  But she's back to work today and all is better.

The business of getting registered and enrolled for the fall semester  at the local community college is going very well.  I've been dealing with the OSD (Office of Students with Disabilities) on a regular basis and it seems to have taken away a lot of the anxiety I'd been having with the whole process.  So for that, I'm thankful.

Past that, everything else seems to be going as normal.

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