I'm thankful for these little rest stops when I have an Amazon run. I saw a little taco joint that…read morelooked amazing. But, alas, when you have 53 feet of a$$ you can't just pull into any parking lot. So, I guess my lunch break is this little rest area and my keto meal replacement shake. Deeelicious!
Ok, today's playlist:
I started a journey to listen to 1001 albums I must hear before I die (It's a book and there is an online album generator. It's a whole thing. You should check it out.). Today was day 1 on my musical journey. My first critically acclaimed album? The Beatle's seminal work, Abbey Road.
After that album, I went back to my current side project of working through all Pixies albums. They were always a band I knew of, but didn't know. So far, I've soaked in Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, and Come on Pilgrim. While my favorite Pixies song continues to be "Where is My Mind" and Kim Deal's vocals on Caribou are infectious, my favorite album is Doolittle at this point in my exploration. Doolittle is a tour de force!
(Ok, for the one person who would care about my views on Fight Club:)
Side note: Where is my Mind is featured in the closing scene/credits of one of my favorite movies, Fight Club. When I heard this song the other day, I couldn't place it. Sometimes it takes my mind a minute to click. Today(!) I just had a random memory from 3-4 weeks ago when I watched Fight Club for the first time in years and was reminded why I love this movie. The ending song grabbed me and I remember thinking, "Who is this?" So, I looked it up and thought, "Huh, Pixies. That's cool." Four weeks later and I'm diving into their entire catalog. Odd how these strange coincidences keep happening to me, lately. Side note... (of a side note of a side project. We are full-blown Inception at this point!) I love Marla Singer, not just as an amazing character, but if I were Jack (and sometimes, in some ways, I feel I may be), I would have also fallen in love with Marla. A lot of people may have differing options on Marla Singer. Allow me to share mine: I hold Marla in high regard. I have no negative feelings about her at all. She is fascinating and enigmatic. Anything she does or says is because she chooses to do and say them. She doesn't have a lot because she chooses not to. She is way cooler than Jack will ever be, and he isn't anywhere in her league. As a matter of fact, Fight Club is really the journey (attempt) of Jack to reach Marla's level, in his own mind (quite literally!). Let's get this out of the way... yes, Jack. He will always be Jack to me. You may choose to call him the Narrator, but I am Jack's complete indifference to your preference of calling him Narrator. Back to Marla. She is the kind of woman you want to save, but she is doing a fine job of saving herself. Not only does she not need to be saved, she is actually Jack's savior. Fun, cool, knowledgeable, unabashed, educated, gorgeous, loving, caring, patient. She loved Tyler, I mean Jack, and she waited for him. She never gave up on him. Marla Singer. Fight Club, itself, confesses at the beginning that the entire movie is because of her. She may have flaws and a past, but I'd say Marla is perfect.