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Second chances...

Original date: January 31, 2006

You never know what triggers it. It could me a smell, or it could be something you saw in the corner of your eye, or even a person. Suddenly it all comes back. Let's not get too dramatic here - it's usually not in a flood. Once it happens, you usually tell yourself that you need to follow-up on that thought. Once in a while you get lucky and the memory sticks and you can act on it. You remember that you really used to love these and somehow a couple of years or more have gone by without you thinking about them. Most of the time, it slips right out of your mind again. And, some of those times you even remember that there was something to remember, and then, oh! well, it's gone and you move on.

I don't know about you, but I certainly go a couple of years or even longer ins some cases without listening to what was my favourite music.

This latest return was caused by a not-too-old issue of New Yorker I started reading last week. I have a large backlog (I mean really large - multiple years) of issues which I've just saved and am now getting back to a few of them. Anyway, this one was from Feb 28, 2005. Like I said, not too old. I have issues going back to 2002 that I haven't read.

This article was by Jonathan Lethem titled "The Beards." A very fine piece of writing, I must say. He refers to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". That reminded me that I still think that is my all-time favourite album. He also mentioned Talking Heads and I decided that I would go back to that music.

I had really gotten into Dave Matthews Band the last couple of years and a bit of Santana and even Abba and had forgotten my old favourites. Will they bring the same feelings once again? I wasn't sure. When I went back to them, I found that I still loved them as much I had earlier - it's been at least two or three years since I heard any of those three.

In that article (this portion of it, I only got to today), he refers to how he was mistaken somewhat about his views of some of his earlier tastes. I'm not sure what it means for me that my tastes hadn't changed. Maybe some other things have changed for me, but not this.

I also re-discovered Pink Martini's "Sympathique.". Please do give "Sympathique" a try and you won't be disappointed. That is, if you don't have very specific tastes. It's great for people who like interesting music from all genres as long as it's good. It certainly meets my definition of good music. If you feel like I made you waste your time, send me a nasty note (avoid swear words, if at all possible - another of my quirks!). I can take it, I think.

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Quirks & beliefs - Part I (Of many, I'm sure)

Original date: January 29, 2006 (started on 2005/11/11)

You don't know it yet, but I like parenthetical comments - sort of like voices in my own head, but not quite (I hope! See, your first glimpse of it already.). The other thing you need to know is I really don't like air-quotes. Real quotes are acceptable - and in many cases necessary - unless one's a plagiarist (Please see my very first sentence of - and, here it comes - "My first thoughts...".). You may notice places already in this brief note where many people would place quotes in writing or use them when saying them. Just stop thinking about it.

I'll stop now.

Well, maybe just two more things. I'm not a big fan of exclamation points either, except where appropriate. Again, see my first sentence in "My first thoughts...." Finally, I tend to use the words hope and hopefully regularly and only in the meaning of having hope or full of hope, not in the sense of expecting the worst. At least, that's optimistic, don't you think?

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