Type Slowly

Type Slowly
Pavement

Sherri, you smell different
Get up early in the bed -- for you morning comes so easy
Spells have been cast and the urge has been lost
Snipers posted bills -- as they should -- of our midnight vacation
Back on the planet now -- i'm beginning to see just how
Echelon your dreams and they'll come true
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One of us is a cigar stand --
And one of us is a lovely blue incandescent guillotine
The edge of creation is blurred and blushed
Not a lot of room to grow inside this leather terrarium
People of the bay -- it is excruciatingly gray
Face the front when he comes for you
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Cherish your memorized weakness
Fashioned from a manifesto -- lady, i am no futurist
I'm my only critic, i

Trolls in the glen are consorting again
The liberals say they don't exist but i know that they do
Reinforce your literal ass -- hit it on the first or second pass
Frozen images, respected few
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Catchy song by Pavement. As with all songs by Pavement- Not much of an idea what it is about- S.M. had problems with the typewriter or something. But everything rhymes and fit together nicely- excellent song.

Talked to a friend over coffee earlier about wanting to catch that Wong Kar Wai movie 2046. My friend promptly showed me a magazine with a review of 2046. The reviewer dubbed the movie a "pretentious bore" in the first line. What followed was a detailed explanation of that first statement. I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion. I haven't watched it so I may feel the same way about it. Not surprising though, because his films tend to split viewers into two distinct camps: 1) Smoke-rings Are Cool camp and 2) What is the Director Smoking? camp.

Led me to think about another minor detail though. Not since school-days had I been made to write in detail on a subject I utterly dislike. It is like asking me to write a detailed report on "Positive Thinking: The Secret to Success Is In You" or an effective manual on "Easy Dancing 101: Move Your Feet". The thought is vomit-inducing. It must've sucked for the reviewer.

How to make it easier to write about stuff we don't like? Think Happy-Thoughts (tm) while writing? Time to lay off the whatever. Perhaps the secret is in Typing Slowly: Heeerrreeee goooeeessss...

Coming Soon: My take on 2046. If that didn't happen, you know what it means. Haha :)