Have A Nice Trip?

With just about one month left in fall i am deep in my "Fall" playlist.  There is nothing like vegan grocery shopping while The Smiths are playing in your earphones..."I am human and I need to be loved". How about raking leaves as Geoff from Thursday sings about how the leaves "are giving up on us".  Or even trying to hold back the tears while Tom Waits sing how "what I miss you wouldn't believe... shoveling snow and raking leaves" in Day After Tomorrow while hours later you still find yourself raking the never ending pile of leaves.  Is it the beauty of the song that brings the tears or the fact that it is pitch black, approaching freezing, and i am still raking.  They will be icicles soon.

As i have done before, i will share a playlist.  This time under the topic of Fall.

1. in my tree - Pearl Jam

2. country feedback - REM

3. prince caspian - Phish

4. nonfiction - The Black Crowes

5. day after tomorrow - Tom Waits

6. adam's song - Blink 182

7. firefly - Saves The Day

8. stars - Hum

9. how soon is now? - The Smiths

10. how long is the night? - Thursday

11. fake plastic trees - Radiohead

12. lilac wine - Jeff Buckley

13. bubble gum years - Gomez

14. off he goes - Pearl Jam

15. time - Blind Melon

16. lightness - Death Cab For Cutie

17. how much for your wings? - The Black Crowes

18. namaste - Beastie Boys

19. butterfly - Weezer

20. on your own (acoustic) - The Verve

21. mouthful of cavities - Blind Melon

22. around the bend - Pearl Jam

23. autumn leaves revisited - Thursday

Why is this fall playlist so 90's and british heavy? Well, reader, both the Seattle-centric alternative era and the isle of the British Empire seem to be caught in a fall-like condition for most of the year.

There you have it.  Do not fret, a month from this weekend the days will be getting longer.

Gobble Gobble Hey!

It appears that i am not alone in struggling with how the Christmas shopping season has started incredibly early this season.  It is impossible to get anywhere in a timely manner with everyone out and about shopping.  i am not sure i will make it until Christmas this year.

This week's survey too revolves around the holidays but this time the speed bump on the Christmas super highway: Thanksgiving.  i am not quite sure what to do this year during that long weekend.  i could use some advise, hence this week's survey.

i also have been posting much less frequently as you may have noticed.  i am trying to rant less and be more productive for now.  Trying to shake off the cobwebs.