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Rekindling an Old Flame
I recently ran into an old flame recently. Circumstances always prevented us from being in a serious relationship, but regardless we were still good friends.
Here are snippets of some of the things I said during our encounter.
Me: Hey, how have you been doing?
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Me: I haven’t seen you in years!
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Me: Good good, you look great by the way.
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Me: I’m just finishing up school you know, trying to sort things out.
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Me: Are you seeing anyone right now?
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Me: No.. I’m not seeing anyone right now.
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Me: (Getting nostalgic) Remember all the fun we had? *Laughs*
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Me: We should hang out sometime, just like old times.
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Me: Oh I understand, you’re not ready to be in a relationship. Neither am I.
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Me: I just got out of a pretty serious relationship myself, and I got hurt pretty bad.
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Me: It was nice seeing you.
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Me: Well just give me a call anytime and we can just talk.
Pictures of old acquaintance after the jump…
Conversations from Movies #7 - The Royal Tenenbaums
Commentary: Cigarettes and the French language make departures that much more dramatic.
your poor brother.
(Off Camera) Etheline: What’s he talking about?
Raleigh: She’s balling Eli Cash.
(Off Camera) Etheline:Oh, my goodness.
Margot: What?
Margot: You don’t smoke.
Raleigh: I know that.
Conversations from Movies #6 - The Royal Tenenbaums
Commentary: Sometimes there is very little to say when say when you are faced with the facts.
Private Investigator: Gentlemen… how much do you already know?
Raleigh: Very little, I’m afraid.
Private Investigator: Would you like to examine the report?
Raleigh: Yes.
Raleigh: She smokes.
Conversations from Movies #5 - The Royal Tenenbaums
Commentary: Difficult conversations about relationships over tea and madeleines.
Raleigh: How long do you intend to stay here?
Margot: I don’t know.
Raleigh: Are you ever coming home?
Margot: Maybe not.
Raleigh: You’re joking.
Margot: No.
Raleigh: Well, I want to die.
Margot: Raleigh, please…
Raleigh: Have you met someone else?
Margot: I couldn’t even begin
to think about knowing
how to answer that question.
Songs I Probably Shouldn’t Listen To #39
Song: Ain’t No Sunshine (Download)
Artist: Bill Withers
Album: Just As I Am
Key Lyric:
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone
But ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
Only darkness everyday
Commentary:
The weather has been very temperamental these past few weeks, with intermittent rain, and this all serves as a reminder of how cruel Mother nature can be at times. Ain’t No Sunshine is another song that focuses on this topic of weather and juxtaposes it with emotional suffering.
The song was written by Bill Withers, and he explains his inspiration for the song:
“I was watching…Days Of Wine And Roses, with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon. They were both alcoholics who were alternately weak and strong. It’s like going back for seconds on rat poison. Sometimes you miss things that weren’t particularly good for you. It’s just something that crossed my mind from watching that movie, and probably something else that happened in my life that I’m not aware of.”The best part of this song is when Withers sings “I know” x 26 times. Originally he only put that portion of the song as a place holder for future lyrics he was going to pen. However, after Booker T. Jones and other esteemed musicians told him to leave it be, he shrugged and complied. I think the repetition highlights the conflicting views of the narrator, and how he knows better than to focus on the past, but he can’t help but prevent himself from doing so.
Songs I Probably Shouldn’t Listen To #38
Song: She Can’t Change (Download)
Artist: Neva Dinova
Album: The Hate Yourself Change
Key Lyric:
If it’s too hard be honest
We don’t wanna face it
Commentary:
Somehow in relationships, people always believe that the other person is willing to change for them. Or do we trick ourselves into believing that we can change for others?
All I know is I spent a lot of time honestly believing that things could change for the better in spite of what happened in the past.
Songs I Probably Shouldn’t Listen To #37
Song: I Want You (Download)
Artist: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Album: Blood & Chocolate
Key Lyric:
It’s the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
It’s the way your shoulders shake and what they’re shaking for
Commentary:
En-route to pickup my two other buddies for dudes night out on the evening of Valentine’s Day is a pretty awesome thing already. Add to that the fact that this song by Elvis Costello comes onto the radio, and you have a perfect omen of the good things to come that night.
The opening verse of this song starts off in an almost like a formulaic folk/country-like about a breakup. As he sings “Oh my baby baby, I love you more than I can tell, I don’t think I can live without you…”, Elvis Costello sounds nostalgic and wistful as he recounts a tale of a romance gone sour. There is nothing creepy or dark about his tone of voice, although you can sense a tad bit of loneliness and longing.
Then all of a sudden there is a twangy guitar riff, and the mood of the song turns dark and unpleasant in the blink of an eye. Elvis Costello has always had the bitter woman hating attitude solidified in his songs and persona, but in “I Want You” he goes further than even when Sting or Phil Collins channel their inner stalker alter-egos.
This nearly 7 minute long song just gets progressively creepy and demented and when he sings “I’m afraid I won’t know where to stop”, he truly means it. Especially when the lyrics that follow that statement juxtapose two conflicting feelings: “I want to hear he pleases you more than I do / I want you / I might as well be useless for all it means to you.” Just the way he says “I Want You” and how the statement is sandwiched between the other two lines is downright disturbing.
Conversations from Movies #4 - Men Who Stare At Goats
Commentary: Reasons why men go to war.
Bob: (narrating) You know the little man. He’s the one who says,
“Keep your head down, stay in your little town, your little job”
Bob: You’re a lucky guy, your wife loves you, you have everything you want
Bob: You’re not looking for some great adventure.
But then, one day, when you least expect it
The great adventure finds you
Bob: Ron’s sudden death was the catalyst for everything.
Bob: Deborah told me later that it had been a wake up call for her.
Bob: What people used to call a memento mori.
Bob: Ron’s massive coronary had reminded her that life was just too short to waste any chance at true happiness
Bob: And that his death had help put everything into perspective.
Bob: A week after the funeral, she left me for my editor.
Bob: It seemed like such a tragedy at the time.
Bob: We couldn’t see beyond our little lives to the great events of history unfolding out there in the world.
Bob: I was like a child or a Hobbit safe from the shire
Bob: Or a blond farm boy
in a distant desert planet
unaware that he was already
taking the first steps on the path
that would lead him relentlessly
towards the heart of a conflict
between the forces of
Good and Evil
George Bush: (on the Television) Americans are a resolute people
who have risen to every test of our time
Adversity has revealed the character of our country to the world
Bob: Had I known where that path would lead
had a soft wind from my future
brought me the name of Bill Django
I might never have gone
But as it was
Bob: I did what so many men
have done throughout history
when a woman has broken
their heart…
I went to war.
The only reason today exists is so I can find a girl who is worthy of receiving this card from me and understands the joke behind it.
![This would have been a lot more useful a few months ago, you know, before you she de-friended me and I went crazy for a little bit.
thedailywhat:
Useful warning is useful.
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This would have been a lot more useful a few months ago, you know, before you she de-friended me and I went crazy for a little bit.
Useful warning is useful.
[eatliver.]
Songs I Probably Shouldn’t Listen To #36
Song: Walk In The Park (Download)
Artist: Beach House
Album: Teen Dream
Key Lyric:
The face that you saw in the door isn’t looking at you anymore
The name that you call in its place isn’t waiting for your embrace
The world that you love to behold cannot hold you anymore
Commentary:
Another band makes a repeat visit on this list. And goddamn this song is heartbreaking. That guitar + organ combo, mixed with the vocals and the lyrics make for an especially gloomy walk in the park. I wouldn’t be surprised if the person decided to just off themselves in that park. Walk straight into a lake, or hang themselves by that oak tree. And then the next morning, have one of those CSI dudes come by and make a witty comment about your corpse.
Conversations from Movies #3 - Office Space
Commentary: Getting dumped and staying home from work has never looked so carefree and lackadaisical.
Peter: Hello
Anne: Peter what’s going on?
Peter: Huh?
Anne: It’s 3:30. Why aren’t you at work?
Peter: Because I didn’t feel like it.
Anne: Peter what’s gotten into you? First you just sit there when Dr. Swanson dies. Then you just walk out of the car and embarass me in front of my friends. And don’t blame this on hypnosis either, that’s total bullshit —-
Peter: *Hangs up*
(Phone rings again, goes to answering machine)
Anne: Listen asshole, no one hangs up on me. We’re through! Oh and one more thing, I’ve been cheating on you.
Songs I Probably Shouldn’t Listen To #35
Song: Can’t Get Over You (Download)
Artist: Vivian Girls
Album: Everything Goes Wrong
Key Lyric:
So you wanna make time for cheating
Cause I can’t stop my heart from beating
Just come on back to me baby
You’re so messed up it’s making me crazy
Commentary:
While a certain other band stated “I Don’t Want To Get Over You”, the Vivian Girls clearly state here that they “Can’t Get Over You”.
This song is their attempt at making a classic 60’s sounding pop song, complete with laughable lyrics and very simple chords and progressions. I would go so far as to even call it somewhat of a torch song. Still sometimes I enjoy lamenting over these feelings of unrequited love over strummed bar chords, a steady drum beat and a monotone vocal delivery.
