7 Days and Counting…
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Which 10 songs have been most important to you?
In alphabetical order by artist, as of this moment, and subject to change:
~ “Marianne” Tori Amos
~ “Hunter” Bjork
~ “Never Ever” Lush
~ “Out of this World” Gerry Mulligan
~ “Idioteque” Radiohead
~ “Man on the Moon” REM
~ “Sweetness Follows” REM
~ “Here’s to the Atom Bomb” Smashing Pumpkins
~ “Hummer” Smashing Pumpkins
~ “Stumbleine” Smashing Pumpkins
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It is so tempting.
At least once a week this happens.
I am at work, and I shuffle the papers and set them neatly on the desk.
Then I stand up, shouldering my backpack, and leave through the suite lobby.
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I’m having a tough time, so this rationale will be more succinct.
Obviously this follows the same premise as the 5 states to visit… which choices are both rich and encompassing.
Admittedly, I am making these calls only semi-informed. Nations vary so much in cultural makeup that I have only a tentative understanding of most.
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Post your own answers, or leave them as comments…
Assume that, in your life, you can visit 5 countries in each of the following Areas: the Americas (inc. Caribbean), Europe (inc. Caucasus), Africa, Asia, and Oceania (Antarctica counts).
You have reasonable time and a reasonable budget.
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or rather the end of March,
I changed my work schedule
and began leaving Monday through Thursday
at around 5:30,
and left on Fridays at noon.
On Thursday evening,
I took the El north to Berwyn
and walked in mist falling from the purple skies
to Kopi Cafè,
read and wrote my novel,
sipping soup and chewing through the seven-grain bread
and cups and cups of coffee dispensed by
my smiling waitress.
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My assumption with this list of five runs somewhat counter to the assumption for the other list.
While every place offers something worthwhile, some places offer a perspective, a landscape, or a lifestyle so rich, so at odds, so introspective, that its experience is profound.
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How I arrived at my answers.
The 5 states I’d neglect.
My answers here were informed primarily by one encompassing assumption, that I have seen to be true in my experience: every place has something interesting, worthwhile, and worth seeing.
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A lot has happened this month, and I’m at odds figuring how to talk about it all.
I feel like this has been a year of reconnection to priorities.
I tend to be a generalist… I know a little about most things and a lot about very little.
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