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success is an ugly word
So, as you possibly know, my bus route runs...terribly at best, horrendously at worst.
There's been two bank holidays so far in May, and both times the bus I was meant to catch was over an hour late. The first time I walked, the second I didn't, so I was waiting around for close to forty minutes instead.
Anyway, saw some posts on fb on Friday about how bad the traffic in the valley had been (e.g. taking an hour to travel one freaking mile!)
Did not take this into account really when leaving work on Saturday (yesterday) and hoping to be home by 3pm, as I naively thought the problem might have been solved.
Friends, I did not get home until after four. I was at the bus station for an hour and a half.
Luckily, my friend Chris was there, so I got to talk to him for ages, which was nice because I haven't had a decent conversation with him in forever. I wish it had been in different circumstances, though. But we talked about all sorts of shit, including music, and how much we both love Nicky Wire. (Me, indulging my biases?? NAHHHHHH. Though in my defence, he mentioned how much he loves Nicky first, and I fervently agreed, because I'm me).
So that's how my Saturday afternoon went.
~
In other news, I'm almost at the end of the Manics episodes of What Is Music?, and I'm pleased to discover I'm not the only one who dislikes Postcards From A Young Man intensely, and also glad I'm not the only one to feel kind of meh about Resistance is Futile (I don't dislike it, but it also does exactly nothing for me).
I'm currently in the middle of the Ultra Vivid Lament episode (the one about the album, not the one with Dave Eringa), so I only have the Know Your Enemy reissue episode left :(
In some ways, I can't believe it's taken me two weeks to get here, but on the other hand, I can't believe it's only taken two weeks to get here.
I'm kind of sad I'm almost done with it, but I'm not about to go back and relisten any time soon. It has been a fun, wild ride, but I have been irritated by some stuff, but that is probably just a me thing. For the most part, I have enjoyed it.
It's made me realise that I kept tabs on the Manics' career about as much as I thought I did, even though I wasn't actively seeking out the albums to listen to. Probably helped by the fact that I've been following their official twitter since forever ago, so I've been aware of stuff, even if I wasn't as interested. (Who am I kidding, I am always interested. These are my boys! All four of them!)
It's also made me realise how melancholic Nicky is as a person. I spent a lot of the time with the newer stuff listening to the lyrics and being all, "shit, why is this such a vibe?" and then perhaps having the circumstances explained to me via the podcast and the realisation setting in. Guess it's another thing to add to the (very small) list of things I have in common with him.
(I mean, I came to like Be Natural because one of the lines near the end is "Be natural / Just leave me alone," and the way I was feeling when I first heard it, I was like, "FUCK. YES." and then also Solitude Sometimes Is has "Drop your bombs on all I see / Leave this world alone for me," and again, similar thing. I don't like being lonely, but I do like being alone on occasion).
I don't have any conclusion to this bit, apart from to say, it's nice to feel like I am back into them, even if I never really drifted that far away to start with. Feels like I came home.
There's been two bank holidays so far in May, and both times the bus I was meant to catch was over an hour late. The first time I walked, the second I didn't, so I was waiting around for close to forty minutes instead.
Anyway, saw some posts on fb on Friday about how bad the traffic in the valley had been (e.g. taking an hour to travel one freaking mile!)
Did not take this into account really when leaving work on Saturday (yesterday) and hoping to be home by 3pm, as I naively thought the problem might have been solved.
Friends, I did not get home until after four. I was at the bus station for an hour and a half.
Luckily, my friend Chris was there, so I got to talk to him for ages, which was nice because I haven't had a decent conversation with him in forever. I wish it had been in different circumstances, though. But we talked about all sorts of shit, including music, and how much we both love Nicky Wire. (Me, indulging my biases?? NAHHHHHH. Though in my defence, he mentioned how much he loves Nicky first, and I fervently agreed, because I'm me).
So that's how my Saturday afternoon went.
~
In other news, I'm almost at the end of the Manics episodes of What Is Music?, and I'm pleased to discover I'm not the only one who dislikes Postcards From A Young Man intensely, and also glad I'm not the only one to feel kind of meh about Resistance is Futile (I don't dislike it, but it also does exactly nothing for me).
I'm currently in the middle of the Ultra Vivid Lament episode (the one about the album, not the one with Dave Eringa), so I only have the Know Your Enemy reissue episode left :(
In some ways, I can't believe it's taken me two weeks to get here, but on the other hand, I can't believe it's only taken two weeks to get here.
I'm kind of sad I'm almost done with it, but I'm not about to go back and relisten any time soon. It has been a fun, wild ride, but I have been irritated by some stuff, but that is probably just a me thing. For the most part, I have enjoyed it.
It's made me realise that I kept tabs on the Manics' career about as much as I thought I did, even though I wasn't actively seeking out the albums to listen to. Probably helped by the fact that I've been following their official twitter since forever ago, so I've been aware of stuff, even if I wasn't as interested. (Who am I kidding, I am always interested. These are my boys! All four of them!)
It's also made me realise how melancholic Nicky is as a person. I spent a lot of the time with the newer stuff listening to the lyrics and being all, "shit, why is this such a vibe?" and then perhaps having the circumstances explained to me via the podcast and the realisation setting in. Guess it's another thing to add to the (very small) list of things I have in common with him.
(I mean, I came to like Be Natural because one of the lines near the end is "Be natural / Just leave me alone," and the way I was feeling when I first heard it, I was like, "FUCK. YES." and then also Solitude Sometimes Is has "Drop your bombs on all I see / Leave this world alone for me," and again, similar thing. I don't like being lonely, but I do like being alone on occasion).
I don't have any conclusion to this bit, apart from to say, it's nice to feel like I am back into them, even if I never really drifted that far away to start with. Feels like I came home.
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