I want you to wander silent past my outstretched arms

Delta Spirit - California

I want you to move to California for yourself

I want you to find whatever your heart needs

I want you to move to California for yourself

But not for me

I want you to go out there and find somebody else

I want him to treat you like I know he should

I want you to find somebody new for yourself

If not for me

Ooooohhhhh ooooooohhhhhh

Ooooohhhhh ooooooohhhhhh

What of the feelings that I know you never felt

And all of the simple words you never said

I want you to keep them like a secret to yourself

They're not for me

I want you to wander silent past my outstretched arms

I want you to hide yourself from all I see

And though my heart will fight until its dying breath

You're not for me

Ooooohhhhh ooooooohhhhhh

Ooooohhhhh ooooooohhhhhh

I want you to move to California for yourself

I want you to find whatever your heart needs

I want you to move to California for yourself

But not for me

Some will die in hot pursuit in fiery auto crashes, some will die in hot pursuit while sifting through my ashes

Me: Just so you know, I'll be leaving town on Monday.

Sister-In-Law: For a long time? Where are you going?

Me: Going to Jackson Hole for some meetings. I'll be back on Thursday night, unless I can talk my boss into staying an extra day and going to Yellowstone.

Niece: Don't go to Yellowstone. It's going to explode.

Me: That'd be a pretty cool way to die.

Niece: If you die, can I have all your valuables?

Me: Uh, I don't have any.

And into the darkness we all go

I'm currently in Arizona visiting my kids. Mr M was on Spring Break, so I figured I'd try to come down take advantage of the last day or so before school started back up.

The first day I was here, Togers brought my ex-wife a Buddha statue (she's fascinated by anything from Asia).

She asked him where it came from.

He jokingly said, "Mom, I'm not going to tell you."

She asked again.

He insisted on keeping the joke alive. "Mom, you don't understand. I had to do things I'm ashamed of to get that for you."

"Well, I hope you brushed your teeth after."

They'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me

Today in the lab:

Grad Student: Do you ever watch that show River Monsters?

Me: I've heard of it, but have never seen an episode, even though it seems like it'd be interesting.

Grad Student: Well, I saw this episode the other night where they were after some introduced fish in Papua New Guinea that bites peoples' testicles off.

Me: What? Like skinny dippers? I don't think they could bite that hard through any clothing.

Grad Student: The natives go down and bathe or swim in the river or whatever, and these fish come along and bite off their sacks. It happened at least twice, and one of the guys died. He bled out after it happened.

Me: It wouldn't take long to bleed out if that really did happen.

Undergraduate: Is there a lot of blood flow to that part of the body?

Me: There can be, if my morning wood is any indication.

Deer Tick - Ashamed

I am the boy your mother wanted you to meet

But I am broken and torn with heels at my feet

And with your purest light why don't you shine on me?

Well, I should've been an angel

But I'm too dumb to speak

Now as she gets nearer the visions get clearer

I'll kneel and weep and I will hold her dear

Oh, if your eyes water you've got your favorite number to spin

And oh, oh

What a crying shame

A crying shame

What we became

Murdered my throat screaming bloody all night

Hit him with a book and how he crumbles

Oh you should have seen how the arches tumble

They're golden no more and now I'm smiling in my blood

I'm caught in a whirlwind

I'm goin' to heaven

I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas

An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic

And oh, oh

What a crying shame

A crying shame

What we became

I bowed my head in the morning light and said goodnight

I held her hand and I, I kissed her eyes

Stumbled down the stairs and hang myself on high

And I started for the town that I have a front yard

And died