A long time coming
All us lovely lunatics
Finding each other
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A long time coming All us lovely lunatics Finding each other https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/foment-2019-05-30/
One of my favorite creative outlets right now (and the only one I've kept up with daily for over a year) is my Spotify journal-- the basic rules are that I add at least one track per day to the playlist which must somehow represent some part of my day (and I can't add the same track more than once in a calendar year). We're halfway through 2019, and there's about 12 hours worth of material at this point. Last night around 10pm, my dog began acting a bit strange and something told me to lift his tail and see if he was hiding something under there and lo-and-behold, his asshole had exploded. It was disgusting and terrifying. Fast forward a few hours later and we're coming home from the emergency vet... he's feeling much better and I've learned a new term: "anal gland rupture". So, today during lunch, I realized I needed to put something in the playlist to represent my sleepless night dealing with Phoenix's asshole explosion, which meant I was looking up weirder terms than normal in the Spotify search bar. I looked up "anal gland" first and actually did get a couple tracks, but they didn't feel right. Then I looked up "broken butthole" and ran onto a song called, "The Smelly Butt Song" by an artist listed as, "The Guy Who Sings Your Name Over and Over" and thought, "yeah, that could work... also, who the fuck is this guy?" What followed was one of the most unreal falls down one of the most asinine and deep rabbit holes I've ever gone down... one that's left me in laughter and tears for the past 8+ hours. Matt Farley is a one-man band who has written under nearly 80 different aliases(!) and spammed Spotify with nearly 20,000 tracks(!). He has tracks about everything you can possibly think of. He uploads whole albums every day with themes like, "guy singing apology songs" where he'll put down 20 tracks with very, very specific apologies. He'll put down an entire album of hours and hours of tracks about cities where he's reading each town's wikipedia page. He's got hundreds of songs with the same backing track where he just says different people's names over and over again. He's created an entire bizarre ecosystem of fake artists (that are all him), many of whom are fighting with one another. He gives out his actual phone number in many of his songs and then writes songs about the people who call him. And this isn't something new... he's been doing this for a decade. He's the poster child of the rebellious, tenacious, chaotic good. He's not particularly talented vocally. His voice is often so out of key that I wonder if he's doing it on purpose. He's not uploading all these tracks to become rich and powerful and famous. Sure, the royalties do earn him a comfortable middle class life, he ended up on Fallon once, and I'm sure he does enjoy it when he gets a little more attention than usual... but ultimately, he's just fucking with reality, rebelling against rules/order/perfection, and having a absolute ball. HE'S JUST POSITIVELY INSANELY FREELY OBSESSIVELY AND TENACIOUSLY HAVING THE TIME OF HIS FUCKING LIFE MAKING NEW SHIT EVERY DAY. When I discover someone like this, it feels as if someone has pulled a cord inside my body and my soul is being spun faster and faster like a top. It feels like my insides are being blown up like a balloon. Like I found another puzzle piece towards the world's most important treasure map. Like I'm being plugged into an electric outlet. Like I'm not alone in this big, strange, silly universe. And, yeah, I'm totally calling him tomorrow to say thank you for giving me a soundtrack to my dog's anal explosion... and for feeding the mischievous, absurdist parts of my soul. https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/otiose-2019-05-28/
I can’t stay idle I must learn new things always Otherwise, I die Communication There’s got to be other ways Gotta catch ‘em all https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/decoration-2019-05-27/
J'ai détesté le mariage J'étais une décoration Un autre prix gagné Nous n'étions pas coéquipiers J'étais un accessoire Vers ma propre mort lente J'ai échappé à la cage Ils font ça ... de belles choses “C'est pourquoi nous les aimons” La question reste Pouvez-vous faire confiance à un agent libre? Le vrai test de l'amour https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/seriatim-2019-05-26/
I don’t want to write Sometimes I’m just exhausted It’s okay to rest https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/hermitage-2019-05-25/ Building trust takes time Slipping letters through the door ‘Come out and play, Love’ Some are met with rage Some are met curiously Some are just ignored What a world we’d have If we’d all communicate ’You matter to me’ https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/proselyte-2019-05-24/
Why'd I choose haiku? Brevity is a challenge (I'm trying 'prose lyte') Wanna join my cult? Reject fear and embrace love Unlock all cages https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/overmorrow-2019-05-23/
If dreams don't come true The day after you dream them Just wait one more day https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/self-possessed-2019-05-22/
You can’t own people Love means setting people free Starting with yourself https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/stellate-2019-05-21/
My traveling stars They chase fame down lonely roads And never find peace You want connection? You won’t find it in a crowd Not the kind that lasts Fame fixes nothing It just highlights loneliness Let’s try something else https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/alameda-2019-05-17/
https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/jockey-2019-05-18/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/buckram-2019-05-19/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/scaturient-2019-05-20/ After adventures I need some time to process Thanks for your patience Let's see what I've missed ...wood, riding, stiffness, gushing... ...well, this is awkward... https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/whataboutism-2019-05-16/ No one is perfect Rules were made to be broken What about breaking... some... tonight... https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/consent-2019-05-15/
No doesn’t mean yes Coercion isn’t consent Silence isn’t yes Now consider this... I don’t want ‘consensual’ Let’s have more than that Passionate worship Electric and magical Otherworldly I want to be known I want to know someone else To see and be seen I want connection Mind, body, soul, and spirit A true unity I’ve set a high bar For myself and for others Why settle for less? https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/expatiate-2019-05-14/
Look listen heal think Revolt breathe actualize Laugh write ask notate Retrospect honor Tweet redux spelunk journal ...only just begun... https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/jomo-2019-05-13/
Tornadoes and hail Over 35 new calls My wildest day yet ”How many trees fell? We will board up those windows Help is on the way” Things I missed out on: What was trending on Twitter Online time burglars I would rather work My ‘real life’ is more thrilling Than ten thousand screens https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/mother-wit-2019-05-12/
My dissertation My artistic masterpiece ('Cause he plays along) https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/motte-2019-05-11/
I do love this place Flat land, wild weather, pink skies Twirling man-made trees It's no longer home It's just a place I visit My life has moved on Mom's ready to leave Oklahoma feels empty A new lesson learned Go adventuring If a choice doesn't work out Just make a new choice There's no place like 'home' Because home is not a place It's your motley crew https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/popinjay-2019-05-10/
Stayed home sick from work In bed all day... lost my voice Got it from roomie Her note is silly But I know that she loves me (And she feels guilty) She shouldn’t feel bad Catching someone’s virus means I’m not alone here https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/perspicacity-2019-05-09/
Knowledge and wisdom Knowledge just wants the answers Wisdom asks questions https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/blossom-2019-05-08/
Oh, what we might see Planting and watering seeds Investing our time A listening ear Some well-timed encouragement Who knows what can bloom? I do love flowers But my favorite blossoms Are human beings https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/campy-2019-05-07/
A surprising gift A beautiful distraction A moment of joy https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/wilder-2019-05-06/
I don’t want to write I don’t want to create shit Just burn it all down Everything that’s made Everything that is living It all gets destroyed https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/avenaceous-2019-05-05/
What would Rachel do? She would feel all the feelings Then write honestly Fuck death. Fuck simple illnesses that randomly kill one person while barely making a dent in another. Fuck this constant confusion. Fuck suffocating grief that robs you of even small daily joys. Fuck division. Fuck loneliness. Fuck loss. Fuck not getting to see your babies grow up. Fuck having to grow up without your mom. Fuck opening yourself up towards building a family with someone only to have your co-pilot taken away without warning. Fuck these needy, complex, tempermental, fragile bodies that house our souls. Fuck me for not possessing enough gratefulness to override how angry I am that the universe doesn’t operate exactly as I feel it should. Fuck not being able to speed up the grief process. Fuck being old enough to realize that once you get through the stages of grief for one person, it will likely be time to start the whole process over with someone else. Fuck how exhausted this all makes me feel right now. Oh... and fuck unnecessarily big words used to describe oats. https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/organon-2019-05-04/
I feel overwhelmed We lost a teammate today My heart is broken A true Conduit A seeker full of questions An inspiration What is legacy? Planting seeds for a garden Whose blooms you won't see |
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