Ramble On: Autumn 2025 Edition
Playlist Link: Ramble On Autumn 2025 Edition Here we go again. And again. And again. One of my favorite parts of The Sopranos is how often the men ask women for red peppers. Mercurial at best. Sadistic at worst. Teeth baring smiles. https://www. scientificamerican.com/ article/how-did-the-smile- become-a-friendly-gesture-in- humans/ Dream eater. For the love of god, please take creamed spinach off of menus. A trail of baby ducks. The foot bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the knee bone. The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone… But you said you would. Missed connections. Starbucks should serve hash browns. Sundays are for 8+ hour conversations with strangers, Mondays are for disappearing into the ether. Your educational institutions, religious organizations, and/or governments may not hold you to a higher standard, but I sure as fuck will. Flashbacks are actually the worst thing in e...
This was nice to hear, especially now. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteShe can't give it up because she cares too much. Yet caring too much can be a reason he gives that she should (give it up.)
DeleteIt's weighed on my conscience that opportunities in love have slipped by me because the timing was wrong.
Is it better to cling to resistance and insist on what the heart wants, even when time is unfavorable, or to just “give it up”?
I don't know if it's better or worse. I wonder if the price you pay ends up roughly the same, either way.
This song evoked those memories: resistance to “giving it up,” as well as acquiescence to “giving it up.”
But denying the heart what it wants is one thing. Forgetting what it wants is something else.
It's satisfying to hear this reciprocated in such a haunting, but buoyant song. "Especially now," because these things have been on my mind.
Otherwise, one could be led to believe that they're the only person who ever feels this way. Everyone has a story like this in their lives, I'll bet, which is as melancholic as it is encouraging.
I see, said the blind man.
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