Back to Reality

Well Nashville was a great city and I would certainly go there again. I now know what a honky-tonk is and it is awesome! Free live music, great band playing after great band, playing only for tips. Dancing, singing and requesting songs all night long. Broadway and 2nd Ave. felt like Disney land to me! I am a huge music fan and love live bands so this was like heaven to me. I also enjoyed the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nash Trash Tour is a must for anyone going to the music city, and the visit to Lynchburg was great also. Overall, the food was reasonably priced and yummy.

The only bad thing about vacation is that it has to end. Back to reality, and my reality isn’t very joyous right now. I am certainly learning a lot about the people around me and realizing the term ‘friend’ has been way too loosely applied to many, many people. It is really amazing how once I stopped being the one to make all the social plans, trying to get people together, going out of my way for other people to celebrate birthdays and special events, trying to reach out and make new friends, suddenly my social calendar is empty and no one is reaching out to me…hint taken!

Music City, Here I come!

Yee haw! I am headed to Nashville on Thursday, and you have no idea how badly I need a vacation. It will be a fun time; days filled with sightseeing and nights filled with live music, dancing and honky tonks. Bring on the fun and bring on the fried chicken and biscuits. I cannot wait to enjoy some southern cooking! Supposedly there are a whole lot of bars, clubs and honky tonks with live bands every night and no cover charge, perfect! Since the flood waters have receded, mostly everything is now open, with the exception of Opryland and The Wild Horse Saloon. I am not upset about missing Opryland, but I do hope Wild Horse opens by this weekend. Overall, it seems we lucked out and we will be able to have a great trip despite the recent devastation that the city endured. And in a way, we will also be helping the Tennessee economy by going. I am also looking forward to The Nash Trash Tour, The Country Music Hall of Fame, and visiting Lynchburg – home of Jack Daniels distillery and Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House. It should be a blast!

What Ever Happened to Edie Brickell?

Yeah, I know she married Paul Simon, who is about 30 years her senior and eww. According to Wikipedia, she has made a few albums over the years, none reached mainstream radio, but I will check them out on iTunes. However, the album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars is on my top 10 list of favorite albums of all time. It is filled with brilliantly written lyrics and great melodies. On my drive to work this morning, my iPod played one of my favorite songs from the CD and one which I can certainly relate to.

CIRCLE
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we notice you don't come around
Me, I think it all depends
On you touching ground with us.
But, I quit. I give up.
Nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems. And I quit. I give up.
Nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems.

And being alone Is the best way to be.
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be.
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be.
When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye.

Everything is temporary anyway.
When the streets are wet --
The color slip into the sky.
But I don't know why that means you and I are-
that means you and....I quit -- I give up.
Nothin's good enough for anybody else it seems.
But I quit. I give up.
Nothing's good enough for anybody else it seems.

And being alone Is the best way to be.
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be.
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be.
When I'm by myself nobody else can say...

Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we notice you don't come around.
Halalalalalala