Tuesday which felt like Monday since Monday was a day off, not hooky, not sick, a legal holiday and those are the best, or at least very cool. Bill looked great as he went to work before me, me bleary eyed him slowly taking the steps downstairs with his bad back and all. I jumped into the shower and did my thing, shaved and got dressed, had some cereal and coffee. What a glamorous life I lead. Brought down the recyclables and garbage and headed to the Path train, stopping by Plantain Man who is a tiresome tease.

The usual faces on the train, all non descript and such drab suited men. Must I show them how to properly wear a suit? Felicia was in the office before me and I mentioned that we need to call the caterer for tomorrow lunch which was actually today. Of course she reminded me what day it was making me feel like a doofus. A happy doofus though. I did improve my attitude and I took my multi-vitamin and B complex which made my urine quite florescent. I know, what the fuck is he writing about the color of his urine for? Well it was really bright. My body took whatever minerals it needed from the vitamins and I had to get rid of the rest. I often wonder how it would have affected Warhol’s Oxidation Paintings, aka the Piss Paintings.

So besides the vibrant color, the B Complex is supposed to help with the stress of the day and it was quite a busy stressful day. Clients, including the berk I mentioned last week, who called me a ‘star’ for getting him a peppermint tea. The presentation was run by Raige Piney who might be warming up to me after what is close to seven months. Or she might be just using me which is pointless since it’s my job to make sure these things run smoothly.

Lot’s of dishes to be loaded and unloaded into the dishwasher. At one point Amiable Alan was in the kitchen with me being his usual demure self and for some reason all I could say to him was ‘Shut Up Bitch’. He laughed, I laughed, and we laughed. It was genuinely absurd. Amiable Alan is a nice guy and I’d never call him a bitch unless it was in jest. No, nothing happened. I wasn’t reprimanded or anything like that.

The day wound down somewhat as clients left in cars that I had arranged to drive them to the airports or wherever else they were headed. Felicia left early yet again on the pretext this time, of needing to buy various items for the office tomorrow since it was announced that we won’t have any water until tomorrow afternoon since a leak has been discovered on the floor underneath us. That means I’ll be running to Dunkin’ Donuts to get boxes of coffee for the office which is fine by me since it will get me out of the office if only for a few minutes here and there.

It was a gorgeous day today. A great day to have off. Bill went to bed early last night and I watched TV until midnight. Totally uneventful. 2 days ago, was October 7 which is the first date I have posted on the blog. Go and see for yourself, I’ll wait. So I guess officially, now it’s been a year since I started writing. I saw Paul McCartney at the Garden on October 4th last year, had lunch with Song the next day following a job interview, and went to the Society for Ethical Culture on Central Park West a day or so later. That’s what started this whole thing, talking with Lewis Lapham after the reading
Which inspired me to start writing at least 500 words a day, everyday. Then talking to Rand about it a week or so after that, I gathered the pieces I’d written and loaded them into this here blog that dear old Rand set up for me. According to my memories, this has been a year and two days.

Here’s what the shuffle had to say.

The Love I Lost- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Classic Philly soul from the 1970’s, Gamble and Huff producing, Gene Page doing the arrangement and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes at the top of their game. Definitely a thrill to have Teddy Pendergrass singing that vocal. Definitely a hot and sexy singer, set off unheard alarms in me when I was but a lad.

Piccadilly Palare- Morrissey
A Jamaican guy I went out with in the early nineties was very much into Morrissey and the angsty industrial stuff out at the time. He got me into this collection of Morrissey singles, “Bona Drag’ and this is the lead track, with Suggs from Madness telling Moz, he was full of it.

Sugar on the Floor- Elton John
This was a B-side from Elton’s ‘Rock of the Westies’ when our Elton starts losing the plot. I liked the record then, now it’s merely so so, rife with memories. I didn’t get any singles so I’d never heard this song before. Really a top notch song, definitely wouldn’t fit in on the album.

Do They Know it’s Halloween?- Rilo Kiley
A great song sent to me by Juan a few weeks ago. A lot of fun listening to a lot of fun being recorded. Infectious, this radio mix. I like it more than I did in August. Must be since Halloween is fastly approaching.

Dreadlock Holiday- 10cc
A reggae spoof from the seventies that gets added to a lot of reggae compilations. This song got a lot of airplay back then. They do sound like a reggae band, got it down to a t. All about being mugged by some dreads while on holiday.

Come With Us- Brian Eno & David Byrne
A track from ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’ Lot’s of atmospheric pots and pans being used for percussion. A very influential record that was remastered and re-released. The website allows you to remix some tracks from the album. Very hands on and cool.
http://bushofghosts.wmg.com/home.php

Smiling Faces Sometimes- Undisputed Truth
Great killer soul song from 1969. I heard it for the first time in the nineties and fell in love with it. Don’t know if Undisputed Truth had any other hits of this caliber.

Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)- Aretha Franklin
Oh Aretha in her prime. Fantastic stuff that still sounds great today. She sounds so happy and young. You can hear all the instruments all fall into place as she opens with ‘Baby baby sweet baby’. Would’ve been nice to be a fly on the wall for that session. Sounds like it was all done in one take though it probably has some overdubs.

I’m such a Music Geek!

That’s it for now. Cheers.