restored faith

there really isn't many feelings better than that of having your faith restored in something or someone. for me it's both.

last night i took the time to catch some new Fall tv. i watched The Office and Grey's Anatomy. The Office didn't need to restore faith - the writing has been spot on for a while; but Grey's - well it lost me last year. i gave up 4 epsiodes in cause the writing was just awful - Shonda Rimes seemed to be mailing it in. i am serious the writing was just garbage.

what made Shonda so great to me when Grey's started was the whole collaboration of her scripts. the music that intertwined with the scenes the background visuals that complimented the emotion of the words. everything was like a well oiled machine - moving together in harmony - like the New York Philharmonic. but imagine if the New York Philharmonic lost their conductor and then hired a 4 year old kid to play tambourine and had a dog on stage howling - that is what the show turned into for me.

but last night my breath was taken away - the writing was back the well oiled machine was moving in-sync. but - what really took me back is the fact they opened the show with one of my fav local (regional really) bands - Other Lives. i couldn't believe it. i was excited - the song she picked was Black Tables. a very haunting tune that really set the pace and the mood for the episode.

hopefully this means that the writing is back on par and we are in for a great season of ridiculous drama. i really hope so.

some other notable songs i that perked up my ears were:

"And then you" - Greg Laswell
"Mistaken Identity" - Steve Reynolds
"Wins" - Jade McNelis
"Skinny Love" - Bon Iver
"Jungle Drum" - Emiliana Torrini

OH MY FREAKING GOD!!!!!!!!!

i just saw a commercial for some new Lincoln MKS car and someone was covering David Bowie's "Space Oddity" (aka Major Tom) - it sounded a lot like Cat Power.

so i do a little research and it is freaking Chan Marshall from Cat Power covering the song.

god i am so excited for this to be released.

what a difference a year makes

so i just went back a year in this blog to read what was going on. i remembered September 2007 being a very hard month for me.

it was really awesome to read where i was and realize where i am at now.

a lot of entries from September were private - so i decided to make them public and let you all read them.

it has taken a lot but i am beginning to experience that ever elusive emotion "happiness"

September 2007 in my own words

it has been a while.....

.....i think my puzzle is coming apart - what once fit is fighting the groove