WIP song sketch

Here’s something that’s been kicking around for several months in one form or another. There’s a lot of parts I like but I’m having trouble getting them in the right order or putting in transitions that work. I’m also unsure whether this is cool as a short piece or if I should try and extend it.

Eleventh Hour playlist for 8-3-08

Pure Reason Revolution – “Apprentice Of The Universe (Live)”
Jethro Tull – “Minstrel in the Gallery”
Star One – “Dawn of a Million Souls (Live)”
Elfonía – “Camelon”
Port Mahadia – “Distant Shores”
Kingdom Come – “The Whirlpool”
King Crimson – “Waiting Man (Live)”
Rosenguard – “Countless Ages”
Peter Hammill – “Accidents”
Zero Hour – “Resurrection”
The Flower Kings – “Babylon”
Agua de Annique – “Trail of Grief”
Thought Chamber – “A Legend’s Avalon”

Semi-Useless WOTD for 8-03-08

8/3/2008 found through at Merriam Webster

divagate: to wander or stray from a course or subject : digress

Not wanting to leave enough time for a quiz at the end of the lecture, Professor Srobitol’s students asked questions about birdwatching in the hopes that he would divagate from the top of supply-side economics and instead talk to them about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

Eleventh Hour Playlist for 7-27-08

Agent Cooper – “Timing Crucial”
Trey Gunn – “Spirit of Flight”
Bolt – “Variables”
Fates Warning – “Fata Morgana”
Enchant – “Below Zero (Live)”
Daylight Dies – “Last Alone”
Kansas – “Song for America”
Aghora – “Atmas Heave”
Eyestrings – “Stagnant”
Abigail’s Ghost – “Waiting Room”
Spastic Ink – “To Counter and Groove in E Minor”

Lost my greencard today

Someone took my greencard today when I was up in Miami. Luckily, I was getting sworn in to become a US citizen at the time, so it looks like I won’t be needing it.

It was a pretty long ceremony, as they had people stand up by nation in mostly alphabetical order with Cuba being last, probably because they were the largest and loudest group (over 400). I was one of six Canadians out of the 1201 to be naturalized. There was a big projection screen that they used mostly to show footage of a giant American flag fluttering. We recited the oath, said the pledge of allegiance, and then all of a sudden it turned into Lee Greenwood karaoke time. They didn’t use the screen for the oath or the pledge, but by god did we need to have the lyrics to God Bless the USA handy.

As we were leaving, several people with clipboards offered to fill out my voter registration card and mail it for me, probably at the expense of giving me party affiliation. I wonder if I can do a write-in for the Bull Moose party.