Just as a better sample of my writing - here an old Facebook note from this past January:
Took a walk at lunchtime to take photos and basically just enjoy a rare nice winter day. Walked from my office at Sixth and Charlotte down Deadrick Street to the Public Square Park. Just outside my office building, I took a couple of pictures of a pigeon. Took some pictures of the relatively new public art pieces. Went to the top of the observation deck. When I got to the top, this guy was up there sweeping. He was saying something, but I had my earphones on and I didn’t hear him, and anyway he didn’t appear to have been talking to me. A couple (man and woman – smartly dressed and young – by my standards) came up right behind me. I took pictures of buildings downtown, the river and back toward my office etc. The couple left before I did. As I was getting ready to go back down, the guy who had been sweeping said something, so I took off my earphones to listen to him. He said (referring to the female half of the couple), “She was fine wasn’t she.” I agreed. He said he had been furtively checking out the woman. He didn’t say furtive, but he mimed it. Then he asked if he had scared me but then realized I had had my earphones on. He said he thought he had scared the couple. He said he had yelled “Goodbye” to Jeff Fisher toward the stadium. I walked back down to the surface, crossed over and walked down to First Avenue. I took some pictures of the Cumberland River and continued along the sidewalk down to Fort Nashborough. Backtracked to Church Street and started back uptown from there. Took a few more pictures. A man in a truck asked how to get to the Stockyard Restaurant. Christy and I used to eat lunch there sometimes when we were first dating, but I haven’t been in years. I directed him in the right directions (he had a print out he was following). Continued back up Church Street to Printer Alley. Took some pictures as I walked through the alley and over to Union. Walked up Union. Finished up a Starbucks gift card with a Latte – ran into a friend and co-worker at the counter. Returned back to the office.
On my walk, I was listening to songs from my Covers playlist and here’s the list:
The person who can name the most songs wins a prize...*
*prize in this context is more of a conceptual thing really… odds of winning are .000000001/100000000000000000
On my walk, I was listening to songs from my Covers playlist and here’s the list:
- Yacht covering X
- Jason & the Scorchers covering Hank Williams
- Sister Double Happiness covering Roky Erickson
- Jason & the Scorchers (again!) this time covering Neil Young
- Johnny Cash covering Steve Earle
- Ernie Isley covering the Cars
- Johnny Cash (again!) covering Neil Young (another song)
- Chris Isaak covering Bo Diddley
- Michael Feinstein covering Joni Mitchell
- The Telescopes covering The Velvet Underground
- Marshall Crenshaw covering Richard Thompson
- Todd Snider covering Peter Case
- R.E.M. covering Roger Miller
The person who can name the most songs wins a prize...*
*prize in this context is more of a conceptual thing really… odds of winning are .000000001/100000000000000000
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