hymn for the weekend, coldplay and beyonce

I keep finding songs that force me to take notice when I first hear them on my car radio. today it was 'hymn for the weekend' by coldplay and beyonce. for me the hook was hearing 'so high' repeated, and I wondered if it was coldplay, and it was. I had seen them in concert in Milwaukee in 2006. though I didn't hear the parts by beyonce much until I found the video on youtube. there are many catchy lyrics in it. for me it starts with 'when I was down, when I was hurt, you came to lift me up'. also profound is 'life is a drink, love is a drug'. kind of weird how I also heard 'your love is my drug' by kesha at midday, a reminder of visiting the Carolinas in 2010. it looks like beyonce starts out the song, with lyrics like 'shoot across the sky', and 'symphony'. the video ends with fireworks, and this makes sense to have the 'shoot across the sky' lyric in it. and it has happy multi-colored children running around in India, and part of it takes places in a movie theater where beyonce is an actress. as usual, I liked how finding it online wasn't a problem. I had enough key words, like 'angels sent from up above' and 'got me feeling drunk and high'. this is understood to be a love song, and I like the choice of the title. the main thing I liked about attending church, when I did on a regular basis, was the music, the hymns, we sang. even the album by the band 'the verve' was called 'urban hymns'.
   there was two notable things about the day. the first was going to the weisman museum at the u of Minnesota as it was the last day of the 'cowboys and Indians' andy Warhol art exhibit. I had seen it in may but didn't get many pictures then, I was low on memory space. since then I got another memory card, so at midday I went there and got pictures of all of this exhibit. I was there long enough to do this and then I left, about 15 minutes tops. I wanted to get to uptown Minneapolis for a tech rehearsal for the fringe play I am in. good thing I did the museum first, so I was less anxious to get out by a certain time. I had a small role but I liked getting the practice in, as I did my set twice. I made it to the donut show after it but it had just ended, as expected. in the evening I went out to get some of the cards advertising the show on display at bulletin boards. I had some ideas from when I was hanging signs for the 10k laughs festival in 2014. I went to six places- two caribous, a dunn brothers, a grocery store, a Panera bread, and a music shop. some places were closed but I made a note of their hours and can go back when they are open. I should be able to get all the cards distributed before our first show, on Saturday afternoon. I can get some more to some people at the office. I will keep at least one for my comedy binder, which helps document my career. I may keep two, so one can see both sides of the card. it is what I did at these bulletin boards, and I know others did the same.

tears of silence

I went to a swap meet in the parking lot of a grocery store and picked up three books. one of them was called 'tears of silence', by jean vanier. it is copyrighted 1970, and it says the author was educated in England and Canada, but makes his home in paris, france. it appears to be a poetry book, but there are photos in it as well, likely appropriate to each writing. the title of course was compelling. last line in the first poem was 'who can liberate me from myself?' the other two were about the national museum of American history, and one about the decade of the 1950s.
   this was in between the two events of the day. in the morning I went to Canadian days in little Canada. it was for the pancake breakfast and the bagpipe band. then after it I got plenty of pictures at the car show. one of them was a dodge demon. I had heard of this car before, but hadn't seen one. I liked seeing a v-8 ford from the 1930s as well, reminding me of how bank robbers like Dillinger liked them. a man there was telling me how Dillinger even wrote a letter to ford stating this, a story my dad had told me as well. but around 11am, I knew I needed to move on and do other things like print things at the library. I finally got some lunch, egg rolls, after 2pm at a holiday gas station. I went to a costume shop and got a prop for a show I am doing soon. then after this, I was on the road again, this time to hastings. I wanted to see the little log house pioneer village event. it was probably my first visit there in 4 years, back when I was in a relationship. the flyer advertising it had mention of not only porky's restaurant but also the drive-in movie theater from nearby cottage grove. I got a bacon burger at a tent next to porky's, but I waited on some of my tour as it rained. I waited it out inside a place that appeared to be where wedding receptions were held. I got two free railroad photos there. I listened to two soul asylum CDs driving to and from there, getting ready for their concert at the saints stadium soon. one of them had just been acquired from a family dollar earlier today, 'let your dim light shine'. the other I've had for a while,'grave dancers union'.
  it was evening by the time I got back from hastings, and I didn't go to another event after that. I fell asleep in my easy chair, and then I got up and went to the grocery store. I also went through some recent souvenirs, mostly printed pages, and got them into binders. I decided to switch out one binder for a larger one. I don't do this all that often, as it can be hard to find the time for it.

replay, IYAZ

I went to Canadian days in little Canada tonight after work. it was a typical first night at the festival, getting my button and having the corn on the cob. I also liked hearing some recorded music there, found out the song was 'replay' by IYAZ. the hook was 'I can be your melody, a girl that could write you a symphony'. some versions on youtube are listed as a sean Kingston song. according to Wikipedia, it was released in june 2009, and Kingston and Jason derulo were two of the writers along with IYAZ. there was also mention of a remix with flo rida. this is a catchy song, so I understand why it topped the charts in some nations. other notable lyrics were 'shawty's like a melody in my head that I can't keep out', and 'like my ipod stuck in replay'. I get the reference of 'that girl is a gun in my holster', much like saying 'hand in glove' on how well it fits. I also like 'so come baby girl let's sing with me'. it is a reminder of being in new York last year when I was out on a walk and heard a dude say 'come on, baby girl' to his lady. the video shows a british virgin islands flag in the background, where IYAZ is from. he is often wearing a new York Yankees hat, using headphones, and at the beach. there was another Wikipedia entry for a song called 'replay' by zendaya, released in 2013, but it is not the same song apparently.
    I was recognized at the festival as 'the one with all the buttons', but I had to say 'since I moved here in 2004'. besides the corn I also had some pizza, and mini donuts. I walked around and got pictures of things like the tilt a whirl, and the stage as there was some live music happening. it may have been a cover band, called 'bad girlfriends' if I am not mistaken, mostly female members. I tried to find the sports authority store in Roseville after leaving the festival, and I did, sort of. it is now closed, according to the sign on the front door. so I got a few pictures, after parking my car near the front door, and left.
  it was nice to get the workday sone as I was covering for my 'cohort' who was out, and it sounds like she will be out on monday as well. so I was busy seeing that things like the new titles were caught up, and they were but just barely. there was over two hundred.

news to know

at my employer the newsletter is called 'news to know'. it is emailed to us once a week, usually on Friday. there was an advisory board meeting this afternoon that spoke of possible changes to it. I am very much interested in helping with writing it, although it might mean longer meetings as this one was just over 30 minutes. I like writing, and want to make a contribution any way I can. I did say that my 'cohort' and I enjoy seeing it when it arrives, as not much else gets us excited on a Friday. after the meeting I decided I had the time to call back the dental office, they had left a voicemail. first of course I had to look up my password since I don't get many calls on it. looks like the billing problem dating back to march may be finally getting cleared up. there will be a balance after the insurance payments post, but it is less than $15. I am thankful that somebody finally took ownership of it, but it still feels like it is too little, too late when I am already offended at how they fumbled around with it for this long. I haven't seen anything yet on if my vacation day requests are approved, but I put them in this week. one was a half day so I can make it to one of the fringe shows I am in, the other is for new York city. when the latter happens, I think I will want to contact my new Yorker friend about it.
   there was a rehearsal for the fringe show tonight, same venue in northeast Minneapolis as before. I liked making it back to this place, as I liked the artwork at the nearby intersection and got plenty of pictures of it. some photos were of the railroad yard as one is directly above it when at this intersection, since it does function as a bridge. after I was done I went to bobby and steves and had a milkshake, then drove home. I was listening to the Hillary Clinton speech, from the democratic convention in Philadelphia, on my car radio, as I had it tuned to public radio.

opening act at speed friending

I did the 'speed friending' event tonight, invited by Belarus. there was an opening act, two comedians started things off. the second one, yemen, was way better than the first. then I went to perform after this show or event was done.

eggs and v-8

I was late getting to eating lunch today after searching new York hotels online, and then getting saints tickets for next week's all-star game festivities. so I went to the convenience store in the skyway and got two hard-boiled eggs and a bottle of v-8 juice. I've done it before, and it was an available option at 2pm as some of the food outlets had already closed. so the can of soup I brought will have to wait.
   I did perform at the comedy club tonight, and was brought up by soap opera as a 'legend' much like before. when I made a reference to an Eminem song, 'need a doctor', and quoting lyrics, he started a 'believe in me' chant after leaving the stage, it made me laugh.

bite size licorice

I do recall getting some bite size licorice in the past month or so, A and W flavor. I pulled out two pieces from my car tonight, seeing it fallen between the driver seat and the console. no I did not eat it, but I kept dropping it in one of the three drink holders and it sounded like I was rolling dice.
   dad left a voicemail around midday and said he had been watching 'back to the future 3' and had dozed off. so I called again this evening just before I went to the performance venue. the call started in my car, in my parking spot. then I started walking to the venue and was still on the call for a few minutes after arriving. he said he had seen some media coverage of this month's police shooting in the twin city metro area, I said it was a big news story here. he was also telling me about helping out with RAGBRAI, which will be visiting the town he lives in.