goods and bads
Jun. 6th, 2008 06:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonGood:
Going into Boston with Ravishing Partner and Lovely Housemate to see Robert Plant and Allison Krauss perform last night (oh, and T-Bone Burnett led the band...). We got back home well into the wee hours, but it was so, so worth it. In short, one of the best concerts I've seen in my entire life. Both Plant and Krauss are beyond amazing, but I give the nod to Plant, because he can sing like a (fallen) angel, move like the devil himself, and do it all at 59, after living the life he's led. Dang. Gives a man hope. The best moment for me was a touching (and rockin') tribute to Bo Diddley (Who Do You Love), followed by a towering duet of "The Battle of Evermore." Swoon. And Krauss doing "Down to the River to Pray" was incredible. And oh, their duet of a bluegrass/American roots version of "Black Dog" was...well, I have run out of superlatives to describe this concert.
Walking up to the end of our road this past week at 2am (power was out, was checking to see if it was our lines, or regional -- turned out to be the latter), and encountering a moose. Y'know, I've seen a few now in person, and I'm always surprised at how really, really BIG they are. Dang.
It's Friday. A busy weekend ahead, but it's Friday. Yay.
Bad:
It costs something like $40-$50 in gas to drive to and from Boston now. Luckily I don't drive to Boston too often, but extrapolated to bus and plane travel, the days of cheap travel really do seem to be drawing to a close, especially cheap fast travel (trains may make a comeback, but many new rail lines would need to be built, taking years, and even then it's a slow way to go, compared to air travel) I am very glad that the New England states are small and close together, that my commute is only 15 minutes, and that most everything I absolutely need is within 30 min of home.
$20 parking and $10 beers at the venue. And asshat drivers and bad roads and terrible traffic. I am just so unused to cities these days...
Lack of sleep, and very, very few moments of quiet to do nothing. I would like the whole month of July off, please.
But, in the end, no complaints. None. I am blessed, living a blessed life, surrounded by blessed beauty, blessed people, and luscious love. May we all be blessed with plenty of life, love, health and happiness. And good sex.
Going into Boston with Ravishing Partner and Lovely Housemate to see Robert Plant and Allison Krauss perform last night (oh, and T-Bone Burnett led the band...). We got back home well into the wee hours, but it was so, so worth it. In short, one of the best concerts I've seen in my entire life. Both Plant and Krauss are beyond amazing, but I give the nod to Plant, because he can sing like a (fallen) angel, move like the devil himself, and do it all at 59, after living the life he's led. Dang. Gives a man hope. The best moment for me was a touching (and rockin') tribute to Bo Diddley (Who Do You Love), followed by a towering duet of "The Battle of Evermore." Swoon. And Krauss doing "Down to the River to Pray" was incredible. And oh, their duet of a bluegrass/American roots version of "Black Dog" was...well, I have run out of superlatives to describe this concert.
Walking up to the end of our road this past week at 2am (power was out, was checking to see if it was our lines, or regional -- turned out to be the latter), and encountering a moose. Y'know, I've seen a few now in person, and I'm always surprised at how really, really BIG they are. Dang.
It's Friday. A busy weekend ahead, but it's Friday. Yay.
Bad:
It costs something like $40-$50 in gas to drive to and from Boston now. Luckily I don't drive to Boston too often, but extrapolated to bus and plane travel, the days of cheap travel really do seem to be drawing to a close, especially cheap fast travel (trains may make a comeback, but many new rail lines would need to be built, taking years, and even then it's a slow way to go, compared to air travel) I am very glad that the New England states are small and close together, that my commute is only 15 minutes, and that most everything I absolutely need is within 30 min of home.
$20 parking and $10 beers at the venue. And asshat drivers and bad roads and terrible traffic. I am just so unused to cities these days...
Lack of sleep, and very, very few moments of quiet to do nothing. I would like the whole month of July off, please.
But, in the end, no complaints. None. I am blessed, living a blessed life, surrounded by blessed beauty, blessed people, and luscious love. May we all be blessed with plenty of life, love, health and happiness. And good sex.
