“Will you shut up, man?”
Thirty-Three
speak to me in a language I can hear / humor me before I have to go / deep in thought I forgive everyone as the cluttered streets greet me once again / I know I can't be late, supper's waiting on the table / tomorrow's just an excuse away so I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own / the earth laughs beneath my heavy feet at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk / steeple guide me to my heart and home / the sun is out and up and down again / I know I'll make it, love can last forever / graceful swans of never topple to the earth / and you can make it last, forever, you can make it last, forever you can make it last / and for a moment I lose myself, wrapped up in the pleasures of the world / I've journeyed here and there and back again, but in the same old haunts I still find my friends / mysteries not ready to reveal, sympathies I'm ready to return / I'll make the effort, love can last forever / graceful swans of never topple to the earth / tomorrow's just an excuse, tomorrow's just an excuse away / and you can make it last, forever, you can make it last, forever, you can make it last forever, you, forever you
900 S: Harvey Milk Blvd
"In a lot of ways, people have been waiting since 1847 for this day in Utah. This is a historic, magic, wonderful day, when Salt Lake City says LGBT people are welcome, you have a place here."
Muir Wisdom
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
Superbloom 2016
It's the best bloom there since 2005, according to a spokeswoman for Death Valley National Park, and “it just keeps getting better and better.”
- NYT
Death Valley is currently experiencing a once-in-a-decade (if that) "superbloom" and I really want to be there. Follow the NPS Wildflower 2016 updates over here.
Achy Breaky Heart
Oh, God, no. No X-Files, no. I’ve been a sturdy defender of Chris Carter for weeks now, ready to take to the mat any criticism levied at his totally satisfying 10th-season premiere, ready to apologize for his humdrum direction and lack of any discernible grace — and this is how I’m rewarded? This is what my loyalty and steadfastness deserves? The Lumineers? Ho hey: This episode got real bad in a hurry... “Babylon” is an ultimately clumsy stumble from greatness. You are my struggle, Chris Carter. Stop doing this to me.
I couldn't have said it any better myself. DM and I just watched this past week's episode of the new X-Files reboot (Season 10, Episode 5), and I can honestly say that it was quite possibly one of the worst things I've ever seen. (Note that this is coming from someone who is a self-admitted Lover of Horrible Movies.) I'm not even going to post a link for anyone to watch the damn episode because it was that bad. X-Files, what were you thinking?? How can a show go from SO, SO good to THE WORST THING EVER in two episodes? Chris Carter, you're breaking my heart. GAH.
See also: "Seven Things About Last Night's X-Files, 'Babylon'" (h/t DM)
Life advice
"Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft."
- Truth
Obergefell v. Hodges
"I’m just Jim. I just stood up for our marriage".
- Jim Obergefell / Obergefell v. Hodges / 5-4 Victory / Timeline: 2000-2015
John Muir
Thousands of nerve-tired, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.