things to do today:

-see Lisa at 3
-podfic Rubicon
-bake cookies (oatmeal raisin)
-wash kitchen floor
-relax if the thunderstorm ever gets here
-get things ready to mail (books for Heather, DVDs for April, lots of stuff for Jon/Sadie/Kelly)

I just had an excellent dream, full of action and adventure... the only catch is, moorishflower and I were mice.

Yeah, I don't even know.

Two awesome things:

First, my copy of Bending the Willow arrived today. :D I just finished reading Changes, so I'll be focusing on it starting tomorrow.

Secondly, Twitter win: SherlockLOLmes and FMLJwatson. I have been thoroughly entertained this afternoon.


Now, I have to see to the rest of the to do list... which means either doing a 45 minute podfic or washing the kitchen floor. Neither of these things are conductive to reading the backlog of fic I have open right now. Um... yeah, my priorities are skewed heavily toward clearing my tabs.

I haven't done this in a while... I think the last time I went nuts posting one artist was for Florence and the Machine? Who are totally worth it, but today I've been listening to Mumford and Sons, which... just, I haven't heard this much raw agony in someone's voice since I used to listen to Bright Eyes, it's really incredible. The one that's been stuck in my head since I first heard it two days ago is Little Lion Man, but they're all excellent songs, very highly recommended. It's really excellent folk-rock. Guitars and torment, they're a wonderful combination.

Mumford and Sons - Roll Away Your Stone

Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we will find
Don’t leave me alone at this time,
For I'm afraid of what I will discover inside

Cause you told me that I would find a hole,
Within the fragile substance of my soul
And I have filled this void with things unreal,
And all the while my character it steals

Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see

Mumford and Sons - White Blank Page

A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think when you sent me to the brink, the brink
You desired my attention but denied my affections, my affections

But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man

tremble for yourself, my man,
you know that you have seen this all before
tremble little lion man,
you'll never settle any of your score
your grace is wasted in your face,
your boldness stands alone among the wreck
learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck

but it was not your fault but mine
and it was your heart on the line
i really fucked it up this time
didn't I, my dear?

Mumford and Sons - Thistle and Weeds

Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams
Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams
I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind
Alone in the wind and the rain you left me
It's getting dark darling, too dark to see
And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems

Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown
I know you have felt much more love than you've shown
And I'm on my knees and the water creeps to my chest

But plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me
Look over your hills and be still
The sky above us shoots to kill
Rain down, rain down on me

I haven't updated my "about me" post in almost as long as it takes to gestate a baby, so I'm going to redo that now. Not too much has changed, but enough has that it bears redoing.

( look, you don't have to deduce it, I'll just tell you everything )