Well, classes have resumed again for me. I’m taking summer classes now, which are far more intense than the regular semester courses. Professors have found a way to cram a semester’s worth of material into seven weeks. That’s pretty awesome, especially because seven weeks is a pretty damn short time. Yep. I’m gonna have a grand time keeping up with Mr. Psycho professor who things we’re not humans, we’re frikkin’ flash drives.
I realize that I haven’t posted anything here lately, and for that I can only say that I decided to take some time off before classes started up again. Don’t worry, though, I’m still here and the site is still here… so make sure you stay subscribed to stay updated.
So what did I do for the past few days? NADA. I bought a box of dominos and tried to build something REALLY cool… but alas. You know what the hardest thing to do while building a dominos thingy? The hardest thing is to make it COOL. Now, that may seem like a really vague thing to say, but it’s true… COOLNESS is so vital with any domino setup. I have yet to master the COOL factor. Once I do that, I’m gonna write a book on it. It’ll be short, maybe about 5 pages long. Ok, it’ll be more of a pamphlet, but I’ll charge $25 for it and make a frikkin’ killing because everyone wants to know how to be cool with dominos.
Show me someone who says differently, and I’ll show you someone who secretly loves The Jonas Brothers and has made their own custom Jonas Brothers Underoos.
Anyhow, while studying tonight, I spun Bruce Springsteen‘s most underrated album, The Ghost of Tom Joad. This all-acoustic album didn’t do quite as well as his first all-acoustic album, the amazingly amazing Nebraska.
I absolutely love The Ghost of Tom Joad, though. The stories and characters are engaging, and it contains one of Springsteen’s best story songs, “The Line.”
This is an absolute heartbreaker of a song that tells the tale of Carl a California Border Patrol officer. His career is put to the test when he meets Louisa, a raven haired beauty that eventually betrays Carl and the disappears into the night. If you aren’t familiar with this song, take the time to listen to the original version below right now in the Dig-It section.
I think the thing that draws me to this song is the emptiness that Carl possesses. He tries to replace the memory of his wife with Louisa, and ultimately moves backwards in life because of it. This is a rather depression idea, but I think it’s something some of us can relate to.
I don’t know if we suffer through this notion of replacing someone because we genuinely miss them or if it’s all habitual and we’re running off of that habit.
Springsteen throws a bit of a twist at the end of the song… after Carl is betrayed, he goes on a quest to find Louisa. Now, this may seem romantic, but what if… what if Carl is looking for her to get revenge? Springsteen doesn’t quite make it clear what Carl’s intentions are with Louisa here. I love the idea of getting revenge, considering how horribly things turned out. I guess I’m sick that way.
I’ve also posted a live 2005 performance that is beautiful to hear. The song comes to life here. Totally and completely dig it.
And now, I shall return to my studies.
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Download: The Line
Download: The Line (live acoustic, 2005-07-18)
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I can’t believe you are taking classes during the SUMMER!!! UGH!
You’re not getting any younger ya know…. and the summers of your ‘youth’ going by quicker than you know. Soon you’ll be reminising… remember that summer of ’06 when…… Don’t be afraid to have some fun!!!! (I don’t consider cutting open kitty as fun)……..