Days seem to flow into one another in some ceaseless susurration of train crossing signals, emergency vehicle sirens, and diesel engine rumblings. Life is lived in six hour blocks - from one dose of medication to the next. Haven't slept for more than four continuous hours in weeks, with a couple of exceptions, and those had very poor consequences.
Going to try and meet my own expectations and try and bang out something at least once a day, so here are the songs in chronological order that played while I managed to shower myself:
- If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Bang and Blame - R.E.M.
- Ask the Lonely - Journey
- Isiimela - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- How Many Roads - Big Sugar
Headed to bed now, but I will mention that the world is a poorer place without Dave Semenko, legend among hockey-playing tough guys. As a child that identified closely with Chris Makepeace's character in "My Bodyguard," Dave Semenko represented the Adam Baldwin solution to bullying. As Wayne Gretzky was etching his legacy into the edifices of sports history, Semenko was his grim-faced shield-bearer. Not flashy, stylish, ambitious, loud, or extroverted, he was the quiet presence that played deterrent so that others could shine. It is always sad when one buries a protector.
That's as much as I can do tonight.
Good night England and the colonies.
—mARKUS
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