Ramblings

I have the window open. It’s very late, and carried by the wind, I hear a distant train whistle.

Why is Blip.fm SO addicting? Coming from my standpoint, my deep need for approval and my honed music listening abilities for a handful of genres, seems to be at the root of the issue. I want to share my songs w/like minded individuals, and for them to do the same back.

There is instant reward, too. I Blip a song I like or expresses my mood at the moment and BAM! right in my inbox come props, reblips and replies. I feel obligated and enjoy returning the favor by examing each person’s profile and what music they like, thus knowing them more personally. Or I can grab all the names in my email and attach them along with my choice of song.

So it’s the getting a song in my head and blipping it, attaching people who have blipped, propped, became a new listener or replied. At the same time, looking deeper into people’s profile, their twitter and/or facebook, or even their last.fm profiles.

So I’m not quite sure yet the core emotional/intellectual need blipping fulfills, but I know it’s there. I will blip for hours, such as 5 hours straight, given my druthers. I tell my self, “okay, I don’t have time to keep doing this…this is my last blip.” But then I think of a great song that fits the evening and off I go for another hour.

Comments encouraged, though I don’t think tumbler actually allows comments. LAAAMMMEEE!!!

TRAIN WRECKS

Ever been in a dream, watching a train wreck happen in slow motion? And you are right in the middle of the crash. You have plenty of time, but you’re frozen, and anything you try only makes the wreck worse. There’s NOTHING you can do to warn people, jump off the train, or anything. Oh well; that’s life.

This car used to be really nice. One day about 6 years ago, the owner simply stopped driving or tending to it, so nature came along and claimed it. Weird, huh? Really stands out in an otherwise almost perfect “hood”.

I thought this a great snapshot of a common neighborhood bird.

The elecrical compay created this area next to some power equipment, incased in a nice little building. I affectionately call it “The Big Rock Park”.

Yes, it IS this bright purple paint on this house!

A cool, old Scout convertible.

This is that same yard I mentioned earlier. Blue flowers are my favorite because they’re kind of rare.