A quick moment of reflection before I launch into this one. I think I became employed today…although I’m still looking for a better job…economic crisis aside, I really did just need to start working. (More on that later.)

Two thoughts, simple yet profound, on what people are not meant to withstand extended periods of.

The first: people are not meant to be unemployed. It’s terrible meeting people, as the prime thing on everyone’s mind when you are meeting someone is, “I wonder what he or she does?” Well, I don’t do anything. So get over it!

The second: people are not meant to be alone. There are all kinds of strange thoughts that I have. I need people to hear me say these thoughts outloud, then to immediately tell me of their absolute incongruous nature to reality. Also, for reasons unexplained, I start believing anything I read or hear. I become incapable of editing anything.

Anyway, on to the music…

Oh yes! ps. This wholly unclassified piece of work that has become Chapstick Weekly is great and I appreciate you for staying the course in this not-exactly-critical, not-nearly-weekly, not-really-a-magazine collection of musings. I like that I am not insistent on being the first to cover new or albums and it is still appreciated. I also like that there is absolutely no regularity to this, but people continue to ask me about it. So besa me, besa me mucho, which, I believe, means thank you in Italian.