A Matter of Principle

So, landing in Tallahassee all excited that I'm finally back home for the week, and eager to get into a car, because let's face it, that's really the only way to move around in my neck 'a the woods, I rush over to the line of car rental counters, luggage in tow. No cars. None of the companies. Apparently the day immediately following a hurricane, everyone rents cars. So I am forced to call the lovely Jordan to come pick me up. I keep trying the different rental counters with no luck. She's outside in her groovy bumblebee yellow Hyundai Accent. With Silk. We head over to Silk's apartment (Jordan now lives in P'city) so I can get online to see if there's any damn rental place open this dreary, wet sunday afternoon. Avis has another location in Tally, so we head that way.
Once there, I see a cute little Hybrid sitting in the lot. I want it. Go in, and after about 20 minutes of red tape, I am told I can have the Hybrid but it's gonna cost $89.99 extra per day. So much for incentive to help the environment. I decide without thinking to splurge. 15 more minutes of keyboard clacking. "Oh sorry sir, I can't give you the Hybrid because you're not 25." Okay, so now there's an age limit on trying to do something helpful. Or at least try it out. Ugh, so apparently because it's a specialty car, it has all these limitations.

Avis site lists the car as a specialty vehicle, which is all well and good, but look further...

Additionally, the following restrictions also will apply for renters between the ages of 21-24: Renters of luxury, Mini-Vans, 12-Passenger Vans, Specialty, and Full-Size SUVs, Premium SUVs will not be permitted.

So I don't get my little Hybrid, but instead a Nissan Versa. Which, although kinda boxy, is very comfy and has nice get-up-and-go and, best of all: I get from Tally to Defunk (about 120 miles) in about a third of a tank! Frustrations aside, I'm happy as I pull into ye olde abode of youth, where my dad's F150 and my mom's Ford Excursion sit glaring.

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candy. yum.

creatures of invention

amazing.

nerdology

extensive research has led to no definites, but I'm willing to bed that the mural is one of Robert McCall's; he did alot of the other big murals around the park, particularly for pavilions somewhat profit-drivenly removed from the menu-*ahem*horizons*cough*

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wordalicious

...so i told myself i would proclaim the aspiration to write one thing (anything!), posting it to this blog DAILY from a certain point onward - be it conjecture, mindless rambling, fun links, whatever - only once provided with the "feeling right" sentimental catalyst.

I would dare say that Wordle, the land of Beautiful Word Clouds, be it.

Here, I can take a quirky retrospective of all the crap I have blabbered on about up until now.

So, without further ado, and along with the high-falutin', ridiculously self-flaggelating (?) aspiration of once-a-day-posts, I give you my blog's wordle:

legendary

...was what the experience of witnessing this short-lived, yet unmeasurably influential duo from Essex could be described as.

The two lasted 18 months and put out only two albums. Though a quarter-century after Yaz's demise, it would have been impossible to tell by the reaction of the sold-out Terminal 5 audience. Nearly every song was sung along to by generations young and old. Some of the same people that heard them first perform live, and never forgot, were likely present. And while their music triggers nostalgia today, originally Yaz's sound helped pioneer a new style: synth-pop.

Could not ask Bill or anyone else for a better start to my musical education.
Overall a huge success from what I could tell, minus some confusion over pink paper hearts, the duo along with the crowd sans doubt dug each other. Rich, Paul, and a few other familiar faces were on hand to witness the unmissable event as well.