The sign that I couldn't read // or the light that I couldn't see // some things you have to believe

I really like this song. I went to Clintonville Market and did my free iTunes cap trick and got it Tue. morning, and after the first couple listens I thought it sounded too much like 'Clocks' at the beginning. Then I thought it sounded like a new U2 song. Then I thought it sounded like Jessica/her plays and the wonderful days and it fit right in place. I just got an e-mail from her in Colorado too. And she is moving to Hawaii! She made it! She also tells me "I recommend that you not look so hard for "her" as it is creepy." (sigh) I hope she comes home for X-mas as she is my hero.

Speaking of travel, click this action: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/dinosaurdynasty/ So I've made no bones (get your pun on) about the fact that I am completely in love with the dinos. It's more than just a childhood thing really, they have shaped who I am in a lot of ways, for better or worse. But that's The Dinosaur Dynasty from China on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. And I'm going this summer. The more it has crossed my mind, the more it feels like less a trip and more a pilgrimage. I think it's like The Cardigans or Amélie or The DIA, the few things that probably make no sense to anyone put together except me, but to me (as I'm sure everyone has their separate collection of "different" pieces to their puzzle also) are time/priceless to me and are basically crypted into my DNA/heart/soul. I'm happy as a clam thinking about it.

Tuesday night Isaacs and I chilled with Brubaker, her brother ("Coyote Dog Russ (CD-R)" dubbed by Higgins, Ross by everyone else) and others for euchre/etc. in their basement. Two things I've now learned: 1.) I play euchre like the wind blows and b.) After winning with Isaacs in stellar fashion and then losing something like 6 games in a row on the Yahoo! euchre circuit (my "warm bath" after long work hours is a nice 2-3 games of the euch on the i-net I confess) I've learned that I need an all-time partner. I've been trying to think of the necessary credentials I'd want to see on the app. (ha), I was thinking at first since I'm ü ber aggressive that a conservative partner might balance the ship, but that's all I seem to get on the Yahoo! and suddenly I'm calling on Ace, King trump and an off Ace.... double-plus ungood. So then I thought of an aggressive/passive-aggressive p, crazy and has the papers to prove it. But I finally it occurs to me that the perfect partner in the game has to have one undeniable and unteachable trait, beyond style and protocol: magic. Now hiring basically.

I'm becoming more and more convinced that men date women younger than them because they believe in magic, and that women date men older than them because they don't want to.