Obviously, Old Man Winter was offended that he didn't win the Ass Punch Award for a consecutive year, since he's ruining the vibe here in DFW. Everyone expected Sundance Square to be Super Bowl XLV, party central this week, but since the latest winter storm moved in and shutdown the city, it's been more like a ghost town. I was indifferent about the whole thing, til I started to realize how much the event, or rather the lack of events, affected businesses downtown. From the individual standpoint, the vibe of the city's residents has been affected and everyone is operating on sluggish mode, either grumpy because they have to travel to work in the subzero temperatures or they're getting cabin fever from being stuck indoors.
The weatherman said we have one more day of snow then the storm system is moving out and by Saturday the temperatures will be in the high 50s and low 60s. I hope so, because life in DFW feels frozen in time at the moment.
Despite the shitty conditions, Ryan, Patrick and I are venturing over to The Loft in Dallas in a few hours to check out The Flaming Lips and Neon Indian. If anyone is capable of boosting morale, it's Wayne Coyne from the FLips. When I lived in Oklahoma I followed the FLips to all of their events, kind of the way Deadheads followed the Grateful Dead. I miss those days of living from one FLips event to the next. Unfortunately, time doesn't allow for such debauchery in my life like it used to when I lived in Oklahoma.
When people ask me these days, "How's life in Texas?", I tell them all the same thing.
I need a break. The city [DFW] is constantly moving, and if you don't move with it, you will end up ran over by bus, train or crazy commuter on the interstate.
Maybe life in DFW being frozen in time at the moment isn't such a bad thing? After all, it's provided everyone, including me, a break from the non-stop hoopla of the metroplex. At least for one more day.
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
-- Do You Realize/ THE FLAMING LIPS
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
-- Do You Realize/ THE FLAMING LIPS
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