DAS REICH DER ZWEI
(nation of two)

All relationships are merely
the construction of an essence
called "you in relation with the other."
When breakup occurs,
the withdrawal feelings are not for the other,
but rather for the constructed 'third' essence.

was a little tipsy on the bus...in this state i can look at people favourably...there was a Russian couple with their sleepy-eyed daughter....a Hispanic-looking girl who chewed gum brazenly...an eccentric older gentleman with spectacles perched at the tip of his nose...and the Cuban dude who sat next to me and eyed my discman as i listened to Frank Sinatra as if that music were incongruous...i loved them in that moment...when 'bittersweet symphony' by the Verve played everyone had a clutching sense of nostalgia about them...when 'When the Levee breaks' by Led Zeppelin came on they all seemed uniformly resigned to whatever dice life could cast...when the Dixie Chicks' cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Landslide' slid into my brain, everyone was priceless...of course, i WAS tipsy...

the band practiced yesterday...for the first time in my band experience i had the distinct impression of a future with these guys....without delusion, naivete, and/or ego, i can say that we have a shot...a realistic one....