The Songs In My Head Get Nerdier.

I give you these Belle & Sebastian lyrics:

The bourgeoisie, historically,
Has played a revolutionary part
To end all feudal, idyllic relationships.
It has resolved personal worth,
And in place of freedom
Is exploitation for profit alone.
There is a spectre of the past
In my bold assertion.
We could learn much from the past.

Bonus nerd points if you can tell me what leftist political tract is being paraphrased here.

Nerdy on so many levels...

... that I have this song stuck in my head:


A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.

A la volonté du peuple,
Je fais don de ma volonté.
S'il faut mourir pour elle,
Moi je veux être le premier,
Le premier nom gravé
Au marbre du monument d'espoir.

(Rough translation...)

To the will of the people,
and to the health of progress [it's like a toast]
Fill your heart with rebel wine,
And to tomorrow, faithful friend.
We want to spread the light
Despite the mask of the night
To light up the world
And change life.

To the will of the people
I give my will
If it is necessary to die for it,
I want to be the first
The first name graven
In the marble of the monument of hope.

baseball

On Sunday, the Staffer and I walked over to RFK Stadium (during daylight hours of course) to see the last game of the Diamondbacks' sweep of the Nationals. Now, my team loyalties are as follows:

1. Arizona Diamondbacks
   
2. Washington Nationals
   
3. Minnesota Twins
   
4. Anyone but the Yankees
   

The Staffer's favorite teams are:

1. Minnesota Twins
   
2. Washington Nationals
   
3. Arizona Diamondbacks
   
4. Anyone but the Yankees
   

So, following this equation, I was happy with the outcome of the game and the Staffer was resigned. We were both FREEZING COLD. The stadium is right by the Anacostia River (doesn't it sound like something that should be slithering through a rainforest eating people?) so there was an icy wind in addition to the already-chilly day.

The coolest part of the day, however, was when the Staffer and I were standing by the ticket booth trying to figure out if we wanted the $5 tix or if we were going to spring for the swanky $16 tix. Two Japanese guys came up to us and said "Here! You need tickets, I have these, please!"and shoved two $40 tickets into our hands. We were too stunned to say much since they ran off immediately. We managed to catch up with them inside the park and we offered them cash, but one of them said "No, I got these from company!"

We figured out later that, with snacks (including precious, precious hot chocolate), we got a $95.75 experience for $15.75. Thank you, anonymous Japanese guy and company!

blogroll

I have updated my blogroll (see links on the right). Much more to come. I highly recommend Chamelea...

In other news, the window to our apartment is perfectly placed for the wind to blow all the charcoal smoke from the barbecue-ers outside. We closed it right away, but HACK HACK HACK.