Northport, Alabama

Nothing special about these, just another high school basketball game shot for the paper, just another Friday night. Still, there is a lot to be said for having a routine, for knowing where you belong and what you will be doing on any given day. Work has picked up dramatically and I am thankful for that. I like to be busy. I like to be productive. I like to feel like I have a purpose in the world. Tonight, after the game, Nicholas and I bought groceries, and even that was strangely satisfying in an ordinary “just another day in Tuscaloosa” kind of way. Home. Home. It’s good to be home.

Music of the day: Basketball iPod Mix: Bring Me to Life by Evanescence, Lose Yourself by Eminem, Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down, When I Come Around by Green Day, Longview by Green Day, Goin’ Back to Cali by LL Cool J, Natural One by Folk Implosion, Everything Zen by Bush, Come Out and Play by The Offspring, One Week by Barenaked Ladies, What It’s Like by Everlast, All the Small Things by Blink-182, You Oughta Know by Alanis Morisette, Where the River Flows by Collective Soul, Hey Ya! by OutKast, Pepper by the Butthole Surfers, The Dolphin’s Cry by Live, Float On by Modest Mouse, Feeling This by Blink-182, A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins, When It All Goes Wrong Again by Everclear, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Twilight Zone by Golden Earring, Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz, Paradise City by Guns N’ Roses, Out of Control by Hoobastank, Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5, Get the Party Started by Pink, Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes.