Northport, Alabama

Sometimes the only good thing you can say about a day is that it is over. Friday was an incredibly long day, made even more so by only two hours of sleep. It is now 1:30 a.m. and I suspect I will be looking at another long night. Hence the double post. It keeps me occupied, keeps me diverted until my brain and body reach an agreement to submit to the darkness of slumber.

Sometimes I feel like I am the only person awake in the entire world, waging an imaginary battle inside my head where my sanity is the playing field. Reluctantly, I traverse the narrow trails of memory, but the paths are always the same and none of them lead me to sleep. I light my candles and play my music. I write. I shoot. I read. I surf the internet. I pace the floors. I think. I remember. I forget. And before I know it, daylight has arrived, carrying in her golden arms the sweet respite of unconsciousness.

Music of the day: Night iPod Mix: Adia by Sarah McLachlan, AlecTronica by Alec Long, Anna Begins by Counting Crows, Black by Pearl Jam, Bother by Stone Sour, Broken by Seether, Cause Cheap is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies, Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy, Don’t You Need by Melissa Etheridge, Fade Into You by Mazzy Star, Fallen by Sarah McLachlan, Fine Again by Seether, Glycerine by Bush, Grey Sky Morning by Vertical Horizon, Homesick by The Cure, I Still do by The Cranberries, In the End by Linkin Park, Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls, Last Dance by The Cure, Let Go by Frou Frou, Luka by Suzanne Vega, Night Calls by Joe Cocker, Perfect Blue Buildings by Counting Crows, Photograph by 12 Stones, Plainsong by The Cure, Prayers for Rain by The Cure, Precious Pain by Melissa Etheridge, Put Your Lights On by Santana, Round Here by Counting Crows, Run by Snow Patrol, Sun Comes Up It’s Tuesday Morning by Cowboy Junkies, The Same Deep Water as You by The Cure, The World I Know by Collective Soul, Thousand Mile Wish by Finger Eleven, Time and Time Again by Counting Crows, Unknown by Lifehouse, Voices Carry by Til Tuesday, Why Georgia by John Mayer, Wise Up by Aimee Mann, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.