Song for Sunday: Fire Starter
- C'Mon Baby - "Light My Fire" Sample, The 37th Chamber, 10.29.07The song can be found on YHU’s penultimate LP Just A Melody, one of the only albums from their discography that has never been granted the reissue treatment. This is a real shame, because the album is a wonderful collection of songs permeated by the group’s funky, upbeat audio aesthetic, a quality aptly demonstrated by the ‘Light My Fire’ cover.
I'm trying to light a fire under my own butt. I've never been good at discipline. Self-discipline, to be exact. I have little problem, most of the time, doing the yeoman's work for others but, generally, I don't do a good job of taking care of myself. I'm awfully round these days. I'm a lazy git at home. I've had increasingly hermit-like tendencies. I'm not writing.
These are all related.
I don't like it.
So this weekend has been about catching a blaze. It took me all day yesterday but I cleaned my place. This morning I worked out (it's the return of Hip Hop Abs, y'all), had my vitamins and some Airborne. I'm back on the "eating right" thing. I'm going to accomplish what I set to accomplish for myself today - a car wash, an IKEA run, the photowalk - and, if I do, I'll treat myself to a movie tonight.
Then, if I'm for real, I'll wake up tomorrow and do it all again.
Am I for real?
Comments
To be honest, it was complete coincidence that you twittered the Olvera walk when I happen to be there already yesterday. I should've waited..
but enjoy the adventure. There's a lot to take in.
Photowalk looks like a fun thing.
Treating yourself should be always followed after a fabulous day...!
But that's what my goal of learning/acquiring self-discipline is all about. I have to stop negotiating with myself and just get to doing. Suppress my inner strategist and closer and find the every day Joe that's going to just do the work.
Word man...word. Keep it up, one day after another after another. I shut up now lest I sound like a charter member of AA.