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So The Killers’ new album has grown on me. I’ve been listening to it the last few days on the way to work. The songs aren’t as catchy as the last album, but there are some nice melodies in there if you listen hard enough. Some of the lyrics are kind of interesting as well. I think this one, I just like the whole “he doesn’t look a thing like Jesus” line.

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now … here he comes!

He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young

Can we climb this mountain
I don’t know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let’s take it easy
Easy now, watch it go

We’re burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young

And sometimes you close your eyes
and see the place where you used to live
When you were young

They say the devil’s water, it ain’t so sweet
You don’t have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now here he comes

He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young
(He talks like a gentlemen, like you imagined when)
When you were young

I said he doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
But more than you’ll ever know
The Killers – When You Were Young

I haven’t blogged in a few days, been a little busy but also just haven’t felt like it. I’ve been quite up and down lately and I’m not sure what the cause of that is. Thinking logically, I haven’t anything to complain about. Emotionally, I feel like a complete wreck. I haven’t found any explanation for it beyond that I’m stupid and girly. But that’s not really a good reason is it? I am hoping that it will pass soon and considering I’ll be quite busy for the next few weeks it should work itself out.

So, the Democrats now have the majority in both the Senate and the House of Reps in the US of A. This should be an interesting two years to the next Presidential Election. Maybe we can finally be rid of that monkey. Admittedly, I don’t know enough about the American political system to be able to understand the full implications of this, but I sense the winds of change and I’m hoping they blow this way as well. Whether or not it means a change in foreign policy as well as world politics remains to be seen.

Went out on Saturday with Mike, Manda and Travis. We saw ‘Macbeth’ at the Figtree Theatre at UNSW. It’s been ages since I’ve seen any Shakespeare and I studied ‘Macbeth’ as one of my HSC texts so I already knew the story. In the end, this was rather lucky as the style in which the play was presented made for a rather confusing time. Some of the actors played 3-5 different characters, and it was hard to determine who was who as a result. In addition, the whole ‘minimalistic’ approach was difficult for me to follow because the lack of props and scenery leaves a lot to the imagination. I think next time I see Shakespeare I’ll pick one that has the full costume and all that.

Crossword clues for today:

• Percentage (5) _ A _ I _
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