The Suburbs

Thank you, my darling wife for buying a record so beautiful for a husband so desperately wanting to know that someone else can feel this way.

In the suburbs I, I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leaving

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd be fighting
In a suburban war
Your part of town against mine
I saw you standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again

The kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screaming
And running through the yard
When all of the walls that they built in the 70's finally fall,
And all of the houses they build in the 70's finally fall--
Meant nothin' at all?
Meant nothin' at all,
It meant nothing

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
And into the night

So can you understand?
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
I want to hold her hand,
And show her some beauty,
Before all this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask
If it's too much to ask
Then send me a son

Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting
It's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement
And into the grass
'Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
I'm moving past the feeling
I'm moving past the feeling

In my dreams we're still screaming
We're still screaming
We're still screaming

-The Arcade Fire

This House Screams Like A Ghost

Sometimes you never know what you love until you you love it. But I should have known that old houses are in my blood, my parents flipped seven the first seven years of their marriage. And I can't even imagine living somewhere that isn't beautiful. At the core I think it always comes back to that gospel transition, that out of restoration is the desire to reclaim what's around you, driven as an aspect of appreciation for that love given you. Anyway I see love in the abandoned, and I make beautifying ghosts an art.

Set Two

Last set of photos from our anniversary trip, this time with a bit more variety. So much small detail everywhere in this city to catch. Even happened up on an old school Volvo. Also grabbed a few pictures of the Urban Outfitters up there which I found to be a fantastic execution of reusing what you have. It was housed in an independent play theatre built in 1937 that was shockingly well kept. Apparently it had been empty for around 20 years before their store opened. Beautiful molding all through it, all well preserved plaster. And as all trips should end, we stopped at Cupcake for some treats on the ride home.