Wrestling is Sick

Listening to: Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost To Rest

We watched The Wrestler for the first time last night. It was sort of what I expected, but I will admit I did not foresee all of the bloody wrestling. The staples were probably my least favorite part. Actually, pretty much the whole scene with that sick hillbilly wrestler was super gross. I guess that's why backyard wrestling is about on par with bringing a handgun into a club smuggled in your pants and shooting yourself in the leg.

Speaking of legs, I went in for an MRI on my knee on Wednesday, and boy, that was a brutal experience. Not because MRI's are painful or frightening really (not on the knee, anyway), but because I've had this weird breathing thing that comes around every now and then, on and off, since about 2004, where I find it harder and harder to get a full breath in and really get the sensation of having taken a full breath. It's super frustrating sometimes, and this experience only made it worse. I was laying on the machine, or in, I guess, and I wasn't allowed to move at all. After a couple of minutes, the need for a full breath had arisen, and I was afraid that if I tried to get my full breath I would move too much, because sometimes it takes some effort. So, I tried to just breathe normally. Unfortunately, left unsatisfied, my lungs kept getting more and more angry with me, and I really thought I was going to drown without being in any water. Anyway, this lasted for about 15-20 minutes and then I could breathe. A bit of an anticlimactic ending, but the beginning and middle of the story were some torturous times for me. It was awful.

But don't worry, I'm OK.

Previous to this week, I'd only listened to the last track on this Kevin Devine CD, because it was pretty good. He's a sort of an alt-pop-folksy kinda guy, and he's not bad at it. Unfortunately, not bad in the alt-pop-folksy genre can often mean boring and forgettable. That is the case here. They're sort of nice songs while listening to them, but afterwards, I can't remember any of them at all and almost forget that I had even listened to them. Sorry Kevin.


Kevin Devine - Heaven Bound and Glory Be

Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost To Rest ★★★★✩✩✩✩✩✩

Favorite Tracks: Heaven Bound and Glory Be
Least Favorite Tracks: Pretty much all the rest

1. Brooklyn Boy
2. Trouble
3. You're Trailing Yourself
4. Me and My Friends
5. Like Cursing Kids
6. A Billion Bees
7. Less Yesterday
8. Go Haunt Someone Else
9. Refugees
10. You'll Only End Up Joining Them
11. Just Stay
12. Heaven Bound and Glory Be