The Answer is 10

Brewed Beverage of Choice: A cup of Stumptown's finest roasted coffees

Soundtrack of the day (07-May-2006)

Side A: Morning 1. Angel Tune He Hums - Rex, 2. Backward Blues - The Fire Theft, 3. Repeater - Fugazi, 4. Maggie's Farm - Rage Against The Machine, 5. Shakespeare - Saul Williams

Side B: Afternoon 1. Linus - Versus, 2. Oh, Death! - Camper Van Beethoven, 3. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues, 4. Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello, 5. I Will Follow - U2

In case you are wondering how many good days one can string along before a bad one finally creeps around the corner while you are standing at an ATM and takes all your karmic money, it is 10. Even though it has been 3 days since my string of good days came to an end, I can still feel some of its lingering affects. Not that I am focused on the bad day. It just hovers like the odor of a skunk lying dead along the side of the road.

It did not take me long to figure out it was going to be one of those days, which worked to my advantage because I was ready for most everything that was thrown at me. It did not make my day any better, but I kept it from going south altogether. Even now, I can get a chuckle out of that day. It may have been horrendous luckwise, but it sure was amusing.

The soundtrack above contains songs that I heard throughout the day whilst at work. The songs are literally in order of play on that day. I started the day out with a bit of Rex and left the pub right after U2 went off the airwaves. One can almost tell where my anger crept in right around the time Fugazi got into the CD player. It is quite obvious with Rage following it up. By the afternoon, I was trying to calm my sensitive nerves with some Elvis Costello, Pogues and Camper Van Beethoven.

Well, after 10 days it is time to start a new string of good days. But that will have to wait until ODOT comes and removes the skunk. Enjoy the soundtrack.

Cheers,
the zen brewer