Home Stretching

"Suede is a funny thing. It's rough, but soft. It's strong, but quiet. It doesn't wrinkle and it doesn't crack. And it doesn't stand up so much in the crowd of the leather. You don't notice it at first but once you do you can't take your eyes off it. And you wonder how the hell you could overlook it in the first place!"
---Johnny Suede

There's something to this. It's simple, not the most beautiful allegory ever, but it stands out. It can probably be attributed to anything your heart desires for attribution. In my case, I watched "Johnny Suede" with Taylor, Greg, and Shannon right after Taylor got back from his travels in Europe. Greg and I caught him while he was walking from the light rail station to the house, and we convinced him to get drinks with us. I started thinking about the fact that we were all entering the home stretch of Taylor's time with us in Minneapolis. Soon, he'll be heading off to Seattle.

That allegory will forever be the allegory of friendship. An allegory about Taylor.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere"