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I changed my mind. I do love my dress, but I think this song works.

Bright Eyes - "We Are Nowhere and It's Now"

If you hate the taste of wine
Why do you drink it until you're blind?
And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares
How come you say it like you're right?

Why are you scared to dream of God
When it's salvation that you want?
You see stars that clear have been dead for years
But the idea just lives on

In our wheels that roll around
As we move over the ground
And all day it seems we've been in between
The past and future town

We are nowhere, and it's now
We are nowhere, and it's now

And like a ten minute dream in the passenger seat
While the world was flying by
I haven't been gone very long
But it feels like a lifetime

I've been sleeping so strange at night
Side effects they don't advertise
I've been sleeping so strange
With a head full of pesticide

I've got no plans and too much time
I feel too restless to unwind
I'm always lost in thought as I walk the block
To my favorite neon sign

Where the waitress looks concerned
But she never says a word
Just turns the jukebox on and we hum along
And I smile back at her

And my friend comes after work
When the features start to blur
She says these bars are filled with things that kill
By now you probably should have learned

Did you forget that yellow bird?
How could you forget your yellow bird?

She took a small silver wreath and pinned it on to me
She said, "This one will bring you love"
And I don't know if it's true
But I keep it for good luck

A stone prayer wheel. It needed some WD40

Enryaku-ji, a World Cultural Asset, is high on Mt. Hiei overlooking Kyoto to one side and Otsu on the other. It was founded by Saicho Dengyo Daishi in the mid-700's and is the headquarters of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, brought to Japan by Saicho. At its peak Enryaku-ji had about 3,000 buildings and an army of warrior monks. But the temple's power posed a threat to warlord Oda Nobunaga, who razed it to the ground and slaughtered all the monks in 1571.

I confess to being intimidated by the historical weight of Enryaku-ji. Also, on the day we visited, dressed for the mild temperatures of Kyoto, it snowed. The mountain gods chased us away.