Leap Day

Leap day reminds me now of the one in 1992 when my dad and I took a day trip to San Francisco. We went to a museum and Grace Cathedral and other touristy things. This morning I was trying to remember why this day had other significance and then I remembered, that was also the day that I shot my first roll of film on my first SLR. It was my dad's and he was bequeathing it to me. We went to the Palace of the Legion of Honor museum where they have the Rodin sculptures and that is where I took my very first SLR picture. Here it is:



The Kiss by Auguste Rodin


We also stopped by Grace Cathedral:



Here's a picture my dad took of me:



Check out my Culture Club hat!
The other thing I remember from that day is that on the way home on Live 105 we heard them play the new Tears For Fears single which was about to be released. This was a big deal because it was the first new song they had released in THREE YEARS. (Which was a long time for me to wait.)

chewed the bone down too low
got fed on tea and sympathy
blew the sail like the wind
i wish you were my enemy
i was humble for you
what a fool i've been to have
laid so low for so long
so low

into that void of silence
where we cry without sound
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

and where your mother's violence
sent your soul underground
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

drew the blade way too slow
was shackled by your honesty
made a mess i guess i should have known
that life was lust and liberty
not a chance mutation
or the last temptation
laid so low for so long
so low

into that void of silence
where we cry without sound
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

and where your mother's violence
sent your soul underground
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

into that void of silence
where we cry without sound
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

and where your mother's violence
sent your soul underground
where tears roll down
where tears roll down

-Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down), Tears For Fears