J is for John the Fisherman

When he was young you'd not find him doing well in school.
His mind would turn unto the waters.
Always the focus of adolescent ridicule,
He has no time for farmer's daughters.
Alienated from the clique society,
A lonely boy finds peace in fishing.
His mother says "John this is not the way life's supposed to be."
"Don't you see the life that you are missing?"

And he says...


When I grow up I want to be,
one of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.


Now years gone by we find man that rules the sea.
He sets out on a dark May morning .
To bring his catch back to this small community.
He doesn't see the danger dawning.
Four hours up, oh the ocean swelled and swelled,
The fog rolled in it started raining.
"The starboard bow." "Oh my God we're going down!"
The do not hear his frantic mayday.

And he says...


When I grow up I want to be,
one of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.
"I'll live and die a fisherman."
Calling John the Fisherman..



Primus does not suck. In recent years, Les has stopped asking people to refer to the band with that euphemism and instead just cheer normally. Whatever. Listen to the man, he taught himself bass and is amazing!

Les is one of my idols of bass. Considering I can play almost all the songs (not any of the 6 string ones) including ones with an upright (hurray for my EUB), Primus is one of my favorite bands. I'd love to see them in concert, mostly because you have no idea how zany and awesome they will be. Primus pretty much sums up my thought patterns and life, in the best way possible.