Lyrics for Thursday and Ruminants Ruminating

From "Holding Out for a Hero" 

By Whitney Avalon & Hildegard von Blingin' 

Whither have the worthy gone, oh, where is fair Gawain?

Where is gallant Galahad to take the bridle rein?

Is there not a white knight upon a fiery steed?

Late at night I toss and turn and I dream of what I need

I need a hero

I shall hold out for a hero 'til the end of the night

I pray he be hale, wingèd of heel

And newly return’d from the fight

I need a hero

I shall hold out for a hero 'til the morning light

He must be assur’d, e’er true to his word

With a wit that will thrill and excite

Erelong at the witching hour within my reverie

Somewhere just beyond the veil someone reacheth out for me

Racing on a courser and clad in gleaming mail

I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the grail

I need a hero

I shall hold out for a hero 'til the end of the night

Could I but afford my very own sword

I would not require his might

I need a hero 

I shall hold out for a hero 'til the morning light 

By god was he blessed, e’er true to his quest

A man of whom Chaucer will write

Up where the dragons glide near heaven above

Out on a storm-tossed odyssey

Verily doth a saintly champion ride toward me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain

The plague and the flood

I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood

I need a hero

I shall hold out for a hero ‘til the end of the night

I pray he be hale, wingèd of heel

And newly return’d from the fight

I need a hero

I shall hold out for a hero ‘til the morning light

A knight not a pawn, a true paragon

With armor and eyes shining bright

I need a hero

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I lost my Thursday morning to Bardcore on YouTube -- completely by accident, I was just looking for one song from KPop Demon Hunters, but YouTube often knows what I need to hear before I do. There I was, listening to heavy metal versions of "Golden", when YouTube queued Hildegard von Blingin's take on "Pink Pony Club", and the next thing I know, I'm singing along to the best version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" ever and making a playlist. Since I still have a cold, it was otherwise a quiet Thursday.

We did have gorgeous weather. The ducks at the beach tried to mooch food I didn't have. I got some reading done and saw some baseball (yay Cubs, boo Yankees). After my Thursday night chat, and I watched this week's Peacemaker -- he didn't NOTICE the Hitler mural? Then we watched The Naked Gun reboot with Liam Neeson, a straight ripoff of Kingsman but short, snappy, and fairly funny. I wanted to show the progress the goats made behind our apartment in the two days before they left: