A Tempo Thing

I thought the song was far too fast, especially as it's bumped itself up to the possible opening track. I played along to the metronome at 96 BPM and it sounded fine... then I listened to the original this morning at 110 BPM and it sounded so perky and fresh. What a dilemma! My hands have cramped up anyway this morning, so there's nothing that I can do about it at the moment.Oh, these times: everyone is convinced that everyone else is an idiot who simply doesn't understand what the clever, in-the-know people understand. I had a really interesting conversation with a chap on Wednesday last week when I went to deliver the little horse; it was very intense for a chilly Wednesday in the basement of a coffee shop. But he was much-travelled, and I told him that although I'm not so well-travelled myself, I don't feel as though I belong anywhere. I'm culturally stateless, which at times has felt like a problem but at the present moment feels like a blessing. I literally feel as though I have…