{"id":121,"date":"2012-06-02T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T23:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeremylott\/?p=121"},"modified":"2012-06-02T19:23:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T02:23:13","slug":"i-guess-i-take-after-my-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeremylott\/2012\/06\/i-guess-i-take-after-my-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Guess I Take After My Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Since it\u2019s unexpectedly turning into Spiritual Saturday here on Jeremy Lott\u2019s Diary, let me commend to you a song. As the person who posted it to YouTube wrote, \u201c[Here\u2019s] City and Colour\u2019s \u2018The Grand Optimist\u2019 from Little Hell.\u201d Note, however, that you\u2019ll want to check the lyrics on that page against the vocals of Dallas Green. The lyrics have him opening with \u201cI fear I\u2019m dying of complications \/complications due to things that I\u2019ve left undone.\u201d To me it sounds more like \u201cI fear I\u2019ll die from complications\u2026\u201d It\u2019s a subtle but important distinction for understanding this precisely-worded song.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"City and Colour - The Grand Optimist\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WZo31zMAySQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it\u2019s unexpectedly turning into Spiritual Saturday here on Jeremy Lott\u2019s Diary, let me commend to you a song. 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